Tags: Horse Race, Race.
The 1849 Grand National Steeplechase was the eleventh official annual running of a handicap steeplechase horse race at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool on Wednesday 28 February. It attracted a field of twenty-four competitors for a prize valued at £825.The race was won by Tom Cunningham on Finch Mason’s Peter Simple having also trained the horse himself. Cunningham wore Finch Mason’s colours of green silks with salmon sleeves and pink cap.