1929 Grand National

English steeplechase horse race November 2023 June 2013 1929 Grand National Grand National Aintree Racecourse 22 March 1929 Gregalach 100/1 Robert W. H. Everetthttp://www.sportsbookguardian.com/horse-racing/grand-national/winners Sportsbook Guardian dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131227085539/https://www.sportsbookguardian.com/horse-racing/grand-national/winners 27 December 2013 Tom Leader Mrs. Marion A. Gemmell Good to soft 1928 1930 right 275px Silent highlights of the 1929 Grand National (British Pathé) The 1929 Grand National was the 88th renewal of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 22 March 1929. It had the largest starting field of any Aintree Grand National with 66 horses taking part in the race.http://www.grandnational.org.uk/facts-figures.php Grand National Facts The race was won by 100/1 outsider Gregalach, and it was the second successive year where a horse with such odds won.http://the-grand-national.co.uk/history/1920/ https://web.archive.org/web/20050330053007/http://the-grand-national.co.uk/history/1920/ usurped 30 March 2005 Grand National History Fourth-placed Melleray's Belle started at odds of 200/1 and was the first horse with odds as wide as this to finish in the top four places since Magpie, also a 200/1 bet in 1886. Gregalach was ridden by jockey Robert W. H. Everett and trained by Tom Leader, for owner Marion Gemmell. Easter Hero, the favourite, finished in second place and Richmond II was third. Of the 66 runners, all but one returned safely to the stables. One horse, named Stort, incurred a leg fracture in a fall and was euthanised. Finishing order PositionNameJockeyAgeHandicap (st-lb)SPDistance1GregalachBob Everett711-4100 16 Lengthshttps://www.grandnationalultimatehistory.com/races-1929.html 19292Easter HeroJohn Moloney912-79 23Richmond IIBilly Stott610-640 14Melleray's BelleJames F Mason1010-0200 15May KingFred Gurney1011-266 16GrakleTim Hamey711-918 17D.D.B.Mr R Gubbins910-1166 18DelarueGerry Wilson710-3200 19KilbairnMr L Parry810-0200 1Last to complete October 2021 Non-finishers FenceNameJockeyAgeHandicap (st-lb)SPFate?CamperdownKenyon Goode1010-0200 1Fell?SprigTony Escott1212-550 1Fell?Bright's BoyEric Foster1010-425 1Fell?KokoSylvester Duffy1112-366 1Fell?Great SpanWilliam Payne812-0100 6Pulled Up?Trump CardTommy Morgan1111-1233 1Fell03Mount EtnaTed Leader1211-728 1Fell?Knight of the WildernessMurtagh Keogh911-740 1?Billy BartonTommy Cullinan1111-720 1Fell?LloydeeDick Rees711-422 1Fell?The Ace IIMr G Evans711-366 1?ArdeenBob Lyall1211-225 1?CarfaxMr Basil Ancil1311-140 1?BallystockartCaptain Reginald Sassoon1011-066 111StortT Chisman1011-0200 1Fell?LordiCaptain Henry Weber811-028 1Fell?Master BillieMr Monty Rayson1011-020 1Pulled Up?Le TouquetT Teasdale711-12200 1?Skrun PrinceBill Gurney810-1222 1Fell?OverdraftMr R Bennet710-1166 1?RampantHarry Misa910-11100 1?Tipperary TimBill Dutton1110-10100 1Fell03DarracqMr G S Poole1410-1040 1Fell?K.C.B.James Hogan jnr710-1050 1?Ardoon's PrideDick Thrale910-10200 1Fell?Sandy HookFrank Fish810-9100 1Fell?Herbert's ChoiceJ Farrell810-8200 1Fell?Dwarf of the ForestMr Harry Kennard1210-8200 1Fell?DrinmondBarney Balding1210-850 1Fell?Uncle BenPat Powell810-840 1?BeechmartinLewis Rees810-750 1?RuddymanBilly Parvin1010-550 1Fell?HawkerCaptain A E Grant1510-5200 1?Gay Dog IIA Birch1010-3200 1?DenburghGerald Hardy1010-3200 1Fell?Sultan of WickenT James1010-3200 1?KilbrainVictor Piggott910-3100 1Fell?BallyhanwoodJack Goswell810-2100 1?Soldier's JoyCaptain Gossage1110-2200 1?IrinaJ Kelly710-0200 1Fell?Duke of FlorenceG Turner810-050 1?HarewoodDudley Williams710-040 1Fell?Mabestown's PrideMr D R Daly1310-0200 1Knocked Over?RathoryRoger Burford1310-0200 1?CloringoA Wall810-0200 1Fell?Merrivale IIFred Brookes1110-050 1Fell?Miss BalscaddenGeorge Bowden1010-0200 1?Odd CatJ Sinnot810-0200 1?Best HomeMr G Elliott810-0200 1Fell?Big WonderJ Bisggod910-050 1?Fleet PrinceMr Fred Thackray1110-0200 1Fell?KawngoArthur Waudby810-0200 1?More DinA Harroway910-0200 1Fell?Stage ManagementM Doherty910-0100 1Fell?TheoremT Costello1210-0200 1Fell?Toy BellDanny Morgan710-0100 1Fell?Wild EdgarS Regan910-0200 1Fell http://www.greyhoundderby.com/GN1929.htm Aintree 1929 Grand National The Grand National 1839-1930 by David Hoadley Munroe https://www.grandnationalultimatehistory.com/races-1929.html 1929 October 2021 Media coverage and aftermath The media largely praised Aintree's decision to fill in the ditch at The Canal Turn in the wake of the pile up that happened there the previous year but the sheer volume of entries again led to criticism, despite Aintree having introduced an additional forfeit stage in the conditions. The Hon George Lambton claimed that the conditions of the race encouraged poor horses to be entered and that the framing of the weights was also unfair and that the top weights should not be forced to burden as much as 35lbs more than those at the foot of the handicap. Aintree responded the following year by increasing the minimum entry age from five to six years, though changes to the handicap remained unaltered until 1960.Sporting Life Souvenir Magazine, 4 April 1987, page 22 External links Newsreel footage of the race from Pathé News References 1929 1929 Grand National Grand National Category:March 1929 sports events in the United Kingdom