| Pos | Horse | Age | SP | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ballabriggs | 10 | 14/1 | Jason Maguire | Donald McCain | Trevor Hemmings |
| 2 | Oscar Time | 10 | 14/1 | Sam Waley-Cohen | Martin Lynch | Robert Waley-Cohen |
| 3 | Don’t Push It | 11 | 9/1JF | A. P. McCoy | Jonjo O’Neill | J. P. McManus |
| 4 | State Of Play | 11 | 28/1 | Paul Moloney | Evan Williams | Angela & William Rucker |
| 5 | Niche Market | 10 | 16/1 | Harry Skelton | Paul Nicholls | James & Jean Potter |
| 6 | The Midnight Club | 10 | 15/2F | Ruby Walsh | Willie Mullins | Gigginstown House Stud |
| 7 | In Compliance | 11 | 100/1 | Andrew McNamara | Dessie Hughes | Chris Jones |
| 8 | Hello Bud | 13 | 40/1 | Sam Twiston-Davies | Nigel Twiston-Davies | Seamus Murphy |
| 9 | Killyglen | 9 | 66/1 | Denis O’Regan | Stuart Crawford | James Nelson |
| 10 | Calgary Bay | 8 | 100/1 | Graham Lee | Henrietta Knight | Sir Robert Ogden |
| 11 | Character Building | 11 | 16/1 | Noel Fehily | John Quinn | P. H. J. L. Diamond |
| 12 | Majestic Concorde | 9 | 14/1 | Barry Geraghty | Dessie Hughes | Barry Connell |
| 13 | Or Noir De Somoza | 9 | 100/1 | Davy Condon | Paul Murphy | Paul Murphy |
| 14 | Our Island | 9 | 100/1 | Andrew Thornton | Tim Vaughan | The Island Partnership |
| 15 | Royal Rosa | 12 | 100/1 | Brian Hughes | Howard Johnson | Andrea & Graham Wylie |
| 16 | Sang Bleu | 7 | 80/1 | Richie McLernon | Nicky Henderson | Michael Buckley |
| 17 | Quolibet | 7 | 100/1 | Davy Russell | Ferdy Murphy | Graham Roach |
| 18 | What A Friend | 8 | 10/1 | Sam Thomas | Paul Nicholls | Sir Alex Ferguson & Ged Mason |
| 19 | That’s Rhythm | 12 | 100/1 | Conor O’Farrell | Charlie Mann | P. P. Nicholson |
2011 Grand National Results
The name of Donald ‘Ginger’ McCain became synonymous with the Grand National when, in the seventies, he saddled the legendary Red Rum to an unprecedented hat-trick in the Aintree showpiece. However, on April 9, 2011, it was the turn of his son, Donald Jnr., who had taken over the training licence five years earlier, to step into the limit.
McCain Jnr. saddled Ballabriggs, a 10-year-old gelding owned by Trevor Hemmings, who was sent off at 14/1 after winning the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup at the Cheltenham Festival in 2010 and a couple of preparatory races, over hurdles, in early 2011. Ridden by Jason Maguire, Ballabriggs led early and again at the penultimate fence on the first circuit, The Chair, and thereafter was headed just once, briefly, when blundering at Valentine’s Brook on the second circuit.
Ballagbriggs regained the lead at the next fence and stayed on well on the run-in to beat Oscar Time by 2¼ lengths, with the 2010 winner, Don’t Push It, third, 12 lengths further behind. At the time, the winning time, 9:1.2, was the second-fastest in Grand National history, behind only the 8:47.8 set by Mr. Frisk, on firm going, and faster than the previous record, 9:1.9, set by the aforementioned Red Rum, on good to firm going, in 1973.
On going officially described as good, good to soft in places, nearly half the field completed the course, but the race was marred by two equine fatalities. Ornais suffered a fatal fall at the fourth fences and Dooneys Gate did likewise two fences later, at Becher’s Brook on the first circuit, leading to negative publicity in the aftermath of the race and prompting a safety review by Aintree Racecourse and the British Horseracing Authority (BHA).