1954 Grand National

1954 Grand National
Grand National
Location	Aintree Racecourse
Date	10 April 1954
Winning horse	Royal Tan
SP	8/1
Jockey	Bryan Marshall
Trainer	Vincent O'Brien
Owner	Joe H. Griffin
← 1953 1955 →

External video
Highlights of the 1954 Grand National (British Pathé)

The 1954 Grand National was the 108th annual renewal of the Grand National steeplechase that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 10 April 1954.

The race was won by ten-year-old gelding Royal Tan, an 8/1 shot trained by Vincent O'Brien. O'Brien had also trained the previous year's winner, Early Mist, and would secure a third consecutive win the following year with Quare Times.^[1] Royal Tan was ridden by jockey Bryan Marshall, who also won his second consecutive Grand National. Tudor Line was second and the 15/2 favourite Irish Lizard finished third.^[2]

Only 29 horses ran in the race, the fewest since 1935 when 27 ran.^[2] The 1954 running saw four equine fatalities during the race; this remains the only Grand National renewal to have yielded four fatalities. Dominick's Bar dropped dead jumping the second fence; Paris New York incurred a cervical fracture at the fourth. Legal Joy, who finished second two years previously, broke a leg at the 13th and had to be euthanised, while Coneyburrow was injured at the 28th and also had to be put down. The two latter fatalities remain the only ones ever recorded at the 13th and 28th fences in the Grand National.^[3]

Finishing order

Position	Name	Jockey	Age	Handicap (st-lb)	SP	Distance
01	Royal Tan	Bryan Marshall	10	11-7	8/1
02	Tudor Line	George Slack	9	10-7	10/1
03	Irish Lizard	Michael Scudamore	11	10-5	15/2
04	Churchtown	Tosse Taaffe	9	10-3	10/1
05	Sanperion	Derek Leslie	9	10-2	20/1
06	Martinique	Mr E Greenaway	8	10-1	66/1
07	Uncle Barney	Leo McMorrow	11	10-1	50/1
08	Southern Coup	Arthur Thompson	12	10-10	40/1
09	Ontray	Bobby Brewis	6	10-8	66/1	Last to complete

Non-finishers

Fence	Name	Jockey	Age	Handicap (st-lb)	SP	Fate
01	Alberoni	Mr E Cousins	11	10-12	66/1	Fell
01	Gentle Moya	Mr John Straker	8	10-0	100/6	Fell
01	Swinton Hero	Mr C Harty	10	10-6	66/1	Fell
01	Whispering Steel	Bert Morrow	9	10-12	40/1	Fell
02	Dominick's Bar	Tim Molony	10	10-7	33/1	Fell
02	Minmax	Capt M MacEwan	10	10-0	66/1	Refused
03	Baire	John Foster	8	10-0	66/1	Fell
04	Paris New York	Mick Roberts	7	10-0	66/1	Fell
05	Gay Monarch II	Tim Brookshaw	8	10-4	50/1	Fell
08	Statesman	Eddie Newman	8	10-0	50/1	Fell
12	Border Luck	Tommy Shone	9	10-0	66/1	Fell
13	Legal Joy	David Dick	11	11-3	33/1	Fell
15	Triple Torch	Derek Ancil	8	10-0	66/1	Unseated Rider
15	Hiebra	Rex Hamey	9	10-0	66/1	Fell
19	Icy Calm	Dick Francis	11	10-5	40/1	Pulled Up
23	Ordnance	Jack Dowdeswell	8	10-1	18/1	Fell
23	Prince of Aragon	J Gorey	13	10-2	66/1	Fell
28	Coneyburrow	Pat Taaffe	8	10-11	8/1	Fell
28	Punchestown Star	Sam McComb	10	10-0	66/1	Refused
28	Royal Stuart	Jimmy Power	11	10-0	66/1	Refused

^[4] ^[5] ^[6]

References

↑ "BBC News | GRAND NATIONAL | The Grand National 1839-1955". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-08-08.
1 2 "The Aintree Grand National 2006 - History". aintreegrandnational.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-08-08.
↑ "GRAND NATIONAL (CRUELTY) (Hansard, 29 April 1954)". hansard.millbanksystems.com. Retrieved 2014-08-08.
↑ The Grand National : the history of the Aintree spectacular, by Stewart Peters & Bernard Parkin, ISBN 0-7524-3547-7
↑ "1954 - The Grand National & Aintree 1946-1959". fiftiesnationals.webs.com. Retrieved 2014-08-08.
↑ "Past Winners of The Grand National". grand-national.net. Retrieved 2014-08-08.

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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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