This was run on the Wednesday 1st March 1848 with very bad going and it was raining. The winner was owned and ridden by Captain Josey Little and trained by Tom Eskrett. The winner won by half a length in 11 minutes 21 seconds, with one and a half lengths between second and third.

GRAND NATIONAL 1848

The winner won £1015 (Equivalent to £97,200 in 2017)
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Pos. Horse Jockey Owner
1 CHANDLER Captain Little Captain Josey Little
2 THE CURATE Tom Olliver Mr Brettle
3 BRITISH YEOMAN Mr Charles Beville Mr John Elmore
4 STANDARD GUARD William Taylor Mr Storey
also WOLVERHAMPTON Bartholomew Bretherton Mr R H Jones
also SAUCEPAN Terry Abbott Mr W Strickland
also MATTHEW Denny Wynne Mr Courtenay
also JERRY Sanders Mr Mosley
also FATHER MATTHEW John Lamplugh Mr W S Crawford
also PIONEER(by Advance) Captain William Peel Mr Ouseley Higgins
also THE SWITCHER Lord Strathmore Lord Strathmore
also ASHBERRY LASS Collis Mr J W Haworth
also CHEROOT McGee Mr Davies
also ARISTIDES Rowlands Mr G Beetle
also SIR ARTHUR Murphy Mr Barry
also KHONDOOZ H Rackley Mr J Wilson
also SPHIA William Ford Sir  R de Burgh
also THE IRISH GUARD Frisot Mr Arthur
also EAGLE Johnny Broome Mr C C Brooke
also PIONEER(by Pioneer) J Neale Mr T Harrison
also PICTON N Burke Mr J N Burke
also COUNSELLOR John Frisby Mr W Coutts
also FORTUNE-TELLER Neptune Stagg Mr Kennedy
also THE SAILOR William Holman Mr Mason
also THE GYPSY QUEEN Whitfield Lord Anson
also VARIETY Horatio Powell Mr C Towneley
also BLUE PILL W Allensby Mr E Cary
also SPARTA T Turner Mr R Brooke
also NAWORTH William Archer Lord Strathmore
  Betting
4/1 The Curate
8/1 Matthew
12/1 Chandler
15/1 Sir Arthur
100/6 Standard Guard
25/1 Pioneer
25/1 Counsellor
25/1 Khondoor
30/1 Fortune-Teller
50/1 British Yeoman
50/1 Wolverhampton
50/1 Saucepan
50/1 Jerry
50/1 Father Matthew
50/1 The Switcher
50/1 Ashberry Lass
50/1 Cheroot
50/1 Aristides
50/1 Sophia
50/1 The Irish Bard
50/1 Eagle
50/1 Pioneer
50/1 Picton
50/1 The Sailor
50/1 The Gipsy Queen
50/1 Variety
50/1 Blue Pill
50/1 Sparta
50/1 Naworth
  Over round 107% Note that all unquoted horses have been allocated 50/1

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