| 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.