Tags: Horse Race, Race.
The 1843 Grand Liverpool Steeplechase was the fifth official annual running of a handicap Steeple-chase later to become known as the Grand National Steeplechase handicap horse race which took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool on Wednesday 1 March 1843 and attracted a field of 16 runners.Although recorded by the press at the time as the eighth running of the Grand Liverpool which was renamed the Grand National in 1847 the first three runnings were poorly organised affairs and are today regarded as unofficial.This year the race was run as a handicap with horses weighted according to their ability.