The 2024 Grand National 11 - 13 April

1940 Grand National

1940 Grand National
Grand National
Location Aintree
Date 5 April 1940
Winning horse Bogskar
Starting price 25/1
Jockey Sgt. Mervyn A. Jones
Trainer Lord Stalbridge
Owner Lord Stalbridge
Conditions Good to firm
1939 1946
External video
Highlights of the 1940 Grand National (British Pathé)

Finishing order

Position Name Jockey Age Handicap (st-lb) SP Distance
01 Bogskar Mervyn Jones 7 10-4 25/1 4 lengths
02 MacMoffat Ian Alder 8 10-10 6 Lengths
03 Gold Arrow Peter Lay 8 10-3
04 Symaethis Matthew Feakes 8 10-7
05 Venturesome Knight Reg Tweedie 10 10-8
06 The Professor George Owen 9 11-8
07 Takvor Pacha Otho Prior-Palmer 8 10-4
08 Away Ian ‘Kim’ Muir 9 11-13
09 Inversable Matt Hogan 12 10-6
10 Dominick’s Cross Cyril Mitchell 9 11-1
11 Luxborough Eric Brown 6 10-3
12 Kilstar George Archibald 9 11-0
13 Rockquilla Thomas F Carey 10 11-5
14 Downright James Seely 11 10-3
15 Lazy Boots James Ward 14 10-3
16 Red Eagle Tommy Elder 9 11-2
17 Tuckmill Glen Kelly 10 10-3

Non-finishers

Position/Fate Name Jockey Age Handicap (st-lb) SP
Fell (29th) Royal Danieli Dan Moore 9 11-13
Fell (13th) Dunhill Castle Gerry Wilson 10 11-5
Black Hawk Fred Rimell 9 11-0
Knightsbrook ? ? 10-9
Milano Danny Morgan 9 10-9
Litigant Richard ‘Dicky’ Black 9 10-7
Le Cygne WT O’Grady 7 10-7
Boyo Richard Morgan 9 10-4
Fell (14th) National Knight Hywel Jones 8 10-4
Red Freeman Bill Redmond 9 10-3
Underbid Frenchie Nicholson 8 10-3
Batchelor Prince Mr R Loewenstein 13 10-3
Second Act Jack Dowdeswell 9 10-3
Sterling Duke Tim Hyde 9 10-3
Corn Law Thomas McNeill 8 10-3