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1923 Grand National

1923 Grand National

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The 1923 Grand National was the 82nd renewal of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool on 23 March 1923.

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The race was won by Sergeant Murphy, a 13-year-old 100/6 shot ridden by Captain Tuppy Bennet and trained by George Blackwell for its owner Stephen Sanford, who collected the £5,000 prize for the winner.

The 1921 winner Shaun Spadah - ridden by same jockey, Dick Rees - finished in second place, with Conjuror II in third and Punt Gun fourth. Twenty-eight horses ran and all returned safely to the stables.[1]

In attendance at Aintree were King George V, the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York.[2]

In 1938 a Hollywood film titled Sergeant Murphy was loosely based on the winner. Ronald Reagan starred as the owner of the horse in the film.[3]

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    "The Grand National". The Times. No. 43298. London. 24 March 1922. p. 5.
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    "The Grand National". The Times. No. 43298. London. 24 March 1922. p. 10.
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    Sergeant Murphy at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
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    "1923".
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    "Aintree 1923 Grand National".
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    The Grand National 1839-1930 by David Hoadley Munroe
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    "Grand National Winners – Sportsbook Guardian". Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
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    "1923".


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