Grand National Grey Horses 2026: Just the one entry this year…

There have only ever been three winning Grand National grey horses in the history of the race, but 2026 entry Marble Sands will be looking to defy the odds and buck the trend with victory at Aintree on Saturday. Read on for the Grand National Grey Horses 2026.

There isn’t a specific reason why there have been so few winning greys; there are far fewer greys in training, so there haven’t been many entries.

The David Killahena and Graeme McPherson-trained Marble Sands is the sole grey entry in this year’s Grand National.

At 66/1, he’s considered one of the outsiders, but has winning form this season at Cheltenham in November off a mark of 142. He was raised 5lbs for that victory when second on his next start at Wetherby.

He arrives at Aintree off a 106-day break, with Tom Bellamy set to take the ride following injury to Kielan Woods.

Past Grey Winners of the Grand National

Neptune Collonges (2012)

Marble Sands will be bidding to emulate Neptune Collonges, who gave trainer Paul Nicholls his one and only win in the Grand National in 2012.

Not quite a 100/1 shot, he was an 11-year-old and still relatively unfancied at 33/1, but showed his class on the day, carrying 11-06 to victory under jockey Daryl Jacob, beating Sunnyhillboy by a nose, still the closest ever finish of a Grand National.

Nicolaus Silver (1961)

Rewind to 1961 for Nicolaus Silver’s win in 1961. Another big price at 28/1, the Fred Rimell-trained 9-year-old carried 10-01 to victory by five lengths under the guidance of jockey Bobby Beasley. He’d go on to finish seventh and 10th in two subsequent runnings of the National.

The Lamb (1868 & 1871)

The first ever winning grey of the Grand National came in 1868, when 6-year-old The Lamb took the honours for owner Lord Poulet. The Ben Land-trained horse was a 9/1 chance, ridden by George Ede, who also happened to be an English cricketer and founder member of Hampshire County Cricket Club.

The horse would return three years later to win the race again in 1871; this time, the 11/2 shot was ridden by Tommy Pickernell.

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