| Grand National | |
| Location | Aintree |
|---|---|
| Date | 28 February 1844 |
| Winning horse | Discount |
| Starting price | 5/1 JF |
| Jockey | Mr John Crickmere |
| Owner | Mr Quartermaine |
| Conditions | Heavy (rain) |
| ← 1843 1845 → |
| Position | Name | Rider | Age | Weight | Starting Price | Distance or Fate |
| Winner | Discount | John Crickmere | 6 | 10-12 | 5/1 co favourite | 20 lengths |
| Second | The Returned | Bill Scott | 12-00 | 15/1 | 1 length | |
| Third | Tom Tug | H Rackley | 10-07 | Not quoted | Refused Fence one | |
| Fourth | Caeser | P Barker | 11-10 | Not quoted | ||
| Fifth | The Romp | Larry Byrne | 10-07 | 25/1 | ||
| Sixth | Lather | Thomas Ball | 11-02 | Not quoted | ||
| Seventh | Marengo | Bartholomew Bretherton | 10-10 | 5/1 co favourite | ||
| Eighth | Little Peter | H Hollinshead | 10-12 | Not quoted | ||
| Ninth | Louis Philippe | J Cowell | 11-00 | 20/1 | ||
| Non finishers | ||||||
| Fence twenty-nine | Peter Simple | John Frisby | 12-12 | Not quoted | Fell Fence twelve, remounted and later Pulled up | |
| Fence twenty-nine | Wiverton | Tom Olliver | 12-04 | 8/1 | Pulled Up | |
| Fence twenty-nine | Heslington | William McDonough | 12-00 | 8/1 | Refused on the first circuit and fell at fence nineteen, remounted and pulled up | |
| Fence twenty-nine | Nimrod | Allen McDonough | 10-10 | 14/1 | Fell on the first circuit, remounted and later pulled up | |
| Fence twenty-nine | Charity | Horatio Powell | 10-07 | 13/1 | Fell Fence Fifteen, remounted and later pulled up | |
| Fence twenty-nine | Teetotum | V. Sharkey | Not quoted | Pulled up | ||
| Fence One | Robinson | J. Parker | 12-07 | Not quoted | Repeatedly refused |