# 1952 Grand National

The 1952 Grand National was the 106th renewal of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 5 April 1952.
The race went off ten minutes late, after the field breached the starting tape, prompting a false start. It was won by Teal, a 100/7 shot ridden by jockey Arthur Thompson and trained by Neville Crump. Thompson and Crump were victorious in the steeplechase in 1948 also, with Sheila's Cottage, at odds of 50/1.
In second place was Legal Joy, third was Wot No Son, and Uncle Barney finished fourth.
Forty-seven horses ran, and all but one returned safely to the stables. Skouras was euthanised after incurred a cervical fracture falling at Becher's Brook.

## Finishing order

| Position | Name | Jockey | Age | Handicap (st-lb) | SP | Distance |
| 01 | Teal | Arthur Thompson | 10 | 10–12 | 100/7 | 5 Lengths |
| 02 | Legal Joy | Michael Scudamore | 9 | 10–4 | 100/6 | |
| 03 | Wot No Sun | David Dick | 10 | 11–7 | 33/1 | |
| 04 | Uncle Barney | Jack Boddy | 9 | 10–4 | 100/1 | |
| 05 | Overshadow | Eddie Newman | 12 | 10–5 | 22/1 | |
| 06 | Printers Pie | George Slack | 8 | 10–0 | 100/1 | |
| 07 | Hierba | Alf Mullins | 7 | 10–0 | 66/1 | |
| 08 | Column | Peter Pickford | 12 | 10–0 | 100/1 | |
| 09 | Parsonshill | Jim Seely | 13 | 10–1 | 100/1 | |
| 10 | Sergeant Kelly | Ray Cross | 11 | 10–9 | 100/1 | Last to complete |

## Non-finishers

| Fence | Name | Jockey | Age | Handicap (st-lb) | SP | Fate |
| 01 | Early Mist | Pat Taaffe | 7 | 10–11 | 18/1 | Fell |
| 01 | Golden Surprise | Mr T Clarke | 7 | 10–3 | 100/1 | Fell |
| 01 | Hal's Venture | John Foster | 7 | 10–8 | 45/1 | Fell |
| 01 | Rocket VI | Victor Speck | 8 | 10–1 | 100/1 | Fell |
| 01 | Russian Hero | Leo McMorrow | 12 | 10–11 | 50/1 | Fell |
| 01 | St Kathleen II | Patrick Doyle | 9 | 10–2 | 50/1 | Fell |
| 01 | Dominick's Bar | A Prendergast | 8 | 10–13 | 66/1 | Fell |
| 01 | Cardinal Error | Jimmy Power | 8 | 11–8 | 33/1 | Brought Down |
| 01 | Irish Lizard | Rex Hamey | 9 | 10–3 | 33/1 | Brought Down |
| 01 | Court Painter | Francis Carroll | 12 | 10–0 | 100/1 | Refused |
| 03 | Cream of the Border | Lex Kelly | 7 | 10–0 | 50/1 | Refused |
| 03 | Inter Alia | C Sleator | 9 | 10–3 | 66/1 | Fell |
| 03 | Caesar's Wife | Gordon Rogers | 10 | 10–6 | 50/1 | Unseated Rider |
| 03 | Whispering Steel | Bert Morrow | 7 | 10–11 | 40/1 | Fell |
| 04 | Cloncarrig | William Dugdale | 12 | 11–13 | 50/1 | Fell |
| 04 | Nagara | P Hieronimus | 10 | 11–7 | 100/1 | Fell |
| 05 | Brown Jack III | Duke of Alburquerque | 9 | 10–0 | 40/1 | Fell |
| 06 | Skouras | Mr R Keith | 12 | 10–13 | 66/1 | Fell |
| 07 | Pearly Prince | Derek Leslie | 9 | 10–5 | 25/1 | Fell |
| 07 | Skyreholme | Dick Francis | 9 | 11–3 | 40/1 | Fell |
| 07 | Tantivy | Mr M Westwick | 11 | 11–1 | 50/1 | Fell |
| 07 | Wolfschmidt | F O'Connor | 12 | 10–3 | 100/1 | Fell |
| 07 | Kelek | Charles Hook | 8 | 10/3 | 40/1 | Refused |
| 08 | Possible | Mr E Weymouth | 12 | 11–0 | 100/1 | Fell |
| 09 | Another Delight | Glen Kelly | 9 | 10–10 | 25/1 | Fell |
| 13 | Starlit Bay | Clive Straker | 8 | 10–3 | 50/1 | Fell |
| 17 | Roimond | Tim Molony | 11 | 11–13 | 33/1 | Fell |
| 17 | Menzies | Mick O'Dwyer | 10 | 10–4 | 33/1 | Brought Down |
| 21 | Border Luck | Tommy Shone | 7 | 10–12 | 20/1 | Unseated Rider |
| 21 | Derrinstown | Alan Power | 12 | 10–0 | 100/1 | Pulled Up |
| 21 | Tavoy | Daniel McCann | 9 | 10–0 | 100/1 | Pulled Up |
| 22 | Traveller's Pride | Len Stephens | 9 | 10–1 | 100/1 | Fell |
| 24 | Freebooter | Bryan Marshall | 11 | 12–7 | 10/1 | Fell |
| 24 | Royal Stuart | Tim Brookshaw | 9 | 10–3 | 50/1 | Refused |
| 24 | Icy Calm | Marquess of Portago | 9 | 11–0 | 33/1 | Pulled Up |
| 30 | Royal Tan | Phonsie O'Brien | 8 | 11–6 | 22/1 | Fell |
| ? | Bronze Arrow | John Straker | 10 | 10–2 | 100/1 | Fell |