1906 Grand National: Results, Runners & Fallers

1906 Grand National
Ascetic’s Silver

We’ve heard plenty of family connections landing the Grand National, but on few occasions do we get the same person both training and riding the winner, but that’s exactly what happened in 1906 when Aubrey Hastings landed the big prize.

His name became famous for being associated with the Grand National, and he would eventually go on to win the race four times as a trainer. But he also won it as a jockey, a short part of his career, and when he rode the winner of the race, it was one that he also trained.

Ascetic’s Silver was the winner of the race, falling a year earlier when trained by Tom Dunn, he made up for it here and would land the race by ten lengths at odds of 20/1.

Twenty-three runners would contest the Grand National this year, and nine would finish, helped by fast conditions, with the ground described as good to firm on the day.

Three of those runners were trained by Hastings, and he chose to ride the right one, as the other two both failed to complete the course.

Specifically in terms of riding in the race, this was the second of four mounts Hastings had, and all four were horses that he trained. He never took any outside rides. A fall in his first attempt in 1905, this win followed, and then he would ride the same horse to 6th and 11th-placed finishes in the future.

More success would come as a trainer, though, Hastings would win the Grand National four times in total, with further wins in 1915, 1917 and 1924.

This was a unique achievement for him and the start of what would become an exceptional Grand National record, winning the race four times as a trainer and once as a jockey.

Results

Result Horse Starting Price Age Handicap Prize Money Jockey Trainer
1 Ascetic's Silver 20/1 9 10-9 £2175 Aubrey Hastings Aubrey Hastings
2 Red Lad 33/1 6 10-2 - Charles Kelly E Lucas
3 Aunt May 25/1 10 11-2 - A Persse A Persse
4 Crautacaun 100/6 8 10-6 - Ivor Anthony R Smith
5 Wolf's Folly 100/6 8 10-6 - Thomas Fitton A Clement
6 Oatlands 100/6 6 9-13 - Harry Aylin Robert I’Anson Jr
7 Gladiator 100/6 6 9-9 - Edmund Driscoll Willie Moore
8 Drumcree 33/1 12 12-2 - Walter Bulteel Sir Charles Nugent
9 Phil May 9/1 7 11-5 - J Owens B McNaughton

Non Finishers

Horse Fence Reason Starting Price Age Handicap Jockey Trainer
Dathi 3 Fell 25/1 9 10-4 Arthur Birch B McNaughton
Glenrex 14 Fell 100/1 6 9-9 Reggie Walker Lt Col F Lort-Phillips
Comfit 8 Fell 10/1 8 11-00 Frank ‘Tich’ Mason Lt Col F Lort-Phillips
Pierre 27 Fell 33/1 8 9-7 Joe Dillon J Cowap
Roman Law 8 Brought Down 100/7 8 11-5 John Walsh Jnr T Lushington
St Boswells 5 Fell 66/1 8 9-7 D Phelan R Clarke
Hill Of Bree 18 Pulled Up 66/1 10 10-3 Robert Chadwick J Bostock
Kiora 8 Brought Down 33/1 11 10-4 G Clancy A Cort
Timothy Titus 24 Fell 10/1 8 10-12 Ernest Morgan Ernest Morgan
Canter Home 5 Fell 66/1 11 9-13 A Aylin F Penton
Hard To Find 6 Fell 66/1 6 9-10 E R Morgan Aubrey Hastings
Dearslayer 13 Pulled Up 50/1 10 10-4 Percy Whitaker Aubrey Hastings
John M.P. 8 Unknown 7/2 7 11-10 Bill Taylor Sir Charles Nugent
Buckaway 27 Fell 20/1 8 10-4 Alfred Newey J Rogers