1840 Grand National
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The 1840 Grand Liverpool Steeplechase was the second official annual running of a steeplechase, later to become known as the Grand National Steeplechase handicap horse race, which took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool on Thursday 5 March 1840 and attracted a then smallest ever field of 13 runners.
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Grand National | |
Location | Aintree |
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Date | 5 March 1840 |
Winning horse | Jerry |
Starting price | 12/1 |
Jockey | Mr Bartholomew Bretherton |
Trainer | George Dockeray |
Owner | Henry Villebois |
Conditions | Good |
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Although recorded by the press at the time as the fifth running of the Grand Liverpool, which was renamed the Grand National in 1847, the first three runnings were poorly organised affairs.
The race was not run as a handicap chase and therefore all the runners were declared to carry 12 stone.