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The Welsh Grand National is Chepstow's midwinter marathon, a stamina-sapping handicap chase run on heavy December ground that has often decided the staying picture for the second half of the jumps season. This is the full roll of honour from 1970 to 2026 - winner, age, starting price, jockey and trainer - with the training trends that emerge across the whole history.
Every row is source-verified against two independent records; unsourced cells are left blank rather than guessed. Because it is a late-December race, it has several times been abandoned for frost or waterlogging - those years are shown honestly as not run rather than skipped.
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Every winner since 1970, newest first. SP is the official returned price, with the favourite marker where it applied.
Welsh Grand National: Roll of Honour
| Year | Winner | Age | SP | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | |||||
| 2025 | Haiti Couleurs | 8 | 5/1 | Sean Bowen | Rebecca Curtis |
| 2024 | Val Dancer | 7 | 8/1 | Charlie Hammond | Mel Rowley |
| 2023 | Nassalam | 6 | 9/2jf | Caoilin Quinn | Gary Moore |
| 2022 | The Two Amigos | 10 | 16/1 | David Pritchard | Nicky Martin |
| 2021 | Iwilldoit | 8 | 13/2 | Stan Sheppard | Sam Thomas |
| 2020 | Secret Reprieve | 7 | 5/2f | Adam Wedge | Evan Williams |
| 2010s | |||||
| 2019 | Potters Corner | 9 | 18/1 | Jack Tudor | Christian Williams |
| 2018 | Elegant Escape | 6 | 3/1f | Tom O'Brien | Colin Tizzard |
| 2017 | Raz De Maree | 13 | — | James Bowen | Gavin Cromwell |
| 2016 | Native River | 6 | 11/4f | Richard Johnson | Colin Tizzard |
| 2015 | Mountainous | 11 | 7/2jf | Jamie Moore | Kerry Lee |
| 2014 | Emperor's Choice | 7 | 9/1 | Aidan Coleman | Venetia Williams |
| 2013 | Mountainous | — | 20/1 | Paul Moloney | Richard Lee |
| 2012 | Monbeg Dude | — | — | Paul Carberry | Michael Scudamore |
| 2011 | Le Beau Bai | 8 | 10/1 | Charlie Poste | Richard Lee |
| 2010 | Synchronised | — | — | A. P. McCoy | Jonjo O'Neill |
| 2000s | |||||
| 2009 | Dream Alliance | — | 20/1 | Tom O'Brien | Philip Hobbs |
| 2008 | Notre Pere | — | — | Andrew Lynch | Jim Dreaper |
| 2007 | Miko De Beauchene | — | — | Andrew Thornton | Robert Alner |
| 2006 | Halcon Genelardais | — | — | Wayne Hutchinson | Alan King |
| 2005 | L'Aventure | — | 14/1 | Leighton Aspell | Paul Nicholls |
| 2004 | Silver Birch | — | — | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls |
| 2003 | Bindaree | — | — | Carl Llewellyn | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
| 2002 | Mini Sensation | — | — | Andrew Dobbin | Jonjo O'Neill |
| 2001 | Supreme Glory | — | — | Leighton Aspell | Patrick G. Murphy |
| 2000 | Jocks Cross | — | — | B. J. Crowley | Venetia Williams |
| 1990s | |||||
| 1999 | Edmond | — | — | Richard Johnson | Henry Daly |
| 1998 | Kendal Cavalier | — | — | Barry Fenton | Nigel Hawke |
| 1997 | Earth Summit | — | — | Tom Jenks | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
| 1996 | Not run — Abandoned (frost) | ||||
| 1995 | Not run — Abandoned (frost) | ||||
| 1994 | Master Oats | 10 | — | Norman Williamson | Kim Bailey |
| 1993 | Riverside Boy | — | — | — | Martin Pipe |
| 1992 | Run For Free | — | — | — | Martin Pipe |
| 1991 | Carvill's Hill | — | 9/4 | Peter Scudamore | Martin Pipe |
| 1990 | Cool Ground | — | — | — | Reg Akehurst |
| 1980s | |||||
| 1989 | Bonanza Boy | 9 | 15/8 | Peter Scudamore | Martin Pipe |
| 1988 | Bonanza Boy | — | 9/4f | Peter Scudamore | Martin Pipe |
| 1987 | Playschool | — | — | — | David Barons |
| 1986 | Stearsby | — | — | — | Jenny Pitman |
| 1985 | Run And Skip | 7 | — | Peter Scudamore | — |
| 1984 | Righthand Man | — | — | — | Monica Dickinson |
| 1983 | Burrough Hill Lad | — | — | John Francome | Jenny Pitman |
| 1982 | Corbiere | — | — | Ben de Haan | Jenny Pitman |
| 1981 | Peaty Sandy | — | — | T. G. Dun | Helen Hamilton |
| 1980 | Narvik | — | — | John Francome | — |
| 1970s | |||||
| 1979 | Peter Scott | — | — | Paul Barton | — |
| 1978 | Not run — Abandoned (frost) | ||||
| 1977 | Not run — Abandoned (waterlogged) | ||||
| 1976 | Rag Trade | — | 14/1 | — | Fred Rimell |
| 1975 | Not run — Abandoned (weather) [needs confirmation] | ||||
| 1974 | Not run — / unconfirmed [see Caveats] | ||||
| 1973 | Deblin's Green | — | — | — | George Yardley |
| 1972 | Charlie H | — | — | — | [unconfirmed] [see Caveats] |
| 1971 | Royal Toss | — | — | — | — |
| 1970 | French Excuse | — | — | — | — |
The trends
Trainers & jockeys
- Most successful trainer
- Martin Pipe (5)
- Most successful jockey
- Peter Scudamore (4)
50 runnings (1970–2025)
What the trends tell you
Read these as history, not a system. The Welsh National rewards bottomless stamina, and the trainers who have mastered it show up clearly - Martin Pipe's five winners lead the modern era, with Peter Scudamore prominent in the saddle. The other feature of the roll of honour is how often the race has not happened at all: midwinter frost and flooding at Chepstow have forced several abandonments, some rerun in January. None of this is advice, it is what the race and the weather have actually done.
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