1963 Grand National

English steeplechase horse race May 2014 May 2014 1963 Grand National Grand National Aintree 30 March 1963 Ayala 66/1 Pat Buckley England Keith Piggott England Raymond Bessone and Keith Piggott Soft 1962 1964 right 275px BBC British Pathé Highlights The 1963 Grand National was the 117th renewal of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 30 March 1963. The race was won narrowly by 66/1 shot Ayala, ridden by 19-year-old jockey Pat Buckley. Forty-seven horses ran and all returned safely to the stables. Ayala was jointly owned by his trainer, Keith Piggott, father of Lester Piggott, and by Raymond Bessone, the hairdresser also known as Teasy-Weasy. Piggott's father (and Lester's grandfather), Ernie, rode the winners of the National in 1912 and 1919. Owen's Sedge who came 7th in the race was owned by American actor Gregory Peck. Peck attended the Grand National then immediately left for Los Angeles where he won the Best Actor Academy Award for his performance as Atticus Finch in To Kill A Mockingbird (film). Finishing order PositionNameJockeyAgeHandicap (st-lb)SPDistance01AyalaPat Buckley910-066/13/4 Length02CarrickbegJohn Lawrence710-320/15 Lengths03Hawa's SongPaddy Broderick1010-028/104Team SpiritWillie Robinson1110-313/105SpringbokGerry Scott910-1210/106KilmoreFred Winter1311-0100/807Owen's SedgePat Taaffe1011-620/108French LawyerTim Ryan910-050/109Dark VenetianDave Bassett810-233/110Nicolaus SilverBobby Beasley1111-028/111EternalTim Brookshaw1210-1025/112ChavaraRoy Edwards1010-240/113CarraroeWilliam Mclernon1110-133/114SiracusaDavid Mould1010-033/115Sham FlightJimmy Fitzgerald1110-150/116Blonde WarriorBrian Lawrence1110-966/117Loyal TanTerry Biddlecombe810-566/118WoodbrownJohn Kenneally910-066/119O'Malley PointMichael Scudamore1211-133/120Frenchman's CoveDavid Dick812-0100/621Forty SecretsClive Chapman910-750/122Dandy TimLarry Major1010-050/1Last to complete Non-finishers FenceNameJockeyAgeHandicap (st-lb)Starting priceFate16Mr JonesPaddy Farrell810-028/1Unseated Rider27Out And AboutJosh Gifford810-725/1Unseated Rider06Good GraciousPaddy Connors910-766/1Fell20JonjoDuke of Alburquerque1310-666/1Unseated Rider27PeacetownRobin Langley910-450/1Fell29Gay NavareePatrick Cowley1110-150/1Fell06WinglessTerry Biddlecombe810-366/1Unseated Rider10Avenue NeuillyDavid Nicholson810-466/1Fell10Connie IIJoe Guest1110-050/1Fell04WartownJohnny Gamble1210-166/1Refused20Look HappyJohn Haine1010-040/1Refused06MerganserJohn Mansfield1010-466/1Fell01Magic TricksOwen McNally910-066/1Fell06SolonaceKen White1210-066/1Fell25Loving RecordToss Taaffe910-12100/7Pulled Up29Dagmar GittellJohnny East810-5100/7Pulled Up12MoyrathFrancis Carroll1010-233/1Refused23Seas EndJohn Kempton1110-366/1Pulled Up22College DonJumbo Wilkinson1110-066/1Pulled Up28ReprievedPeter Pickford1010-150/1Pulled Up11Holm StarGene Kelly910-066/1Pulled Up28CapricornAdrian Major1010-066/1Pulled Up11MelillaGordon Cramp910-066/1Pulled Up11Mr. WhatTommy Carberry1310-866/1Refused09VivantRex Hamey1010-040/1Fell The Grand National : the history of the Aintree spectacular, by Stewart Peters & Bernard Parkin, 0-7524-3547-7 http://sixtiesnationals.webs.com/196263.htm 1962/63 - The Grand National and Aintree 1960-1969 sixtiesnationals.webs.com 2014-08-08July 2026 InternetArchiveBot http://www.grand-national.net/past_winners.htm Past Winners of The Grand National grand-national.net 2014-08-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20111104085359/http://www.grand-national.net/past_winners.htm 4 November 2011 dead Media coverage David Coleman presented Grand National Grandstand on the BBC. The commentary team remained the same as the previous year, Peter O'Sullevan, Bob Haynes and Peter Montague-Evans. References 1963 1963 Grand National Grand National Category:March 1963 sports events in the United Kingdom