Randox Grand National
Grade 3 Handicap,
Aintree 16:00
£1,000,000 guaranteed
7yo plus, 4m 2f 74y, Class 1   
Saturday 5th April 2025

1 Nick Rockett 33/1
2 I Am Maximus 7/1
3 Grangeclare West 33/1
4 Iroko 13/2F
5 Meetingofthewaters 20/1
34 ran Distances: 2½l, ½l, 4½l
Time: 9m 6.14s (slow by 2.14s)

Aintree bore witness to another Mullins masterclass—Nick Rockett soaring to victory under Patrick Mullins, delivering an emotional family triumph and a landmark result for racing’s dominant dynasty.

Just yards from the elbow, it looked like we might see a repeat. I Am Maximus, last year’s hero, loomed large under Paul Townend, poised to join an elite club of back-to-back winners. But carrying top weight told in the dying strides, and it was the 33-1 outsider—lightly raced but loaded with staying power—who swept past and stayed on relentlessly to etch his name into Grand National folklore.

For Willie Mullins, it was a training tour de force. The Closutton maestro not only landed a one-two-three, with Grangeclare West grabbing third, but also saddled Meetingofthewaters into fifth for good measure. Twenty years on from Hedgehunter, Mullins now has three Nationals to his name—and the title of champion-elect seems all but a formality after this display of depth and dominance.

Iroko kept the British flag flying in fourth for the Greenall and Guerriero team, but this was a day painted firmly in the green and gold of Ireland—and unmistakably tinged with Mullins magic.

For Patrick Mullins, victory fulfilled a childhood dream.

“I had too good a start really and was taking him back for most of the way. At the Canal Turn I wondered if I'd thrown it away, but he jumped like a buck. Then suddenly I was there too soon—Paul was on my outside and it’s a long way home from the back of the last.”

But home he came—and how. It was guts, gears, and that intangible National touch.

“It’s everything I’ve dreamed of. I know it’s a cliché, but I grew up reading about Red Rum, watching those grainy old replays. To have my name in that story now… it’s very, very special.”

There was even time for a playful family dig:

“David and Emmet have won it, now I’ve joined them—Danny’s got to pull his finger out!”

Though Nick Rockett was dismounted soon after the line, the rider was quick to allay fears:

“He’s fine—I wouldn’t mind a cold bath myself! He’s one of the smallest in the field, but he’s brave as a lion. Just a brilliant horse.”

Back in the winner’s enclosure, emotion etched across his face, Willie Mullins summed it up best:

“That was some result. It’s a privilege to even run a horse in the National, to leg your son up is something else. To win it? Unbelievable.”

Randox Health Grand National
Grade 3, £1,000,000 guaranteed
7yo plus, 4m 2f 74y, Class 1
34 ran
Going: Good to Soft

POS. DIST HORSE AGE WGT TRAINER JOCKEY SP
1    Nick Rockett 8 11-8 W P Mullins Mr P W Mullins 33/1
2 2½ I Am Maximus 9 11-12 W P Mullins Paul Townend 7/1
3 ½ Grangeclare West 9 11-8 W P Mullins Brian Hayes 33/1
4 4½ Iroko 7 10-11 Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero Jonjo O'Neill Jr 13/2F
5 2¼ Meetingofthewaters 8 10-7 W P Mullins Danny Mullins 20/1
6 1½ Senior Chief 8 10-10 Henry De Bromhead Darragh O'Keeffe 40/1
7 1½ Minella Cocooner 9 11-2 W P Mullins Jonathan Burke 18/1
8 5½ Hewick 10 11-7 John Joseph Hanlon Gavin Sheehan 14/1
9 4½ Minella Indo 12 11-3 Henry De Bromhead Rachael Blackmore 20/1
10 21 Twig 10 10-5 Ben Pauling Beau Morgan 50/1
11 1 Three Card Brag 8 10-5 Gordon Elliott Sean Bowen 16/1
12 18 Beauport 9 11-1 Nigel Twiston-Davies Sam Twiston-Davies 33/1
13 15 Horantzau d'Airy 8 10-6 Michael Keady Ciaran Gethings 150/1
14 1¼ Vanillier 10 10-6 Gavin Cromwell Sean Flanagan 12/1
15 11 Bravemansgame 10 11-0 Paul Nicholls James Reveley 40/1
16 14 Chantry House 11 10-13 Nicky Henderson James Bowen 66/1
Nolan 125/1
BD Appreciate It 11 11-2 W P Mullins Sean O'Keeffe 28/1
FELL Perceval Legallois 8 10-12 Gavin Cromwell Mark Walsh 10/1
FELL Kandoo Kid 9 10-11 Paul Nicholls Harry Cobden 25/1
FELL Broadway Boy 7 10-9 Nigel Twiston-Davies Tom Bellamy 66/1
PU Monbeg Genius 9 10-6 Jonjo & A J O'Neill Nick Scholfield 50/1
PU Hyland 8 10-6 Nicky Henderson Nico de Boinville 22/1
PU Celebre d'Allen 13 10-6 Philip Hobbs & Johnson White Micheal
PU Conflated 11 11-2 Gordon Elliott Jordan Gainford 100/1
PU Stumptown 8 11-2 Gavin Cromwell Keith Donoghue 10/1
PU Hitman 9 11-1 Paul Nicholls Freddie Gingell 28/1
PU Idas Boy 11 10-10 2 Richard Phillips Harry Bannister 100/1
PU Fil Dor 7 10-9 Gordon Elliott Sam Ewing 50/1
PU Coko Beach 10 10-9 Gordon Elliott Jody McGarvey 40/1
PU Royale Pagaille 11 11-9 Venetia Williams Charlie Deutsch 100/1
PU Intense Raffles 7 10-10 Thomas Gibney J J Slevin 14/1
PU Stay Away Fay 8 10-9 Paul Nicholls Paul O'Brien 66/1
PU Threeunderthrufive 10 10-12 Paul Nicholls Harry Skelton 40/1
UR Duffle Coat 8 10-4 Gordon Elliott Danny Gilligan 33/1

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