Grand National 2017: Results, reports, replays

The 170th renewal of Randox Health Grand National was won by One For Arthur, owned by The Golf Widows, trained by Lucinda Russell and ridden by Derek Fox.

You can click here for the report of the Grand National while all of the results for every race are detailed below with links to reports (where applicable) and video replays.

Grand National contents
2. Schedule, results & reports
3. Betting tips & features
4. Key trials & replays
5. Grand National odds
6. History, statistics, facts & figures
7. Course & fence guide
8. Grand National quiz 

Grand National finishing order

1st ONE FOR ARTHUR 14-1

2nd Cause Of Causes 16-1 4 1/2 lengths

3rd Saint Are 25-1 3 3/4 lengths

4th Blaklion 8-1 favourite 1/2 length

5th Gas Line Boy

6th Vieux Lion Rouge

7th Lord Windermere

8th Regal Encore

9th Pleasant Company

10th Houblon Des Obeaux

11th Ballynagour

12th Le Mercurey

13th Goodtoknow

14th Just A Par

15th La Vaticane

16th The Last Samuri

17th Tenor Nivernais

18th Roi Des Francs

19th Wonderful Charm

Non-finishers

Vicente, fell 1st

Cocktails At Dawn, fell 1st

The Young Master, fell 6th

Raz De Maree, unseated rider 6th

Definitly Red, pulled up before 9th

Thunder And Roses, unseated rider 9th

Saphir Du Rheu, unseated rider 11th

Stellar Notion, pulled up before 13th

Measureofmydreams, unseated ride 15th

Ucello Conti, unseated rider 22nd

Shantou Flyer, pulled up before 27th

Perfect Candidate, pulled up before 27th

Wounded Warrior, pulled up before 29th

Double Shuffle, pulled up before 29th

Doctor Harper, pulled up before 29th

More Of That, pulled up before 30th

Drop Out Joe, pulled up before 30th

Highland Lodge, pulled up before 30th

Bishops Road, pulled up before 30th

O'Faolains Boy, pulled up after 30th

Rogue Angel, pulled up after 30th

Grand National Meeting 2017: Results & reports

This section will also be updated with racecards, results and links to the report and video replays once the action begins...

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GRAND OPENING DAY, THURSDAY APRIL 6

1340: Manifesto Novices’ Steeple Chase
1. Flying Angel 5/1
2. Cloudy Dream 4/1

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1420: Doom Bar Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle
1. Defi Du Seuil 4/11 F
2. Divin Bere 7/2
3. Bedrock 25/1

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1450: Betway Bowl Chase
1. Tea For Two 10/1
2. Cue Card 2/1 F

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1525: Betway Aintree Hurdle
1. Buveur d'Air 4/9 F
2. My Tent Or Yours 8/1

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1605: Randox Health Foxhunters’ Steeple Chase
1. Dineur 16/1
2. Balnaslow 7/1
3. Big Fella Thanks 40/1

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1640: Red Rum Handicap Chase
1. Double W's 8/1
2. Theinval 15/2
3. Bun Doran 6/1 F

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1715: Goffs Nickel Coin Mares’ Standard Open NH Flat
1. Dame Rose 14/1
2. Oscar Rose 20/1
3. Petticoat Tails 9/2 F

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LADIES DAY, FRIDAY APRIL 7

1340: Alder Hey Handicap Hurdle
1. Rather Be 10/1
2. Dream Berry 8/1
3. Geordie Des Champs 12/1
4. Thomas Campbell 8/1

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1420: Crabbie’s Top Novices’ Hurdle
1. Pingshou 16/1
2. Mount Mews 9/4
3. The Unit 7/1

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1450: Betway Mildmay Novices’ Chase
1. Mite Bite 8/13 fav
2. Whisper 9/4

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1525: JLT Melling Chase
1. Fox Norton 4/1
2. Sub Lieutenant 10/3 fav
3. Traffic Fluide 14/1

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1605: Randox Health Topham Chase
1. Ultragold 50/1
2. Katnap 22/1
3. Portrait King 66/1
4. O O Seven 12/1

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1640: Doom Bar Sefton Novices’ Hurdle
1. The Worlds End 3/1
2. Beyond Conceit 9/1
3. Debece 11/1

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1715: Weatherbys Champion Standard Open NH Flat
1. Lalor 33/1
2. Enniscoffey Oscar 16/1
3. Western Ryder 6/1

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GRAND NATIONAL DAY, SATURDAY APRIL 8

1340: Gaskells Handicap Hurdle
1st Fountains Windfall 11/1
2nd No Comment 5/1
3rd Dadsintrouble 16/1
4th No Hassle Hoff 4/1 favourite

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1425: Betway Mersey Novices’ Hurdle
1st Finian's Oscar 3/1 favourite
2nd Captain Forez 16/1
3rd Messire Des Obeaux 7/2

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1500: Doom Bar Maghull Novices’ Steeple Chase
1st San Benedeto 4/1
2nd Forest Bihan 6/1

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1540: Betway Handicap Chase
1st Sizing Codelco 10/1
2nd Rightdownthemiddle 16/1
3rd Starchitect 5/1
4th Potters Legend 9/2 favourite

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1620: Ryanair Stayers’ Hurdle
1st Yanworth 9/4 favourite
2nd Supasundae 11/2
3rd Snow Falcon 9/1

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1715: Randox Health Grand National Steeple Chase
1st One For Arthur 14/1
2nd Cause Of Causes 16/1
3rd Saint Are 25/1
4th Blaklion 8/1 favourite

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1815: Pinsent Masons Handicap Hurdle
1st Chesterfield 8/1
2nd Chieftain's Choice 16/1
3rd Zalvados 16/1
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Grand National Festival 2017: Betting tips & Features

Our top tipsters will continue to bring you more Grand National features and betting previews as the Festival draws closer...

Value Bet: Ben Linfoot seeks out the best Value Bets at Aintree on Saturday including the Randox Health Grand National. Click here to read

Lydia Hislop:  Lydia Hislop provides us with an unmissable pinstickers' guide to every runner in the Randox Health Grand National. Click here to read

Man On The Spot: Our resident tipster runs through every race on Saturday. Click here to read

Anita Chambers: Our daily racing preview for Saturday includes a tip for every race at Aintree, including the Grand National. Click here to read

Simon Holt's selections: The top commentator picks his selections for the third day of the Randox Health Grand National meeting at Aintree. Click here to read

Mike Cattermole:  Mike Cattermole provides a tip for every race at Aintree on Saturday, including the Randox Health Grand National. Click here to read

Ian Ogg's Stats Guide: Our stats guru picks out the key statistics from the last 10 renewals of the great race. Click here to read

Video Form Preview:  Matt Brocklebank has pored over the replays of the key trials in an attempt to unearth the 2017 Randox Health Grand National winner. Click here to read 

Grand National fact files: We begin our Grand National fact files with 10 contenders including favourite Vieux Lion Rouge. Click here to read

Trainers' Title - The key races: The jump trainers' championship looks set to go the distance and we take a look at where it could be won and lost including a host of valuable contests at Aintree's Grand National meeting. Click here to read

Antepost Angle: Grand National
With the weights out, Matt Brocklebank recommends bets on two 33/1 shots in his Antepost Angle column. Click here to read

Key Randox Health Grand National Trials & Video Replays

We'll help you to follow the form guide for the Randox Health Grand National with all the results and FREE video replays from the key trials.

Click on each race winner's name for all the trial information you need.

Coral Scottish Grand National Handicap Chase (Ayr, Apr 16 2016) - Vicente 

Boylesports Irish Grand National Chase (Fairyhouse, Mar 23 2016) - Rogue Angel

Betfred Becher Handicap Chase (Aintree, Dec 3) - Vieux Lion Rouge

Goffs Thyestes Handicap Chase (Thurles, Jan 26) - Champagne West

Betfred Grand National Trial Handicap Chase (Haydock, Feb 18) - Vieux Lion Rouge

BetBright Grimthorpe Handicap Chase (Doncaster, Mar 4) - Definitly Red

Timico Cheltenham Gold Cup (Cheltenham, Mar 17) - Saphir Du Rheu 

Sky Bet's Grand National 2017 Odds

Definitly Red (11/1) Vieux Lion Rouge (12/1) and More Of That (12/1) are vying for favourtism ahead of the 2017 Grand National.

Cause Of Causes, a recent winner at the Cheltenham Festival, Blacklion, The Last Samuri and Pleasant Company are also well fancied at 14/1.

Saphir Du Rheu and Ucello Conti are two of the more familiar names in the higher eschelons of the betting - so just click here to check out the latest odds!

Odds correct at 1200 BST on 1/04/2017

Grand National: History, Facts, Figures & Statistics

The Randox Health Grand National Festival consists of three days of top sporting action at Aintree Racecourse with the eyes of the world fixed firmly on the world’s most famous chase - the Randox Health Grand National.

The Grand National is worth £1 million for the fourth year running and the runners for the 170th renewal are set to start at 1715 BST on Saturday, April 8, live on ITV 1. 

There are 30 fences of the Grand National Course to be jumped and four miles, two furlongs and 74 yards to be run and the course takes roughly nine minutes to complete. 

Each day of the festival has one race over the Grand National Course, with the six other contests taking place on the separate Mildmay Course, which consists of ordinary fences, and the Hurdle & Flat Courses. 

Since the inaugural running in 1839, when Lottery had his name etched on the roll of honour, there have been many memorable renewals of the Grand National.

The name of Red Rum is synonymous with the great race with Ginger McCain's legendary chaser winning in 1973, '74 and '77 and he was buried at the winning post following his death at the age of 30 in 1995.

This year marks the 40th anniversary of his record third Grand National victory and it is also 50 years since 100/1 outsider Foinavon negotiated the pile-up at the 23rd fence to storm into the record books. 

Prior to the 1967 National Foinavon was quoted at 500/1 on the back of a 26 race losing run that stretched back to February, 1965 in Ireland.

What followed is one of the most famous moments in Aintree history as a loose horse – Popham Down - ran across the smallest fence bringing the field to a standstill, while Foinavon, so far behind, was the only one to successfully negotiate the melee and became a winner whose story perfectly epitomises the spirit of the Grand National.

Running Foinavon close is Devon Loch’s inexplicable collapse in the 1956 Grand National, a mere 50 yards from a famous victory for his owner, The Queen Mother, which serves as a reminder that the race is often won and lost in the final run from the ‘Elbow’.

Famous landmarks around the course are an integral part of the Grand National experience; with the fences such as Becher’s Brook, the Canal Turn, Valentine’s and the Chair so well known to the millions who watch the race and phrases of commentators such as “crossing the Melling Road” are built into people’s subconscious, while the ‘Elbow’ appears with the winning post in sight.

AINTREE FESTIVAL TOP TRAINERS & JOCKEYS SINCE 2012

2016 Willie Mullins (6-6-3) & Paul Townend (2 - decided on places)

2015 Paul Nicholls (3-3-2) & AP McCoy (2 - decided on places)

2014 Nicky Henderson (4-1-1) & Barry Geraghty (4)

2013 Nicky Henderson (5-3-0) & Barry Geraghty (3)

2012 Nicky Henderson (6-4-1) & Barry Geraghty (4)

LEADING GRAND NATIONAL HORSES, TRAINERS, JOCKEYS & OWNERS

Leading horse
Three wins - Red Rum (1973, 1974 & 1977)

Leading jockey
Five wins - George Stevens (Freetrader 1856, Emblem1863, Emblematic 1864, The Colonel 1869 & 1870)

Leading trainers
Four wins - George Dockeray (Lottery 1839, Jerry 1840, Gaylad 1842, Miss Mowbray 1852), Fred Rimell (E.S.B 1956, Nicolaus Silver 1961, Gay Trip 1970, Rag Trade 1976), Ginger McCain (Red Rum 1973, 1974, 1977, Amberleigh House 2004)

Leading Owners
Three wins - James Octavious Machell (Disturbance 1873, Reugny 1874, Regal 1876), Noel Le Mare (Red Rum 1973, 1974 & 1977), Trevor Hemmings (Hedgehunter 2005, Ballabriggs 2011, Many Clouds 2015)

Most Rides
20 - AP McCoy from 1995-2015

Most Rides without winning
20 - Richard Johnson from 1997-2016

WINNING ODDS

Biggest priced winners
100/1 - Mon Mome (2009), Foinavon (1967), Caughoo (1947), Gregalach (1929) and Tipperary Tim (1928).
66/1 - Auroras Encore (2013), Ayala (1963), Russian Hero (1949), and Rubio (1908)
50/1 - Last Suspect (1985), Anglo (1966), Sheila's Cottage (1948) and Forbra (1932)

Shortest priced winners
11/4 - Poethlyn (1919)
3/1 - Huntsman (1862)
100/30 - Roquefort (1885)

WINNING WEIGHTS

Highest winning weight
12st 7lb - Poethlyn (1919), Jerry M (1912), Manifesto (1899), Cloister (1893).
The top weight, which had already been lowered to 12st, went down to 11st 12lb in 2002 and then to 11st 10lb in 2009

Lowest winning weight
9st 6lb - Freetrader (1856)
The minimum weight now is 10st 

WEIGHTS & ODDS OF LAST 20 WINNERS

2016 Rule The World, 10st 7lb, 33/1
2015 Many Clouds, 11st 9lb, 25/1
2014 Pineau De Re, 10st 6lb, 25/1
2013 Auroras Encore, 10st 3lb, 66/1
2012 Neptune Collonges, 11st 6lb, 33/1
2011 Ballabriggs, 11st, 14/1
2010 Don't Push It, 11st 5lb, 10/1 JF
2009 Mon Mome, 11st, 100/1
2008 Comply Or Die, 10st 9lb, 7/1 JF
2007 Silver Birch, 10st 6lb, 33/1
2006 Numbersixvalverde, 10st 8lb, 11/1
2005 Hedgehunter, 11st 1lb, 7/1 F
2004 Amberleigh House, 10st 10lb, 16/1
2003 Monty's Pass, 10st 7lb, 16/1
2002 Bindaree, 10st 4lb, 20/1
2001 Red Marauder, 10st 11lb, 33/1
2000 Papillon, 10st 12lb, 10/1
1999 Bobbyjo, 10st, 10/1
1998 Earth Summit, 10st 5lb, 7/1 F
1997 Lord Gyllene, 10st, 14/1
1996 Rough Quest, 10st 7lb, 7/1 F

FATES OF THE FAVOURITES SINCE 1996

2016 The Last Samuri 8/1 Second. Many Clouds 8/1 16th
2015 Shutthefrontdoor 6/1 Fifth
2014 Double Seven 10/1 Third. Teaforthree 10/1 unseated rider 15th
2013 Seabass 11/2 13th
2012 Seabass 8/1 Third, Shakalakaboomboom 8/1 Ninth
2011 The Midnight Club 15/2 Sixth
2010 DON'T PUSH IT 10/1 WON. Big Fella Thanks 10/1 Fourth
2009 Butler's Cabin 7/1 Seventh
2008 COMPLY OR DIE 7/1 WON. Cloudy Lane 7/1 Sixth
2007 Point Barrow 8/1 Fell 1st. Joes Edge 8/1 Pulled up before 20th, Monkerhostin 8/1 Refused 7th
2006 Hedgehunter 5/1 Second. Clan Royal 5/1 Third
2005 HEDGEHUNTER 7-1 WON
2004 Clan Royal 10/1 Second. Bindaree 10-1 Unseated rider 6th. Joss Naylor 10/1 Pulled up before 19th. Jurancon II 10/1 Fell 4th
2003 Shotgun Willy 7/1 Pulled up after 21st
2002 Blowing Wind 8/1 Third
2001 Edmond 10/1 Fell at the Chair (15th). Inis Cara 10/1 Fell 4th. Moral Support 10/1 Hampered and refused first Canal Turn (8th)
2000 Dark Stranger 9/1 Unseated rider 3rd
1999 Fiddling The Facts 6/1 Fell second Becher's (22nd)
1998 EARTH SUMMIT 7/1 WON
1997 Go Ballistic 7/1 Pulled up 29th
1996 ROUGH QUEST 7/1 WON

STARTERS & FINISHERS

Smallest number of finishers: Two, in 1928 when 42 started, with Tipperary Tim beating the remounted Billy Barton by a distance. Three finished in both 1913 and 1951. The remounting of horses was banned in all races by the British Horseracing Authority in November, 2009.

Most number of finishers: 23 in 1984, from 40 starters. There were 22 finishers in 1963, 1987 and 1992.

Most number of starters: 66 in 1929
The maximum is now 40

Least number of starters: 10 in 1883

GREY WINNERS

Three different grey horses have won the Grand National four times:

The Lamb (1868 and 1871), Nicolaus Silver (1961) and Neptune Collonges (2012).

Four more have been placed in recent renewals: 

1997 Suny Bay (2nd), 1998 Suny Bay (2nd), 2002 What’s Up Boys (2nd), 2002 Kingsmark (4th), 2008 King Johns Castle (2nd)

WINNING MARES

There have been 13 winning mares: 

Charity (1841), Miss Mowbray (1852), Anatis (1860), Jealousy (1861), Emblem (1863), Emblematic (1864), Casse Tete (1872), Empress (1880), Zoedone (1883), Frigate (1889), Shannon Lass (1902), Sheila’s Cottage (1948) and Nickel Coin (1951).

Placed since 1951:

Gentle Moya (2nd 1956), Tiberetta (3rd 1957, 2nd 1958 & 4th 1959), Miss Hunter (3rd 1970), Eyecatcher (3rd 1976 and 1977), Auntie Dot (3rd 1991), Ebony Jane (4th 1994) and Dubacilla (4th 1995).

WINNING DISTANCES

Shortest winning distance: Neptune Collonges by a nose from Sunnyhillboy in 2012.

Longest winning distance: A 'distance' by the following: Cloister (1893), Covertcoat (1913), Shaun Splash (1921), Tipperary Tim (1928), Mr What (1958) and Red Marauder (2001).

WINNING TIMES

Fastest: Mr Frisk (1990) 8m 47.8s
Slowest: Lottery (1839) 14m 53s

WINNING AGES

Nine-year-olds have won 45 of the 169 runnings of the Grand National where the winner’s age was recorded. The best recent record is by 11-year-olds, accounting for three of the last five winners – Neptune Collonges (2012), Auroras Encore (2013) and Pineau De Re (2014).

Oldest winner: Peter Simple (1853), aged 15.

Youngest winner: Alcibiade (1865), Regal (1876), Austerlitz (1877), Empress (1880) and Lutteur III (1909) were all aged five. Since 2012, only seven-yearolds and upwards can take part.

Grand National winning ages since 1984

8-y-o (3 winners) Party Politics (1992), Bindaree (2002), Many Clouds (2015)

9-y-o (9 winners) West Tip (1986), Rhyme 'N' Reason (1988), Lord Gyllene (1997), Bobbyjo (1999), Papillon (2000), Hedgehunter (2005), Comply Or Die (2008), Mon Mome (2009), Rule The World (2016)

10-y-o (8 winners) Hallo Dandy (1984), Rough Quest (1996), Earth Summit (1998), Monty's Pass (2003), Numbersixvalverde (2006), Silver Birch (2007), Don't Push It (2010), Ballabriggs (2011)

11-y-o (9 winners) Last Suspect (1985), Maori Venture (1987), Mr Frisk (1990), Seagram (1991), Miinnehoma (1994), Red Marauder (2001), Neptune Collonges (2012), Auroras Encore (2013), Pineau De Re (2014). 

12-y-o (3 winners) Little Polveir (1989), Royal Athlete (1995), Amberleigh House (2004) 

FAMOUS LANDMARKS

1837: THE DUKE wins the first Great Liverpool Steeplechase at Maghull, some three miles from the present site of Aintree racecourse.

1839: Aintree becomes the new home for the event, with LOTTERY carrying off the prize and Captain Martin Becher christening the now-famous brook as he crawls in for safety after a fall.

1847: MATTHEW records the first Irish-trained victory on the day the race is officially named the Grand National.

1887: GAMECOCK wins the National at 20-1 and follows up by winning the Champion Chase over the big fences the very next day.

1897: MANIFESTO, the 6-1 favourite, records the first of his two wins in the race. He ran eight times up to the age of 16, also finishing third three times and fourth once.

1907: Jockey Alf Newey brings EREMON home in front, despite riding without stirrups from the second fence.

1927: Ted Leader rides SPRIG to a popular victory in the first National to be covered by a BBC radio commentary.

1934: The legendary GOLDEN MILLER becomes the only horse ever to win the Grand National and the Cheltenham Gold Cup in the same season, carrying 12st 2lb to victory in record time.

1947: CAUGHOO beats 56 opponents at a mist-shrouded Aintree and is then accused of only going round once.

1956: DEVON LOCH and jockey Dick Francis, looking certain to give the Queen Mother victory when clear on the run-in, suddenly sprawls flat on the ground yards from the winning post, allowing ESB to win. 1967: The year of the horrific pile-up at the 23rd. John Buckingham and complete outsider FOINAVON avoid the melee and gallop on to a 100-1 win.

1974: Grand National character the Duke of Alburquerque completes the course for the one and only time in numerous attempts on NEREO, despite breaking his collarbone only a week before the race.

1977: The incomparable RED RUM rewrites the record books with his historic third victory. 'Rummy' had five runs, with three wins and two seconds, from the age of eight to 12.

1979: RUBSTIC makes history by becoming the first Scottish-trained winner. His homecoming party was heralded by a piper leading him back to the hamlet of Denholm, Roxburghshire.

1981: ALDANITI, nursed back from career-threatening injury three times, wins a fairytale National ridden by Bob Champion, who fought, and beat, cancer.

1982: Dick Saunders, at the age of 48, becomes the oldest winning jockey on GRITTAR. Geraldine Rees becomes the first woman to complete the course, riding the leg-weary CHEERS.

1983: Years of doubt about the National's future are ended when the Jockey Club, helped by public donations, buys the course. CORBIERE's victory ensures Jenny Pitman goes into the history books as the first woman to train the winner.

1987: Jim Joel becomes the oldest winning owner at 92. He is on his way back from South Africa when MAORI VENTURE wins a thrilling race from The Tsarevich.

1993: The darkest day in the history of the National. There is chaos after a second false start as most of the field continue. John White passes the post first on the Jenny Pitman-trained ESHA NESS, only to discover the race has been declared void.

1994: MIINNEHOMA, owned by comedian Freddie Starr, gives multiple champion trainer Martin Pipe his first National victory, and 51-year-old grandmother Rosemary Henderson completes the course on her own horse FIDDLERS PIKE, who finishes fifth.

1995: Jenny Pitman, the first lady of Aintree, gains her second success - two years late - with ROYAL ATHLETE.

1997: A bomb hoax causes Aintree to be evacuated, but the great race is staged two days late and is won in spectacular style by LORD GYLLENE.

1999: Father-and-son trainer-jockey team Tommy and Paul Carberry combine to land a first Irish win for 24 years with BOBBYJO.

2000: Ted and 20-year-old Ruby Walsh emulate the feat of their compatriots 12 months previously as PAPILLON lands a gamble, backed from a morning 33-1 into 10-1 before taking the prize.

2001: RED MARAUDER and Smarty are the only horses to put in clear rounds in a race run in atrocious conditions, though all horses return fine.

2003: MONTY'S PASS lands a massive gamble, with owner Mike Futter netting close to £1million from ante-post bets. The horse is backed from 40-1 into 16-1 and romps home.

2004: Ginger McCain, veteran trainer of Red Rum, enjoys an emotional victory as 12-year-old AMBERLEIGH HOUSE lands the spoils, having been third in 2003.

2005: HEDGEHUNTER becomes the first horse since Corbiere in 1983 to carry more than 11st to victory in the great race, romping clear in great style under Ruby Walsh to slam Royal Auclair by 14 lengths.

2008: COMPLY OR DIE allows David Pipe to join his legendary father, Martin, in the record books as a National-winning trainer in just his second season. The race also carries record prize money of £800,000.

2009: MON MOME becomes the biggest-priced winner since Foinavon when powering home at 100-1 for trainer Venetia Williams and jockey Liam Treadwell.

2010: DON'T PUSH IT, trained by Jonjo O'Neill and owned by legendary gambler JP McManus, provides perennial champion jockey Tony McCoy with his first success at the 15th attempt.

2011: DONALD McCAIN, son of the legendary Ginger, follows in the footsteps of his four-times National-winning father as he sends out Ballabriggs to glory under Jason Maguire.

2012: NEPTUNE COLLNGES becomes the first grey to win since Nicolaus Silver in 1961, getting up right on the line to beat Sunnyhillboy by a nose. KATIE WALSH finishes third on SEABASS to achieve the best placing yet by a lady rider.

2013: A 66-1 shock as AURORAS ENCORE triumphs for trainer Sue Smith in the hands of Ryan Mania, who became the first Scottish-born jockey to win the great race since David Campbell on The Soarer way back in 1896.

2015: It's a moment Leighton Aspell will never forget as the victory of MANY CLOUDS makes it back-to-back wins for the jockey after Pineau De Re in 2014.

Also one Tony McCoy will remember, albeit for different reasons, as his honourable fifth-placed finish on SHUTTHEFRONTDOOR is his last ride in the great race before retirement.

2016: Another part of a racing dynasty is etched into Aintree folklore as 19-year-old DAVID MULLINS, nephew of training great Willie Mullins, wins the race on his first attempt as the Mouse Morris-trained Rule The World proves aptly named.

Grand National: Aintree Course & Fence Guide

The Grand National at Aintree is the longest National Hunt race in Britain, covering a distance of four miles, two furlongs and about 74 yards and consisting of two laps of 16 fences, with the first 14 of those jumped twice.

Below are the heights and key details of each fence around the National Course...

Fence 1 & 17
Height: 4 feet 6 inches (1.37 m)
Hopefully your horse avoids the ignominy of falling at the first - a fate shared by a record 12 runners in the 1951 National.

Fence 2 & 18
Height: 4 feet 7 inches (1.40 m)

Fence 3 & 19 (open ditch)
Height: 4 feet 10 inches (1.47 m); fronted by a 6 feet 0 inches (1.83 m) ditch
If the horse(s) you backed safely negotiated the opening two jumps, this will be their first major test of the race.

Fence 4 & 20
Height: 4 feet 10 inches (1.47 m)
A tough obstacle to clear. During the second lap in 2011, it became the first fence in history to be bypassed following an equine fatality.

Fence 5 & 21
Height: 5 feet 0 inches (1.52 m)
This obstacle was bypassed on the final lap in 2012 so medics could treat a jockey.

Fence 6 & 22 - Becher's Brook
Height: 5 feet 0 inches (1.52 m), with the landing side 6 inches (15 cm) to 10 inches (25 cm) lower than the takeoff side
One of the most popular points of the course, Becher's Brook provides one of the most eye-catching displays of jumping but it's tough for the jockey and horse to get right. As recently as 2004 it caused nine to fall although in 2013 all horses cleared it safely. The fence was named after Captain Martin Becher, who fell there in the first Grand National and took shelter in the small brook running along the landing side.

Fence 7 & 23 - Foinavon
Height: 4 feet 6 inches (1.37 m)
One of the smallest fences on the course, it was named after the 100/1 winner of the 1967 race who avoided a huge pile-up here to come from a long way back to claim a famous triumph.

Fence 8 & 24 - Canal Turn
Height: 5 feet 0 inches (1.52 m)
The Canal Turn is notable for the sharp left turn - almost 90 degrees - runners to have to make as soon as they land. There's usually at least one faller but in 2001 there was as many as six when Paddy's Return ran in front of the field as they approached the fence and a further three were stopped in their tracks. 

Fence 9 & 25 - Valentine's
Height: 5 feet 0 inches (1.52 m) with a 5 feet 6 inches (1.68 m) brook
Originally know as the Second Brook, it was renamed after a horse named Valentine was reputed to have jumped the fence hind legs first in 1840.

Fence 10 & 26
Height: 5 feet 0 inches (1.52 m)

Fence 11 & 27 - open ditch
Height: 5 feet 0 inches (1.52 m), with a 6 feet 0 inches (1.83 m) ditch on the takeoff side

Fence 12 & 28 - ditch
Height: 5 feet 0 inches (1.52 m), with a 5 feet 6 inches (1.68 m) ditch on the landing side
After clearing this fence, runners then cross the Melling Road near to the Anchor Bridge.

Fence 13 & 29
Height: 4 feet 7 inches (1.40 m)
Rarely causes problems to those still left in the race

Fence 14 & 30
Height: 4 feet 6 inches (1.37 m)
The last fence on the final lap can often claim very tired horses. On the first lap they continue around the course to negotiate the two fences that are only jumped once.

Fence 15 - The Chair
Height: 5 feet 2 inches (1.57 m), preceded by a 6 ft (1.83 m) wide ditch
Despite being the tallest fence in the race, there's been no more than one faller in any of the last nine Grand Nationals but three fell in the 2006 and 2001 renewals. It's named after the chair once sited alongside the fence, at which a distance judge would sit when races used to be run in heats.

Fence 16 - Water Jump
Height: 2 feet 6 inches (0.76 m)
This fence would be a popular spot for Grand National photographers if they didn't predominantly opt for The Chair. One the final lap these last two fences are avoided and runners head onto the "run-in" to the finishing post 

Grand National Quiz

QUESTIONS (Scroll down for answers)

1. Golden Miller is the only horse to win the Gold Cup and the Grand National in the same year (1934). But how many times did the legendary chaser contest the National, and how many times did he get round?

2. Which present-day racecourse general manager landed the National on an 11th-hour spare ride?

3. Which was the alternative venue for the National in 1916, 1917 and 1918?

4. Nowadays the field is limited to 40. What is the record number of starters, and what year did they take part?

5. On which horse was John Francome placed in the Grand National in 1979 and 1980?

6. Name the four horses who completed the course in the 2001 Grand National.

7. Who rode Charles Dickens to finish third in the Grand National in 1974 and won the race as a trainer 13 years later with Maori Venture?

8. Sir Anthony McCoy won the National for the first and only time on Don't Push it in 2010, but which horse was second?

9. Rough Quest won the 1996 renewal but which horse beat him in the Gold Cup on his previous start?

10. What was the official distance that separated Neptune Collonges and Sunnyhillboy after they fought out a thrilling conclusion to the 2012 running?

11. Which 'National' did Monty's Pass win on his way to glory at Aintree in 2003?

12. How many horses have won the race at odds of 100-1?

13. Which horse has run in the race more than any other and now has a race at the meeting named after him?

14. Name the current jockey who has ridden in the race more than any other without recording a win?

15. Which female rider has achieved the best placing to date?

16. Lucinda Russell is aiming to join a list of how many female trainers to have won the race?

17. Arguably the most famous Grand National of them all was when Red Rum caught Crisp in 1973, but from where did Crisp hail?

18. Which future best-selling author rode the Queen Mother's Devon Loch who threw away victory in 1956?

19. Who are the two jockeys currently riding on the Flat in Britain to have struck National gold?

20. Which road bisects the racecourse and forms a famous part of the commentary?

ANSWERS:

1. Five times and completed once.

2. Bob Davies, a late stand-in for David Goulding on Lucius in 1978.

3. Gatwick, used as a substitute course during the First World War.

4. In 1929, 66 horses went to post. The race was won by Gregalach.

5. Rough And Tumble.

6. Red Marauder, Smarty, Blowing Wind, Papillon.

7. Andy Turnell.

8. Black Apalachi, trained by the late Dessie Hughes.

9. Imperial Call.

10. A nose.

11. Kerry National, Listowel.

12. 5.

13. Manifesto ran in the race eight times between 1895 and 1904, only failing to finish once.

14. Richard Johnson (20) was second in 2002 on What's Up Boys.

15. Katie Walsh on Seabass trained by her father, Ted, in 2012.

16. Three. Jenny Pitman (Corbiere), Venetia Williams (Mon Mome) and Sue Smith (Auroras Encore).

17. Australia.

18. Dick Francis.

19. Graham Lee and Timmy Murphy.

20. Melling Road.