The 1919 Grand National was the 78th renewal of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 28 March 1919.
It was the first true Aintree Grand National since 1915, with the intermittent races being cancelled due to World War I and substituted by a "Racecourse Association Steeplechase" and later a "War National Steeplechase" at Gatwick Racecourse.
The 1919 National was won by the Poethlyn, ridden by Ernest Piggott. The pair had won an unofficial National at Gatwick in 1918 and on the back of this started 11/4 favourites, the shortest starting odds of any Grand National winner to date.
Finishing order PositionNameJockeyAgeHandicap (st-lb)SPDistance01PoethlynErnest Piggott912-7 Fav8 Lengths02BallybogganW Head811-1003PollenTony Escott1011-404Loch AllenJohn Kelly810-0?Pay OnlyTom Hulme911-4?Abou Ben AdhemA Stubbs812-0?Ally SloperIvor Anthony1011-3?Shaun SpadahRichard Morgan811-2?VermouthGeorges Parfrement910-12?Sergeant MurphySpink Walkington910-7?All WhiteT Williams59-10?FargueWillie Smith99-9?ChangJohn Reardon99-8
Non-finishers FenceNameJockeyAgeHandicap (st-lb)SPFate?Irish DragoonHenry Bletsoe59-8Pulled Up?RubinsteinWilliam Payne1211-0Fell?Picture SaintF McCabe710-0Fell?BallincarroonaIan Straker119-13Fell?SchoolmoneyFrank Cullen109-10Fell?SunlochEdmund Driscoll139-10Pulled Up?The Turk IIPeter Roberts99-7Fell?CharlburyPercy Woodland119-7Pulled Up?SvetoiA Saxby99-7Fell
The Grand National 1839-1930 by David Hoadley Munroe
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