The 1940 Grand National was the 99th renewal of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree near Liverpool, England, on 5 April 1940.
Thirty horses ran in the steeplechase, which was won by Bogskar, a 25/1 shot ridden by Royal Air Force sergeant Mervyn Jones. MacMoffat finished in second place, Gold Arrow was third, and Symaethis fourth.
It was the last true Aintree Grand National before a five-year break due to World War II.
Finishing order PositionNameJockeyAgeHandicap (st-lb)SPDistance01BogskarMervyn Jones710-425/14 lengths02MacMoffatIan Alder810-106 Lengths 03Gold ArrowPercy (Ben) Lay810-304SymaethisMatthew Feakes810-705Venturesome KnightReg Tweedie1010-806The ProfessorGeorge Owen911-807Takvor PachaOtho Prior-Palmer810-408AwayIan 'Kim' Muir911-1309InversableMatt Hogan1210-610Dominick's CrossCyril Mitchell911-111LuxboroughEric Brown610-312KilstarGeorge Archibald911-013RockquillaThomas F Carey1011-514DownrightJames Seely1110-315Lazy BootsJames Ward1410-316Red EagleTommy Elder911-217TuckmillGlen Kelly1010-3
Non-finishers Position/FateNameJockeyAgeHandicap (st-lb)SPFell (29th)Royal DanieliDan Moore911-13Fell (13th)Dunhill CastleGerry Wilson1011-5Black HawkFred Rimell911-0Knightsbrook??10-9MilanoDanny Morgan910-9LitigantRichard 'Dicky' Black910-7Le CygneWT O'Grady710-7BoyoRichard Morgan910-4Fell (14th)National KnightHywel Jones810-4Red FreemanBill Redmond910-3UnderbidFrenchie Nicholson810-3Batchelor PrinceMr R Loewenstein1310-3Second ActJack Dowdeswell910-3Sterling DukeTim Hyde910-3Corn LawThomas McNeill810-3
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