The 1952 Grand National was the 106th renewal of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 5 April 1952.

1952 Grand National
Grand National
LocationAintree Racecourse
Date5 April 1952
Winning horseTeal
Starting price1014.2857142857 100/7
JockeyRepublic of Ireland Arthur P. Thompson
TrainerNeville Crump
OwnerHarry Lane
ConditionsGood to firm
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External videos
video icon Highlights of the 1952 Grand National (British Pathé)

The race went off ten minutes late, after the field breached the starting tape, prompting a false start. It was won by Teal, a 100/7 shot ridden by jockey Arthur Thompson and trained by Neville Crump. Thompson and Crump were victorious in the steeplechase in 1948 also, with Sheila's Cottage, at odds of 50/1.

In second place was Legal Joy, third was Wot No Son, and Uncle Barney finished fourth.

Forty-seven horses ran, and all but one returned safely to the stables. Skouras was euthanised after incurred a cervical fracture falling at Becher's Brook.

Finishing order edit

Position Name Jockey Age Handicap (st-lb) SP Distance
01 Teal Arthur Thompson 10 10–12 100/7 5 Lengths[1]
02 Legal Joy Michael Scudamore 9 10–4 100/6
03 Wot No Sun David Dick 10 11–7 33/1
04 Uncle Barney Jack Boddy 9 10–4 100/1
05 Overshadow Eddie Newman 12 10–5 22/1
06 Printers Pie George Slack 8 10–0 100/1
07 Hierba Alf Mullins 7 10–0 66/1
08 Column Peter Pickford 12 10–0 100/1
09 Parsonshill Jim Seely 13 10–1 100/1
10 Sergeant Kelly Ray Cross 11 10–9 100/1 Last to complete

Non-finishers edit

Fence Name Jockey Age Handicap (st-lb) SP Fate
01 Early Mist Pat Taaffe 7 10–11 18/1 Fell
01 Golden Surprise Mr T Clarke 7 10–3 100/1 Fell
01 Hal's Venture John Foster 7 10–8 45/1 Fell
01 Rocket VI Victor Speck 8 10–1 100/1 Fell
01 Russian Hero Leo McMorrow 12 10–11 50/1 Fell
01 St Kathleen II Patrick Doyle 9 10–2 50/1 Fell
01 Dominick's Bar A Prendergast 8 10–13 66/1 Fell
01 Cardinal Error Jimmy Power 8 11–8 33/1 Brought Down
01 Irish Lizard Rex Hamey 9 10–3 33/1 Brought Down
01 Court Painter Francis Carroll 12 10–0 100/1 Refused
03 Cream of the Border Lex Kelly 7 10–0 50/1 Refused
03 Inter Alia C Sleator 9 10–3 66/1 Fell
03 Caesar's Wife Gordon Rogers 10 10–6 50/1 Unseated Rider
03 Whispering Steel Bert Morrow 7 10–11 40/1 Fell
04 Cloncarrig William Dugdale 12 11–13 50/1 Fell
04 Nagara P Hieronimus 10 11–7 100/1 Fell
05 Brown Jack III Duke of Alburquerque 9 10–0 40/1 Fell
06 Skouras Mr R Keith 12 10–13 66/1 Fell
07 Pearly Prince Derek Leslie 9 10–5 25/1 Fell
07 Skyreholme Dick Francis 9 11–3 40/1 Fell
07 Tantivy Mr M Westwick 11 11–1 50/1 Fell
07 Wolfschmidt F O'Connor 12 10–3 100/1 Fell
07 Kelek Charles Hook 8 10/3 40/1 Refused
08 Possible Mr E Weymouth 12 11–0 100/1 Fell
09 Another Delight Glen Kelly 9 10–10 25/1 Fell
13 Starlit Bay Clive Straker 8 10–3 50/1 Fell
17 Roimond Tim Molony 11 11–13 33/1 Fell
17 Menzies Mick O'Dwyer 10 10–4 33/1 Brought Down
21 Border Luck Tommy Shone 7 10–12 20/1 Unseated Rider
21 Derrinstown Alan Power 12 10–0 100/1 Pulled Up
21 Tavoy Daniel McCann 9 10–0 100/1 Pulled Up
22 Traveller's Pride Len Stephens 9 10–1 100/1 Fell
24 Freebooter Bryan Marshall 11 12–7 10/1 Fell
24 Royal Stuart Tim Brookshaw 9 10–3 50/1 Refused
24 Icy Calm Marquess of Portago 9 11–0 33/1 Pulled Up
30 Royal Tan Phonsie O'Brien 8 11–6 22/1 Fell
? Bronze Arrow John Straker 10 10–2 100/1 Fell

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References edit

  1. ^ "1952".
  2. ^ The Grand National : the history of the Aintree spectacular, by Stewart Peters & Bernard Parkin, ISBN 0-7524-3547-7
  3. ^ "1952 – The Grand National & Aintree 1946-1959". fiftiesnationals.webs.com. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Past Winners of The Grand National". grand-national.net. Archived from the original on 4 November 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2014.