The winning horse was The Duke, ridden by Captain Martin Becher in the violet with white sleeves and cap colours of Mr Sirdefield, the landlord of the George Inn in Great Crosby and was trained privately.
[2] The race was started at 2pm over a course almost identical to the modern Grand National course, although the fences were all no more than 2-foot (0.61 m) high earth banks with the exceptions of two brooks and a water jump in front of the stands.
Horatio Powell, on board the favourite, Laurie Todd took this route on the first circuit and again on the second, not expecting the gate ahead to now be closed.
Powell was quickly on his feet and making a bid to remount when another competitor, Most likely Bretherton aboard Cockahoop, knocked him back to the ground.
While there appear to have been some whispers that this act was deliberate, the fact Powell made no objection after the race suggest he at least believed the collision to have been mere accident.