Grand National Results

Aintree Grand National Results by Year

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2012 Grand National Result

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Pos Horse Age SP Jockey Trainer Owner
1 Neptune Collonges 11 33/1 Daryl Jacob Paul Nicholls John Hales
2 Sunnyhillboy 9 16/1 Richie McLernon Jonjo O’Neill J. P. McManus
3 Seabass 9 8/1 Katie Walsh Ted Walsh Gunners Syndicate
4 Cappa Bleu 10 16/1 Paul Moloney Evan Williams William & Angela Rucker
5 In Compliance 12 100/1 Niall Madden Dessie Hughes John P. McManus
6 Ballabriggs 11 14/1 Jason Maguire Donald McCain Trevor Hemmings
7 According To Pete 11 100/1 Harry Haynes Malcolm Jefferson Peter Nelson & partners
8 Killyglen 10 66/1 Denis O’Regan Stuart Crawford James Nelson
9 Weird Al 9 28/1 Timmy Murphy Donald McCain Paul & Clare Rooney
10 Tharawaat 7 100/1 David Casey Gordon Elliott Gigginstown House Stud
11 Shakalakaboomboom 8 8/1 Barry Geraghty Nicky Henderson Simon Munir
12 Swing Bill 11 66/1 Conor O’Farrell David Pipe Halewood International
13 Postmaster 10 100/1 Tom Scudamore Evan Williams Hywell Jones
14 Neptune Equester 10 100/1 Brian Hughes Brian Ellison Julie Martin
15 Planet Of Sound 10 66/1 Richard Johnson Philip Hobbs Christopher & Mrs. M. Hanbury

2012 Grand National Results

In the wake of the 2011 Grand National, in which two horses were fatally injured, Aintree Racecourse and the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) implemented further changes – to the fences, topography and race conditions – to improve the safety and welfare of participants. However, the changes failed to have the desired effect. Two more horses, Synchronised, who was well fancied to become the first horse since the legendary Golden Miller to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup and the Grand National in the same season, and According To Pete both suffered leg fractures and were subsequently humanely euthanised. Jockeys Noel Fehily and Brian Hughes also broke bones in falls.

Nevertheless, the 2012 Grand National was memorable for several much brighter reasons. The eventual winner, Neptune Collonges, trained by Paul Nicholls and ridden by Daryl Jacob, fought a ding-dong battle with the runner-up, Sunnyhillboy, trained by Jonjo O’Neill and ridden by Richie McLernon, in the closing stages, eventually winning by a nose in the closest finish ever seen in the National. In defence of the Grand National, Nicholls said afterwards, “If people are going to continue to participate in sport, there is going to be both a human and animal risk.”

Five lengths further behind came the joint-favourite, Seabass, trained by Ted Walsh and ridden by his daughter, Katie, who was making her debut in the Grand National. Thus, at the first time of asking, Katie Walsh achieved what was, at the time, the highest placing by a female jockey in the history of the Grand National.

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2013 Grand National Result

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Pos Horse Age SP Jockey Trainer Owner
1 Auroras Encore 11 66/1 Ryan Mania Sue Smith Douglas Pryde, Jim Beaumont & David van der Hoeven
2 Cappa Bleu 11 12/1 Paul Moloney Evan Williams William & Angela Rucker
3 Teaforthree 9 10/1 Nick Scholfield Rebecca Curtis Conyers, O’Reilly & Roddis
4 Oscar Time 12 66/1 Sam Waley-Cohen Martin Lynch Robert Waley-Cohen
5 Rare Bob 11 16/1 Bryan Cooper Dessie Hughes Chris Jones
6 Swing Bill 12 100/1 Conor O’Farrell David Pipe Halewood International Ltd
7 Soll 8 33/1 Mark Grant Jo Hughes Derrick Mossop
8 Tarquinius 10 100/1 Conor O’Farrell Gordon Elliott Gigginstown House Stud
9 Becauseicouldntsee 11 50/1 Denis O’Regan Noel Glynn Noel Glynn
10 Harry The Viking 8 66/1 Harry Derham Paul Nicholls Sir Alex Ferguson & Ged Mason
11 Sea Bass 10 11/2F Katie Walsh Ted Walsh Gunners Syndicate
12 Join Together 8 25/1 Daryl Jacob Paul Nicholls John Hales
13 Colbert Station 9 12/1 A. P. McCoy Ted Walsh J. P. McManus
14 Sunnyhillboy 10 16/1 Richie McLernon Jonjo O’Neill J. P. McManus
15 Weird Al 10 100/1 Timmy Murphy Donald McCain Jr Rooneys (Paul & Clare)
16 Major Malarkey 10 100/1 Tom Scudamore Nigel Twiston-Davies Hywell Jones
17 Ninetieth Minute 10 100/1 Paul Carberry Tom Taaffe Andrew Heffernan

Grand National 2013 Results

The 2013 Grand National run, on good to soft going, on April 6, 2013, had the distinction of being the first to be televised by Channel 4, having been broadcast on BBC between 1960 and 2012. After fatal injuries to two horses in 2011 and two more in 2012, further safety changes were implemented, including rebuilding the majority of the fences to make them more forgiving and moving the start closer to the first fence. Thankfully, there were just two out-and-out fallers, six more horses unseated rider, but there were no serious casualties and 17 completed the course

After achieving the best-ever finishing position by a female jockey in 2012, Katie Walsh was, once again, aboard Seabass, trained by her father, Ted, and the 10-year-old was sent off 11/2 favourite. No further history was to be made, though, as Seabass weakened into a tired thirteenth, beaten fully 85¾ lengths by the winner. The surprise winner was the 66/1 outsider Auroras Encore, trained by Sue Smith, who had failed to trouble the judge since just touched off in the Scottish Grand National at Ayr the previous April. However, the 11-year-old reportedly appreciate the better ground and greater distance at Aintree, having finished tailed off on his previous start, over just short of three miles on soft going, at Kelso in early March.

Ridden by Ryan Mania, Auroras Encore hit the fourth-last fence, but stayed on the lead at the last and was driven clear on the run-in to win by nine lengths. Cappa Bleu finished second, a neck ahead of Teaforthree who, in turn finished nine lengths clear of the fourth horse home, Oscar Yime.

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2014 Grand National Result

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Pos Horse Age SP Jockey Trainer Owner
1 Pineau De Re 11 25/1 Leighton Aspell Dr Richard Newland J. A. Provan
2 Balthazar King 10 14/1 Richard Johnson Philip Hobbs The Bushmakers
3 Double Seven 8 10/1 A. P. McCoy Martin Brassil J. P. McManus
4 Alvarado 9 33/1 Paul Moloney Fergal O’Brien William & Angela Rucker
5 Rocky Creek 8 16/1 Noel Fehily Paul Nicholls David Johnson
6 Chance Du Roy 10 14/1 Tom O’Brien Philip Hobbs D. C. Johnson
7 Monbeg Dude 9 16/1 Paul Carberry Michael Scudamore Oydunow Syndicate
8 Raz De Maree 12 66/1 Davy Condon Dessie Hughes J. P. McManus
9 Swing Bill 13 100/1 Conor O’Farrell David Pipe Halewood International Ltd
10 Kruzhlinin 7 66/1 Wilson Renwick Donald McCain Jr Paul & Clare Rooney
11 Across The Bay 10 40/1 Henry Brooke Donald McCain Jr Trevor Hemmings
12 The Rainbow Hunter 10 66/1 Aidan Coleman Kim Bailey May We Never Be Found Out Partnership
13 Mr Moonshine 10 50/1 Ryan Mania Sue Smith Raymond Mould
14 Walkon 9 66/1 Sam Twiston-Davies Alan King McNeill Family
15 Big Shu 9 20/1 Peter Buchanan Peter Maher Mrs. Patricia Keogh
16 Last Time D’Albain 10 66/1 R. P. McNamara Liam Cusack Liam Cusack
17 One In A Milan 10 66/1 Adam Wedge Evan Williams William & Angela Rucker
18 Golan Way 10 66/1 Michael Nolan Tim Vaughan The Honourable A. Parker

Grand National 2014 Results 

The 2014 Grand National had the distinction of being sponsored by Crabbie’s, the brand owned by Halewood International Ltd., and for the first time its history featured total prize money of £1 million. The winning prize money, £561,000, went the way of Pineau De Re, trained by Dr. Richard Newland and ridden by Leighton Aspell, who was not unconsidered at 25/1, having hacked up in a veterans’ handicap chase at Exeter and been beaten a nose and a neck in the Pertemps Network Final at the Cheltenham Festival on his last two starts.

Aspell had retired from the saddle in 2007, but returned to race-riding two years later and received just reward for his perserverance, as the 11-year-old led approaching the second-last fence and drew clear on the run-in to beat Baltahazar King, ridden by Richard Johnson, and the 10/1 joint favourite, Double Seven, ridden by Tony McCoy, by five lengths and one-and-a-quarter lengths. The other joint-favourite, Teaforthree, blundered and unseated Nick Schofield at The Chair, by which point the well-fancied Long Run, winner of the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 2011, was already out of the race, having fallen, when in the lead, at Valentine’s Brook on the first circuit. All told 18 of the 40 runners completed the course and all of them returned without serious injury.

Pineau de Re also ran in the Grand National again in 2015 but, off an 8lb higher mark and ridden by Daryl Jacob, could finish only twelfth, beaten 57¾ lengths by the winner. That winner was, of course, Many Clouds, trained by Oliver Sherwood and ridden by none other than Leighton Aspell.

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2016 Grand National Results

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Pos Horse Age SP Jockey Trainer Owner
1 Rule The World 9 33/1 David Mullins Mouse Morris Gigginstown House Stud
2 The Last Samuri 8 8/1 David Bass Kim Bailey Paul & Clare Rooney
3 Vics Canvas 13 100/1 Robbie Dunne Dermot McLoughlin Gerard Martin
4 Gilgamboa 8 28/1 Robbie Power Enda Bolger J. P. McManus
5 Goonyella 9 12/1 Jonathan Burke Jim Dreaper Ann & Alan Potts Partnership
6 Ucello Conti 8 25/1 Daryl Jacob Gordon Elliott Gigginstown House Stud
7 Le Reve 8 50/1 Harry Skelton Lucy Wadham Andrew Wates
8 Vieux Lion Rouge 7 66/1 James Reveley David Pipe Professor Caroline Tisdall
9 Morning Assembly 9 16/1 Davy Russell Pat Kelly D. Kelly
10 Shutthefrontdoor 9 12/1 Barry Geraghty Jonjo O’Neill J. P. McManus
11 Soll 11 33/1 Tom Scudamore David Pipe Derrick Mossop
12 Buywise 9 50/1 Adam Wedge Evan Williams Hywell Jones
13 Just A Par 9 40/1 Sean Bowen Paul Nicholls Paul Barber & Graham Roach
14 Kruzhlinin 9 66/1 Noel Fehily Philip Hobbs Paul & Clare Rooney
15 Unioniste 8 33/1 Nick Scholfield Paul Nicholls John Hales
16 Boston Bob 11 25/1 Paul Townend Willie Mullins Andrea & Graham Wylie

Grand National 2016 Result

The 2016 Grand National, which took place on April 9, 2016, was notable for the slowest underfoot conditions – soft, heavy in places – since Red Marauder beat Smarty and just two other, remounted, finishers by a distance on heavy going in 2001. Channel 4 televised the race for the fourth, and final, time, with ITV acquiring exclusive, free-to-air broadcasting rights to British horse racing from Janury 1, 2017 onwards.

In the absence of O’Faolains Boy, a late withdrawal, 39 runners went to post and 16 of them completed the course. They were led home by Rule The World, a largely unconsidered 33/1 chance, owned Gigginstown House Stud, trained by Michael ‘Mouse’ Morris and ridden by 19-year-old David Mullins. Rule The World had won on his sole point-to-point start, as a four-year-old, back in 2011, but despite displaying high-class form, including when second in the Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse in 2015, remained a maiden over regulation fences prior to the Grand National.

Nevertheless, Rule The World survived a jolting blunder at the fourth-last fence and, given time to recover by Mullins – who was having his first ride in the National – made headway into a close third approcahing the final fence. Switched to the outside on the run-in, he tackled the joint-favourite, The Last Samuri, in the last half a furlong or so and came home strongest of all to win by six lengths. In so doing, he became the first novice to win the Grand National since Mr. What sauntered home by 30 lengths back in 1958.

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