Grand National Winners

The Grand National has thrown up many great winners but the one name that became the Nations favourite was of course Red Rum. Red Rum was the most successful horse, winning this great race three times in 1973, 1974 and 1977. The first ever running of the Grand National was in 1837 and was won by "The Duke".

For those of you who love to back an outsider you will be most interested to note that there have being four winners in the Grand National History that have started at 100/1: Tipperary Tim (1928), Gregalach (1929), Caughoo (1947) and Foinavon (1967).

The Grand National is a race where horses come from far and wide to land this great prize. To date only the Irish have managed to take the prize home, the French have had a couple of placed horse and no other country has had an entry that has man aged to finish the course.

A Grand National winner that will be remembered for a as long as the National itself was 1981 winner "Aldaniti" ridden by Bob Champion. Aldaniti had been plagued with injuries throughout his career and Bob Champion had fought to recover from cancer. Aldaniti led from the eleventh fence and beat Spartan Missile, ridden by 54 year old amateur jockey John Thorne, by four lengths.

Some important facts that should be remembered in selecting the winning Grand National Form are, nine year old seem to be an age to stay the right side of with the majority of recent winners coming from this age group. Also when selecting a winner make sure to look at the horses weight at 11 stone or below which a higher that average percentage winning at this weight.