Pos | Horse | Age | SP | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Silver Birch | 10 | 33/1 | Robbie Power | Gordon Elliott | Brian Walsh |
2 | McKelvey | 9 | 12/1 | Tom O’Brien | Peter Bowen | Mrs. B. Halewood |
3 | Slim Pickings | 8 | 33/1 | Barry Geraghty | Tom Taaffe | Brian Walsh |
4 | Philson Run | 11 | 100/1 | Daryl Jacob | Nick Williams | E. A. Brook |
5 | Libertine | 9 | 40/1 | Aidan Coleman | Venetia Williams | Mrs R. A. Trotter |
6 | Point Barrow | 9 | 8/1F | Philip Carberry | Pat Hughes | Pat Hughes |
7 | Bewleys Berry | 10 | 33/1 | Tony Dobbin | Jonjo O’Neill | Trevor Hemmings |
8 | Le Duc | 8 | 50/1 | Joe Tizzard | Paul Nicholls | Sir Robert Ogden |
9 | Longshanks | 11 | 100/1 | Tom Scudamore | Martin Pipe | Terry Warner |
10 | Idle Talk | 8 | 33/1 | Jason Maguire | Donald McCain | Andrea & Graham Wylie |
11 | Numbersixvalverde | 11 | 12/1 | Niall Madden | Martin Brassil | Bernard Carroll |
12 | Puntal | 10 | 100/1 | Paddy Brennan | Paul Nicholls | Mrs G. Brown |
Grand National 2007 Results
The 2007 Grand National run, on good going, on April 14, 2007, marked 160 years of the world-famous steeplechase and looked a competitive affair on paper. The then-maximum of 40 runners went to post and the market was headed by three 8/1 co-favourites, Scottish Grand National winner Joes Edge, Irish Grand National winner Point Barrow and Monkerhostion, who had finished fourth, behind Kauto Star in the Cheltenham Gold Cup. The two most recent winners of the race, Hedgehunter and Numbersixvalverde, were sent off at 9/1 and 14/1 respectively.
However, none of the aformentioned quintet was involved in the finish, with victory going to Silver Birch, trained by Gordon Elliott and ridden by Robbie Power, who sprang a minor surprise at odds of 33/1. He only won narrowly, just three-quarters of a length ahead of the hapless English Summer National winner Mckelvey, who finished lame, with Slim Pickings a further length-and-a-quarter further behind in third.
A win for Silver Birch was remarkable because, although he had justified favouritism in the Welsh Grand National in 2004, when trained by Paul Nicholls, he had failed to win since, yet his handicap mark remained 6lb higher than at Chepstow. It was all the more remarkable for the fact that Elliott, 29, had yet to saddle a winner in his homeland, but nonetheless became the youngest winning trainer in the history of the Grand National and a household name on the opposite saide of the Irish Sea. Of course, Elliott has since won the National twice more, courtesy of Tiger Roll in 2018 and 2019.