The 1955 Grand National was the 109th renewal of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 26 March 1955.
Thirty horses ran in the race, which was won by 100/9 shot Quare Times, who was ridden by jockey Pat Taaffe and trained by Vincent O'Brien. This was O'Brien's third consecutive Grand National win.
Early Mist, the previous year's winner and another O'Brien-trained mount, was the favourite. In attendance at Aintree were The Queen Mother (who owned M'as Tu Vu who was also running in the race), and her daughters Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret.
Several fences had been reduced in severity following an outcry over four equine fatalities in the previous year's National. The heavy going meant the 16th fence (the Water Jump) was omitted – the first time in Grand National history that not all 30 fences were jumped.
Finishing order PositionNameJockeyAgeHandicap (st-lb)SPDistance01Quare TimesPat Taaffe911-0100/912 Lengths02Tudor LineGeorge Slack1011-310/14 Lengths03Carey's CottageTosse Taaffe810-1120/104GigoloDick Curran1011-3100/605OntrayBobby Brewis710-866/106Gentle MoyaJohn Straker910-050/107ClearingRex Hamey810-250/108Wild WisdomLt Col W Holman1010-066/109Early MistBryan Marshall1012-39/110Red RubeAlan Oughton810-366/111Irish LizardMichael Scudamore1210-9100/812Royal TanDavid Dick1112-428/113Uncle BarneyLeo McMorrow1210-050/1Last to complete
Non-finishers FenceNameJockeyAgeHandicap (st-lb)SPFate01Mariner's LogDick Francis811-12100/8Fell27 (Open Ditch)SundewPatrick Doyle911-328/1Fell06 (Becher's Brook)E.S.B.Tommy Cusack911-166/1Fell11 (Open Ditch)Oriental WayFred Winter710-1233/1Fell07CoppTim Molony1110-87/1Fell27 (Open Ditch)M'as Tu VuArthur Freeman910-722/1Fell10No ResponseDerek Ancil910-245/1Fell11 (Open Ditch)Dark StrangerJohn Bosley1010-540/1Fell01Blue EnvoyMr E Greenaway1010-166/1Fell03 (Open Ditch)Another RakeDerek Leslie1010-145/1Fell07MoogieJohn Neely1210-066/1Fell11 (Open Ditch)Munster King IIVictor Speck810-066/1Fell28Sun ClaspJimmy Power710-066/1Fell26Mr LinnettMr JR Cox711-520/1Pulled Up24 (Canal Turn)Little YidRene Emery1310-1050/2Pulled Up06 (Becher's Brook)Roman FireJack Dowdeswell1210-066/1Brought Down27 (Open Ditch)Steel LockJohnny Bullock1110-066/1Brought Down The Grand National : the history of the Aintree spectacular, by Stewart Peters & Bernard Parkin,
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