1951 Grand National

1951 Grand National
Grand National
Location Aintree Racecourse
Date 7 April 1951
Winning horse Nickel Coin
SP 1040 40/1
Jockey John Bullock
Trainer Republic of Ireland Jack O'Donoghue
Owner Jeffrey Royle
Conditions Soft
1950
1952
External video
Highlights of the 1951 Grand National (British Pathé)

The 1951 Grand National was the 105th renewal of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 7 April 1951.

A crowd of 250,000 people saw the race won by Nickel Coin at odds of 40/1. The nine-year-old mare was ridden by jockey John Bullock and trained by Jack O'Donoghue. Royal Tan, who won in 1954, finished second, and Derrinstown was third. An unprecedented twelve horses (a third of the field) went at the first fence- either falling or being bought down. Of the 36 runners, only three completed the course. All of the horses returned safely to the stables.

In the long history of the Grand National only 13 mares have won the race, Nickel Coin being the most recent.

Finishing order

Position Name Jockey Age Handicap (st-lb) SP Distance
01 Nickel Coin John Bullock 9 10-1 40/1
02 Royal Tan Mr AS O'Brien 7 10-13 40/1
03 Derrinstown Alan Power 11 10-0 66/1 Last to complete

Non-finishers

Fence Name Jockey Age Handicap (st-lb) SP Fate
01 Cadamstown Jack Dowdeswell 11 10-4 50-1 Fell
01 Column Atty Corbett 11 10-1 100/1 Fell
01 Confucius Mick O'Dwyer 10 10-0 100/1 Fell
01 East A'Calling Mr Michael Scudamore 10 10-2 50/1 Brought Down
01 Finnure Dick Francis 10 12-0 22/1 Fell
01 Irish Lizard Pat Taaffe 8 10-1 50/1 Brought Down
01 Land Fort Bryan Marshall 7 11-3 20/1 Fell
01 Parsonhill Mr J Seely 12 10-2 100/1 Fell
01 Revealed Mr W Beynon-Brown 11 10-0 100/1 Fell
01 Stalbridge Rock Mr Dick McCreery 8 10-5 66/1 Fell
01 Stockman George Vergette 9 10-2 100/1 Brought Down
01 Texas Dan P Fitzgerald 9 10-1 66/1 Brought Down
02 Gallery Alf Mullins 13 10-4 50/1 Fell
02 Freebooter Jimmy Power 10 12-7 10/1 Brought Down
05 Shagreen Glen Kelly 10 12-2 10/1 Fell
06 Morning Cover George Slack 10 10-0 40/1 Fell
07 Binghamstown Mr L Furman 12 10-0 100/1 Fell
07 Rowland Roy David Dick 12 10-12 50/1 Fell
07 Sergeant Kelly R De'Ath 10 10-12 40/1 Brought Down
08 Arctic Gold Tim Molony 6 10-13 8/1 Fell
08 Armoured Knight Tommy Cusack 7 10-8 66/1 Brought Down
08 Cloncarrig Bob Turnell 11 12-0 10/1 Fell
08 Glen Fire Fred Winter 8 10-1 33/1 Fell
08 Prince Brownie Tony Grantham 9 10-9 33/1 Fell
08 Tasman Charles Hook 11 10-0 100/1 Refused
09 Roimond Andrew Jarvis 10 12-0 100/7 Fell
09 Partpoint Arthur Thompson 9 10-5 33/1 Fell
09 Queen Of The Dandies R Carter 10 10-0 100/1 Fell
10 Caesar's Wife Mr GB Rogers 9 10-8 100/1 Fell
15 Russian Hero Leo McMorrow 11 11-1 40/1 Fell
15 Dog Watch Tim Brookshaw 10 10-2 33/1 Fell
23 Broomfield Rene Emery 10 10-4 33/1 Fell
23 Gay Heather Dick Curran 10 10-0 66/1 Fell

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References

  1. The Grand National : the history of the Aintree spectacular, by Stewart Peters & Bernard Parkin, ISBN 0-7524-3547-7
  2. "1951 - The Grand National & Aintree 1946-1959". fiftiesnationals.webs.com. Retrieved 2014-08-30.
  3. "Past Winners of The Grand National". grand-national.net. Retrieved 2014-08-30.


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