1921 Grand National: Results, Runners & Fallers

The Grand National 1921The 1921 Grand National saw Shaun Spadah win the race aged 10, in what can only be described as dreadful conditions.

Ground conditions on the day were described as heavy and that led to a number of casualties in the race. Thirty-five horses would begin the race, and only four were able to complete the course, a very small number.

However, to make it even more bizarre, the winner, Shaun Spadah, was the only one of those to complete the course without falling, the 2nd, 3rd and 4th runners all fell and were remounted to finish.

That left Shaun Spadah out in front to take the race comfortably, the winning distance as just officially recorded as a distance, with the remounted The Bore, who was sent off favourite, finishing in second place.

Shaun Spadah was returned at odds of 100/9, and this was the third of his six Grand National attempts. He had shown a great love for the race and was very good at getting around the course. He completed five of those six attempts to win it. They included finishing second when trying to win the race again in 1923.

George Poole was the winning trainer, a man who sent plenty of runners to the Grand National, but only Shaun Spadah gave him any kind of success. He saw his runner complete the course four times from 16 attempts, and of those four occasions, three of them were Shaun Spadah.

Dick Rees was the winning jockey, he would take this race in 1921 before watching his brother Lewis Rees win the race a year later in 1922.

Dick recorded a second on Shaun Spadah as well, but nothing else during his ten attempts, completing four of them, three of those being on this runner, who gave both jockey and trainer their best Grand National moments.

Results

Result Horse Starting Price Age Handicap Prize Money Jockey Trainer
1 Shaun Spadah 100/9 10 11-7 £7060 Dick Rees G Poole
2 The Bore 3/1 10 11-8 - Harry A Brown Harry A Brown
3 All White 33/1 7 10-13 - Robert Chadwick J Fergusson
4 Turkey Buzzard 100/9 8 12-2 - Tuppy Bennet William Payne

Non Finishers

Horse Fence Reason Starting Price Age Handicap Jockey Trainer
Bonnie Charlie END 1ST CIR Fell 100/1 13 10-4 Mr Morgan Blair Bryan Bletsoe
Clonree The Chair Refused 33/1 7 12-00 Tom Hulme Percy Whitaker
Picture Saint 1 Fell 100/1 9 10-5 N Hayes H Ussher
General Saxham 1 Fell 66/1 8 11-4 W Smith D Rogers
Ballysax 2 Fell 100/1 7 10-5 George Goswell Jnr D Rogers
Garryvoe 2 Refused 100/9 7 11-2 Ivor Anthony Aubrey Hastings
White Surrey 2 Fell 33/1 9 10-12 Tony Escott F Hunt
Any Time 2 Fell 50/1 10 9-6 Frank Wootton J Woodman
Rufus XXI 2 Fell 100/1 10 10-00 Capt Doyle K Paget
Glenefly 3 Fell 100/1 7 9-7 Tommy Willmot Charles Young
Wavebeam 3 Fell 100/1 10 10-7 Mr S C Lloyd O Anthony
Hill Of Camas 3 Fell 100/1 13 10-7 Capt J C Delmege Unknown
Old Tay Bridge 3 Fell 100/8 7 11-8 Ernest Piggott Robert Gore
Cupid's Dart 4 Fell 100/1 7 9-12 James Hogan Jnr Tom Coulthwaite
Prosperitz 4 Unseated Rider 100/1 7 9-7 W Daly F Morgan
White Cockade 4 Fell 100/1 8 9-10 H Wicks T Longworth
Blazers 5 Fell 30/1 7 10-4 William Watkinson Maj H Verschoyle
Eamon Beag 5 Fell 10/1 8 10-4 M Connors Tom Coulthwaite
Bobbydazzler 6 Fell 100/1 7 10-12 A Stubbs P Woodland
Prince Clifton 6 Fell 66/1 8 10-13 Lewis Rees M Vasey
Long Lough 6 Fell 100/1 9 9-12 Robert Trudgill H Ussher
Short Knock 7 Fell 100/1 12 10-10 M Halpin Unknown
Rather Dark 8 Pulled Up 33/1 7 10-12 A Gregson Percy Whitaker
Charlbury 8 Fell 100/1 13 9-7 B Ellis William Nightingall
Daydawn 8 Fell 100/7 8 10-13 John Randolph Anthony ‘Jack’ Frank Hartigan
Halston 9 Refused 50/1 9 10-9 Mr Frith Unknown
Hackam 10 Fell 66/1 6 9-7 G Clancy G Clancy
Redstart V 11 Refused 100/1 13 9-7 Major A W H James E Tomlinson
Loch Allen 16 Fell 100/1 10 11-00 John Kelly Robert Gore
Glencorrig 19 Refused 50/1 7 10-13 Henry Bryan Bletsoe Tom Coulthwaite
Forewarned 21 Fell 50/1 6 9-10 Roger ‘Tiny’ Burford Aubrey Hastings