1911 Grand National Explained

Pagename:1911 Grand National
Horse Race:Grand National
Location:Aintree
Date:24 March 1911
Winning Horse:Glenside
Starting Price:20/1
Winning Jockey: Jack Anthony
Winning Trainer:R H Collis
Winning Owner:Frank Bibby
Conditions:Good to soft (good in places)
Previous:1910
Next:1912

The 1911 Grand National was the 73rd official annual renewal of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 24 March 1911.

The only moving images of the race turned up in a London auction in 2007, found by Angus Loughran, and first shown to the public in a BBC documentary "THE BIG FLUTTER: THE GRAND NATIONAL ON FILM" in 2011.[1]

Torrential rain caused many riders to fall. Twenty two out of the twenty six runners failed to finish.

The race was won by the 20:1 shot Glenside, a broken winded one eyed horse, ridden by Jack Anthony. He went into the lead after Caubeen and Rathnally collided after Becher's Brook, as the only horse that wasn't remounted, and went on to a twenty length victory. He was followed by Rathnally, Shady Girl and in fourth place Fool-Hardy, the only horses to finish the race.[2] [3]

Finishing Order

data-sort-type="number"PositionNameJockeydata-sort-type="number"AgeHandicap (st-lb)SPDistance
01GlensideJack Anthony9[4] 10-320 lengths
02RathnallyRobert Chadwick611-0
03Shady GirlG Clancy?10-5
04FoolhardyMr MacNeill?9-7Last to complete

Non-finishers

FenceNameJockeyAgeHandicap (st-lb)SPFate
?Lutteur IIIGeorges Parfrement?12-3Fell
?Trianon IIIR Sauval611-8Fell
?JenkinstownPercy Woodland?11-7Pulled Up
?Mount Prospect's FortuneEdmund Driscoll?11-6Fell
?Rory O'MoorePercy Whitaker?11-6Knocked Over
?CaubeenAlf Newey?11-5Fell
?Lord RiversWilliam Payne snr?10-9Fell
?Fetlar's PrideJohn Walsh jnr?10-7Fell
?CarseyPatrick Cowley?10-6Fell
?VizBryan Bletsoe?10-5Fell
?Monk VMr F Drake?10-1Fell
?SchwarmerF Damly?10-0Fell
?SuhescanA V Chapman?10-1Fell
?Great CrossMr Walwyn69-13Fell
?Circassian's PrideIsaac Morgan?9-12Knocked Over
?Precentor IIA Aylin?9-11Fell
?Bridge IVPeter Roberts?9-9Fell
?CarderB Roberts?9-7Fell
?FlaxenArthur Smith?9-7Fell
?Roman CandleT Wilmot?9-7Fell
?Hesperus MagnusWillian Fitzgerald?9-7Pulled Up
?Hercules IIMr R W Hall?9-8Pulled Up

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References

https://web.archive.org/web/20060116221716/http://www.grand-national-world.co.uk/gnw/the_race/past_winners_index.htmlhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/9450571.stmhttps://web.archive.org/web/20131227085539/https://www.sportsbookguardian.com/horse-racing/grand-national/winners

Notes and References

  1. News: Grand National meeting: BBC to show 100-year-old film. BBC Sport.
  2. Web site: Aintree Grand National 2011.
  3. Web site: Grand National History, 1919 – 1910. 16 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150411084944/http://the-grand-national.co.uk/history/1910/. 11 April 2015. dead.
  4. Dublin Daily Express, Saturday 25 March 1911, page 9, Column 2
  5. Web site: Aintree 1911 Grand National.
  6. The Grand National 1839-1930 by David Hoadley Munroe
  7. Web site: Grand National Winners – Sportsbook Guardian . 2015-05-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131227085539/https://www.sportsbookguardian.com/horse-racing/grand-national/winners . 27 December 2013 .
  8. Web site: 1911.