The Grand National results for 2024 are below. The race was won by I Am Maximus, who went off as the 7/1 joint favourite. Corach Rambler, last year’s winner, unseated his rider at the first fence.
With some bookmakers paying out on each-way bets up to six places there was also good news for backers of Kitty’s Light, who finished fifth and Ain’t That A Shame, being ridden by his owner, who was sixth.
To recap the race, scroll down to Marcus Armytage’s report or click here for our live blog from Saturday at Aintree.
Grand National result 2024
- 1. Winner - I Am Maximus (7/1 - joint favourite)
- 2. Delta Work (28/1)
- 3. Minella Indo (28/1)
- 4. Galvin (40/1)
- 5. Kitty’s Light (12/1)
- 6. Ain’t That A Shame (40/1)
- 7. Meetingofthewaters (11/1)
- 8. Galia Des Liteaux (28/1)
- 9. Roi Mage (66/1)
- 10. Limerick Lace (7/1 - joint favourite)
- 11. co*ko Beach (28/1)
- 12. Latenightpass (50/1)
- 13. The Goffer (50/1)
- 14. Vanillier (14/1)
- 15. Eklat De Rire (100/1)
- 16. Capodanno (28/1)
- 17. Panda Boy (11/1)
- 18. Nassalam (50/1)
- 19. Noble Yeats (12/1)
- 20. Eldorado Allen (66/1)
- 21. Adamantly Chosen (33/1)
Did not finish
- Corach Rambler (15/2) - unseated rider at 1st
- Stattler (40/1) - pulled up at 9th
- Mr Incredible (10/1) - unseated rider at 15th
- Mahler Mission (18/1) - unseated rider at 15th
- Mac Tottie (80/1) - pulled up at 21st
- Farouk D’Alene (100/1) - pulled up at 26th
- Glengouly (100/1) - unseated rider at 27th
- Chemical Energy (50/1) - pulled up at 29th
- Minella Crooner (125/1) - pulled up at 29th
- Foxy Jacks (33/1) - pulled up at 29th
- Janidil (125/1) - pulled up at 30th
Did not start
- Run Wild Fred - non-runner
- Chambard - non-runner
I Am Maximus sets up Mullins for tilt at Champion Trainer
Willie Mullins has carried everything before him this National Hunt season but capped it all when I Am Maximus, the 7-1 joint favourite, flew home from the Elbow to win an incident-free 176th Randox Grand National by seven and a half lengths from compatriots Delta Work and Minella Indo.
It was a third winner for owner JP McManus, a second for Mullins and a first for jockey Paul Townend who became only the seventh jockey to win the Gold Cup and National in the same year.
Despite it being comfortable at the finish, victory for the quirky eight-year-old looked anything but certain when he jumped the last in fifth and Minella Indo, the 2021 Gold Cup winner, appeared on the cusp of joining Golden Miller and L’Escargot in the history books as only the third horse to win both a Gold Cup and a National.
But having angled to try and get the rail at the Elbow, a furlong from the finish, and not really going anywhere, Townend switched round Minello Indo and Delta Work and, with daylight in front of him, I Am Maximus sprouted wings, his younger legs finding a gear that the valiant old stagers who chased him home were unable to match.
Mullins ran eight horses in Saturday’s race and now has a very realistic chance of being crowned British as well as Irish champion trainer this season after his prize-money haul from Cheltenham and Saturday’s £500,000 first prize took him to the head of the title race.
“He’s quirky, he’s immature, but he’s learning all the time. Nicky Henderson had him before me – he said to me to make sure I got him because Mike Grech [the former owner] was taking all his horses to Ireland, and he said that’s the horse I need to have. I put my hand up for him with Henrietta Knight [Grech’s racing manager].
“Nicky could see the talent the horse had, he knew he was quirky, and we just had to nurture that talent. An Irish National, an English National – what more do you want?
“He doesn’t do it on the gallops at home, he does his own thing. He’s quirky, but he has huge ability, and until other horses just get that out of him, we won’t know how good he is, but I think he could be a Gold Cup horse.
Speaking about Townend he added: “Paul is riding so well at the moment. He’s just riding with such confidence, and it’s like any sportsperson, when you’ve got that confidence things just happen for you. You make them happen, too, but the ball just bounces right next to you and bounces the right way. Paul’s seeing things other jockeys aren’t seeing at the moment; he’s just riding in a different zone.”
The jockey may not have the gift of the gab of his predecessor Ruby Walsh as first jockey to Mullins, but with the stable at a zenith never previously reached by a jump trainer, he is amassing quite a curriculum vitae with four Gold Cups and now a National.
“It’s what every young boy with a pony wants to do,” he said. “I’m living my childhood dream as a jockey.
“We didn’t get the clearest run from the second last to the last, but it kind of helped me and I felt that when I got him out he was going to start motoring when he got into clear air, which he did. The ones in front of me, I’m sure they weren’t looking for me, but I had them well in my sights. The Gold Cup is the Gold Cup and Grade 1s are hard to win, but Grand Nationals are a bit different and you need so much luck. I’m a lucky boy.”
McManus, who has now won with Don’t Push It in 2010 and Minella Times in 2021 and fielded five horses in this year’s race, was delighted. “For me there is only one race,” he said. “Everything points to the Grand National. I don’t have anything to say about Willie that hasn’t already been said and if people don’t say it, they know it.”
There is always a story attached to the winner but I Am Maximus’s backstory is not a happy one. Bought from Ireland by Henrietta Knight for Grech, a Salford businessman who named the horse after his wife, Maxine, he was forced to sell his horses shortly before Cheltenham last year. Grech was found dead last summer aged 63.
“I fell in love with him as a three-year-old at the Costellos and Mike flew over by helicopter to see him,” recalled Knight. “All he ever wanted to do was have a runner in the National let alone win it. Maxine and his five children are there today and I just wish they’d had more involvement.”
The biggest winner, however, was the race itself and with 21 finishers from 32 starters it vindicated a raft of changes designed to make it safer..
There were no fallers – unless you count the loose Corach Rambler going down at the second – four unseated riders and the rest pulled up. If it lacked some of its customary drama, that was probably no bad thing 12 months after the protest-affected disaster of 2023.
All other results at Aintree in 2024
Saturday, April 11
1:20pm: Winner – Gwennie May Boy(9/2)
1.55pm: Winner – Brighterdaysahead (6/5)
2.30pm: Winner – Cruz Control (9/1)
3.05pm: Winner – Strong Leader (8/1)
4.00pm: Winner – I Am Maximus (7/1)
5:00pm: Winner – Found A Fifty (11/8)
5.35pm: Winner – Horaces Pearl (14/1)
Friday, April 12
1:45pm: Winner – Inothewayurthinkin (6/4)
2.20pm: Winner – Kateira (5/1)
2.55pm: Winner – Mystical Power (11/10)
3.30pm: Winner – Jonbon (11/10)
4.05pm: Winner – Arizona Cardinal (20/1)
4.40pm: Winner – Dancing City (4/1)
5.15pm: Winner – El Jefe (40/1)
Thursday, April 11
1.45pm: Winner – Il Etait Temps (3/1)
2.20pm: Winner – Sir Gino (11/10)
2.55pm: Winner – Gerri Colombe (9/4)
3.30pm: Winner – Impaire Et Passe (evens)
4.05pm: Winner – Its On The Line (3/1)
4.40pm: Winner – Sans Bruit (5/1)
5.15pm: Winner – Diva Luna (13/2)
Recent Grand National winners
The Grand National has a knack for turning up a winner with an entertaining backstory and did so again when Corach Rambler took the title in 2023. In finishing first, the 8-1 favourite turned 21-year-old Cameron Sword into the youngest winning owner in the race’s long history.
The year before, in 2022, Sam Waley-Cohen, an amateur jockey, announced that the Grand National would be the last race of his career – and then won it aboard 50-1 outsider Noble Yeats. In 2021, Rachael Blackmore became the first woman to ride the winner of the Grand National when she took charge of Minella Times.
Grand National winners from previous Aintree races
2023 Corach Rambler Derek Fox, Lucinda Russell, The Ramblers, 8/1
2022 Noble Yeats Sam Waley-Cohen, Emmet Mullins, Robert Waley-Cohen, 50/1
2021 Minella Times Rachael Blackmore, Henry de Bromhead, JP McManus, 11/1
2020 - No race
2019 Tiger RollDavy Russell, Gordon Elliott, Gigginstown House Stud, 4/1
2018Tiger RollDavy Russell, Gordon Elliott, Gigginstown House Stud, 10/1
2017One For ArthurDerek Fox, Lucinda Russell, Two Golf Widows, 14/1
2016Rule The WorldDavid Mullins, Mouse Morris, Michael O’Leary, 33/1
2015 Many Clouds Leighton Aspell, Oliver Sherwood,Trevor Hemmings,25/1
2014 Pineau De ReLeighton Aspell, Dr Richard Newland, J A Provan, 25/1
2013 Auroras EncoreRyan Mania, Sue Smith, Douglas Pryde, Jim Beaumont and David van der Hoeven, 66/1
2012 Neptune CollongesDaryl Jacob, Paul Nicholls, John Hales, 14/1
2011BallabriggsJ M Maguire, D McCain Jnr, Trevor Hemmings, 14/1
2010Don’t Push ItA P McCoy, Jonjo O’Neill, J P McManus, 10/1
2009Mon MomeLiam Treadwell, Venetia Williams, Vida Bingham, 100/1
2008Comply Or Die T J Murphy, David Pipe, David Johnson, 7/1
2007Silver BirchRobbie Power, Gordon Elliott, Brian Walsh, 33/1
2006NumbersixvalverdeNiall Madden, Martin Brassil, Bernard Carroll, 11/1
2005HedgehunterRuby Walsh, Willie Mullins IRE, Trevor Hemmings, 7/1
2004Amberleigh HouseGraham Lee, Donald McCain, Halewood International Ltd, 16/1
2003Monty’s Pass, Barry Geraghty, Jimmy Mangan, Dee Racing Syndicate 16/1
2002Bindaree, Jim Culloty, Nigel Twiston-Davies, Raymond Mould 20/1
2001Red Marauder, Richard Guest, Norman Mason, Norman Mason 33/1
2000Papillon, Ruby Walsh, Ted Walsh IRE, Betty Morgan 10/1
1999Bobbyjo, Paul Carberry, Tommy Carberry IRE, Bobby Burke 10/1
1998Earth Summit(bl), Carl Llewellyn, Nigel Twiston-Davies, The Summit Partnership 7/1 F
1997Lord Gyllene, Tony Dobbin, Steve Brookshaw, Stan Clarke 14/1
1996Rough Quest, Mick Fitzgerald, Terry Casey, Andrew Wates 7/1 F
1995Royal Athlete, Jason Titley, Jenny Pitman, Gary & Libby Johnson 40/1
1994Miinnehoma, Richard Dunwoody, Martin Pipe, Freddie Star 16/1
1993 Void race
1992Party Politics, Carl Llewellyn, Nick Gaselee, Patricia Thompson 14/1
1991Seagram, Nigel Hawke, David Barons, Sir Eric Parker 12/1
1990Mr Frisk, Mr Marcus Armytage, Kim Bailey, Lois Duffey 16/1
1989Little Polveir, Jimmy Frost, Toby Balding, Edwards Harvey 28/1
1988Rhyme ‘N’ Reason, Brendan Powell, David Elsworth, Juliet Reed 10/1
1987Maori Venture, Steve Knight, Andrew Turnell, Jim Joel 28/1
1986West Tip, Richard Dunwoody, Michael Oliver, Peter Luff 15/2
1985Last Suspect, Hywel Davies, Tim Forster, Anne duch*ess of Westminster 50/1
1984Hallo Dandy, Neale Doughty, Gordon Richards, Richard Shaw 13/1
1983Corbiere, Ben de Haan, Jenny Pitman, Bryan Burrough 13/1
1982Grittar, Mr Dick Saunders, Frank Gilman, Frank Gilman 7/1 F
1981Aldaniti, Bob Champion, Josh Gifford, Nich Embiricos 10/1
1980Ben Nevis, Mr Charlie Fenwick, Tim Forster, Redmond C Stewart Jnr, 40/1
1979Rubstic, Maurice Barnes, John Leadbetter, John Douglas 25/1
1978Lucius,Bob Davies, Gordon Richards, Fiona Whitaker 14/1
1977Red Rum, Tommy Stack, Donald McCain, Noel Le Mare 9/1
1976Rag Trade,John Burke, Fred Rimell, Pierre Raymond 14/1
1975L’Escargot, Tommy Carberry, Dan Moore IRE, Raymond Guest 13/2
1974Red Rum,Brian Fletcher, Donald McCain, Noel Le Mare 11/1
1973 Red Rum, Brian Fletche,r Donald McCain, Noel Le Mare 9/1 Jt F
1972Well To Do, Graham Thorner, Tim Forster, Tim Forster 14/1
1971Specify, John Cook, John Sutcliffe, Fred Pontin 28/1
1970Gay Trip,Pat Taaffe, Fred Rimell, A J Chambers 15/1
1969Highland Wedding, Eddie Harty, Toby Balding, Thomas McCoy Jnr 100/9
1968Red Alligator,Brian Fletcher, Denys Smith, John Manners 100/7
1967Foinavon,John Buckingham, John Kempton, Cyril Watkins 100/1
1966Anglo,Tim Norman, Fred Winter, Stuart Levy 50/1
1965Jay Trump,Mr Tommy Smith, Fred Winter, Mary Stephenson 100/6
1964Team Spirit,George Robinson, Fulke Walwyn, John Goodman 18/1
1963Ayala,Pat Buckley, Keith Piggott, Pierre Raymond 66/1
1962Kilmore,Fred Winter, Ryan Price, Nat Cohen 28/1
1961Nicolaus Silver,Bobby Beasley, Fred Rimel,l Charles Vaughan 28/1
1960Merryman II,Gerry Scott, Neville Crump, Winifred Wallace 13/2 F
1959Oxo, Michael Scudamore, Willie Stephenson, John Bigg 8/1
1958Mr What, Arthur Freeman, Tom Taaffe IRE, D J Coughlan 18/1
1957Sundew, Fred Winter, Frank Hudson, Mrs Geoffrey Kohn 20/1
1956ESB,Dave Dick, Fred Rimell, Mrs Leonard Carver 100/7
1955Quare Times,Pat Taaffe, Vincent O’Brien IRE, Mrs W Welman 100/9
1954Royal Tan,Bryan Marshall, Vincent O’Brien IRE, Joe Griffin 8/1
1953Early Mist,Bryan Marshall, Vincent O’Brien IRE, Joe Griffin 20/1
1952Teal, Arthur Thompson, Neville Crump, Harry Lane 100/7
1951Nickel Coin,John Bullock, Jack O’Donoghue, Jeffrey Royle 40/1
1950Freebooter,Jimmy Power, Bobby Renton, Lurline Brotherton 10/1
1949Russian Hero,Leo McMorrow, George Owen, Fernie Williamson 66/1
1948Sheila’s Cottage,Arthur Thompson, Neville Crump, John Procter 50/1
1947Caughoo,Eddie Dempsey, Herbert McDowell IRE, John McDowell 100/1
1946Lovely Cottage, Capt Bobby Petre, Tommy Rayson, John Morant 25/1
1941-45 No Race
1940Bogskar,Mervyn Jones, Lord Stalbridge, Lord Stalbridge 25/1
1939Workman,Tim Hyde, Jack Ruttle IRE, Sir Alexander Maguire 100/8
1938Battleship, Bruce Hobbs, Reg Hobbs, Marion Scott 40/1
1937Royal Mail,Evan Williams, Ivor Anthony, Hugh Lloyd Thomas 100/6
1936Reynoldstown,Mr Fulke Walwyn Noel Furlong, Noel Furlong 10/1
1935Reynoldstown,Mr Frank Furlong, Noel Furlong, Noel Furlong 22/1
1934Golden Miller,Gerry Wilson, Basil Briscoe, Dorothy Paget 8/1
1933Kellsboro’ Jack, Dudley Williams, Ivor Anthony, Mrs F Ambrose Clark 25/1
1932Forbra,Tim Hamey, Tom Rimell, William Parsonage 50/1
1931Grakle,Bob Lyall, Tom Coulthwaite, Cecil Taylor 100/6
1930Shaun Goilin, Tommy Cullinan, Frank Hartigan, W H Midwood 100/8
1929Gregalach,Robert Everett, Tom Leader, Mrs M A Gemmell 100/1
1928Tipperary Tim,Mr Bill Dutton, Joseph Dodd, Harold Kenyon 100/1
1927Sprig, Ted Leader, Tom Leader, Mrs M Partridge 8/1 F
1926Jack Horner, William Watkinson, Harvey Leader, Charles Schwartz 25/1
1925Double Chance, Major John Wilson, Fred Archer, David Goold 100/9
1924Master Robert, Bob Trudgill, Aubrey Hastings, Lord Airlie 25/1
1923Sergeant Murphy,Capt Geoffrey, George Blackwell, Stephen Sanford 100/6
1922Music Hall, Lewis Rees, Owen Anthony, Hugh Kershaw 100/9
1921Shaun Spadah,Fred Rees, George Poole, Malcolm McAlpine 100/9
1920Troytown,Mr Jack Anthony, Algy Anthony IRE, Thomas Collins-Gerrard 6/1
1919Poethlyn, Ernie Piggott, Harry Escott, Mrs Hugh Peel 11/4 F
1916-1918 No Race At Aintree
1915Ally Sloper, Mr Jack Anthony, Aubrey Hastings, Lady Nelson 100/8
1914Sunloch,Bill Smith, Tom Tyler, Tom Tyler 100/6
1913Covertcoat,Percy Woodland, Robert Gore, Sir Charles Assheton-Smith 100/9
1912Jerry M, Ernie Piggott, Robert Gore, Sir Charles Assheton-Smith 4/1Jt F
1911 Glenside,Mr Jack Anthony, R H Collis, Frank Bibby 20/1
1910Jenkinstown,Robert Chadwick, Tom Coulthwaite, Stanley Howard 100/8
1909Lutteur III, Georges Parfrement, Harry Escott, J Hennessy 100/9
1908Rubio, Henry Bletsoe, Fred Withington, Frank Douglas-Pennant 66/1
1907Eremon, Alf Newey, Tom Coulthwaite, Stanley Howard 8/1
1906Ascetic’s Silver,Mr Aubrey Hastings, Aubrey Hastings, Prince Hatzfeldt 20/1
1905Kirkland, Frank Mason, E Thomas, Frank Bibby 6/1
1904Moifaa, Arthur Birch, W Hickey, Spencer Gollan 25/1
1903Drumcree, Percy Woodland, Sir Charles Nugent J S Morrison 13/2 F
1902Shannon Lass,David Read, James Hackett, Ambrose Gorham 20/1
1901Grudon, Arthur Nightingall, Bernard Bletsoe, Bernard Bletsoe 9/1
1900Ambush II, Algy Anthony, Algy Anthony IRE, HRH Prince of Wales 4/1
1899Manifesto, George Williamson, Willie Moore, J G Bulteel 5/1
1898Drogheda,John Gourley, Richard Dawson, C G M Adams 25/1
1897Manifesto, Terry Kavanagh, Willie McAuliffe, Harry Dyas 6/1 F
1896The Soarer, Mr David Campbell, Willie Moore, William Hall-Walker 40/1
1895Wild Man,Mr Joe Widger, James Gatland, John Widger 10/1
1894Why Not, Arthur Nightingall, Willie Moore, C H Fenwick 5/1 Jt F
1893Cloister Bill,Dollery, Arthur Yates, Charles Duff 9/2 F
1892Father O’Flynn, Capt Roddy Owen, Gordon Wilson, Gordon Wilson 20/1
1891Come Away,Mr Harry Beasley, Harry Beasley IRE, Willie Jameson 4/1 F
1890Ilex,Arthur Nightingall, John Nightingall, George Masterman 4/1 F
1889Frigate,Mr Tommy Beasley, M A Maher IRE, M A Maher 8/1
1888Playfair, George Mawson, Tom Cannon, E W Baird 40/1
1887Gameco*ck,W Daniells, James Gordon, E Jay 20/1
1886Old Joe,Tommy Skelton, George Mulcaster, A J Douglas 25/1
1885Roquefort, Mr Ted Wilson, Arthur Yates, A Cooper 100/30 F
1884Voluptuary,Mr Ted Wilson, William Wilson, H F Boyd 10/1
1883Zoedone,Count Charles Kinsky, W Jenkins, Count Charles Kinsky 100/7
1882Seaman,Lord Manners, James Machell, Lord Manners 10/1
1881Woodbrook,Mr Tommy Beasley, Henry Linde IRE, T Y L Kirkwood 11/2 Jt F
1880Empress,Mr Tommy Beasley, Henry Linde IRE, P Ducrot 8/1
1879The Liberator, Mr Garry Moore, J Moore IRE, Garry Moore 5/1
1878Shifnal, J Jones, J Nightingall, John Nightingall 7/1
1877Austerlitz, Mr Fred Hobson, Robert l’Anson, Fred Hobson 15/1
1876Regal, Joe Cannon, James Jewitt, James Machell 25/1
1875Pathfinder,Mr Tommy Pickernell, W Reeves, Herbert Bird 100/6
1874Reugny,Mr John Richardson, John Richardson, James Machell 5/1 F
1873Disturbance, Mr John Richardson, John Richardson, James Machell 20/1
1872Casse Tete, John Page, A Cowley, E Brayley 20/1
1871The Lamb,Mr Tommy Pickernell, Chris Green, Lord Poulett 11/2
1870The Colonel, George Stevens, R Roberts, Matthew Evans 7/2 F
1869The Colonel, George Stevens, R Roberts, John Weyman 100/7
1868The Lamb, Mr George Ede, Ben Land, Lord Poulett 9/1
1867Cortolvin,John Page, Harry Lamplugh FR, Duke of Hamilton 16/1
1866Salamander, Mr Alec Goodman, J Walters, Edward Studd 40/1
1865Alcibiade, Capt Henry, Coventry Cornell, Cherry Angell 100/7
1864Emblematic, George Stevens, E Weever, Lord Coventry 10/1
1863Emblem, George Stevens, E Weever, Lord Coventry 4/1
1862The Huntsman,Harry Lamplugh, Harry Lamplugh FR, Viscount de Namur 3/1 F
1861Jealousy,J Kendall, C Balchin, J Bennett 5/1
1860Anatis, Mr Tommy Pickernell, William Holman, Christopher Capel 7/2 F
1859Half Caste,Chris Green, Chris Green, Mr Willoughby 7/1
1858Little Charley, William Archer, William Holman, Christopher Capel 100/6
1857Emigrant, Charlie Boyce, Charlie Boyce, George Hodgman 10/1
1856Freetrader, George Stevens, William Holman, W Barnett 25/1
1855Wanderer, J Hanlon - IRE, Mr Dennis 25/1
1854Bourton,J Tasker, H Wadlow, William Moseley 4/1 F
1853Peter Simple,Tom Olliver, Tom Olliver, Joseph Little 9/1
1852Miss Mowbray, Mr Alec Goodman, G Dockeray, T F Mason n.q.
1851Abd-EI-Kader,T Abbot, Joseph Osborne, Joseph Osborne 7/1
1850Abd-El-Kader,Chris Green, Joseph Osborne, Joseph Osborne n.q.
1849Peter Simple,T Cunningham, T Cunningham, Mr Mason Jnr 20/1
1848Chandler, Capt Joseph Little, T Eskrett, Joseph Little 12/1
1847Matthew,Denis Wynne, J Courtenay IRE, Mr Courtenay 10/1
1846Pioneer, W Taylor, - Mr Adams n.q.
1845Cure-All,Mr William Loft, William Loft, W Sterling Crawford n.q.
1844Discount,Mr H Crickmere, - ,Mr Quartermaine 5/1 Jt F
1843Vanguard, Tom Olliver - Lord Chesterfield 12/1
1842Gay Lad, Tom Olliver - John Elmore 7/1
1841Charity,Mr A Powell - Lord Craven 14/1
1840Jerry,Mr B Bretherton - Mr Villebois 12/1
1839Lottery, Jem Mason - John Elmore 5/1 F
