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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. For this year's card, the racecards carry the live prices.
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Every winner since 1970, newest first. SP is the official returned price, with the favourite marker where it applied.
Irish Grand National: Roll of Honour
| Year | Winner | Age | SP | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | |||||
| 2026 | Soldier In Milan | 7 | 6/1f | Donagh Meyler | Emmet Mullins |
| 2025 | Haiti Couleurs | 8 | 13/2 | Sean Bowen | Rebecca Curtis |
| 2024 | Intense Raffles | 6 | 13/2 | J J Slevin | Thomas Gibney |
| 2023 | I Am Maximus | 7 | 8/1 | Paul Townend | Willie Mullins |
| 2022 | Lord Lariat | 7 | 40/1 | Paddy O'Hanlon | Dermot McLoughlin |
| 2021 | Freewheelin Dylan | 9 | 150/1 | Ricky Doyle | Dermot McLoughlin |
| 2020 | Not run — COVID-19 pandemic — Fairyhouse Easter Festival cancelled and Irish racing suspended (late March–June 2020); race not rescheduled | ||||
| 2010s | |||||
| 2019 | Burrows Saint | 6 | 6/1f | Ruby Walsh | Willie Mullins |
| 2018 | General Principle | 9 | 20/1 | J J Slevin | Gordon Elliott |
| 2017 | Our Duke | 7 | 9/2f | Robbie Power | Jessica Harrington |
| 2016 | Rogue Angel | 8 | 16/1 | Ger Fox | Mouse Morris |
| 2015 | Thunder And Roses | 7 | 20/1 | Katie Walsh | Sandra Hughes |
| 2014 | Shutthefrontdoor | 7 | 8/1f | Barry Geraghty | Jonjo O'Neill |
| 2013 | Liberty Counsel | 10 | 50/1 | Ben Dalton | Dot Love |
| 2012 | Lion Na Bearnai | 10 | 33/1 | Andrew Thornton | Tom Gibney |
| 2011 | Organisedconfusion | 6 | 12/1 | Nina Carberry | Arthur Moore |
| 2010 | Bluesea Cracker | 8 | 25/1 | Andrew McNamara | James Motherway |
| 2000s | |||||
| 2009 | Niche Market | 8 | 33/1 | Harry Skelton | Bob Buckler |
| 2008 | Hear The Echo | 7 | 33/1 | Paddy Flood | Mouse Morris |
| 2007 | Butler's Cabin | 7 | 14/1 | Tony McCoy | Jonjo O'Neill |
| 2006 | Point Barrow | 8 | 20/1 | Philip Carberry | Pat Hughes |
| 2005 | Numbersixvalverde | 9 | 9/1 | Ruby Walsh | Martin Brassil |
| 2004 | Granit d'Estruval | 10 | 33/1 | Brian Harding | Ferdy Murphy |
| 2003 | Timbera | 9 | 11/1 | Jim Culloty | Dessie Hughes |
| 2002 | The Bunny Boiler | 8 | 12/1 | Ross Geraghty | Noel Meade |
| 2001 | David's Lad | 7 | — | Timmy Murphy | Tony Martin |
| 2000 | Commanche Court | 7 | — | Ruby Walsh | Ted Walsh |
| 1990s | |||||
| 1999 | Glebe Lad | 7 | — | Tom Rudd | Michael O'Brien |
| 1998 | Bobbyjo | 8 | — | Paul Carberry | Tommy Carberry |
| 1997 | Mudahim | 11 | 13/2 | Jason Titley | Jenny Pitman |
| 1996 | Feathered Gale | 9 | — | Francis Woods | Arthur Moore |
| 1995 | Flashing Steel | 10 | 9/1 | Jamie Osborne | John Mulhern |
| 1994 | Son of War | 9 | — | Francis Woods | Peter McCreery |
| 1993 | Ebony Jane | 8 | — | Charlie Swan | Francis Flood |
| 1992 | Vanton | 8 | — | Jason Titley | Michael O'Brien |
| 1991 | Omerta | 11 | — | Adrian Maguire | Martin Pipe |
| 1990 | Desert Orchid | 11 | evens f | Richard Dunwoody | David Elsworth |
| 1980s | |||||
| 1989 | Maid of Money | 7 | — | Anthony Powell | John Fowler |
| 1988 | Perris Valley | 7 | — | Brendan Sheridan | Dermot Weld |
| 1987 | Brittany Boy | 8 | — | Tom Taaffe | Kelvin Hitchmough |
| 1986 | Insure | 8 | — | Mickey Flynn | Pat Hughes |
| 1985 | Rhyme 'n' Reason | 6 | — | Graham Bradley | David Murray Smith |
| 1984 | Bentom Boy | 9 | — | Ann Ferris | Willie Rooney |
| 1983 | Bit of a Skite | 7 | — | Tommy Ryan | Edward O'Grady |
| 1982 | King Spruce | 8 | — | Gerry Newman | Michael O'Brien |
| 1981 | Luska | 7 | — | T V Finn | Paddy Mullins |
| 1980 | Daletta | 7 | — | John Harty | Guy Williams |
| 1970s | |||||
| 1979 | Tied Cottage | 11 | — | Tony Robinson | Dan Moore |
| 1978 | Brown Lad | 12 | — | Gerry Dowd | Jim Dreaper |
| 1977 | Billycan | 7 | — | Mouse Morris | Adrian Maxwell |
| 1976 | Brown Lad | 10 | — | Tommy Carberry | Jim Dreaper |
| 1975 | Brown Lad | 9 | — | Tommy Carberry | Jim Dreaper |
| 1974 | Colebridge | 10 | — | Eddie Wright | Jim Dreaper |
| 1973 | Tartan Ace | 6 | — | Jackie Cullen | Tom Costello |
| 1972 | Dim Wit | 7 | — | Matt Curran | Paddy Mullins |
| 1971 | King's Sprite | 9 | — | Arthur Moore | Georgie Wells |
| 1970 | Garoupe | 6 | — | Cathal Finnegan | Francis Flood |
The trends
Winning age
- 7yo
- 32%
- 8yo
- 21%
- 9yo
- 16%
- 6yo
- 11%
Age known for 56 of 56 winners (1970–2026)
Trainers & jockeys
- Most successful trainer
- Jim Dreaper (4)
- Most successful jockey
- Ruby Walsh (3)
56 runnings (1970–2026)
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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