1925 Grand National: Results, Runners & Fallers

Double Chance Winning 1925 Grand National
Double Chance winning the race

The winner of the 1925 Grand National was Double Chance, who would go on to win the race by a distance of four lengths. The horse, having his one and only run in the race, was successful from Old Tay Bridge, the first of two second-placed efforts for this horse.

Thirty-three horses would run in the race, and nine of those would finish the contest while the race was run on good ground.

The winning trainer of Double Chance was Fred Archer, and he would be left with a perfect Grand National record after this. Double Chance was his only ever runner in the race, so it’s a perfect one-runner and one-winner record for Archer.

The jockey was John Wilson. He would have three rides in the race during his career, this being the middle of them. It was his only winner and the only time he completed the course.

Finally, for 1925, this race goes down in history as being the first Grand National to use what is now known as a tape start, where a length of tape is stretched across the track and released by the starter when it’s time to go.

This type of start in 1925 was known as a gate start but is the same way to start a race as we use now, known as the tape start.

It’s always a point of controversy, the start of a Grand National, and this is when the starting method dates back to with the race.

Results

Result Horse Starting Price Age Handicap Prize Money Jockey Trainer
1 Double Chance 100/9 9 10-9 £8120 Major John Wilson F Archer
2 Old Tay Bridge 9/1 11 11-12 - John Randolph Anthony ‘Jack’ Frank Hartigan
3 Fly Mask 10/1 11 11-11 - Edward Doyle Tom Coulthwaite
4 Sprig 33/1 8 11-2 - Ted Leader Tom Leader Jnr
5 Silvo 10/1 9 12-7 - Dick Rees Percy Whitaker
6 Dwarf Of The Forest 66/1 8 10-8 - Harry Kennard S Bennet
7 Jack Horner 40/1 8 10-00 - Mr Morgan Blair William Payne
8 Max 20/1 9 11-5 - James Hogan Jnr H Ussher
9 Drifter 20/1 11 10-3 - William Watkinson G Blackwell

Non Finishers

Horse Fence Reason Starting Price Age Handicap Jockey Trainer
Pencoed 1 Unseated Rider 33/1 10 10-3 Mr D Thomas Lt Col F Lort-Phillips
Alcazar 1 Fell 50/1 9 12-3 Squadron Leader Ridley G Poole
Taffytus 4 Refused 40/1 12 10-9 Bob Lyall Tom Leader Jnr
Arravale 6 Refused 66/1 10 11-00 J Meaney G Armstrong
Rousham 6 Fell 66/1 10 10-00 Mr P Dennis D Harrison
Patsey V 6 Pulled Up 25/1 11 10-12 Mr B Lemon Robert Gore
Ammonal 8 Pulled Up 66/1 8 10-10 Robert Trudgill O Stanley
Winnall 8 Refused 28/1 8 11-00 Frederick Gurney P Woodland
James Pigg 8 Fell 66/1 12 A Robson Tom Leader Jnr
White Surrey 8 Unseated Rider 66/1 13 11-4 Michael Tighe Robert Gore
Sergeant Murphy 8 Unseated Rider 33/1 15 11-7 Tony Escott G Blackwell
Ardeen 8 Refused 28/1 8 11-2 Len Lefebve Sir K Fraser
Mainsail 8 Refused 33/1 9 10-5 R Prioleau P Woodland
Keep Cool 12 Fell 33/1 10 10-7 G Green Percy Whitaker
Ballinode 14 Unseated Rider 10/1 9 11-6 G Fitzgibbon F Morgan
Gracious Gift 16 Fell 25/1 10 10-8 Billy Parvin Frank Hartigan
His Luck 17 Fell 50/1 9 10-10 Roger ‘Tiny’ Burford Aubrey Hastings
Thrown In 18 Fell 28/1 9 10-8 Jack Goswell W Hatt
Peter The Piper 21 Refused 40/1 13 10-00 G Turner Percy Whitaker
Music Hall 21 Refused 66/1 12 12-00 Bilbie Rees O Anthony
Ballymacrory 22 Unseated Rider 33/1 8 10-3 Jack Moylan W Jones
Gardenrath 29 Fell 66/1 10 10-00 T James S Bennet
Ben Cruchan 29 Unseated Rider 40/1 11 11-2 Mr William Whitbread S Bennet
All White 29 Fell 66/1 11 10-00 James F Mason J Fergusson