The 1920 Grand National was the 79th renewal of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 26 March 1920.
The race, which was run in heavy rain and attended by King George V, was won by the Irish horse Troytown by twelve lengths. Poethlyn, the winner of the race the two previous years, started as the favourite but fell at the first fence.
Finishing Order PositionNameJockeyAgeHandicap (st-lb)SPDistance01TroytownJack Anthony711-912 lengths02The Turk IIRoger Burford109-766/16 lengths03The BoreHarry Brown910-104Sergeant MurphyWillie Smith1010-005 Remounted Fell 26thNeuroticDick Rees99-13
Non-finishers FenceNameJockeyAgeHandicap (st-lb)SPFate01PoethylnErnest Piggott1012-7 FFell02Gerald LFrank Dainty69-7Fell?General SaxhamPeter Roberts79-7?Fell?Silver RingGeorge Duller811-4Fell?BallybogganCecil Brabazon911-3Fell?WavertreeCharles Kelly910-13Fell?ClonreeE R Morgan610-10Fell?Turkey BuzzardWilliam Payne710-7Fell?ArdonaghPercy Whitaker710-6?Fell?Picture SaintTuppy Bennet810-0?Fell?All WhiteRobert Chadwick69-10Fell?WavebeamA Aylin99-7?Fell?Irish DragoonTony Escott69-7?Fell?DunadrySpink Walkington79-7?Fell?Bonny CharlieMr MC Blair19-7?Fell?Little RoverCaptain Doyle149-7?Fell?Lucy Glitter's IIILewis Rees89-7?Fell?Square UpT Wilmot79-7?Fell?Loch AllenTom Hulme99-12
The Grand National 1839-1930 by David Hoadley Munroe
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