1923 Grand National

English steeplechase horse race April 2023 June 2013 1923 Grand National Grand National Aintree Racecourse 23 March 1923 USA Sergeant Murphy 100/6 Capt. Tuppy Bennet George Blackwell USA Stephen Sanford Good to firm 1922 1924 right 275px Silent highlights of the 1923 Grand National (British Pathé) The 1923 Grand National was the 82nd renewal of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool on 23 March 1923. The race was won by Sergeant Murphy, a 13-year-old 100/6 shot ridden by Captain Tuppy Bennet and trained by George Blackwell for its owner Stephen Sanford, who collected the £5,000 prize for the winner. The 1921 winner Shaun Spadah - ridden by same jockey, Dick Rees - finished in second place, with Conjuror II in third and Punt Gun fourth. Twenty-eight horses ran and all returned safely to the stables.The Grand National 24 March 1922 5 43298 In attendance at Aintree were King George V, the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York.The Grand National 24 March 1922 10 43298 In 1938 a Hollywood film titled Sergeant Murphy was loosely based on the winner. Ronald Reagan starred as the owner of the horse in the film.May 2024 Finishing Order PositionNameJockeyAgeHandicap (st-lb)SPDistance1Sergeant MurphyTuppy Bennet1311-3100 63 lengths2Shaun SpadahDick Rees1212-720 16 lengths3Conjuror IIMr C Dewhurst1111-0100 615 Lengthshttps://www.grandnationalultimatehistory.com/races-1923.html 19234Punt GunMichael Tighe1011-120 15DrifterWilliam Watkinson910-1020 16MaxJames Hogan jnr711-525 17Cinders IIW Williams1110-0? Non-finishers FenceNameJockeyAgeHandicap (st-lb)SPFate6ArravalePercy Whitaker811-210 1Fell15Turkey BuzzardFred Brookes1012-633 1Fell21ForewarnedJack Anthony811-511 2Fell28Square DanceLewis Rees1112-0100 6Fell?TaffytusTed Leader1011-7100 8Fell?TrentinoJohn Wilson91-766 1Fell?DuettisteTony Escott1011-740 1Pulled Up?MadrigalD Colbert610-1266 1Pulled Up?Eureka IIA Stubbs610-1040 1Fell?My RathMr C Chapman1110-866 1Fell?AmmonalIsaac Morgan610-740 1Fell?PencoedMr D Thomas810-3?Pulled Up?The Turk IIC Donnelly1310-2?Fell?Pam NutSylvester Duffy1010-0?Pulled Up?Canny KnightA Vause910-0?Fell?CinzanoFrank Brown610-0?Refused?MasterfulPeter Roberts1010-0?Pulled Up?NavanaF Mason910-066 1Pulled Up?GardenrathJ Whelehan810-066 1Pulled Up?LibrettoGeorges Parfrement810-0100 8Pulled Up?LiffeybankMr K Gibson?10-0?Pulled Up http://www.greyhoundderby.com/GN1923.htm Aintree 1923 Grand National The Grand National 1839-1930 by David Hoadley Munroe http://www.sportsbookguardian.com/horse-racing/grand-national/winners Grand National Winners – Sportsbook Guardian 2015-05-27 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131227085539/https://www.sportsbookguardian.com/horse-racing/grand-national/winners 27 December 2013 https://www.grandnationalultimatehistory.com/races-1923.html 1923 October 2021 References 1923 1923 Grand National Grand National Category:March 1923 sports events in the United Kingdom