Charity (racehorse)

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Charity was a racehorse who won the 1841 Grand National at the second attempt, defeating ten rivals in a time of 13 minutes 25 seconds. The other horses at the race going down from first respectively were Cigar, Peter Simple, Revealer, Goblin, Oliver Twist, Legacy, Selim, The Hawk, Seventy Four, and Lottery. The horses that placed second and third (Cigar and Peter Simple) were ridden by Alan McDonough and T. Walker (respectively). William Vevers was the official trainer of Charity. The owner of the horse was William Craven, 2nd Earl of Craven.

Charity had previously taken part in the 1839 Grand National, falling at the wall, which was sited roughly where the water jump is situated on the modern course. The mare was remounted by her rider A Powell only to fall again before reaching the Becher's Brook for the second time.

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