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The Grand National is one of the hardest races in the world to call, and the numbers prove it. Across the 55 runnings from 1970 to 2026, the winner came home at 10/1 or bigger 76% of the time, and the outright favourite obliged just once in five. This is the complete roll of honour - every winning horse, its age, official starting price, jockey and trainer - alongside the age, market and training trends that only emerge once you have the whole picture rather than the last ten years.
Every row is source-verified against two independent records. Where the two disagreed on a price we have left it blank rather than guess, and the two years the race was not run - 1993, declared void after a false start, and 2020, cancelled in the pandemic - are shown for what they were, not skipped.
For the fences, the festival week and the day out, see the full Grand National Festival guide. For this year's runners and live prices, the Grand National racecard has the market as it moves.
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Every winner since 1970, newest first. Age and weight are the horse's on the day; SP is the official returned price, with the favourite marker where it applied.
Grand National: Roll of Honour
| Year | Winner | Age | Weight | SP | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | ||||||
| 2026 | I Am Maximus | 10 | 11-12 | 9/2f | Paul Townend | Willie Mullins |
| 2025 | Nick Rockett | 8 | 11-08 | 33/1 | Patrick Mullins | Willie Mullins |
| 2024 | I Am Maximus | 8 | 11-06 | 7/1jf | Paul Townend | Willie Mullins |
| 2023 | Corach Rambler | 9 | 10-05 | 8/1f | Derek Fox | Lucinda Russell |
| 2022 | Noble Yeats | 7 | 10-10 | 50/1 | Sam Waley-Cohen | Emmet Mullins |
| 2021 | Minella Times | 8 | 10-03 | 11/1 | Rachael Blackmore | Henry de Bromhead |
| 2020 | Not run — Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 16 March 2020 The Jockey Club announced the meeting could not be staged; Senior Steward Sandy Dudgeon said: "The Randox Health Grand National Festival was just three weeks away and it's very clear to us it will not be possible for the event to take place. Public health must come first." There is no official winner. | |||||
| 2010s | ||||||
| 2019 | Tiger Roll | 9 | 11-05 | 4/1f | Davy Russell | Gordon Elliott |
| 2018 | Tiger Roll | 8 | 10-13 | — | Davy Russell | Gordon Elliott |
| 2017 | One For Arthur | 8 | 10-11 | 14/1 | Derek Fox | Lucinda Russell |
| 2016 | Rule The World | 9 | 10-07 | 33/1 | David Mullins | Mouse Morris |
| 2015 | Many Clouds | 8 | 11-09 | 25/1 | Leighton Aspell | Oliver Sherwood |
| 2014 | Pineau De Re | 11 | 10-06 | 25/1 | Leighton Aspell | Dr Richard Newland |
| 2013 | Auroras Encore | 11 | 10-03 | 66/1 | Ryan Mania | Sue Smith |
| 2012 | Neptune Collonges | 11 | 11-06 | 33/1 | Daryl Jacob | Paul Nicholls |
| 2011 | Ballabriggs | 10 | 11-00 | 14/1 | Jason Maguire | Donald McCain Jr |
| 2010 | Don't Push It | 10 | 11-05 | 10/1jf | Tony McCoy | Jonjo O'Neill |
| 2000s | ||||||
| 2009 | Mon Mome | 9 | 11-00 | 100/1 | Liam Treadwell | Venetia Williams |
| 2008 | Comply or Die | 9 | 10-09 | 7/1jf | Timmy Murphy | David Pipe |
| 2007 | Silver Birch | 10 | 10-06 | 33/1 | Robbie Power | Gordon Elliott |
| 2006 | Numbersixvalverde | 10 | 10-08 | 11/1 | Niall Madden | Martin Brassil |
| 2005 | Hedgehunter | 9 | 11-01 | 7/1f | Ruby Walsh | Willie Mullins |
| 2004 | Amberleigh House | 12 | 10-10 | 16/1 | Graham Lee | Ginger McCain |
| 2003 | Monty's Pass | 10 | 10-07 | 16/1 | Barry Geraghty | Jimmy Mangan |
| 2002 | Bindaree | 8 | 10-04 | 20/1 | Jim Culloty | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
| 2001 | Red Marauder | 11 | 10-11 | 33/1 | Richard Guest | Norman Mason |
| 2000 | Papillon | 9 | 10-12 | 10/1 | Ruby Walsh | Ted Walsh |
| 1990s | ||||||
| 1999 | Bobbyjo | 9 | 10-00 | 10/1 | Paul Carberry | Tommy Carberry |
| 1998 | Earth Summit | 10 | 10-05 | 7/1f | Carl Llewellyn | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
| 1997 | Lord Gyllene | 9 | 10-00 | 14/1 | Tony Dobbin | Steve Brookshaw |
| 1996 | Rough Quest | 10 | 10-07 | 7/1f | Mick Fitzgerald | Terry Casey |
| 1995 | Royal Athlete | 12 | 10-06 | 40/1 | Jason Titley | Jenny Pitman |
| 1994 | Miinnehoma | 11 | 10-08 | 16/1 | Richard Dunwoody | Martin Pipe |
| 1993 | Not run — Race declared void for the only time in its history after a second false start whose recall flag was not raised; 30 of the 39 runners began and carried on racing, and Esha Ness (50/1, jockey John White, trainer Jenny Pitman) passed the post first in what would have been the second-fastest time in Grand National history. Seven completed the course (Esha Ness, Cahervillahow, Romany King, The Committee, Givus A Buck, On The Other Hand and Laura's Beau). The Jockey Club voided the race and ruled out a re-run; bookmakers refunded an estimated £75 million in bets. There is no official winner. | |||||
| 1992 | Party Politics | 8 | 10-07 | 14/1 | Carl Llewellyn | Nick Gaselee |
| 1991 | Seagram | 11 | 10-06 | 12/1 | Nigel Hawke | David Barons |
| 1990 | Mr Frisk | 11 | 10-06 | 16/1 | Marcus Armytage | Kim Bailey |
| 1980s | ||||||
| 1989 | Little Polveir | 12 | 10-03 | 28/1 | Jimmy Frost | Toby Balding |
| 1988 | Rhyme 'n' Reason | 9 | 11-00 | 10/1 | Brendan Powell | David Elsworth |
| 1987 | Maori Venture | 11 | 10-13 | 28/1 | Steve Knight | Andrew Turnell |
| 1986 | West Tip | 9 | 10-11 | 15/2 | Richard Dunwoody | Michael Oliver |
| 1985 | Last Suspect | 11 | 10-05 | 50/1 | Hywel Davies | Tim Forster |
| 1984 | Hallo Dandy | 10 | 10-02 | 13/1 | Neale Doughty | Gordon W. Richards |
| 1983 | Corbiere | 8 | 11-04 | 13/1 | Ben de Haan | Jenny Pitman |
| 1982 | Grittar | 9 | 11-05 | 7/1f | Dick Saunders | Frank Gilman |
| 1981 | Aldaniti | 11 | 10-13 | 10/1 | Bob Champion | Josh Gifford |
| 1980 | Ben Nevis | 12 | 10-12 | 40/1 | Charlie Fenwick | Tim Forster |
| 1970s | ||||||
| 1979 | Rubstic | 10 | 10-00 | 25/1 | Maurice Barnes | John Leadbetter |
| 1978 | Lucius | 9 | 10-09 | 14/1 | Bob Davies | Gordon W. Richards |
| 1977 | Red Rum | 12 | 11-08 | 9/1jf | Tommy Stack | Ginger McCain |
| 1976 | Rag Trade | 10 | 10-12 | 14/1 | John Burke | Fred Rimell |
| 1975 | L'Escargot | 12 | 11-03 | 13/2 | Tommy Carberry | Dan Moore |
| 1974 | Red Rum | 9 | 12-00 | 11/1 | Brian Fletcher | Ginger McCain |
| 1973 | Red Rum | 8 | 10-05 | 9/1jf | Brian Fletcher | Ginger McCain |
| 1972 | Well To Do | 9 | 10-01 | 14/1 | Graham Thorner | Tim Forster |
| 1971 | Specify | 9 | 10-13 | 28/1 | John Cook | John Sutcliffe |
| 1970 | Gay Trip | 8 | 11-05 | 15/1 | Pat Taaffe | Fred Rimell |
The trends
Winning age
- 9yo
- 29%
- 8yo
- 20%
- 10yo
- 20%
- 11yo
- 18%
Age known for 55 of 55 winners (1970–2026)
Market
- Started favourite
- 22%
- Won at 10/1 or bigger
- 76%
- Won at 5/1 or shorter
- 4%
Starting price known for 54 of 55 winners (1970–2026)
Trainers & jockeys
- Most successful trainer
- Ginger McCain (4)
- Most successful jockey
- Brian Fletcher (2)
55 runnings (1970–2026)
What the trends tell you
Read these as history, not a system. The 76% strike rate for double-figure prices reflects how the National's 30 fences and big field level the form book, not a betting edge - the same chaos that lands a 100/1 shot like Mon Mome (2009) also beats most of the field every year. The favourite's one-in-five record says the market knows it too.
Age is the clearest signal. The youngest winners in the past half-century were the seven-year-olds Noble Yeats (2022) and Bindaree (2002); the eight-to-eleven band accounts for the overwhelming majority, and no winner has been older than twelve. Weight tells its own story: the handicap is built to bring them together, and most modern winners have carried somewhere between 10st and 11st 5lb.
None of this is advice. It is simply what 55 runnings actually did, and the National's appeal is precisely that the next one may ignore all of it.
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One caveat, given the trends above: they describe what has happened, not what will. The National is the least predictable big race of the year - that is the whole appeal, and the reason to stake only what you can afford to lose.
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