A short history of the Grand National
The Grand National is a handicap steeplechase held at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool. Lottery, ridden by Jem Mason, won the first recognised running on 26 February 1839, when the race was called the Grand Liverpool Steeplechase. Today the runners tackle 30 fences over about four miles and two and a half furlongs, including Becher’s Brook and the Canal Turn.
Red Rum won in 1973, 1974 and 1977, a record three victories. Foinavon’s 100/1 win in 1967 followed a pile-up at the fence now named after him. In 2021, Rachael Blackmore became the first woman to ride the winner when she partnered Minella Times.
2026 Grand National result
On Saturday 11 April 2026, I Am Maximus regained the title under Paul Townend for trainer Willie Mullins and owner J. P. McManus. A field of 34 started.
- I Am Maximus (9/2 favourite)
- Iroko (18/1)
- Jordans (28/1)
- Johnnywho (12/1)
Grand National results by year
Dates are shown in UK order. SP means starting price, F means favourite and JF means joint favourite. A dash or omitted detail means the archive could not verify that field or reconcile conflicting records. Where fewer than four horses finished, the table gives the recorded placings.
2020s
Back to results| Year | Date | Runners | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 34 | I Am Maximus 9/2 F
| Iroko 18/1
| Jordans 28/1
| Johnnywho 12/1
| |
| 2025 | 34 | Nick Rockett 33/1
| I Am Maximus 7/1
| Grangeclare West 33/1
| Iroko 13/2 F
| |
| 2024 | 32 | I Am Maximus 7/1 JF
| Delta Work 28/1
| Minella Indo 28/1
| Galvin 40/1
| |
| 2023 | 39 | Corach Rambler 8/1 F
| Vanillier 20/1
| Gaillard Du Mesnil 10/1
| Noble Yeats 10/1
| |
| 2022 | 40 | Noble Yeats 50/1
| Any Second Now 15/2
| Delta Work 10/1
| Santini 33/1
| |
| 2021 | 40 | Minella Times 11/1
| Balko Des Flos 100/1
| Any Second Now 15/2
| Burrows Saint 9/1
| |
| 2020 | — | — | Cancelled during the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
2010s
Back to results| Year | Date | Runners | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 40 | Tiger Roll 4/1 F
| Magic of Light 66/1
| Rathvinden 8/1
| Walk in the Mill 25/1
| |
| 2018 | 38 | Tiger Roll 10/1
| Pleasant Company 25/1
| Bless The Wings 40/1
| Anibale Fly 10/1
| |
| 2017 | 40 | One For Arthur 14/1
| Cause of Causes 16/1
| Saint Are 25/1
| Blaklion 8/1 F
| |
| 2016 | 39 | Rule the World 33/1
| The Last Samuri 8/1
| Vics Canvas 100/1
| Gilgamboa 28/1
| |
| 2015 | 39 | Many Clouds 25/1
| Saint Are 25/1
| Monbeg Dude 40/1
| Alvarado 20/1
| |
| 2014 | 40 | Pineau de Re 25/1
| Balthazar King 14/1
| Double Seven 10/1
| Alvarado 33/1
| |
| 2013 | 40 | Auroras Encore 66/1
| Cappa Bleu 12/1
| Teaforthree 10/1
| Oscar Time 66/1
| |
| 2012 | 40 | Neptune Collonges 33/1
| Sunnyhillboy 16/1
| Seabass 8/1
| Cappa Bleu 16/1
| |
| 2011 | 40 | Ballabriggs 14/1
| Oscar Time 14/1
| Don't Push It 9/1 JF
| State of Play 28/1
| |
| 2010 | 40 | Don't Push It 10/1 JF
| Black Apalachi 14/1
| State of Play 16/1
| Big Fella Thanks 10/1 JF
|
2000s
Back to results| Year | Date | Runners | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 40 | Mon Mome 100/1
| Comply or Die 14/1
| My Will 8/1
| State of Play 14/1
| |
| 2008 | 40 | Comply or Die 7/1 JF
| King Johns Castle 20/1
| Snowy Morning 16/1
| Slim Pickings 10/1
| |
| 2007 | 40 | Silver Birch 33/1
| McKelvey 12/1
| Slim Pickings 33/1
| Philson Run 100/1
| |
| 2006 | 40 | Numbersixvalverde 11/1
| Hedgehunter 5/1 JF
| Clan Royal 5/1 JF
| Nil Desperandum 33/1
| |
| 2005 | 40 | Hedgehunter 7/1 F
| Royal Auclair 40/1
| Simply Gifted 66/1
| It Takes Time 18/1
| |
| 2004 | 39 | Amberleigh House 16/1
| Clan Royal 10/1
| Lord Atterbury 40/1
| Monty's Pass 20/1
| |
| 2003 | 40 | Monty's Pass 16/1
| Supreme Glory 40/1
| Amberleigh House 33/1
| Gunner Welburn 16/1
| |
| 2002 | 40 | Bindaree 20/1
| What's Up Boys 10/1
| Blowing Wind 8/1 F
| Kingsmark 16/1
| |
| 2001 | 40 | Red Marauder 33/1
| Smarty 16/1
| Blowing Wind 16/1
| Papillon 14/1
| |
| 2000 | 40 | Papillon 10/1
| Mely Moss 25/1
| Niki Dee 25/1
| Brave Highlander 50/1
|
1990s
Back to results| Year | Date | Runners | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 32 | Bobbyjo 10/1
| Blue Charm 25/1
| Call It a Day 7/1
| Addington Boy 10/1
| |
| 1998 | 37 | Earth Summit 7/1 F
| Suny Bay 11/1
| Samlee 8/1
| St Mellion Fairway 20/1
| |
| 1997 | 36 | Lord Gyllene 14/1
| Suny Bay 8/1
| Camelot Knight 100/1
| Buckboard Bounce 40/1
| |
| 1996 | 27 | Rough Quest 7/1 F
| Encore un Peu 14/1
| Superior Finish 9/1
| Sir Peter Lely 33/1
| |
| 1995 | 35 | Royal Athlete 40/1
| Party Politics 16/1
| Over the Deel 100/1
| Dubacilla 9/1
| |
| 1994 | 36 | Miinnehoma 16/1
| Just So 20/1
| Moorcroft Boy 5/1 F
| Ebony Jane 25/1
| |
| 1993 | — | Race declared void after a false start | ||||
| 1992 | 40 | Party Politics 14/1
| Romany King 16/1
| Laura's Beau 12/1
| Docklands Express 15/2 F
| |
| 1991 | 40 | Seagram 12/1
| Garrison Savannah 7/1
| Auntie Dot 50/1
| Over the Road 50/1
| |
| 1990 | 38 | Mr Frisk 16/1
| Durham Edition 9/1
| Rinus 13/1
| Brown Windsor 7/1 F
| |
1980s
Back to results| Year | Date | Runners | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 40 | Little Polveir 28/1
| West Tip
| The Thinker
| Lastofthebrownies 16/1
| |
| 1988 | 40 | Rhyme 'n' Reason 10/1
| Durham Edition 20/1
| Monanore
| West Tip
| |
| 1987 | 40 | Maori Venture 28/1
| The Tsarevich 13/2 | Lean Ar Aghaidh 33/1 | West Tip 17/2 | |
| 1986 | 40 | West Tip 15/2
| Young Driver 50/1 | Classified 20/1 | Mr Snugfit 13/2 | |
| 1985 | 40 | Last Suspect 50/1
| Mr Snugfit
| Corbiere
| Greasepaint
| |
| 1984 | 40 | Hallo Dandy 13/1
| Greasepaint
| Corbiere
| Lucky Vane
| |
| 1983 | 41 | Corbiere 13/1
| Greasepaint 25/1 | Yer Man 28/1 | Hallo Dandy 12/1 | |
| 1982 | 39 | Grittar 7/1 F
| Hard Outlook
| Loving Words
| Delmoss
| |
| 1981 | 39 | Aldaniti 10/1
| Spartan Missile 8/1
| Royal Mail (2)
| Three to One
| |
| 1980 | 30 | Ben Nevis 40/1
| Rough and Tumble
| The Pilgarlic
| Royal Stuart
|
1970s
Back to results| Year | Date | Runners | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 34 | Rubstic 25/1
| Zongalero 20/1
| Rough and Tumble 14/1
| The Pilgarlic 16/1
| |
| 1978 | 37 | Lucius 14/1
| Sebastian V 25/1
| Drumroan 50/1
| Coolishall 16/1
| |
| 1977 | 42 | Red Rum 9/1
| Churchtown Boy 20/1
| Eyecatcher 18/1
| The Pilgarlic 40/1
| |
| 1976 | 32 | Rag Trade 14/1
| Red Rum 10/1 | Eyecatcher 28/1 | Barona 7/1 | |
| 1975 | 31 | L'Escargot 13/2
| Red Rum 7/2 F | Spanish Steps 20/1 | Money Market 14/1 | |
| 1974 | 42 | Red Rum 11/1
| L'Escargot 17/2
| Charles Dickens 50/1
| Spanish Steps 15/1
| |
| 1973 | 38 | Red Rum 9/1 JF
| Crisp 9/1
| L'Escargot 11/1
| Spanish Steps 16/1
| |
| 1972Dead heat for third | 42 | Well To Do 14/1
| Gay Trip 12/1
| Black Secret 14/1
General Symons 40/1
| No fourth place | |
| 1971 | 38 | Specify 28/1
| Black Secret 20/1
| Astbury 33/1
| Bowgeeno 66/1
| |
| 1970 | 28 | Gay Trip 15/1
| Vulture 15/1
| Miss Hunter 33/1
| Dozo
|
1960s
Back to results| Year | Date | Runners | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 30 | Highland Wedding 100/9
| Steel Bridge 50/1
| Rondetto 25/1
| The Beeches 100/6
| |
| 1968 | 45 | Red Alligator 100/7
| Moidore's Token | Different Class | Rutherfords | |
| 1967 | 44 | Foinavon 100/1
| Honey End 15/2
| Red Alligator 30/1
| Greek Scholar 20/1
| |
| 1966 | 47 | Anglo 50/1
| Freddie
| Forest Prince
| The Fossa
| |
| 1965 | 47 | Jay Trump 100/6
| Freddie 7/2
| Mr Jones 50/1
| Rainbow Battle 50/1
| |
| 1964 | 33 | Team Spirit 18/1
| Purple Silk 100/6
| Peacetown 40/1
| Eternal 66/1
| |
| 1963 | 47 | Ayala 66/1
| Carrickbeg 20/1
| Hawa's Song 28/1
| Team Spirit 13/1
| |
| 1962 | 32 | Kilmore 28/1
| Wyndburgh | Mr What | Gay Navarree | |
| 1961 | 35 | Nicolaus Silver 28/1
| Merryman II 8/1
| O'Malley Point 100/6
| Scottish Flight II 100/6
| |
| 1960 | 26 | Merryman II 13/2 F
| Badanloch 100/7
| Clear Profit 20/1
| Tea Fiend 33/1
|
1950s
Back to results| Year | Date | Runners | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | 34 | Oxo 8/1
| Wyndburgh 10/1
| Mr. What 6/1
| Tiberetta 20/1
| |
| 1958 | 31 | Mr. What 18/1
| Tiberetta 28/1
| Green Drill 28/1
| Wyndburgh 6/1
| |
| 1957 | 35 | Sundew 20/1
| Wyndburgh | Tiberetta | Glorious Twelfth | |
| 1956 | 29 | E.S.B. 100/7
| Gentle Moya 22/1
| Royal Tan 28/1
| Eagle Lodge 66/1
| |
| 1955 | 30 | Quare Times 100/9
| Tudor Line 10/1
| Carey's Cottage 20/1
| Gigolo 100/6
| |
| 1954 | 29 | Royal Tan 8/1
| Tudor Line 10/1
| Irish Lizard 15/2
| Churchtown 10/1
| |
| 1953 | 31 | Early Mist 20/1
| Mont Tremblant 18/1
| Irish Lizard 33/1
| Overshadow 33/1
| |
| 1952 | 47 | Teal 100/7
| Legal Joy 100/6
| Wot No Sun 33/1
| Uncle Barney 100/1
| |
| 1951 | 36 | Nickel Coin 40/1
| Royal Tan
| Derrinstown
| No finisher | |
| 1950 | 49 | Freebooter 10/1
| Wot No Sun | Acthon Major | Rowland Roy |
1940s
Back to results| Year | Date | Runners | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | 43 | Russian Hero 66/1
| Roimond | Royal Mount | Cromwell | |
| 1948 | 43 | Sheila's Cottage 50/1
| First of the Dandies | Cromwell | Happy Home | |
| 1947 | 57 | Caughoo 100/1
| Lough Conn | Kami | Prince Regent | |
| 1946 | 34 | Lovely Cottage 25/1
| Jack Finlay | Prince Regent | Housewarmer | |
| 1945 | — | — | No race during the Second World War | |||
| 1944 | — | — | No race during the Second World War | |||
| 1943 | — | — | No race during the Second World War | |||
| 1942 | — | — | No race during the Second World War | |||
| 1941 | — | — | No race during the Second World War | |||
| 1940 | 30 | Bogskar 25/1
| MacMoffat
| Gold Arrow
| Symaethis
| |
1930s
Back to results| Year | Date | Runners | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | 37 | Workman 100/8
| MacMoffat
| Kilstar
| Cooleen
| |
| 1938 | 36 | Battleship 40/1
| Royal Danieli | Workman | Cooleen | |
| 1937 | 33 | Royal Mail (1) 100/6
| Cooleen | Pucka Belle | Ego | |
| 1936 | 35 | Reynoldstown 10/1
| Ego | Bachelor Prince | Crown Prince | |
| 1935 | 27 | Reynoldstown 22/1
| Blue Prince | Thomond II | Lazy Boots | |
| 1934 | 30 | Golden Miller 8/1
| Delaneige
| Thomond II
| Forbra
| |
| 1933 | 34 | Kellsboro' Jack 25/1
| Really True
| Slater
| Delaneige
| |
| 1932 | 36 | Forbra 50/1
| Egremont | Shaun Goilin | Near East | |
| 1931 | 43 | Grakle 100/6
| Gregalach | Annandale | Rhyticere | |
| 1930 | 41 | Shaun Goilin 100/8
| Melleray's Belle
| Sir Lindsay
| Glangesia
|
1920s
Back to results| Year | Date | Runners | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 66 | Gregalach 100/1
| Easter Hero
| Richmond II
| Melleray's Belle
| |
| 1928 | 42 | Tipperary Tim 100/1
| Billy Barton 100/1
| No finisher | No finisher | |
| 1927 | 37 | Sprig 8/1 F
| Bovril III | Bright's Boy | Drinmond | |
| 1926 | 30 | Jack Horner 25/1
| Old Tay Bridge | Bright's Boy | Sprig | |
| 1925 | 33 | Double Chance 100/9
| Old Tay Bridge
| Fly Mask
| Sprig
| |
| 1924 | 30 | Master Robert 25/1
| Fly Mask | Silvo | Drifter | |
| 1923 | 28 | Sergeant Murphy 100/6
| Shaun Spadah | Conjuror II | Punt Gun | |
| 1922 | 32 | Music Hall 100/9
| Drifter | Taffytus | Sergeant Murphy | |
| 1921 | 35 | Shaun Spadah 100/9
| The Bore
| All White
| Turkey Buzzard
| |
| 1920 | 24 | Troytown 6/1
| The Turk II 66/1
| The Bore
| Sergeant Murphy
|
1910s
Back to results| Year | Date | Runners | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 | 22 | Poethlyn 11/4 F
| Ballyboggan
| Pollen
| Loch Allen
| |
| 1918Gatwick substitute | 17 | Poethlyn 5/1
| Captain Dreyfus
| Ballymacad
| Berneray
| |
| 1917Gatwick substitute | 19 | Ballymacad 100/9
| Chang
| Ally Sloper
| Vermouth
| |
| 1916Gatwick substitute | 21 | Vermouth 100/8
| Irish Mail | Schoolmoney | Jacobus | |
| 1915 | 20 | Ally Sloper 100/8
| Jacobus
| Father Confessor
| Alfred Noble
| |
| 1914 | 20 | Sunloch 100/6
| Trianon III
| Lutteur III
| Rory O'Moore
| |
| 1913 | 22 | Covertcoat 100/9
| Irish Mail
| Carsey
| No finisher | |
| 1912 | 24 | Jerry M 4/1 JF
| Bloodstone | Axle Pin | Carsey | |
| 1911 | 26 | Glenside 20/1
| Rathnally | Shady Girl | Foolhardy | |
| 1910 | 25 | Jenkinstown 100/8
| Jerry M
| Odor | Carsey |
1900s
Back to results| Year | Date | Runners | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 | 32 | Lutteur III 100/9
| Judas | Caubeen | Tom West | |
| 1908 | 24 | Rubio 66/1
| Mattie Macgregor
| The Lawyer III
| Flaxman | |
| 1907 | 23 | Eremon 8/1
| Tom West
| Patlander
| Ravenscliffe
| |
| 1906 | 23 | Ascetic's Silver 20/1
| Red Lad | Aunt May | Crautacaun | |
| 1905 | 27 | Kirkland 6/1
| Napper Tandy
| Buckaway II
| Ranunculus
| |
| 1904 | 26 | Moifaa 25/1
| Kirkland
| The Gunner
| Shaun Aboo | |
| 1903 | 23 | Drumcree 13/2 F
| Detail | Manifesto | Kirkland | |
| 1902 | 21 | Shannon Lass 20/1
| Matthew
| Manifesto
| Detail
| |
| 1901 | 24 | Grudon 9/1
| Drumcree
| Buffalo Bill
| Levanter
| |
| 1900 | 16 | Ambush II 4/1
| Barsac | Manifesto | Breemount's Pride |
1890s
Back to results| Year | Date | Runners | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1899 | 19 | Manifesto 5/1
| Ford of Fyne
| Elliman
| Dead Level
| |
| 1898 | 25 | Drogheda 25/1
| Cathal
| Gauntlet
| Filbert
| |
| 1897 | 28 | Manifesto 6/1 F
| Filbert
| Ford of Fyne
| Prince Albert
| |
| 1896 | 28 | The Soarer 40/1
| Father O'Flynn
| Biscuit
| Barcalwhey
| |
| 1895 | 19 | Wild Man from Borneo 10/1
| Cathal 100/8
| Van der Berg
| Manifesto
| |
| 1894 | 14 | Why Not 5/1 JF
| Lady Ellen II | Wild Man from Borneo | Trouville | |
| 1893 | 15 | Cloister 9/2 F
| Aesop | Why Not | Tit for Tat | |
| 1892 | 25 | Father O'Flynn 20/1
| Cloister
| Ilex
| Ardcarn
| |
| 1891 | 21 | Come Away 4/1 F
| Cloister | Ilex | Roquefort | |
| 1890 | 16 | Ilex 4/1 F
| Pan | M.P.
| Brunswick
|
1880s
Back to results| Year | Date | Runners | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1889 | 20 | Frigate 8/1
| Why Not
| M.P.
| Bellona
| |
| 1888 | 20 | Playfair 40/1
| Frigate | Ballot Box | Ringlet | |
| 1887 | 16 | Gamecock 20/1
| Savoyard
| Johnny Longtail
| Chancellor
| |
| 1886 | 23 | Old Joe 25/1
| Too Good | Gamecock | Magpie | |
| 1885 | 19 | Roquefort 100/30 F
| Frigate
| Black Prince
| Redpath
| |
| 1884 | 15 | Voluptuary 10/1
| Frigate
| Roquefort
| Cyrus | |
| 1883 | 10 | Zoedone 100/7
| Black Prince | Mohican | Downpatrick | |
| 1882 | 12 | Seaman 10/1
| Cyrus 4/1 | Zoedone 20/1 | No finisher | |
| 1881 | 13 | Woodbrook 11/2 JF
| Regal
| Thornfield
| New Glasgow
| |
| 1880 | 14 | Empress 8/1
| The Liberator
| Downpatrick
| Jupiter Tonans
|
1870s
Back to results| Year | Date | Runners | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1879 | 18 | The Liberator 5/1
| Jackal | Martha | Wild Monarch | |
| 1878 | 12 | Shifnal 7/1
| Martha
| Pride of Kildare
| Jackal
| |
| 1877 | 16 | Austerlitz 15/1
| Congress
| The Liberator
| Chimney Sweep
| |
| 1876 | 19 | Regal 25/1
| Congress
| Shifnal
| Chimney Sweep
| |
| 1875 | 19 | Pathfinder 100/6
| Dainty | La Veine | Jackal | |
| 1874 | 22 | Reugny 5/1 F
| Chimney Sweep
| Merlin
| Defence
| |
| 1873 | 28 | Disturbance 20/1
| Ryshworth | Columbine
| Master Mowbray
| |
| 1872 | 25 | Casse Tete 20/1
| Scarrington | Despatch | The Lamb | |
| 1871 | 25 | The Lamb 11/2
| Despatch
| Scarrington
| Pearl Diver
| |
| 1870 | 23 | The Colonel 7/2 F
| The Doctor | Primrose | Surney |
1860s
Back to results| Year | Date | Runners | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1869 | 22 | The Colonel 100/7
| Hall Court
| Gardener
| Alcibiade
| |
| 1868 | 21 | The Lamb 9/1
| Pearl Diver
| Alcibiade
| Captain Crosstree
| |
| 1867 | 23 | Cortolvin 16/1
| Fan | Shangarry | Globule | |
| 1866 | 30 | Salamander 40/1
| Cortolvin | Creole | Lightheart | |
| 1865 | 23 | Alcibiade 100/7
| Hall Court | Emblematic | Mistake | |
| 1864 | 25 | Emblematic 10/1
| Arbury
| Chester
| Thomastown
| |
| 1863 | 16 | Emblem 4/1
| Arbury | Yaller Gal | Fosco | |
| 1862 | 13 | Huntsman 3/1 F
| Bridegroom
| Romeo
| Xanthus
| |
| 1861 | 24 | Jealousy 5/1
| The Dane
| Old Ben Roe
| Bridegroom
| |
| 1860 | 19 | Anatis 7/2 F
| Huntsman | Xanthus
| Maria Agnes
|
1850s
Back to results| Year | Date | Runners | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1859 | 20 | Half Caste 7/1
| Jean du Quesne | Huntsman | Midge | |
| 1858 | 16 | Little Charley 100/6
| Weathercock | Xanthus | Morgan Rattler | |
| 1857 | 28 | Emigrant 10/1
| Weathercock
| Treachery
| Westminster
| |
| 1856 | 21 | Freetrader 25/1
| Minerva
| Minos
| Hopeless Star
| |
| 1855 | 20 | Wanderer 25/1
| Freetrader
| Maurice Daley
| Janus
| |
| 1854 | 20 | Bourton 4/1 F
| Spring
| Crabbs
| Maley
| |
| 1853 | 21 | Peter Simple (2) 9/1
| Miss Mowbray
| Oscar
| Sir Peter Laurie
| |
| 1852 | 24 | Miss Mowbray
| Maurice Daley | Sir Peter Laurie | Chieftain | |
| 1851 | 21 | Abd-el-Kader 7/1
| Maria Day | Sir John | Half-and-Half | |
| 1850 | 32 | Abd-el-Kader
| The Knight of Gwynne | Sir John | Tipperary Boy |
1840s
Back to results| Year | Date | Runners | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1849 | 24 | Peter Simple (2) 20/1
| The Knight of Gwynne
| Prince George
| Alfred
| |
| 1848 | 29 | Chandler 12/1
| The Curate | British Yeoman | Standard Guard | |
| 1847 | 26 | Mathew 10/1
| St Leger
| Jerry
| Pioneer
| |
| 1846 | 22 | Pioneer
| Culverthorpe
| Switcher
| Firefly
| |
| 1845 | 15 | Cure-All
| Peter Simple (1) | The Exquisite | Tom Tug | |
| 1844 | 15 | Discount 5/1 JF
| The Returned | Tom Tug | Caesar | |
| 1843 | 16 | Vanguard 12/1
| Nimrod
| Dragsman
| Claude Duval
| |
| 1842 | 15 | Gaylad 7/1
| Seventy Four | Peter Simple (1) | The Returned | |
| 1841 | 11 | Charity 14/1
| Cigar | Peter Simple (1) | Revealer | |
| 1840Fourth disputed | 13 | Jerry 12/1
| Arthur 8/1
| Valentine 100/4
| The Sea |
1830s
Back to results| Year | Date | Runners | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1839 | 17 | Lottery 5/1 F
| Seventy Four 12/1
| Paulina 12/1
| True Blue 12/1
|
About the archive and its sources
The archive begins with the recognised 1839 Aintree running. It labels the 1916–1918 wartime races at Gatwick as substitutes, records the 1941–1945 break, and shows the void 1993 race and the cancelled 2020 race. A dead heat for third in 1972 produced two third-placed horses.
The 1839 winning price follows The Jockey Club’s media guide, which lists Lottery at 5/1 favourite. For 1840, the archive shows The Sea in fourth, as recorded in the historical roll, though contemporary accounts differ on whether he completed the course.
- The Jockey Club’s Grand National media guide and Aintree’s official race history.
- Historical results adapted from Wikipedia’s first four placings, winners and linked race pages, with cross-checks against the race records below. This adapted Wikipedia data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Grand National Results by Year, RaceWatch and Racing Post for dates, prices and connections.
- John Slusar’s Aintree Grand National archive and Grand National Betting’s result archive for additional historical race records. Contemporary reports include the Otago Witness for 1882, the Eugene Guard for 1928 and The Independent for 1999.
- BBC Sport’s 2026 finishing order and The Jockey Club’s official 2026 race result.