Analysis 1946 - 1959
In the days before the National was broadcast on the telly for most people the only way to see the National would be to either see the race live on track or to watch the newsreel footage that was shown at cinemas a week after the event. The latter was actually the best option as (as they so often bragged) their films provided a close up view of the action when, until the opening of the Earl of Derby and Lord Sefton stands in 2007, it was impossible to follow a race over the National course from the stands. The three companies that provided footage, British Pathe, Movietone and until 1956 Gaumont provide a geat record of the race as long as one accepts that the full race is not shown and that the commentary from the newsreader was mostly in the past tense with some pretty dreadful puns often thrown in.....my word !
For me analysing the newsreel footage is the best way of providing a definitive record of each race, Chaseform is not always as accurate as you would hope whilst the Sporting Chronicle that provided their own annuals until 1970 was pretty hopeless. So, after hours and hours spent watching the damned things and endlessly comparing notes with the ultimate Grand National anorak Mick Mutlow here goes. I am pretty certain that for 1949 and from 1951 onwards the analysis is accurate. I will never pin down 1946 accurately as the footage is of insufficient quality to work out the patterns of the colours of the runners whlst 1947-1948 and 1950 are just hard to work out.
Update : April 24 - Thanks to Scott Youngs "National Colours" book and Chris Dowling's grandnational ultimate history website which enabled me to finally sort out 1946 as definitively as I think I will ever get and both sources were used with regards tidying up and amending my records between 1947 & 1968.
* denotes that the horses fate is not captured on any footage but that I am satisfied we have the right placing
This took me ages - I hope you enjoy
1946
Friday 5th April 1946 - Going : Good
Sources: Sporting Chronicle/Pathe/Movietone/Gaumont/Daily Express Archive
First fence : ASTROMETER (fell)*, ELSICH (fell), YUNG-YAT (fell)*
Third fence : HISTORICAL REVIEW (unseated rider), JOCK (unseated rider), ELSICH (refused)
Bechers (6th) : SYMBOLE (fell), ALACRITY (hampered & unseated rider)
Tenth fence : HEIRDOM (fell)
Eleventh fence : DOUBLE FLUSH (fell)
Twelfth fence : DUNSHAUGHLIN (fell)
Thirteenth fence : KAMI (fell)*
The Chair : BOGSKAR (hampered & unseated rider)
Order at half way : (1) LOUGH CONN, (2) PRINCE REGENT, (3) LIMESTONE EDWARD, (4) HOUSEWARMER, (5) SILVER FAME, (6) TULYRA, (7) SCHUBERT, (8) MACMOFFAT, (9) JACK FINLAY, (10) BRICETT, (11) NEWARK HILL, (12) LOVELY COTTAGE, (13) VAIN KNIGHT, (14) MUSICAL LAD, (15) SUZERAIN II, (16) E P, (17) LARGO, (18) RED ROWER, (19) GYPPO, (20) KING GESSON, (21) KNIGHT'S CREST
Nineteenth fence : LOUGH CONN (fell when leading), SILVER FAME (hampered & unseated rider), KING GESSON (refused), VAIN KNIGHT (fell), KNIGHTS CREST (came to a standstill in hole in fence & unseated rider)
Twentieth fence : E P (refused)
Second Bechers : LARGO (fell), NEWARK HILL (fell), TULYRA (unseated rider)
Twenty third fence : BRICETT (fell)*, MACMOFFAT (fell)
Order at Second Canal : (1) LIMESTONE EDWARD (6th & last), (2) PRINCE REGENT (3rd), (3) HOUSEWARMER (4th), (4) LOVELY COTTAGE (1st), (5) JACK FINLAY (2nd), (6) SCHUBERT (5th), (7) MUSICAL LAD, (8) SUZERAIN II, (9) GYPPO, RED ROWER (pulled up)
Twenty fifth fence : GYPPO (fell)*
Twenty ninth fence : SUZERAIN II (fell), MUSICAL LAD (pulled up)
1947
Saturday 29th March - Going : Heavy
First fence : EP (fell) , REVELRY (fell) - some sources say EP was brought down but from the slow motion coverageit looks as if he was in the process of falling independently
Third fence : BULLINGTON (unseated rider), MICHAELS PEARL (unseated rider), PATRICKSWELL (ran out)
Fourth fence : BLACK JENNIFER (fell, remounted)*
Fifth fence : WICKLOW WOLF (pulled up)*
First Bechers : DAY DREAMS (pulled up)*, LUAN CASCA (unseated rider)
First Canal : SHANAKILL (fell)
First Valentines : PRATTLER (unseated rider)
Tenth fence : BLACK JENNIFER (fell a second time & remounted)*, OCULTOR (fell)*
Eleventh fence : BOGSKAR (refused & unseated rider), BRICK BAT (refused), HALCYON HOURS (hampered & refused)
Twelfth fence : BORDER BOB (unseated rider), GRANITZA (refused), SHEILAS COTTAGE (hampered & unseated rider), PARTHENON (unseated rider)
Fourteenth fence : FIRST OF THE DANDIES (unseated rider)*, LINTHILL (pulled up)*
The Chair : GYPPO (fell)*
Order at half way : (1) LOUGH CONN, (2) MUSICAL LAD, (3) KILNAGLORY, (4) TULYRA, (5) KLAXTON, (6) BRICETT, (7) CAUGHOO, (8) JACK FINLAY, (9) DOMINO, (10) BOMBER COMMAND, (11) PRINCE REGENT, (12) BRIGHTER SANDY, (13) SILVER FAME, (14) ROWLAND ROY, (15) SOME CHICKEN, (16) OH JOE, (17) REARMAMENT, (18) GRECIAN VICTORY, (19) GORMANSTOWN, (20) REFUGIO, (21) CLYDUFFE, (22) LEAP MAN, (23) HOUSEWARMER, (24) SCHUBERT, (25) DOUBLE SAM, (26) GOOD DATE, (27) KAMI, (28) SODA II, (29) MARTIN M, (30) MACMOFFAT, (31) JUBILEE FLIGHT, (32) YUNG YAT, (33) TOYETTE, (34) TRIBUNE, (35) HARDY LAD, (tailed off - 36) BLACK JENNIFER
Nineteenth fence : BOMBER COMMAND (unseated rider - saddle slipped), KLAXTON (unseated rider), OH JOE (unseated rider)*, TRIBUNE (pulled up)*
Twenty first fence : DOMINO (pulled up)*, YUNG-YAT (pulled up)*
Second Bechers : BLACK JENNIFER (fell and finally called it a day)*, MACMOFFAT (fell)*, ROWLAND ROY (fell remounted)
Twenty third fence : GOOD DATE (fell)*
Order at second Canal : (1) LOUGH CONN (2nd), (2) CAUGHOO (1st), (3) KILNAGLORY (8th), (4) BRICETT (fell), (5) SOME CHICKEN (5th), (6) PRINCE REGENT (4th), (7) TULYRA, (8) MUSICAL LAD (brought down), (9) GRECIAN VICTORY (brought down), (10) REFUGIO (7th), (11) KAMI (3rd), (12) DOUBLE SAM, (13) HOUSEWARMER (6th), (14) SILVER FAME, (15) CLYDUFFE (9th), (16) SODA II, (17) JACK FINLAY, (18) SCHUBERT (10th), (19) REARMAMENT (13th), (20) BRIGHTER SANDY (12th), (21) LEAP MAN (11th) and others toiling some way behind including TOYETTE (14th), MARTIN M (15th), JUBILEE FLIGHT (16th), ROWLAND ROY (17th) & MUSICAL LAD (18th & last)
Twenty Sixth fence : SODA II (fell)*
Twenty Eighth fence : DOUBLE SAM (refused), JACK FINLAY (fell), SILVER FAME (hampered & unseated rider), TULYRA (refused). Some sources say Rearmament fell here and was remounted but the newsreel footage shows him jumping the fence cleanly, GORMANSTOWN (hampered & refused)
1948
Saturday 20th March - Going : Good
First fence : BRICETT (fell), SERPENTINE (unseated rider)
Third fence : ULTRA BENE (unseated rider)
Fourth fence : BORAS's COTTAGE (fell)*
First Bechers : SILVER FAME (hampered & fell), SOME CHICKEN (fell)
Seventh fence: LOYAL ANTRIM (fell)*
First Canal : ROIMOND (unseated rider), CADDIE II (Unseated rider), HALYCON HOURS (refused when tailed off), MUSICAL LAD* (most sources have him falling at the twenty third fence having remained in rear throughout. The Ultimate Grand National site and National Colours have him coming to a stop here. I have trawled all footage and there are no shots of him anywhere not even in the background so I have amended my records accordingly.
Tenth fence : LOVELY COTTAGE (fell & remounted)*
Thirteenth fence : CLONCARRIG (unseated when leading)
Fourteenth fence : SIR JOHN (unseated rider), ULSTER MONARCH (unseated rider)
The Chair : GORMANSTOWN (unseated rider), REARMAMENT (unseated rider), TOMMY TRADDLES (unseated rider), TUDOR CLOSE (formally known as KNIGHT CREST) (fell)*
Order at half way : (1) FIRST OF THE DANDIES, (2) ZAHIA, (3) HAPPY HOME, (4) LE DAIM, (5) SHEILAS COTTAGE, (6) ROWLAND ROY, (7) OFFALY PRINCE, (8) PARTHENON, (9) HIGHLAND LAD, (10) MALTESE WANDERER, (11) CROMWELL, (12) WAR RISK, (13) SCHUBERT, (14) WEEVIL, (15) SKOURAS, (16) SODA II, (17) CLONABOY, (18), KLAXTON (19 HOUSEWARMER), (20) PRINCE REGENT, (21) CAUGHOO, (22) REVELRY, (23) PLATYPUS, LOUGH CONN (pulled up after water - broke blood vessel*, (tailed off) LOVELY COTTAGE
Seventeenth fence : SODA II (hampered & unseated rider - rider ended on top of the hedge adjacent to the landing side)
Nineteenth fence : LE DAIM (fell), WEEVIL (hampered & unseated rider)
Twenty First fence : HIGHLAND LAD (fell)
Second Bechers : CLONABOY (fell), HOUSEWARMER (hampered & fell)
Twenty third fence : PRINCE REGENT (carried out)*, CAUGHOO (pulled up)*, SKOURAS (pulled up)*
Thirtieth fence : ZAHIA (ran out)
As always thanks to Mick Mutlow for additions and corrections.
1949
Saturday 26th March - Going : Firm
First fence : PATHENON (fell), STONE COTTAGE (fell)
Second fence : ARRANBEG (fell)
Third fence : SAGACITY (unseated rider after fence - leather broke)*
Fourth fence : SHIPS BELL (fell)*
Fifth fence : CAUGHOO (ran out), REPLICA (fell)
First Bechers (sixth) : MAGNETIC FINN (fell), PERFECT NIGHT (hampered & unseated rider - remounted)
Seventh fence : CADDIE II (fell)*, CLONCARRIG (unseated rider)*, MARTIN M (fell)*
Order at first Canal : (1) ACTHON MAJOR, (2) ASTRA, (3) WOT NO SUN. (4) ROIMOND, (5) SAN MICHELE, (6) RUSSIAN HERO, (7) ROYAL MOUNT, (8) BRIGHTER SANDY, (9) LEAP MAN, (10) GALLERY, (11) ULSTER MONARCH, (12) TONDERMAN, (13) MONAVEEN, (14) SOUTHBOROUGH, (15) FLAMING STEEL, (16) MORNING STAR, (17) CLYDUFFE, (18) CAVALIERO, (19) BRICETT, (20) HAPPY HOME, (21) OFFALY PRINCE, (22) CROMWELL, (23) ROYAL COTTAGE, (24) BARN DANCE, (25) CELTIC CROSS (fell), (26), LOYAL ANTRIM, (27) SEN TOI (unseated rider), (28) PERFECT NIGHT, (29) BRUNO II, (30) BORAS COTTAGE, (31) LUCKY PURCHASE, ARDNACASSA (pulled up)
Valentines (9th) : CAVALIERO (fell)
Tenth fence : ACTHON MAJOR (fell when leading), BORAS COTTAGE (fell)*, OFFALY PRINCE (fell)
Eleventh fence : BARN DANCE (unseated rider)
The Chair : LEAP MAN (unseated rider)
Order at half way : (1) ROIMOND, (2) WOT NO SUN, (3) RUSSIAN HERO, (4) SAN MICHELLE, (5) ROYAL MOUNT, (6) ULSTER MONARCH, (7) SOUTHBOROUGH, (8) MONAVEEN, (9) GALLERY, (10) HAPPY HOME, (11) CROMWELL, (12) ASTRA, (13) TONDERMAN, (14) BRIGHTER SANDY, (15) ROYAL COTTAGE, (16) BRICETT, (17) FLAMING STEEL, (18) LOYAL ANTRIM, (19) CLYDUFFE, (20) MORNING STAR II, (21) LUCKY PURCHASE, (22) BRUNO II, (23) PERFECT NIGHT
Nineteenth fence : MONAVEEN (unseated rider)
Twentieth fence : MORNING STAR II (fell)*
Twenty first fence : BRUNO II (fell)*
Second Bechers : ROYAL COTTAGE (refused & unseated rider), WOT NO SUN (fell)
Twenty third fence : SAN MICHELE (fell)*
Order at second Canal : (1) ROYAL MOUNT (3rd), (2) ROIMOND (2nd), (3) RUSSIAN HERO (1st), (4) CROMWELL (4th), (5) SOUTHBOROUGH (fell), (6) HAPPY HOME (6th), (7) ASTRA, (8) TONDERMAN (7th), (9) ULSTER MONARCH (fell), (10) GALLERY, (11) BRIGHTER SANDY (brought down), (12) BRICETT (9th), (13) FLAMING STEEL (5th), (14) LOYAL ANTRIM, CLYDUFFE (10th), PERFECT NIGHT (11th & last), LUCKY PURCHASE (8th)
Second Valentines (25th) : BRICETT (fell remounted)
Twenty seventh fence : LOYAL ANTRIM (fell)*, PERFECT NIGHT (unseated rider remounted)
Twenty eighth fence : ASTRA (unseated rider), GALLERY (unseated rider)
1950
Saturday 25th March - Going : Good
First fence : COMERAGH (fell), COTTAGE WELCOME (fell), OLE`MAN RIVER (fell), RUSSIAN HERO (fell), TOMMY TRADDLES (fell) & ZARTER (unseated rider)
Second fence : SKOURAS (pulled up), IVAN`S CHOICE (fell)*
Bechers (6th) : ARDNACASSA (fell), BATTLING PEDULAS (unseated rider), CAVALIERO (hampered & unseated rider), GALLERY (unseated rider)
Seventh fence : (According to Chaseform) CADAMSTOWN (fell)*, GARDE TOI (fell)*, HIGHLAND COTTAGE (fell)*, INVERLOCHY (fell)*, ROIMOND (fell)*, SAN MICHELE (fell)*
Canal Turn (8th) : LIMESTONE COTTAGE (fell) , SOUTHBOROUGH (fell)
Valentines (9th) : CASTELDERMOTT (fell), HAPPY RIVER (refused)*, KNOCKIRR (brought down), MERMAID VI (hampered & refused continued)*, PASTIME (fell). POSSIBLE (fell)
Eleventh fence : ROYAL MOUNT (fell hampered by a loose horse falls into the fence), CROMWELL (hampered & brought down, Lord Mildmay pitched over the fence). Some stragglers are also put out as only eighteen appear to be left in the race (apart from any remounted runners) after the twelfth. BARNEY VI (hampered & refused), BINGHAMSTOWN (refused), (chaseform states he was put to the fence a second time and eventually refused at the twentieth), SAINTFIELD (refused)*
Fourteenth fence : STOCKMAN (fell)*
Order at halfway : (1) CLONCARRIG, (2) WOT NO SUN, (3) MONAVEEN, (4) SHAGREEN, (5) ACTHON MAJOR, (6) ROWLAND ROY, (7) COLUMN, (8) FREEBOOTER, (9) ANGEL HILL, (10) INCHMORE, (11) CONFUSCIUS, (12) SHIPS BELL, (13) DYNOVI, (14) KLAXTON, (15) SAFETY LOCH, (16) FIGHTING LINE, (17) SODA II
Eighteenth fence : FIGHTING LINE (refused)*, SODA II (fell)*
Twenty first fence : DYNOVI (fell)*
Twenty third fence : SHAGREEN (fell)*, COLUMN (brought down)*
Order at second Canal : (1) ANGEL HILL (unseated rider), (2) CLONCARRIG, (3) WOT NO SUN (2nd), (4) FREEBOOTER (1st), (5) ACTHON MAJOR (3rd), (6) ROWLAND ROY (4th), (7) MONAVEEN (5th), (8) INCHMORE (7th & last), (9) SHIPS BELL (6th), CONFUCIUS (pulled up)
Second Valentines : SAFETY LOCH (pulled up)*
Twenty ninth fence : CLONCARRIG (fell)
Not known : KLAXTON, SAINTFIELD
Thanks to MIck Mutlow for corrections
1951
Saturday 7th April - Going : Soft
First fence : We all know the sorry tale by now - the starter Leslie Firth let them go when they were not all ready and in the mad dash to the first they went too quick. CADAMSTOWN (fell), COLUMN (fell), CONFUCIUS (the last to jump the fence - fell), EAST A`CALLING (fell), FINNURE (fell), IRISH LIZARD (unseated rider), LAND FORT (fell), PARSONHILL (fell), REVEALED (fell), STALBRIDGE ROCK (unseated rider), STOCKMAN (fell), TEXAS DAN (fell)
Second fence : GALLERY (fell)*, FREEBOOTER (Brought down)*
Fifth fence : SHAGREEN (fell)
Bechers (6th) : MORNING COVER (fell)
Seventh fence : BINGHAMSTOWN (fell), ROWLAND ROY (fell), SERGEANT KELLY (fell)
Order at first Canal Turn (8th) : (1) ARCTIC GOLD (fell), (2) ARMOURED KNIGHT (brought down)(3) CAESAR'S WIFE, (4) RUSSIAN HERO, (5) NICKEL COIN, (6) DOG WATCH, (7) ROIMOND, (8) GLEN FIRE (fell), (9) BROOMFIELD, (10) PRINCE BROWNIE (fell). (11) GAY HEATHER, (12) PARTPOINT, (13) ROYAL TAN, (14) DERRINSTOWN, (15) CLONCARRIG (baulked - hampered by loose horse, refused & rider thrown over fence), (16) TASMAN (refused), (17) QUEEN OF THE DANDIES
Valentines (9th) : ROIMOND (fell), PARTPOINT (unseated rider), QUEEN OF THE DANDIES (fell - some way last)
Tenth fence : CAESAR`S WIFE (fell)*
Fifteenth fence : RUSSIAN HERO (hampered & unseated rider), DOG WATCH (unseated rider - didn`t get high enough, hit fence, horse went back into the ditch)
Order at Half way : (1) GAY HEATHER, (2) NICKEL COIN, (3) DERRINSTOWN, (4) ROYAL TAN, (5) BROOMFIELD
Bechers (22nd) : GAY HEATHER (fell & remounted), DERRINSTOWN (fell & remounted - he landed on Gay Heather but was in the process of falling in any event)
Twenty Third fence : BROOMFIELD (fell), GAY HEATHER (refused)*
Order at second Canal Turn : (1) NICKEL COIN (1st), (2) ROYAL TAN (2nd), (3) DERRINSTOWN (3rd & last)
1952
25th March - Going : Good
This year there was a false start causing a delay of ten minutes - nothing unusual in that you might think as it is almost an annual event now but in 1952 this was almost unheard of. TRAVELLERS PRIDE was the culprit who broke the tape.
First fence : EARLY MIST (fell), GOLDEN SURPRISE (fell), HAL`S VENTURE (fell), ROCKET V (fell), RUSSIAN HERO (fell) ST KATHLEEN II (brought down), DOMINICKS BAR (unseated rider), CARDINAL ERROR (brought down), IRISH LIZARD (brought down), COURT PAINTER (refused & unseated rider)
Third fence : BRONZE ARROW (unseated rider), CREAM OF THE BORDER (refused & unseated rider)*, INTER ALIA (unseated rider)*, CAESARS WIFE (unseated rider), WHISPERING STEEL (refused & unseated rider)
Fourth fence : CLONCARRIG (fell)*, NAGARA (fell)*
Fifth fence : BROWN JACK III (fell)
Bechers (6th) : SKOURAS (fell)*
Seventh fence : There were several fallers here and in the head on shot at the Canal Turn you can see several jockeys getting to their feet - neither Movietone or Pathe covered the fallers so I have to go by the form book PEARLY PRINCE (fell)*, SKYREHOLME (fell)*, TANTIVY (fell)*, WOLFSCHMIDT (fell)* (all can be seen jumping Bechers and none are standing by the Canal), KELEK (refused)*
Order at first Canal Turn : (1) TEAL, (2) FREEBOOTER, (3) WOT NO SUN, (4) LEGAL JOY, (5) MENZIES, (6) ROIMOND, (7) COLUMN, (8) ROYAL STUART, (9) UNCLE BARNEY, (10) PRINTERS PIE, (11) HIERBA, (12) OVERSHADOW, (13) STARLIT BAY, (14) BORDER LUCK, (15) PARSONHILL, (16) ANOTHER DELIGHT, (17) POSSIBLE (unseated rider), (18) ROYAL TAN, (19) TRAVELLERS PRIDE, (20) TAVOY, (21) SERGEANT KELLY, (22) ICY CALM, (23) DERRINSTOWN
Valentines (9th) : ANOTHER DELIGHT (fell)
Fourteenth fence : STARLIT BAY (unseated rider)
Order at half way : (1) TEAL, (2) FREEBOOTER, (3) WOT NO SUN, (4) LEGAL JOY, (5) BORDER LUCK, (6) ROIMOND, (7) ROYAL EXILE, (8) MENZIES, (9) ROYAL TAN, (10) PRINTERS PIE, (11) UNCLE BARNEY, (12) COLUMN, (13) OVERSHADOW, (14) HIERBA, (15) SERGEANT KELLY, (16) TAVOY, (17) TRAVELLERS PRIDE, (18) PARSONHILL, (19) DERRINSTOWN, (20) ICY CALM
Seventeenth fence : ROIMOND (fell), MENZIES (unseated rider)
Twenty first fence : BORDER LUCK (unseated rider), DERRINSTOWN (pulled up)*, TAVOY (pulled up)*
Bechers (22nd) : TRAVELLERS PRIDE (fell)
Order at second Canal Turn : (1) TEAL (1st), (2) FREEBOOTER (fell), (3) LEGAL JOY (2nd), (4) WOT NO SUN (3rd), (5) ROYAL TAN, (6) ROYAL STUART (refused), (7) OVERSHADOW (5th), (8) UNCLE BARNEY (4th), (9) SERGEANT KELLY (10th & last), (10) PRINTERS PIE (tried to refuse) (6th), (11) HIERBA (7th), (12) COLUMN (8th), (13) PARSONHILL (9th), ICY CALM (pulled up)*
30th fence : ROYAL TAN (fell)
1953
Saturday 28th March - Going : Good
First Fence : GRAND TRUCE (fell), QUITE NATURALLY (fell)
Second fence : HAPPY DAYS (fell)
Third fence : WAIT AND SEE (hampered & fell), LAND FORT (unseated rider)
Fourth fence : BAIRE (fell), CARDINAL ERROR (fell), STEEL LOCK (fell & remounted - not sure what happened - form book suggests two more refusals at Valentines and finally at the eleventh)
Bechers (6th) : HEAD CREST (unseated rider)
Order at first Canal Turn (8th) : (1) ORDNANCE, (2) PARASOL II (fell), (3) LITTLE YID, (4) MONT TREMBLANT, (5) WHISPERING STEEL (hampered & unseated rider), (6) KNUCKLEDUSTER, (7) GLEN FIRE, (8) HIERBA (fell), (9) ARMOURED KNIGHT, (10) LARRY FINN, (11) EARLY MIST, (12) WITTY, (13) SENLAC HILL, (14) OVERSHADOW, (15) CLONCARRIG, (16) IRISH LIZARD, (17) PEARLY PRINCE, (18) UNCLE BARNEY, (19) CREAM OF THE BORDER, (20) PUNCHESTOWN STAR, (21) DESIRE (refused)*, LUCKY DOME (pulled up)
Eleventh fence : GLEN FIRE (refused), LARRY FINN (hampered, refused & unseated rider), CREAM OF THE BORDER (refused & unseated rider), PUNCHESTOWN STAR (refused)*
Order at halfway : (very strung out) (1) ORDNANCE, (2) LITTLE YID, (3) MONT TREMBLANT, (4) ARMOURED KNIGHT, (5) EARLY MIST, (6) WITTY, (7) SENLAC HILL, (8) OVERSHADOW, (9) PEARLY PRINCE, (10) CLONCARRIG, (11) IRISH LIZARD, (12) UNCLE BARNEY, (13) KNUCKLEDUSTER
Nineteenth fence : KNUCKLEDUSTER (pulled up)*
Twentieth fence : ARMOURED KNIGHT (fell), ORDNANCE (fell- had made all the running until this point)
Bechers (22nd) : UNCLE BARNEY (unseated rider), WITTY (unseated rider)
Order at the Canal Turn (24th) : (1) EARLY MIST (1st), (2) MONT TREMBLANT (2nd), (3) LITTLE YID (the rest miles behind) PEARLY PRINCE (unseated rider)*
Twenty seventh fence : LITTLE YID (refused)
Twenty eighth fence : CLONCARRIG (fell)
1954
Saturday 10th April - Going : Good
First fence : ALBERONI (fell), GENTLE MOYA (unseated rider), SWINTON HERO (fell), WHISPERING STEEL (unseated rider - if you look at the newsreel footage you will see that the horse hesitated and rider Morrow was catapulted out of the saddle).
Second fence : DOMINICKS BAR (fell), MINIMAX (baulked by loose horse, refused & unseated rider)
Third fence : BAIRE (refused)
Fourth fence : PARIS NEW YORK (fell)*
Fifth fence : GAY MONARCH II (fell)
Order at First Canal Turn : (1) CONNEYBURROW, (2) SANPERION, (3) PUNCHESTOWN STAR, (4) LEGAL JOY, (5) TRIPLE TORCH, (6) ROYAL STUART, (7) CHURCHTOWN, (8) UNCLE BARNEY, (9) STATESMAN (unseated rider), (10) ICY CALM, (11) IRISH LIZARD, (12) ONTRAY, (13) ORDANANCE, (14) PRINCE OF ARAGON, (15) BORDER LUCK, (16) ROYAL TAN, (17) TUDOR LINE, (18) SOUTHERN COUP, (19) HIERBA, (20) MARTINIQUE
Twelfth fence : BORDER LUCK (unseated rider)
Thirteenth fence : LEGAL JOY (fell)
Fifteenth fence : TRIPLE TORCH (unseated rider), HIERBA (fell)*
Order at Half way (according to Chaseform) : (1) CONEYBURROW (made a terrible blunder, landed on his belly - as things turned out it would have been better if he`d called it a day there and then), (2) SANPERION, (3) ROYAL STUART, (4) CHURCHTOWN, (5) PUNCHESTOWN STAR, (6) ORDNANCE, (7) ROYAL TAN, (8) IRISH LIZARD, (9) TUDOR LINE, (10) PRINCE OF ARAGON, (11) ICY CALM, (12) ONTRAY, (13) UNCLE BARNEY, (14) SOUTHERN COUP, (tailed off - 15) MARTINIQUE
Twentieth fence : ICY CALM (pulled up)
Twenty third fence : ORDNANCE (fell)*, PRINCE OF ARAGON (fell)*
Order at Second Canal Turn (24th) : (1) CHURCHTOWN (4th), (2) SANPERION (5th), (3) TUDOR LINE (2nd), (4) ROYAL TAN (1st), (5) IRISH LIZARD (3rd), (6) CONEYBURROW, (7) PUNCHESTOWN STAR, (8) ROYAL STUART, (9) ONTRAY (9th & last), (10) UNCLE BARNEY (7th), (11) SOUTHERN COUP (8th), (12) MARTINIQUE (6th)
Twenty eighth fence : CONEYBURROW (fell), PUNCHESTOWN STAR (refused), ROYAL STUART (refused)
1955
Saturday 26th March - Going : Heavy
First fence : BLUE ENVOY (slid in the conditions and fell), MARINER`S LOG (fell)
Third fence : ANOTHER RAKE (unseated rider - one of the last to jump the fence, almost came to a standstill and barely climbed over it)
Bechers (6th) : ESB (fell), ROMAN FIRE (Brought down)
Seventh fence : MOOGIE (third when unseated rider), COPP (never going well - fell)*
Order at the first Canal (8th) : (1) SUNDEW, (2) STEEL LOCK, (3) QUARE TIMES, (4) NO RESPONSE, (5) ONTRAY, (6) M'AS TU VU. (7) GENTLE MOYA, (8) ORIENTAL WAY, (9) IRISH LIZARD, (10) UNCLE BARNEY, (11) WILD WISDOM, (12) CAREYS COTTAGE, (13) RED RUBE, (14) GIGOLO. (15) ROYAL TAN, (16) MUNSTER KING II, (17) SUN CLASP, (18) TUDOR LINE, (19) CLEARING, (20) MR LINNETT, (21) EARLY MIST, DARK STRANGER, LITTLE YID
Tenth fence : DARK STRANGER (fell)*
Eleventh fence : MUNSTER KING II (hampered & unseated rider), NO RESPONSE (fell), ORIENTAL WAY (brought down)
Order at half way (according to Chaseform) : (1) SUNDEW, (2) M`AS-TU-VU (3) STEEL LOCK, (4) CAREY`S COTTAGE, (5) QUARE TIMES, (6) GENTLE MOYA ,(7) WILD WISDOM, (8) TUDOR LINE, (9) ONTRAY, (10) RED RUBE, (11) MR LINNETT, (12) GIGOLO, (13) IRISH LIZARD, (14) LITTLE YID, (15) CLEARING, (16) UNCLE BARNEY, (17) ROYAL TAN, (18) EARLY MIST, tailed off (19) SUN CLASP
NO FALLERS FROM ELEVENTH FENCE TO TWENTY SEVENTH
Order at second Canal Turn (24th : (1) QUARE TIMES (1st), (2) SUNDEW (blundered), (3) CAREY`S COTTAGE (3rd), (4) TUDOR LINE (2nd), (5) GENTLE MOYA (6th), (6) STEEL LOCK, (7) IRISH LIZARD (11th), (8) M`AS-TU-VU, (9) ONTRAY (5th), (10) GIGOLO (4th), (11) CLEARING (7th), (12) WILD WISDOM (8th), (13) EARLY MIST (9th), (14) UNCLE BARNEY (13th & last), (15) RED RUBE (10th), (16) ROYAL TAN (12th), (17) MR LINNETT, (18) LITTLE YID, (tailed off - 19) SUN CLASP
Second Valentines (25th) : LITTLE YID (pulled up)
Twenty sixth fence : MR LINNETT (pulled up)*
Twenty seventh fence : SUNDEW (unseated rider), STEEL LOCK (hampered & unseated rider), M`AS-TU-VU (refused & unseated rider)
Twenty eighth fence : SUN CLASP (fell remounted pulled up before Anchor Bridge)
1956
Saturday 24th March - Going : Good
First fence : EARLY MIST (fell), HIGH GUARD (fell), MUST (fell), REVEREND PRINCE (fell)
Third fence : NO RESPONSE (unseated rider)
Fourth fence : MARINER`S LOG (fell)
Order at first Canal (8th) : (1) ARMORIAL III, (2) SUNDEW, (3) DOMATA, (4) EAGLE LODGE, (5) DEVON LOCH, (6) GENTLE MOYA, (7) ONTRAY, (8) ESB. (9) CLEARING, (10) ATHENIAN, (11) M'AS-TU-VU, (12) MARTINIQUE, (13) MUCH OBLIGED, (14) KEY ROYAL, (15) DUNBOY II, (16) MERRY WINDSOR, (17) WITTY, (18) PIPPYKIN, (19) CAREYS COTTAGE, (20) WILD WISDOM, (21) ROYAL TAN, (22) POLONIUS, (23) BORDER LUCK
Eleventh fence : DOMATA (fell)
Twelfth fence : ATHENIAN (fell), BORDER LUCK (hampered & refused - continued)*
Order at halfway : (1) ARMORIAL III, (2) SUNDEW, (3) EAGLE LODGE, (4) ESB, (5) DEVON LOCH, (6) ONTRAY, (7) GENTLE MOYA, (8) KEY ROYAL, (9) M`AS-TU-VU, (10) CLEARING, (11) WITTY, (12) MUCH OBLIGED, (13) MERRY WINDSOR, (14) MARTINIQUE, (15) DUNBOY II, (16) PIPPYKIN, (17) ROYAL TAN, (18) CAREY'S COTTAGE, (19) WILD WISDOM, (20) POLONIUS, (tailed off - 21) BORDER LUCK
Eighteenth fence : M`AS-TU-VU (fell), POLONIUS (refused)*
Nineteenth fence : DUNBOY II (unseated rider)*
Twentieth fence : WITTY (fell)*
Bechers (22nd) : SUNDEW (fell), PIPPYKIN (refused & unseated rider)
Order at second Canal (24th) : (1) ARMORIAL III, (2) DEVON LOCH, (3) EAGLE LODGE (4th), (4) ESB (1st), (5) GENTLE MOYA (2nd), (6) ONTRAY, (7) MUCH OBLIGED, (8) KEY ROYAL (5th), (9) CLEARING (8th), (10) ROYAL TAN (3rd), (11) MERRY WINDSOR, (12) MARTINIQUE (6th), (13) CAREYS COTTAGE (7th), (14) WILD WISDOM (9th & last)
Twenty sixth fence : ARMORIAL III (fell - he had made all of the running up to this point), MUCH OBLIGED (fell)
Twenty seventh fence : MERRY WINDSOR (baulked & unseated rider)
Twenty ninth fence : ONTRAY (unseated rider)
And of course we all know that DEVON LOCH slipped up on the flat within yards of the winning post when victory was looked assured.
1957
Friday 29th March - Going : Good
First fence : HART ROYAL (fell), VIRGINIUS (fell), RENDEZ-VOUS III (Brought down)
Third fence : GO-WELL (fell)*
Fourth fence : ARMORIAL III (fell)
Fifth fence : WAKING (baulked & refused)*
Bechers (6th) : CHERRY ABBOT (unseated rider), IRISH LIZARD (fell), ROYAL TAN (some sources say carried out, others baulked & refused but there was no head-on shot of Bechers this year so it cannot be verified)*
Order at first Canal Turn : (1) SUNDEW, (2) RED MENACE, (3) ATHENIAN, (4) GENTLE MOYA,(5) CHINA CLIPPER II, (6) THE CROFTER, (7) MERRY THROW, (8) TIBERETTA, (9) ESB, (10) WYNBURGH, (11) MORCATOR (unseated rider), (12) GOOSANDER, (13) FAHRENHEIT (fell), (14) FOUR TEN, (15) ROSE PARK, (16) MUCH OBLIGED, (17) MONKEY WRENCH, (18) CAREYS COTTAGE, (19) SYDNEY JONES, (20) GLORIOUS TWELFTH, (21) FELIAS, (22) CLEARING, (23) WILD WISDOM, (24) ICELOUGH, (25) TUTTO, (26) SYDNEY JONES
Both Movietone & Pathe concentrated on Sundew over the next few jumps so apart from Red Menace I cannot verify what happened here and rely on Chaseform.
Valentines (9th) : WILD WISDOM (fell)*
Tenth fence : RED MENACE (fell), CAREYS COTTAGE (baulked & fell)*
Eleventh fence : CLEARING (fell)*, MUCH OBLIGED (fell)*, FELIAS (baulked & fell)*, TUTTO (baulked & fell)*, ICELOUGH (baulked & pulled up)*
Order at half way : (1) SUNDEW, (2) ATHENIAN, (3) ESB, (4) THE CROFTER, (5) CHINA CLIPPER II, (6) GENTLE MOYA, (7) TIBERETTA, (8) GOOSANDER, (9) WYNDBURGH, (10) MERRY THROW, (12) FOUR TEN, (13) ROSE PARK, (14) SYDNEY JONES, (15) SANDY JANE II, (16) MONKEY WRENCH (pulled up after water)
Twentieth fence : ROSE PARK (refused)
Order at Canal Turn (24th) : (1) SUNDEW (1st), (2) ESB (8th), (3) THE CROFTER (5th), (4) ATHENIAN, (5) WYNDBURGH (2nd), (6) GENTLE MOYA (11th & last), (7) GLORIOUS TWELFTH (4th), (8) CHINA CLIPPER II, (9) TIBERETTA (3rd), (10) MERRY THROW (9th), (11) GOOSANDER (6th), (12) FOUR TEN, (13) SYDNEY JONES (7th), (14) SANDY JANE II (10th)
Valentines (25th) : ATHENIAN (fell)*
Twenty Eighth fence : FOUR TEN (unseated rider)
Thirtieth fence : CHINA CLIPPER II (fell)
1958
Saturday 29th March - Going : Soft
Second fence : LONGMEAD (fell)
Fifth fence : RENDEZ-VOUS III (unseated rider), PRINCESS GARTER (unseated rider), VALIANT SPARK (fell)
Bechers (6th) : MUST (fell), SENTINA (fell), COMEDIAN`S FOLLY (hampered & refused, cleared fence at third attempt), FROZEN CREDIT (hampered & refused)
Seventh fence : COMEDIAN`S FOLLY (refused)*
Order at first Canal : (1) ATHENIAN, (2) GOOSANDER, (3) NEVER SAY WHEN, (4) THE CROFTER, (5) TIBERETTA, (6) WYNBURGH, (7) COLLEDGE MASTER, (8) SPRINGSILVER, (9) EAGLE LODGE, (10) GREEN DRILL, (11) SOUTHERNTOWN, (12) SYDNEY JONES, (13) ESB, (14) WISE CHILD, (15) HART ROYAL, (16) RICHARDSTOWN, (17) PIPPYKIN, (18) GLORIOUS TWELFTH, (19) MOSTON LANE, (20) ACE OF TRUMPS, (21) MR WHAT, (22) BROOKLING, (23) HOLLY BANK
Eleventh fence : GLORIOUS TWELFTH (refused)*
Thirteenth fence : BROOKLING (fell)*
The Chair (15th) : ACE OF TRUMPS (pulled up)*
Order at half way : (According to Chaseform) (1) GOOSANDER (2) ATHENIAN, (3) NEVER SAY WHEN, (4) GREEN DRILL, (5) TIBERETTA, (6) MR WHAT, (7) THE CROFTER, (8) EAGLE LODGE, (9) WYNDBURGH, (10) ESB, (11) PIPPYKIN, (12) RICHARDSTOWN (unseated rider), (13) SYDNEY JONES, (14) SOUTHERTOWN, (15) COLLEDGE MASTER, (16) HART ROYAL, (17) WISE CHILD, (18) MOSTON LANE, (19) SPRINGSILVER, (20) HOLLY BANK
Seventeenth fence : MOSTON LANE (refused)
Eighteenth fence : COLLEDGE MASTER (tried to refuse at the previous fence, clambered over - pulled up)
Nineteenth fence : ATHENIAN (refused & unseated rider - hose got stuck in the fence), NEVER SAY WHEN (refused & unseated rider), SOUTHERNTOWN (unseated rider)*, SPRINGSILVER (refused)*, WISE CHILD (pulled up)*
Twentieth fence : THE CROFTER (unseated rider)
Bechers (22nd) : PIPPYKIN (fell), SYDNEY JONES (brought down), HART ROYAL (refused)
Order at the Canal Turn : (1) MR WHAT (1st), (2) GOOSANDER (5th), (3) GREEN DRILL (3rd), (4) TIBERETTA (2nd), (5) ESB (6th), (6) EAGLE LODGE, (7) WYNDBURGH (4th), (tailed off - 8) HOLLY BANK (7th & last)
Twenty eighth fence : EAGLE LODGE (pulled up)*
1959
Saturday 21st March - Going : Good
First fence : NIC ATKINS (fell), STOP LIST (fell)
Second fence : SOUTHERNTOWN (unseated rider)
Fourth fence : OSCAR WILDE (unseated rider)
Bechers (6th) : DONE UP (hampered & unseated rider), ETERNAL (fell), GLORIOUS TWELFTH (brought down), HENRY PURCELL (fell), MR GAY (brought down), SUNDAWN III (hampered & unseated rider), THE CROFTER (fell), VALIANT SPARK (fell)
Order at first Canal : (1) SURPRISE PACKET, (2) TIBERETTA, (3) BELSIZE II, (4) OXO, (5) VIGOR, (6) KERSTIN, (7) JOHN JACQUES, (8) EAGLE LODGE, (9) WYNBURGH, (10) GREEN DRILL, (11) TURMOIL, (12) SOLTOWN, (13) PINTAIL, (14) MAINSTOWN, (15) KILBALLYOWN, (16) IRISH COFFEE, (17) ROYAL TOURNAMENT, (18) CANNOBIE LEE, (19) MR WHAT, (20) SLIPPERY SERPENT, (21) DONDROSA, (22) RICHARDSTOWN
Eleventh fence : BELSIZE II (fell)
Twelfth fence : DONDROSA (refused)*
Thirteenth fence : SLIPPERY SERPENT (fell)*
Fourteenth fence : RICHARDSTOWN (pulled up)*
Order at half way : (1) SURPRISE PACKET, (2) KERSTIN, (3) TIBERETTA, (4) OXO, (5) MAINSTOWN, (6) JOHN JACQUES, (7) WYNDBURGH, (8) EAGLE LODGE, (9) MR WHAT, (10) VIGOR, (11) SOLTOWN, (12) CANNOBIE LEE, (13) TURMOIL, (14) KILBALLYOWN, (15) IRISH COFFEE, (16) GREEN DRILL, (17) ROYAL TOURNAMENT, (18) PINTAIL
Seventeenth fence : ROYAL TOURNAMENT (refused)
Bechers (22nd) : IRISH COFFEE (fell), KERSTIN (unseated rider), KILBALLYOWN (hampered & unseated rider), MAINSTOWN (fell), SOLTOWN (fell), SURPRISE PACKET (fell)
Order at Canal Turn (24th) : (1) OXO (1st), (2) WYNDBURGH (2nd), (3) TIBERETTA (4th & last), (4) MR WHAT (3rd), (5) JOHN JACQUES, (6) CANNOBIE LEE (refused & unseated rider), (7) GREEN DRILL (refused & unseated rider), (8) EAGLE LODGE, (9) VIGOR (refused & unseated rider), (10) TURMOIL (refused), (11) PINTAIL (climbed over fence, came to a complete standstill and pulled up)
Twenty sixth fence : JOHN JACQUES (fell)
Twenty eighth fence : EAGLE LODGE (refused)