1948 Grand National

English steeplechase horse race December 2023 June 2013 1948 Grand National Grand National Aintree Racecourse 20 March 1948 Sheila's Cottage 66/1 Ireland Arthur Thompson Neville Crump John Proctor Good 1947 1949 right 275px Highlights of the 1948 Grand National (British Pathé) The 1948 Grand National was the 102nd renewal of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 20 March 1948. The race was won by the mare Sheila's Cottage at odds of 66/1. The winning jockey was Arthur Thompson and Neville Crump trained the winner. The pairing of Thompson and Crump won the Grand National again in 1952. Sheila's Cottage became the first mare to win the National for 46 years, and only the 12th in the long history of the steeplechase. First of the Dandies finished second, with Cromwell third and Happy Home fourth. Forty-three horses ran and all returned safely to the stables. Finishing order PositionNameJockeyAgeHandicap (st-lb)SPDistance01Sheila's CottageArthur Thompson910-750/11 Lengthhttps://www.grandnationalultimatehistory.com/races-1948.html 194802First of the DandiesJimmy Brogan1110-425/103CromwellAnthony Mildmay710-1133/104Happy HomeGlen Kelly911-1033/105PlatypusAlec Jack710-666/106Rowland BoyBryan Marshall911-8100/907ParthenonPatrick Murray910-0100/108Maltese WandererKevin Gilsenan910-0100/109Offaly PrinceMr A Parker910-5100/110KlaxtonRon Smyth811-840/111War RiskBob Turnell911-133/112RevelryDan Moore811-633/113SchubertLeo McMorrow1410-266/114Lovely CottageCharles Hook1111-466/1 Non-finishers FenceNameJockeyAgeHandicap (st-lb)SPFate08RoimondDicky Black711-722/1Fell?Caddie IIJack Maguire1011-750/1Fell06Silver FameMartin Molony911-69/1Fell01BricettTim Molony1111-3100/1Fell21RearmamentDaniel Ruttle1111-266/1Fell14CloncarrigJohn Hislop810-1322/1Fell?ClonaboyE Hannigan1010-1066/1Fell?GormanstownMatt Hogan810-966/1Fell19HousewarmerFrenchie Nicholson1110-625/1Fell?Sir JohnCecil Blacker710-3100/1Fell10Tudor CloseTommy Maher1110-3100/1Fell?Loyal AntrimEddie Newman1110-322/1Fell?Ulster MonarchJohn Eustace-Smith910-1100/1Fell?Musical LadM Browne1110-1100/1Fell03Ultra BeneTony Grantham910-1100/1Fell?Le DaimNicky Pinch910-1100/1Fell?Soda IIH Bonneau710-040/1Fell?Highland LadE Kennedy910-050/1Fell02Some ChickenBill Redmond1110-050/1Fell01SerpentineCyril Mitchell1010-0100/1Fell?Bora's CottageErnest Vinall1010-0100/1Fell?CaughooEddie Dempsey911-128/1Pulled Up?Lough ConnJimmy Fitzgerald1210-522/1Pulled Up?SkourasAlan Power810-0100/1Pulled Up?WeevilVince Mooney910-1133/1Brought Down?Tommy TraddlesC Harrison710-0100/1Unseated Rider?Halcyon HoursMick Prendergast811-550/1Refused?Prince RegentTim Hyde1312-225/1Carried Out30ZahiaEddie Reavey810-2100/1Ran Out The Grand National : the history of the Aintree spectacular, by Stewart Peters & Bernard Parkin, 0-7524-3547-7 http://fiftiesnationals.webs.com/1948.htm 1948 http://www.grand-national.net/past_winners.htm Past Winners of the Grand National 18 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111104085359/http://www.grand-national.net/past_winners.htm 4 November 2011 dead References 1948 1948 Grand National Grand National Grand National