The Huntsman
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The Huntsman was the winner of the 1862 Grand National
steeplechase
run on March 12 at Aintree
near Liverpool
, England
. The winner was owned by Viscount de Namur and trained in France
by Yorkshire
born trainer Henry {Harry} Jeremiah Lamplugh who also chose to ride the horse himself.
Thirteen ran, with the previous year's winner Jealousy being withdrawn on the morning of the race. Huntsman came to the final fence with only one other horse in with a chance of beating him, Bridegroom, ridden by Richard Sherrard. Huntsman had more to offer than his rival and went on up the run in to become the first French trained winner of the race. Five horses completed the course although the third placed Romeo had refused at the third last fence while fifth placed Bucephalus had been virtually brought down in the early stages and finished tailed off from his rivals. The race of 1862 is remembered however for the only human fatality recorded in the Grand National. At the Chair fence situated in front of the grand stands two competitors collided before both fell. One of the riders, Joseph {Joe} Wynne, riding in his first National was crushed and was taken unconscious to the nearby Sefton Arms Inn where he died five hours later. Joe's father Dennis {Denny} had won the race as a jockey in 1847 but he himself had died in a fall in 1858.
N.B. to researchers.
Written publications on the history of the Grand National state the jockey as James Wynne. This is a mistake created by writers some forty years after the event and copied by later written works without being checked. Some publications also state that Wynne's father accompanied him to Aintree but again this is an unchecked error as stated above, Wynne's father had been dead some four years at the time of the incident.
Grand National
The Grand National is a world-famous National Hunt horse race which is held annually at Aintree Racecourse, near Liverpool, England. It is a handicap chase run over a distance of four miles and 856 yards , with horses jumping thirty fences over two circuits of Aintree's National Course...
steeplechase
Steeplechase (horse racing)
The steeplechase is a form of horse racing and derives its name from early races in which orientation of the course was by reference to a church steeple, jumping fences and ditches and generally traversing the many intervening obstacles in the countryside...
run on March 12 at Aintree
Aintree Racecourse
Aintree Racecourse is a racecourse in Aintree, Merseyside, England.It was served by Aintree Racecourse railway station until the station closed in the 1960s....
near Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
, England
England
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. The winner was owned by Viscount de Namur and trained in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
by Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
born trainer Henry {Harry} Jeremiah Lamplugh who also chose to ride the horse himself.
Thirteen ran, with the previous year's winner Jealousy being withdrawn on the morning of the race. Huntsman came to the final fence with only one other horse in with a chance of beating him, Bridegroom, ridden by Richard Sherrard. Huntsman had more to offer than his rival and went on up the run in to become the first French trained winner of the race. Five horses completed the course although the third placed Romeo had refused at the third last fence while fifth placed Bucephalus had been virtually brought down in the early stages and finished tailed off from his rivals. The race of 1862 is remembered however for the only human fatality recorded in the Grand National. At the Chair fence situated in front of the grand stands two competitors collided before both fell. One of the riders, Joseph {Joe} Wynne, riding in his first National was crushed and was taken unconscious to the nearby Sefton Arms Inn where he died five hours later. Joe's father Dennis {Denny} had won the race as a jockey in 1847 but he himself had died in a fall in 1858.
N.B. to researchers.
Written publications on the history of the Grand National state the jockey as James Wynne. This is a mistake created by writers some forty years after the event and copied by later written works without being checked. Some publications also state that Wynne's father accompanied him to Aintree but again this is an unchecked error as stated above, Wynne's father had been dead some four years at the time of the incident.