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1938 Grand National

English steeplechase horse race

English steeplechase horse race

FieldValue
pagename1938 Grand National
horse raceGrand National
locationAintree Racecourse
date25 March 1938
winning horseUSA Battleship
starting price40/1
winning jockeyEngland Bruce Hobbs
winning trainerReg Hobbs
winning ownerUSA Mrs. Marion duPont Scott
conditionsGood to firm
previous[1937](1937-grand-national)
next[1939](1939-grand-national)

The 1938 Grand National was the 97th renewal of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree near Liverpool, England, on 25 March 1938.

The steeplechase was won narrowly by American thoroughbred Battleship, a 40/1 shot ridden by 17-year-old jockey Bruce Hobbs and trained by Reg Hobbs, for owner Marion duPont Scott. Royal Danieli finished in second place, with Workman third and last year's second-placed Cooleen was fourth. Workman won the National the following year and Cooleen also finished fourth in 1939.

Battleship is the only horse to have won both the Grand National at Aintree and the American Grand National.

Thirty-six horses ran in the race, including the previous year's winner Royal Mail, who was pulled-up before the second Canal Turn with a broken blood vessel.

Media coverage and aftermath

Winning rider Bruce Hobbs later explained that he had Fred Rimell to thank in part for his victory. Hobbs stated that Battleship had landed very steeply at Becher's Brook and cut his chin on the ground, causing the pair to come to the seventh fence wrong. Battleship had to veer sharply to take the jump and as Hobbs stated. "He caught me off balance and I was starting to fall off when suddenly I got a push up the bum back into the saddle" [From Rimell]. Of the finish Hobbs stated "I didn't hit the little horse because he wouldn't go for the stick, but he gave everything and got up and won. I thought it was half a length but they gave it as a head and all the Irish said if there was a photograph I would have been second." Hobbs himself never raced in the National again after a fall later that year resulted in a back injury that ended his riding career.

Finishing order

PositionNameJockeyAgeHandicap (st-lb)SPDistance
01BattleshipBruce Hobbs1111-06A Head
02Royal DanieliDL Moore
03WorkmanJimmy Brogan
04CooleenJack Fawcus
05DelachanceJohn Moloney
06Red Knight IIDavy Jones
07Blue ShirtBob Smythe
08Hopeful HeroMr W Dawes
09Under BidMarius Pringle
10Bachelor PrinceDanny Morgan
11Lough CottageRichard 'Dicky' Black
12ProvocativeFred Rimell
13DrimMr BK Tighe

Non-finishers

Position/FateNameJockeyAgeHandicap (st-lb)SP
Fell (1st)InversibleMatt Hogan
FrobisherPerry Harding
Prominent LadHywell Jones
Dominick's CrossBob Everett
Fell (3rd)PontetJE Parkinson
DidoricDon Butchers
EmancipatorMr CRD Gray
Fell (6th)Brighter CottageW O'Grady
DawmarRoger Burford
Takvor PachaA Kalley
What Have YouSean Magee
Hurdy Gurdy ManJohn Hislop
Cabin FireTim Hyde
Fell (10th)Airgead SiosThomas McNeill
Stalbridge ParkGerry Wilson
K.D.H.George Archibald
Fell (16th)Rock LadJack Bissill
TapinoisA Scratchley
Blue PrinceBilly Parvin
Fell (22nd)Dunhill CastleFrenchie Nicholson
Fell (22nd)RockquillaThomas F Carey
Pulled Up (24th)Royal MailEvan Williams
Lazy BootsSir C Congreve

References

References

  1. Sporting Life Souvenir Magazine, 9 April 1988, page 14
  2. "1938".
  3. "Grand National Winners – Sportsbook Guardian".
  4. "Aintree Grand National 1938".
  5. "Jockeypedia".
  6. "Past Winners of the Grand National".
  7. http://www.britishpathe.com/video/the-grand-national-1938/ Highlights of the 1938 Grand National
  8. "1938".
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