Summary

  • I Am Maximus wins Grand National at Aintree

  • 7-1 joint favourite wins for jockey Paul Townend and trainer Willie Mullins

  • Delta Work second, Minella Indo third and Galvin fourth

  • Irish 1-2-3-4 with Kitty's Light fifth

  • Corach Rambler, 2023 winner, unseats jockey at first fence

  • 21 of the 32 runners finish the race and all horses return safely

Live Reporting

Tom Rostance, Elizabeth Hudson and Charlotte Coates

  1. I Am Maximus wins the National

    Paul Townend and I Am Maximus are greeted in the parade ring by a fanfare. Their names will go down in the sporting history books for all time now.

  2. 'That race is what every jockey dreams of winning'

    I Am Maximus wins the National

    Andrew Thornton
    Former jockey on BBC Radio 5 Live

    What a performance. We were worried about him jumping left handed but he took to the fences like a duck to water. He just took off and the way he hit the line so hard. That race is what every jockey dreams of winning. It was never in any doubt from the elbow.

  3. The noise that greets I Am Maximus as he comes past the grandstands is enormous. The favourite has won, making many happy in the crowd I'm sure.

  4. 'I Am Maximus was some winner'

    I Am Maximus wins the National

    Gina Bryce
    BBC Radio 5 Live at Aintree

    I have rarely seen a show of emotion like this from Paul Townend but what a shout and a scream that he gave. He is enjoying every moment of this because I Am Maximus was some winner.

  5. Winning jockey Paul Townend says he didn't get a great start, but it ain't how you start it's how you finish...

  6. Result

    1 I Am Maximus (P Townend) 7-1 Jt Fav

    2 Delta Work (J W Kennedy) 28-1

    3 Minella Indo (Rachael Blackmore) 28-1

    4 Galvin (Sam Ewing) 40-1

    32 ran

  7. I Am Maximus wins the National

    Jockey Paul Townend lets out a huge whoop of joy, what a feeling that must be. A fantastic race with a lot of finishers.

  8. I Am Maximus wins the National

    Timed to perfection! The favourite was hardly mentioned until the final few fences and ran home to win strongly!

  9. I Am Maximus wins!
    Breaking

    Delta Work second, Minella Indo third.

  10. Grand National (16:00 BST)

    Here comes I Am Maximus...

  11. Grand National (16:00 BST)

    They come to the last.

  12. Grand National (16:00 BST)

    It's anyone's race, who will time their charge to perfection?

  13. Grand National (16:00 BST)

    Latenightpass and Kitty's Light are up there.

  14. Grand National (16:00 BST)

    Long time leader Glengouly is out. Eldorado Allen is still in the lead.

  15. Grand National (16:00 BST)

    Panda Boy is among the horses tailing off, we've got a stray horse at the front of the field.

  16. Grand National (16:00 BST)

    Five fences left in the National!

  17. Grand National (16:00 BST)

    Mac Tottie has been pulled up at Foinavon, it's Eldorado Allen moving into the lead.

  18. Grand National (16:00 BST)

    Foxy Jacks hits a fence hard but is still up there, Latenightpaass is among the leaders too as they reach Becher's for the second time.

  19. Grand National (16:00 BST)

    Over halfway, the field makes the turn and approaches jump 17. Limerick Lace is right near the back with Glengouly and Foxy Jacks at the front.

  20. Grand National (16:00 BST)

    Mr Incredible is at the back of the field as well but the horses are well bunched at the Chair. Mr Incredible has unseated his jockey and Mahler Mission has gone too.