Grand National Previous Winners: Every winner of the world’s most famous horse race

| Tuesday 1st April 2025, 11:03am

Tuesday 1st April 2025, 11:03am

The world's greatest horse race takes place this Saturday (16:00, April 5) and with that in mind, we've taken a look back at the illustrious list of previous winners, whose names will go down in folklore. We've also picked out some of the more memorable Grand National Previous Winners ahead of the 2025 Grand National.

Grand National Previous Winners (last 10)

2024 - I Am Maximus (7/1 JF)
2023 - Corach Rambler (8/1 F)
2022 - Noble Yeats (50/1)
2021 - Minella Times (11/1)
2019 - Tiger Roll (4/1 F)
2018 - Tiger Roll (10/1)
2017 - One for Arthur (14/1)
2016 - Rule The World (33/1)
2015 - Many Clouds (25/1)
2014 - Pineau De Re (25/1)

*Starting price in brackets

Horse Racing Odds

The Grand National is the culmination of the National Hunt season and is an iconic moment, not just in horse racing but in British sport. Dating back to 1839, the race has developed from a small event to a world famous annual occasion, with almost a billion people watching worldwide.

The 4m 2½ furlong race may have been shortened and have less runners these days but that’s all to enhance the safety of both horses and riders, which is of paramount importance. However, it is still thrilling to watch and provides the ultimate test of steeplechasing. Even some of the 30 fences are famous and names such as Becher's Brook, The Chair and the Canal Turn live long in the memory.

Here at Betfred Insights, we will have full coverage of the Aintree Festival and of course extensive articles on the Grand National itself but we've also taken a look at some of the wonderful winners of Grand Nationals past. Here are just a few of our favourites...

1956 - E.S.B. (and Devon Loch)

The 100th running of the National will always be remembered, not for its winner, but for its loser. Poor Devon Loch was five lengths clear and in sight of certain victory when he inexplicably jumped and sprawled (perhaps eyeing the shadow cast by the water jump navigated on the first circuit, to his left) and couldn't regain any momentum, leaving E.S.B. and David Dick to claim the honours).

Devon Loch was owned by Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother and ridden by Dick Francis and when she was asked about the unfortunate incident, she famously replied "Oh, that's racing!'

1967 - Foinavon

Perhaps one of the most famous-ever wins and again for the wrong reasons. Foinavon was a 100/1 'no-hoper' and was given virtually no chance by his owner, who had travelled to Worcester instead of Liverpool. However, at the 23rd race, something quite remarkable happened, as the unseated Popham Down wiped out the leading pack and caused a huge stramash.

John Buckingham, rider of Foinavon, who was 100 yards back at the time, was able to successfully navigate through the melee and no other horse was able to catch him. The 23rd (and smallest) fence was eventually renamed as the Foinavon fence in 1984.

1977 - Red Rum

Perhaps the greatest of them all, Red Rum broke all National records in 1977, where he picked up his hat-trick of Grand Nationals as a 9/1 favourite. After winning the race back-to-back in 1973 and 1974, he was thought to be too old at 12 to win again, having finished runner-up in both 1975 and 1976.

With Tommy Stack on board for a second straight year, Red Rum took the lead at Becher's Brook on the second circuit and never looked back, finishing 25 lengths clear of runner-up Churchtown Boy.

In the 1970's the Grand National's future was very much uncertain but Red Rum's heroics ensured its future appeal for generations to come.

1981 - Aldaniti

The story of Bob Champion's fight against cancer and return to glory on Aldanati was that good, it made it to Hollywood, in the form of the 1984 John Hurt film Champions. The Carl Davis song from that film is still used to this day as the theme music for the Grand National.

Grand National Previous Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Weight	Jockey	Trainer	SP
1839	Lottery	9	12-00	Jem Mason	George Dockeray	9/1
1840	Jerry	10	12-00	Mr Bartholomew Bretherton	George Dockeray	12/1
1841	Charity	11	12-00	Mr A. Powell	William Vevers	14/1
1842	Gaylad	8	12-00	Tom Olliver	George Dockeray	7/1
1843	Vanguard	8	11-10	Tom Olliver	N/A	12/1
1844	Discount	6	10-12	Mr John Crickmere	Not recorded	5/1 JF
1845	Cure-All	7	11-05	Mr William Loft	Kitty Crisp	N/A
1846	Pioneer	6	11-12	William Taylor	N/A	N/A
1847	Mathew	9	10-06	Denny Wynne	John Murphy	10/1
1848	Chandler	12	11-12	Capt. Josey Little	Tom Eskrett	12/1
1849	Peter Simple	11	11-00	Tom Cunningham	T. Cunningham	20/1
1850	Abd-El-Kader	8	09-12	Chris Green	Joseph Osborne	N/A
1851	Abd-El-Kader	9	10-04	Tom Abbott	Joseph Osborne	7/1
1852	Miss Mowbray	7	10-04	Mr Alec Goodman	George Dockeray	N/A
1853	Peter Simple	15	10-10	Tom Olliver	Tom Olliver	9/1
1854	Bourton	11	11-12	John Tasker	Henry Wadlow	4/1 F
1855	Wanderer	10	9-8	John Hanlon	Not known	25/1
1856	Freetrader	7	09-06	George Stevens	William Holman	25/1
1857	Emigrant	11	09-10	Charlie Boyce	Charlie Boyce	10/1
1858	Little Charley	10	10-07	William Archer	William Holman	100/6
1859	Half Caste	6	09-07	Chris Green	Chris Green	7/1
1860	Anatis	10	09-10	Mr Tommy Pickernell	H. E. May	7/2 F
1861	Jealousy	7	09-12	Joseph Kendall	Charles Balchin	5/1
1862	The Huntsman	9	11-00	Harry Lamplugh	Harry Lamplugh	3/1 F
1863	Emblem	7	10-10	George Stevens	Edwin Weever	4/1
1864	Emblematic	6	10-06	George Stevens	Edwin Weever	10/1
1865	Alcibiade	5	11-04	Capt. Henry Coventry	Cornell	100/7
1866	Salamander	7	10-07	Mr Alec Goodman	J. Walters	40/1
1867	Cortolvin	8	11-13	John Page	Harry Lamplugh	16/1
1868	The Lamb	6	10-07	Mr George Ede	Ben Land	9/1
1869	The Colonel	6	10-07	George Stevens	R. Roberts	100/7
1870	The Colonel	7	11-12	George Stevens	R. Roberts	7/2 F
1871	The Lamb	9	11-05	Mr Tommy Pickernell	Chris Green	11/2
1872	Casse Tete	7	10-00	John Page	A. Cowley	20/1
1873	Disturbance	6	11-11	Mr J. M. Richardson	Mr J. M. Richardson	20/1
1874	Reugny	6	10-12	Mr J. M. Richardson	Mr J. M. Richardson	5/1 F
1875	Pathfinder	8	10-11	Mr Tommy Pickernell	W. Reeves	100/6
1876	Regal	5	11-03	Joe Cannon	James Jewitt	25/1
1877	Austerlitz	5	10-08	Mr Fred Hobson	Robert I'Anson	15/1
1878	Shifnal	9	10-12	J. Jones	John Nightingall	7/1
1879	The Liberator	10	11-04	Mr Garrett Moore	J. Moore	5/1
1880	Empress	5	10-07	Mr Tommy Beasley	Henry Linde	8/1
1881	Woodbrook	7	11-03	Mr Tommy Beasley	Henry Linde	11/2 JF
1882	Seaman	6	11-06	Lord Manners	James Machell/James Jewitt	10/1
1883	Zoedone	6	11-00	Count Karel Kinsky (AUT)	W. Jenkins	100/7
1884	Voluptuary	6	10-05	Mr Ted Wilson	William Wilson	10/1
1885	Roquefort	6	11-00	Mr Ted Wilson	Arthur Yates	10/3 F
1886	Old Joe	7	10-09	Tommy Skelton	George Mulcaster	25/1
1887	Gamecock	8	11-00	Bill Daniels	James Gordon	20/1
1888	Playfair	7	10-07	George Mawson	Tom Cannon, Sr.	40/1
1889	Frigate	11	11-04	Mr Tommy Beasley	M. A. Maher	8/1
1890	Ilex	6	10-05	Arthur Nightingall	John Nightingall	4/1 F
1891	Come Away	7	11-12	Mr Harry Beasley	Harry Beasley	4/1 F
1892	Father O'Flynn	7	10-05	Capt. Roddy Owen	Gordon Wilson	20/1
1893	Cloister	9	12-07	Bill Dollery	Arthur Yates	9/2 F
1894	Why Not	13	11-13	Arthur Nightingall	Willie Moore	5/1 JF
1895	Wild Man From Borneo	7	10-11	Mr Joe Widger	James Gatland	10/1
1896	The Soarer	7	09-13	Lt. David Campbell	Willie Moore	40/1
1897	Manifesto	9	11-03	Terry Kavanagh	Willie McAuliffe	6/1 F
1898	Drogheda	6	10-12	John Gourley	Dick Dawson	25/1
1899	Manifesto	11	12-07	George Williamson	Willie Moore	5/1
1900	Ambush II	6	11-03	Algy Anthony	Algy Anthony	4/1
1901	Grudon	11	10-00	Arthur Nightingall	Bernard Bletsoe	9/1
1902	Shannon Lass	7	10-01	David Read	James Hackett	20/1
1903	Drumcree	9	11-03	Percy Woodland	Sir Charles Nugent	13/2 F
1904	Moifaa	8	10-07	Arthur Birch	W. Hickey	25/1
1905	Kirkland	9	11-05	Frank Mason	E. Thomas	6/1
1906	Ascetic's Silver	9	10-09	Mr Aubrey Hastings	Aubrey Hastings	20/1
1907	Eremon	7	10-01	Alf Newey	Tom Coulthwaite	8/1
1908	Rubio	10	10-05	Henry Bletsoe	Fred Withington	66/1
1909	Lutteur III	5	10-11	Georges Parfrement	Harry Escott	100/9
1910	Jenkinstown	9	10-05	Robert Chadwick	Tom Coulthwaite	100/8
1911	Glenside	9	10-03	Mr Jack Anthony	R. H. Collis	20/1
1912	Jerry M	9	12-07	Ernie Piggott	Robert Gore	4/1 JF
1913	Covertcoat	7	11-06	Percy Woodland	Robert Gore	100/9
1914	Sunloch	8	09-07	Bill Smith	Tom Tyler	100/6
1915	Ally Sloper	6	10-06	Mr Jack Anthony	Aubrey Hastings	100/8
1916–1918	No races held due to World War I
1919	Poethlyn	9	12-07	Ernie Piggott	Harry Escott	11/4 F
1920	Troytown	7	11-09	Mr Jack Anthony	Algy Anthony	6/1
1921	Shaun Spadah	10	11-07	Dick Rees	George Poole	100/9
1922	Music Hall	9	11-08	Lewis Rees	Owen Anthony	100/9
1923	Sergeant Murphy	13	11-03	Capt. Tuppy Bennett	George Blackwell	100/6
1924	Master Robert	11	10-05	Bob Trudgill	Aubrey Hastings	25/1
1925	Double Chance	9	10-09	Maj. John Wilson	Fred Archer, Jr.	100/9
1926	Jack Horner	9	10-05	William Watkinson	Harvey Leader	25/1
1927	Sprig	10	12-04	Ted Leader	Tom Leader	8/1 F
1928	Tipperary Tim	10	10-00	Mr Bill Dutton	Joseph Dodd	100/1
1929	Gregalach	7	11-04	Robert W H Everett	Tom Leader	100/1
1930	Shaun Goilin	10	11-07	Tommy Cullinan	Frank Hartigan	100/8
1931	Grakle	9	11-07	Bob Lyall	Tom Coulthwaite	100/6
1932	Forbra	7	10-07	Tim Hamey	Tom Rimell	50/1
1933	Kellsboro' Jack	7	11-09	Dudley Williams	Ivor Anthony	25/1
1934	Golden Miller	7	12-02	Gerry Wilson	Basil Briscoe	8/1
1935	Reynoldstown	8	11-04	Mr Frank Furlong	Noel Furlong	22/1
1936	Reynoldstown	9	12-02	Mr Fulke Walwyn	Noel Furlong	10/1
1937	Royal Mail	8	11-13	Evan Williams	Ivor Anthony	100/6
1938	Battleship	11	11-06	Bruce Hobbs	Reg Hobbs	40/1
1939	Workman	9	10-06	Tim Hyde	Jack Ruttle	100/8
1940	Bogskar	7	10-04	Mervyn Jones	Lord Stalbridge	25/1
1941–1945	No races held due to World War II
1946	Lovely Cottage	9	10-08	Capt. Bobby Petre	Tommy Rayson	25/1
1947	Caughoo	8	10-00	Eddie Dempsey	Herbert McDowell	100/1
1948	Sheila's Cottage	9	10-07	Arthur Thompson	Neville Crump	50/1
1949	Russian Hero	9	10-08	Leo McMorrow	George Owen	66/1
1950	Freebooter	9	11-11	Jimmy Power	Bobby Renton	10/1 F
1951	Nickel Coin	9	10-01	John Bullock	Jack O'Donoghue	40/1
1952	Teal	10	10-12	Arthur Thompson	Neville Crump	100/7
1953	Early Mist	8	11-02	Bryan Marshall	Vincent O'Brien	20/1
1954	Royal Tan	10	11-07	Bryan Marshall	Vincent O'Brien	8/1
1955	Quare Times	9	11-00	Pat Taaffe	Vincent O'Brien	100/9
1956	E.S.B.	10	11-03	David Dick	Fred Rimell	100/7
1957	Sundew	11	11-07	Fred Winter	Frank Hudson	20/1
1958	Mr. What	8	10-06	Arthur Freeman	Tom Taaffe, Sr.	18/1
1959	Oxo	8	10-13	Michael Scudamore	Willie Stephenson	8/1
1960	Merryman II	9	10-12	Gerry Scott	Neville Crump	13/2 F
1961	Nicolaus Silver	9	10-01	Bobby Beasley	Fred Rimell	28/1
1962	Kilmore	12	10-04	Fred Winter	Ryan Price	28/1
1963	Ayala	9	10-00	Pat Buckley	Keith Piggott	66/1
1964	Team Spirit	12	10-03	Willie Robinson	Fulke Walwyn	18/1
1965	Jay Trump	8	11-05	Tommy Smith	Fred Winter	100/6
1966	Anglo	8	10-00	Tim Norman	Fred Winter	50/1
1967	Foinavon	9	10-00	John Buckingham	John Kempton	100/1
1968	Red Alligator	9	10-00	Brian Fletcher	Denys Smith	100/7
1969	Highland Wedding	12	10-04	Eddie Harty, Sr.	Toby Balding	100/9
1970	Gay Trip	8	11-05	Pat Taaffe	Fred Rimell	15/1
1971	Specify	9	10-13	John Cook	John Sutcliffe	28/1
1972	Well To Do	9	10-01	Graham Thorner	Tim Forster	14/1
1973	Red Rum	8	10-05	Brian Fletcher	Ginger McCain	9/1 JF
1974	Red Rum	9	12-00	Brian Fletcher	Ginger McCain	11/1
1975	L'Escargot	12	11-03	Tommy Carberry	Dan Moore	13/2
1976	Rag Trade	10	10-12	John Burke	Fred Rimell	14/1
1977	Red Rum	12	11-08	Tommy Stack	Ginger McCain	9/1
1978	Lucius	9	10-09	Bob Davies	Gordon W. Richards	14/1
1979	Rubstic	10	10-00	Maurice Barnes	John Leadbetter	25/1
1980	Ben Nevis	12	10-12	Mr Charlie Fenwick	Tim Forster	40/1
1981	Aldaniti	11	10-13	Bob Champion	Josh Gifford	10/1
1982	Grittar	9	11-05	Mr Dick Saunders	Frank Gilman	7/1 F
1983	Corbiere	8	11-04	Ben de Haan	Jenny Pitman	13/1
1984	Hallo Dandy	10	10-02	Neale Doughty	Gordon W. Richards	13/1
1985	Last Suspect	11	10-05	Hywel Davies	Tim Forster	50/1
1986	West Tip	9	10-11	Richard Dunwoody	Michael Oliver	15/2
1987	Maori Venture	11	10-13	Steve Knight	Andrew Turnell	28/1
1988	Rhyme 'n' Reason	9	11-00	Brendan Powell	David Elsworth	10/1
1989	Little Polveir	12	10-03	Jimmy Frost	Toby Balding	28/1
1990	Mr Frisk	11	10-06	Mr Marcus Armytage	Kim Bailey	16/1
1991	Seagram	11	10-06	Nigel Hawke	David Barons	12/1
1992	Party Politics	8	10-07	Carl Llewellyn	Nick Gaselee	14/1
1993	Race void
1994	Miinnehoma	11	10-08	Richard Dunwoody	Martin Pipe	16/1
1995	Royal Athlete	12	10-06	Jason Titley	Jenny Pitman	40/1
1996	Rough Quest	10	10-07	Mick Fitzgerald	Terry Casey	7/1 F
1997	Lord Gyllene	9	10-00	Tony Dobbin	Steve Brookshaw	14/1
1998	Earth Summit	10	10-05	Carl Llewellyn	Nigel Twiston-Davies	7/1 F
1999	Bobbyjo	9	10-00	Paul Carberry	Tommy Carberry	10/1
2000	Papillon	9	10-12	Ruby Walsh	Ted Walsh	10/1
2001	Red Marauder	11	10-11	Richard Guest	Norman Mason	33/1
2002	Bindaree	8	10-04	Jim Culloty	Nigel Twiston-Davies	20/1
2003	Monty's Pass	10	10-07	Barry Geraghty	Jimmy Mangan	16/1
2004	Amberleigh House	12	10-10	Graham Lee	Ginger McCain	16/1
2005	Hedgehunter	9	11-01	Ruby Walsh	Willie Mullins	7/1 F
2006	Numbersixvalverde	10	10-08	Niall Madden	Martin Brassil	11/1
2007	Silver Birch	10	10-06	Robbie Power	Gordon Elliott	33/1
2008	Comply or Die	9	10-09	Timmy Murphy	David Pipe	7/1 JF
2009	Mon Mome	9	11-00	Liam Treadwell	Venetia Williams	100/1
2010	Don't Push It	10	11-05	Tony McCoy	Jonjo O'Neill	10/1 JF
2011	Ballabriggs	10	11-00	Jason Maguire	Donald McCain, Jr.	14/1
2012	Neptune Collonges	11	11-06	Daryl Jacob	Paul Nicholls	33/1
2013	Auroras Encore	11	10-03	Ryan Mania	Sue Smith	66/1
2014	Pineau De Re	11	10-06	Leighton Aspell	Dr Richard Newland	25/1
2015	Many Clouds	8	11-09	Leighton Aspell	Oliver Sherwood	25/1
2016	Rule The World	9	10-07	David Mullins	Mouse Morris	33/1
2017	One For Arthur	8	10-11	Derek Fox	Lucinda Russell	14/1
2018	Tiger Roll	8	10-13	Davy Russell	Gordon Elliott	10/1
2019	Tiger Roll	9	11-05	Davy Russell	Gordon Elliott	4/1 F
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Minella Times	8	10-03	Rachael Blackmore	Henry de Bromhead	11/1
2022	Noble Yeats	7	10-10	Mr Sam Waley-Cohen	Emmet Mullins	50/1
2023	Corach Rambler	9	10-05	Derek Fox	Lucinda Russell	8/1 F
2024	I Am Maximus	8	11-06	Paul Townend	Willie Mullins	7/1 JF