1847 Grand National

1847 Grand National
Grand National
Location	Aintree
Date	3 March 1847
Winning horse	Mathew IRE
SP	10/1
Jockey	Denny Wynne
Trainer	John Murphy IRE
Owner	John Courtenay IRE
← 1846 1848 →

The 1847 Grand National Steeplechase was the ninth official annual running of a Handicap Steeple-chase Horse race which took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool on 3 March 1847 and attracted a then record field of twenty-six runners. It was won by Mathew, ridden by Denny Wynne in the colours of County Cork landowner, John Courtenay.

Finishing order

position	name	rider	age	weight	starting price	dstance or fate
Winner	Mathew	Denny Wynne	9	10-06	11/1	1 length
Second	St Leger	Tom Olliver		12-03	14/1	1 length
Third	Jerry	J Bradley	13	11-06	12/1
Fourth	Pioneer	Captain William Peel	7	11-12	13/1
Fifth	Culverthorpe	Horatio Powell		11-06	10/1
Sixth	The False Heir	Wilson Ellerton	13	11-04	Not quoted
Seventh	Brunette	Alan McDonough	13	12-06	20/1	Last official finisher
Unplaced	Ballybar	T Turner	7	11-12	Not quoted	Refused or fell but completed 8th of 23 to finish
Unplaced	Young Lottery	John Butler	5	10-07	Not quoted	Refused or fell but completed 9th of 23 to finish
Unplaced	The Pluralist	W Denby		11-04	Not quoted	Refused or fell but completed 10th of 23 to finish
Unplaced	Frederick	J Abbott	6	11-02		Refused or fell but completed 11th of 23 to finish
Unplaced	St Ruth	Charlie Canavan		12-10		Refused or fell but completed 12th of 23 to finish
Unplaced	Latitat	Charles Bevill		11-00	Not quoted	Refused or fell but completed 13th of 23 to finish
Unplaced	Avoca	Captain J Broadley		10-10	15/1	Refused or fell but completed 14th of 23 to finish
Unplaced	Cavendish	William Scott	7	10-10	Not quoted	Refused or fell but completed 15th of 23 to finish
Unplaced	Midnight	W D Gardner	5	10-10	Not quoted	Refused or fell but completed 16th of 23 to finish
Unplaced	Barmaid	W Lockwood	7	10-08	Not quoted	Refused or fell but completed 17th of 23 to finish
Unplaced	Grenade	Ratcliff	6	10-08		Refused or fell but completed 18th of 23 to finish
Unplaced	Gayhurst	Mr Wesley			Not quoted	Refused or fell but completed 19th of 23 to finish
Unplaced	Tramp	William Archer	7	10-06	Not quoted	Refused or fell but completed 20th of 23 to finish
Unplaced	Quicksilver	Rawson	7	10-04	Not quoted	Refused or fell but completed 21st of 23 to finish
Unplaced	Valeria	James Dally	6	10-03	Not quoted	Refused or fell but completed 22nd of 23 to finish
Unplaced	The Roarer	Jem Mason		10-07	4/1 favourite	Refused or fell but completed last of 23 to finish
Non Finishers
Not recorded	Saucepan	William McDonough	8	12-02	12/1
First circuit, near Anchor Bridge	Cumberland Lassie	J E Maddox	8	10-04	Not quoted	Ran out
Second circuit	Red Lancer	Lord Strathmore		10-08	20/1	Pulled up
Second circuit	Clinker	Maloney	12	10-07	Not quoted	Fell
Fence 3	Marengo	P Barker		11-00	Not quoted	Fell

The Race

During the first circuit there were several refusals but only Marengo, who fell heavily at the third fence and Cumberland Lassie, who ran out in the vicinity of Anchor Bridge, did not make it back to set off on the second circuit.

Jerry led over the water jump and back out into the country the second time where several rivals issued challenges only to refuse or fall. Despite this only Clinker who fell and Red Lancer, who was pulled up were not persevered with.

St Leger led over the final hurdle but was caught and passed on the long run in by Mathew who scored by 1 length with Jerry a further length back in third place. Pioneer was fourth, Culverthorpe fifth, The False Heir sixth and Brunette last of seven officially recorded finishers.

Sixteen other horses have been officially recorded as non finishers as they had not reached the distance judge's chair, positioned beside the plain fence in front of the stands, alongside the elbow, by the time Brunette had past the finishing post. In modern times they would still have been classed as finishers and are recorded as passing the post in the following order. Ballybar, Young Lottery, The Pluralist, Frederick, St Ruth, Latitat, Avoca, Cavendish, Midnight, Barmaid, Grenade, Gayhurst, Tramp, Quicksilver, Valeria and last to finish, the favourite The Roarer.

Aftermath

The win has gone down in history as being a hugely popular one among the Irish, bearing in mind that this was at the height of the potato famine in the country. In truth the Irish press largely ignored the race in those days and it was only the wealthy friends of Mr John Courtenay in and around the County Cork area who benefited from the victory. In actuality Courtenay was considered among the most ruthless of the landowners who were, at this time forcibly evicting their tenants for being unable to meet their rent and as a result the rank and file Irishmen had placed heir support with another Irish entrant Brunette.

Much of the early history of the Grand National was told many years after the events and often from memory with the result that the winner, Mathew appears on the winners board at Aintree carrying the modern spelling of Matthew. The sixth horse The False Heir is often recorded as a non finisher while the favourite The Roarer, along with Young Lottery are not recorded as having taken part at all. As a result, many modern books and websites state six finishers in a field of twenty-six runners instead of the seven from twenty-eight recorded by the press of the time.

Sources

The Irish Newsletter 4 March 1847

The Times 4 March 1847

The Liverpool Mercury 4 March 1847

www.hometown.aol.co.uk/captainbeecher/1847MATHEW.html

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Course	Aintree Racecourse Becher's Brook Canal Turn The Chair

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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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