Half Caste (horse)
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Half Caste was the winner of the 1859 Grand National
Steeplechase
at Aintree
against a field of twenty horses.
He was owned by Mr Willoughby and ridden by his trainer Chris Green
, winning in a time of 10 minutes 2 seconds.
This race saw one of the closest finishes to a National in history with only ten lengths separating the first six horses to finish. Half Caste beat French Raider (Jean Du Quesne) by a short neck, The Huntsman finished third before going on to win the race himself in 1862.
Half Caste is officially recorded as having started as the 7/1 second favourite for the race, but according to contemporary The Times
and Bell's Life newspaper reports he was actually listed as starting at 100/15.
The horse competed only once in the race.
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...
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....
against a field of twenty horses.
He was owned by Mr Willoughby and ridden by his trainer Chris Green
Chris Green
Chris Green may refer to:* Chris Green , British writer* Chris Green , British comedian and writer* Chris Green , NFL defensive back* Chris Green , Porn star of the 1990s...
, winning in a time of 10 minutes 2 seconds.
This race saw one of the closest finishes to a National in history with only ten lengths separating the first six horses to finish. Half Caste beat French Raider (Jean Du Quesne) by a short neck, The Huntsman finished third before going on to win the race himself in 1862.
Half Caste is officially recorded as having started as the 7/1 second favourite for the race, but according to contemporary The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
and Bell's Life newspaper reports he was actually listed as starting at 100/15.
The horse competed only once in the race.
External links
http://hometown.aol.co.uk/captainbeecher/1859HALFCASTE.html - Full detailed account of the 1859 Grand National