1845 Grand National

1845 Grand National
Grand National
Location	Aintree
Date	5 March 1845
Winning horse	Cure-All
Jockey	Mr William Loft
Trainer	Christopher 'Kitty' Crisp
Owner	William S. Crawford
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The 1845 Grand Liverpool Steeplechase was the seventh annual running of a Handicap Steeple-chase, later to become known as the Grand National Steeplechase, a horse race which took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool on Wednesday 5 March 1845 and attracted a field of 15 runners. It was won by the unconsidered outsider Cure-All, ridden by William Loft in a record time of 10 minutes, 47 seconds.

Finishing order

Position	Name	Rider	Age	Weight	Starting Price	Distance or fate
Winner	Cure-All	William Loft		11-05	Not quoted
Second	Peter Simple	John Frisby		11-12	9/1
Third	The Exquisite	Larry Byrne		11-12	Not quoted
Fourth	Tom Tug	John Crickmere		10-02	5/1
Non Finishers
	Boxkeeper	H Bradley		11-04	Not quoted	Finished fifth but may not have jumped all the fences
	Ceremony	Terry Abbot		11-00	Not quoted	Finished sixth but may not have jumped all the fences
	Peter Swift	Horatio Powell		10-12	9/1	Finished seventh but may not have jumped all the fences
	The Stranger	H Hill		10-10	9/1	Finished eighth but may not have jumped all the fences
	Nimrod	Joseph French		10-08	9/1	Finished ninth but may not have jumped all the fences
	Brilliant	William Noble		10-04	10/1	Finished tenth but may not have jumped all the fences
	The Romp	J Thompson		10-04	Not quoted	Finished eleventh but may not have jumped all the fences
	The Page	William Holman senior		11-10	7/1	Refused
Becher's brook, 2nd circuit	Vanguard	Tom Olliver		12-10	4/1 favourite	Pulled up before fence
Canal Turn	Clansman	J Kelly		11-06	12/1	Fell fatally
First circuit	Brenda	J Abbott		11-07	6/1	Ran out

Details

The race was delayed due to a protest from the owners of Cure-All and Crocus over the condition of the course. Heavy rain, followed by a sharp overnight frost left parts of the course in a very hard condition, which the two owners felt was unsafe for racing. The race commenced at 5pm after the remaining owners had voted to race. The owner of Crocus, Mr Robson withdrew his horse while Cure-All went on to win.^[1]

Only the first four horses to pass the finishing post were recorded as official finishers to the race. Another seven horse were recorded by the press as having passed the post but they were so far behind that they all finished among the many spectators who would follow the race on horse back and would enter the course when the winner passed the post. It may be that some, if not all of those who finished outside the first four bypassed the final obstacles. Another possible reason why they were not recorded as finishers is that a distance judge used to sit at a position beside the modern day chair fence and would declare any horse who had not reached his position by the time the previous horse passed the post as being distanced and would pull them up.

The winning owner and rider was William loft from Healing, Lincolnshire near Grimsby, although he leased the ownership of the horse to Mr Sterling Crawford for the Grand National. Loft also officially trained the horse as well but this duty was more likely handled by Christopher Crisp, known as Kitty. Crisp actually walked every step of the road from Grimsby to Liverpool with the horse and after their victory they returned home the same way with the Healing church bells sounded in their honour upon their arrival.

Loft was one of nine riders making their debut in the race while Tom Olliver was taking a record seventh ride in the race.

Clansman's fatal fall at the Canal Turn was the second equine fatality in the history of the race and the first for six years.

Sources

↑ http://www.the-grand-national.co.uk/history/1840/

Irish Newsletter 1845
The Times 1845
Liverpool Mercury 1845
The Field 1954

Grand National

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Course	Aintree Racecourse Becher's Brook Canal Turn The Chair

Famous horses	Aldaniti Battleship Corbiere Crisp Devon Loch The Duke E.S.B. Foinavon Golden Miller L'Escargot Lord Gyllene Lottery Peter Simple Red Rum West Tip

Famous jockeys	Jack Anthony Martin Becher Tommy Carberry Bob Champion Richard Dunwoody Brian Fletcher Dick Francis Josh Gifford Bruce Hobbs Count Karl Kinsky Jem Mason Tony McCoy Tom Olliver Ernest Piggott Richard Pitman Ruby Walsh Fred Winter

Other people	Peter Bromley Ginger McCain Vincent O'Brien Michael O'Hehir Peter O'Sullevan Jenny Pitman Fred Rimell Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Lord Oaksey Lord Sefton

Lists	List of Grand National winners List of Grand National first four placings List of equine fatalities in the Grand National

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