1922 Grand National Explained

Pagename:1922 Grand National
Horse Race:Grand National
Location:Aintree Racecourse
Date:24 March 1922
Winning Horse:Music Hall
Starting Price:100/9
Winning Jockey: Lewis Rees
Winning Trainer: Owen Anthony
Winning Owner:Hugh Kershaw
Conditions:Good
Previous:1921
Next:1923

The 1922 Grand National was the 81st renewal of the world-famous Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 24 March 1922.

After two false starts, the race was won by Music Hall at odds of 100/9. The nine-year-old was ridden by Lewis Rees and trained by Owen Anthony, for owner Hugh Kershaw, who collected the winner's prize of £5,000. The winning jockey's brother, Dick Rees, had won the race the previous year on Shaun Spadah.[1]

Drifter finished in second place and Taffytus in third. Sergeant Murphy and A Double Escape were remounted after falling and finished fourth and fifth respectively.[2] There were only five finishers from the field of thirty-two horses. Most did not complete the first circuit, with many having been obstructed by Sergeant Murphy in an incident at the Canal Turn.[1]

After a second consecutive year with a small number of finishers, following the 1921 race when only four horses completed the course, The Manchester Guardian wrote that "it is often not a case of the survival of the fittest but of the survival of the luckiest",[3] while Robin Goodfellow in the Daily Mail described it as "a fit subject for the Chamber of Horrors".[1] The favourite, Southampton, and Shaun Spadah both fell at the first fence, and there were two equine fatalities: The Inca II at Becher's Brook and Awbeg at the Canal Turn.

Finishing Order

data-sort-type="number"PositionNameJockeydata-sort-type="number"AgeHandicap (st-lb)SPDistance
1Music HallLewis Rees911-812 lengths
2DrifterWilliam Watkinson810-06 lengths
3TaffytusTed Leader911-0A Distance
4Sergeant MurphyCharles Hawkins1211-0
5A Double EscapeTuppy Bennet810-3

Non-finishers

FenceNameJockeyAgeHandicap (st-lb)SPFate
01Shaun SpadahDick Rees1112-3
01SouthamptonHarry Brown611-10 F
04VaulxTony Escott810-0Fell
05Clashing ArmsJack Anthony711-3Fell
06Grey Dawn VAlf Newey910-0
06The Inca IIFred Brookes810-0Fell
06WavertreeBryan Bletsoe1111-10Fell
08All WhiteBob Chadwick811-0Brought Down
08AwbegMr A Knowles1110-0Fell
08General SaxhamMr P Dennis910-9
08NortonIsaac Morgan711-8Fell
?ClonreeJ Mahoney811-6
?St BernardMr R Pulford811-5
?The Turk IIIvor Anthony1210-11
?Super ManRoger Burford710-9
?Gay LochinvarF Croney610-8
?DunadryJames Hogan jnr910-7
?Any TimeGilbert Wall1110-5
?Square UpJ Rennison910-4
?Mask-OnJ Burns910-2
?Arabian KnightR Spares610-2
?Sudan IIG Calder1310-0
?MasterfulMr M Blair910-0
?DunstanburghH Watkins1010-0
?ConfessorRobert Trudgill810-0
?Such A SportCaptain A C Delmege1110-0
22ArravalePercy Whitaker710-10

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Notes and References

  1. News: Robin Goodfellow . Grand National. Daily Mail . 25 March 1922.
  2. The Grand National. 25 March 1922. 5. 42989.
  3. News: . The Grand National. The Guardian. 25 March 1922.
  4. Web site: Grand National 1922.
  5. The Grand National 1839-1930 by David Hoadley Munroe
  6. 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 .
  7. Web site: 1922.