1940 Grand National

Horse race held in 1940 June 2013 January 2024 1940 Grand National Grand National Aintree 5 April 1940 Bogskar 25/1 Sgt. Mervyn A. Jones Lord Stalbridge Lord Stalbridge Good to firm 1939 1946 right 275px Highlights of the 1940 Grand National (British Pathé) The 1940 Grand National was the 99th renewal of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree near Liverpool, England, on 5 April 1940. Thirty horses ran in the steeplechase, which was won by Bogskar, a 25/1 shot ridden by Royal Air Force sergeant Mervyn Jones. MacMoffat finished in second place, Gold Arrow was third, and Symaethis fourth. It was the last true Aintree Grand National before a five-year break due to World War II. Finishing order PositionNameJockeyAgeHandicap (st-lb)SPDistance01BogskarMervyn Jones710-425/14 lengths02MacMoffatIan Alder810-106 Lengths https://www.grandnationalultimatehistory.com/races-1940.html 194003Gold ArrowPercy (Ben) Lay810-304SymaethisMatthew Feakes810-705Venturesome KnightReg Tweedie1010-806The ProfessorGeorge Owen911-807Takvor PachaOtho Prior-Palmer810-408AwayIan 'Kim' Muir911-1309InversableMatt Hogan1210-610Dominick's CrossCyril Mitchell911-111LuxboroughEric Brown610-312KilstarGeorge Archibald911-013RockquillaThomas F Carey1011-514DownrightJames Seely1110-315Lazy BootsJames Ward1410-316Red EagleTommy Elder911-217TuckmillGlen Kelly1010-3 October 2021 Non-finishers Position/FateNameJockeyAgeHandicap (st-lb)SPFell (29th)Royal DanieliDan Moore911-13Fell (13th)Dunhill CastleGerry Wilson1011-5Black HawkFred Rimell911-0Knightsbrook??10-9MilanoDanny Morgan910-9LitigantRichard 'Dicky' Black910-7Le CygneWT O'Grady710-7BoyoRichard Morgan910-4Fell (14th)National KnightHywel Jones810-4Red FreemanBill Redmond910-3UnderbidFrenchie Nicholson810-3Batchelor PrinceMr R Loewenstein1310-3Second ActJack Dowdeswell910-3Sterling DukeTim Hyde910-3Corn LawThomas McNeill810-3 October 2021 http://www.greyhoundderby.com/GN1940.html Aintree Grand National 1940 https://sites.google.com/site/jockeypedia Jockeypedia 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 http://www.britishpathe.com/video/the-grand-national-13 The Grand National References 1940 1940 Grand National Grand National Category:April 1940 sports events in the United Kingdom