The 1842 Grand Liverpool Steeplechase is the…

March 1842 CE

The 1842 Grand Liverpool Steeplechase is the fourth official annual running of a steeplechase, later to become known as the Grand National Steeplechase, a horse race that takes place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool on March 2, 1842, and attracts fifteen runners.

Although recorded by the press at the time as the seventh running of the Grand Liverpool, which will be renamed the Grand National in 1847, the first three runnings are poorly organized affairs and are today regarded as unofficial.

The race is not run as a handicap chase and therefore all the runners are declared to carry twelve stone with the exception of the winner of the 1840 Cheltenham Steeplechase, who has to carry thirteen stone four pounds.

Gaylad, ridden by Tom Olliver, wins the race.

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