The first Grand National of a new century and the 62nd renewal of the race at Aintree. This time around, the punters went home happy as the race was won by the strong favourite, Ambush.
Sent off at odds of 4/1, he was well supported after running fairly well in the race a year earlier. On that occasion, he finished 7th and went much better here.
He would record a winning distance of four lengths when crossing the line, and with going described as good, that was a help to many of the runners, as 11 of them were able to complete the course and finish.
Dual winner from 1897 and 1899, Manifesto was well on his way to being a Grand National legend here and would finish 3rd. There was a lot of talk around him making the Grand National popular again. This was his 5th of eight attempts at the race, which resulted in two wins.
Onto the winner, and he was both trained and ridden by the same man, something we don’t see too often, but it certainly was more popular during this era than it is now.
Irishman Algy Anthony was the person responsible for this success, going on to record his only winner as a jockey in the race. He would have a total of 12 rides in the contest, but this was the only time when he would ride a horse he also trained.
Coming in 1900, he wouldn’t truly start his training career until much later in life, other than for a very small number of horses, and this was one that would propel him into the limelight as being fantastic with horses.
As a trainer in the race, there are not many who can boast a better record in terms of strike rate than Anthony because he is perfect.
In 1900, he would send Ambush to win the Grand National. His next runner would come in 1920 when he trained Troytown for the race, and that would also be a winner.
He would have no further Grand National horses as a trainer, ending his career with two attempts to win the race and two victories in it, coming 20 years apart.
He was better known as a jockey at the time rather than a trainer, but he was one of the few men in time to have a perfect Grand National record on his CV.
Results
Result | Horse | Starting Price | Age | Handicap | Prize Money | Jockey | Trainer |
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1 | Ambush | 4/1 | 6 | 11-3 | £1975 | Algernon Anthony | Algernon Anthony |
2 | Barsac | 25/1 | 8 | 9-12 | - | William Halsey | Bernard Bletsoe |
3 | Manifesto | 6/1 | 12 | 12-13 | - | George Williamson | Willie Moore |
4 | Breemount's Pride | 20/1 | 7 | 11-7 | - | Gwyn Saunders-Davies | C Marnes |
5 | Levanter | 50/1 | 11 | 9-8 | - | T McGuire | T McGuire |
6 | Grudon | 40/1 | 10 | 10-5 | - | M B Bletsoe | Bernard Bletsoe |
7 | Easter Ogue | 66/1 | 6 | 9-13 | - | Charles Hogan | Harry Escott |
8 | Lotus Lily | 25/1 | 10 | 9-11 | - | Arthur Wood | J Walley |
9 | Sister Elizabeth | 40/1 | 7 | 10-1 | - | C Clack | Capt D Beatty |
10 | Model | 66/1 | 7 | 10-10 | - | Percy Woodland | E Woodland |
11 | Elliman | 100/7 | 9 | 12-00 | - | Edmund Driscoll | G Marsh |
Non Finishers
Horse | Fence | Reason | Starting Price | Age | Handicap | Jockey | Trainer |
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Alpheus | 23 | Fell | 40/1 | 9 | 10-10 | A Waddington | J Elsey |
Nothing | 1 | Ran Out | 100/1 | 9 | 9-11 | William Hoysted | W Holt |
Barcalwhey | 16 | Fell | 20/1 | 10 | 10-00 | Tom Lane | J Cannon |
Covert Hack | 1 | Fell | 100/6 | 6 | 11-00 | Frank ‘Tich’ Mason | T Lushington |
Hidden Mystery | 17 | Brought Down | 75/20 | 6 | 12-00 | Charles Hugh Nugent | Sir Charles Nugent |