Finishing Order
| Position | Name | Rider | Age | Weight | Starting Price | Distance or Fate |
| Winner | Jerry | Bartholomew Bretherton | 10 | 12-00 | 16/1 | |
| Second {remounted} | Arthur | Alan McDonough | 6 | 12-00 | 8/1 | Fell at Becher's 2nd time round |
| Third | Valentine | John Power | 12-00 | 100/4 | ||
| Fourth (remounted at least twice) | The Sea | Henry Beresford, 3rd Marquess of Waterford | 12-00 | 30/1 | ||
| Non finishers | ||||||
| Cruickshank | E Guy | 12-00 | 100/5 | Passed the post fourth but may not have jumped the entire course | ||
| Hasty | Mr Rigg | 12-00 | 30/1 | Passed the post fifth but may not have jumped the entire course | ||
| Spolasco | W A Rose | 12-00 | 30/1 | Passed the post seventh but may not have jumped the entire course | ||
| The Nun | A Powell | 12-00 | 3/1 favourite | Fell at the wall | ||
| Lottery | Jem Mason | 10 | 12-00 | 4/1 | Fell at the wall | |
| Seventy-Four | Tom Olliver | 7 | 12-00 | 6/1 | Fell at the wall | |
| Columbine | Mr Won | 6 | 12-00 | 30/1 | Fell at the wall | |
| The Augean | Charles Christian | 7 | 12-00 | 30/1 | Fell on the second circuit | |
| Weathercock | P Barker | 8 | 12-00 | 30/1 | Fell at Becher's on the first circuit |
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