# Irish Grand National Winners: The Full Roll of Honour (1970-2026)

_Every Irish Grand National winner since 1970 - horse, age, starting price, jockey and trainer - with the trends that emerge across the full roll of honour. Source-verified._

*Source: [https://stablebet.co.uk/irish-racecourses/fairyhouse/irish-grand-national-winners/](https://stablebet.co.uk/irish-racecourses/fairyhouse/irish-grand-national-winners/) · last updated 2026-07-19*

The Irish Grand National is Fairyhouse's Easter Monday showpiece, a marathon handicap chase that has launched or crowned some of the biggest names in Irish jumps racing. This is the complete roll of honour from 1970 to 2026 - every winning horse, its age, starting price, jockey and trainer - alongside the trends that emerge across the full 56 runnings rather than the last handful.

Every row is source-verified against two independent records; where they disagreed we have left the cell blank rather than guess. The 2020 running, lost when Irish racing was suspended in the pandemic, is shown as not run.

For the track, see [Fairyhouse Racecourse](/irish-racecourses/fairyhouse/). For this year's card, the [racecards](/racecards/) carry the live prices.

Every winner since 1970, newest first. SP is the official returned price, with the favourite marker where it applied.

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### What the trends tell you

Read these as history, not a system. The Irish National is a true test of stamina and jumping over nearly three and a half miles, and the roll of honour reflects it: Brown Lad's three wins in the 1970s and Jim Dreaper's record as a trainer sit alongside a long list of one-time winners who never won it again. Age clusters in the classic staying-chaser band. None of this is advice, it is simply what the race has actually done.

## Betting on the Irish Grand National

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## Irish Grand National winners: FAQ

### Who has trained the most Irish Grand National winners?
In our 1970-2026 records, Jim Dreaper leads the modern trainers with four winners. The race has otherwise been shared widely, a mark of how open a marathon handicap chase tends to be.

### Which horse has won the Irish Grand National most often in this period?
Brown Lad, who won it three times in the 1970s - a rare feat in a handicap where the weights are designed to stop any one horse dominating.

### When is the Irish Grand National run?
On Easter Monday at Fairyhouse, County Meath, the centrepiece of the track's Easter Festival.

### Was the 2020 Irish Grand National run?
No. Irish racing was suspended in spring 2020 because of the Covid-19 pandemic and the running did not take place; there is no 2020 winner.