The best racecourse in the world! Who are the greatest Grand National winners in history

Grand National 2023
Backing the favorite
Historic for Scotland
The greatest winners
Earth Summit, 1998 (First British Treble)
Completing the domestic treble
Sir AP McCoy finally wins the national, 2010
Don't push it
Aldaniti, 1981 (the biggest shock in the races history)
An historic win
Mr Frisk, 1990 (The fastest horse national history)
Last amateur to win
Tiger Roll, a two-time winner
Pandemic
Red Rum, three-time winner
Dominating the 70s
Grand National 2023

The Grand National in 2023 was different from many others, with animal rights protesters suspending the race for numerous minutes after trying to get on the Aintree course.

Backing the favorite

Despite the protests, betting favorite Corach Rambler triumphed in the world's greatest steeplechase, bursting clear of the pack on the last fence.

Historic for Scotland

The Grand National winner is one of three horses to have won the contest in the history of the famous day at Aintree.

The greatest winners

With Corach Ramblers' performance in last week's Grand National, Let's look at the most incredible Grand National winners in history.

Earth Summit, 1998 (First British Treble)

In the early 90s, Earth Summit was favored to become a consistently winning racehorse. However, after winning the 1994 Scottish Grand National, the horse suffered a near-fatal injury.

Completing the domestic treble

After being written off a challenger in its return in 1997, Earth Summit won the Welsh Grand National and the Grand National five months later, becoming the first and only horse to complete the treble.

Sir AP McCoy finally wins the national, 2010

Sir A.P. McCoy is regarded as the greatest horse racing jockey. Despite that, up until 2010, the Grand National eluded him, failing to win in 15 previous attempts.

Don't push it

On board the JP McManus horse Don't Push it, McCoy was able to get his one and only Grand National win, pushing the horse to victory down the final lengths.

Aldaniti, 1981 (the biggest shock in the races history)

A story worthy of a film, from heartbreak to triumph, both jockey Bob Champion and horse Aldaniti were written off before their Grand National race in 1981 due to Champion suffering from testicular cancer and Aldaniti recovering from two serious tendon injuries.

An historic win

Despite those odds stacked against them, the pair pulled off the most incredible shock display in Grand National history, winning it through such adversity.

Mr Frisk, 1990 (The fastest horse national history)

Mr. Frisk became the fastest horse to complete the Grand National after circling the course in just eight minutes and 47 seconds, finishing the race in complete isolation.

Last amateur to win

What makes Mr. Frisk's fastest national win even more extraordinary is that his rider Marcus Armytage was not a professional jockey and the last amateur to win the Grand National.

Tiger Roll, a two-time winner

Tiger Roll wrote his name in the history books, becoming the first horse in nearly 50 years to win the Grand National in back-to-back years (2018 and 2019.)

Pandemic

If it wasn't for the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, Tiger Roll could have joined Red Rum in becoming one of two horses to win three Grand Nationals.

Red Rum, three-time winner

The best Grand National winner of all time is the legendary horse Red Rum, the only horse in the history of the event to win it three times in 1973, 1974, and 1977.

Dominating the 70s

In five attempts of the race between 1973 and 1977, the Grand National has never seen another horse like it, finishing first in three and second in the other two. With a record as nearly as perfect as that, Red Rum is the greatest racehorse in national history.

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