Tags: Horse Race, Race.
The 1958 Grand National was the 112th renewal of the world-famous Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool England on 29 March 1958. The field of 31 runners competed for record prize money of nearly £14000. The race was won by 18/1 shot Mr. What by a distance of 30 lengths. The eight-year-old was ridden by jockey Arthur Freeman and trained by Tom Taaffe Sr. and became the fifth Irish winner of the Grand National since the Second World War.