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GRAND ANNUAL STEEPLECHASE over 3 miles (70 sovereigns) |
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| Wednesday 18th May 1892 | ||||
| HORSE | OWNER | JOCKEY | ODDS | |
| FORTUNE | Mr Abington | T Wilson | 6/4 | |
| MAZZARD | Mr T R Irving | F Hassall | 4/5 fav | |
| RIMBECCO | Mr T R Irving | Mr Harper | 6/1 | |
| Note that in this race Mr T R Irving declared to win with Mazzard, which meant that if his two horses came to the last and were the only ones with a chance of winning then Rimbecco's jockey had to allow Mazzard to win. | ||||
| The winner, trained by Hollis, won by 5 lengths, with a distance back to the third. | Over round 109% | |||
The Worcester Grand Annual Steeplechase is intrinsically linked with the Aintree Grand National, its inaugural running taking place in 1836, the same year the first 'unofficial' Grand National took place. For details of the 1892 Aintree Grand National click here. |
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GRAND NATIONAL FORM None of the runners contested the Grand National. |
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| Another famous race from days gone by, the Land O' Plums Steeplechase, formerly run at Pershore Racecourse, has now been reinstated at Worcester racecourse. | ||||
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