I AM MAXIMUS wins the 2024 Grand National
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 เม.ย. 2024
- I Am Maximus was an emphatic winning favourite of the Randox Grand National, storming clear of his rivals to give the all-conquering Willie Mullins a second victory in the Aintree showpiece.
Successful with Hedgehunter 19 years ago, Mullins was responsible for eight of the 32 who headed to post in Liverpool, but I Am Maximus was well-touted to follow up last year’s success in the Irish Grand National.
An impressive tune-up in the Bobbyjo Chase saw punters latch onto the Grade One-winning eight-year-old and Paul Townend rode the 7-1 market leader with supreme confidence down the inner as I Am Maximus showed no sign of previous jumping frailties.
In a race with early drama when defending champion Corach Rambler unshipped Derek Fox at the very first fence, there were a plethora still in contention heading down to two out, where I Am Maximus was inching into contention.
However, the complexion of the race would change at the elbow where I Am Maximus scooted clear of the Rachael Blackmore-ridden Minella Indo and the staying-on Delta Work, who picked up second place in his third attempt at the famous race.
It was a first Grand National triumph for Townend, while owner JP McManus was striking at Aintree for the third time after Don’t Push It (2010) and Minella Times (2021).
Mullins said: “It was an excellent ride. I had said before the race that we didn’t know how good this horse was, today he showed that he’s better than he had been. I thought he still had a little bit from the handicapper after the Bobbyjo and he’s proved it today.
“Paul was excellent, he kidded him round the inside, he got chopped up a couple of times and probably didn’t jump as clean as he could, but he was looking for the gaps and when he eventually got it he was all right.
“I could see Paul’s body language and he was happy, so I was happy then. I don’t think I said anything until he got over the last and then I let go (and gave him a cheer).
“He’s a tremendous horse. He has his own way of doing things, he’s quirky and immature but he’s learning all the time. It’s extraordinary how we came to have him. Nicky Henderson had him before me, Michael Grech moved his horses to Ireland and Nicky said to me ‘make sure you get him’ and it was fine advice. Nicky could see the talent that he had and we just had to nurture it, so thanks to Nicky and also Henrietta Knight who organised all that.
“To win an Irish National and an English National is impressive.
“I think he could be a Gold Cup horse, but we don’t know how good he could be because he doesn’t do it at home. He’s quirky, but he has huge ability and until others get the better of him, we won’t know how good he is.”
First prize in the National is £500,000 - a sum which firmly puts Mullins in the driving seat for the British trainers’ title, with both Ladbrokes and Betfair making the Closutton handler an odds-on shot against Dan Skelton and Paul Nicholls.
Mullins added: “Now we’ve won the National we’ll have to give it a good go, we are there with a chance so we might see you all in Sandown, Perth, Ayr - where is there!
“I’m buzzing here now at the moment and it’s huge. As far as I know our team is back in full order with no injuries or anything and I’m happy that we have a full compliment of horses and riders coming back in.”
A jubilant Townend said: “At halfway he was a bit careful with his jumping, but we just built his confidence back up again and then going over the last two I had the four horses in front of me that I wanted in front of me. I was hoping when I pulled him out that he’d pick up and go and he did.
“This is a special place, you grew up building Grand National fences built out of whatever you could get your hands on. It’s a dream to win it. You build a course and your ponies probably know when it’s National time as you’d have the green fences out! It’s just a race that captures the imagination.
“The feeling passing the line is up there with the best I’ve had, but it’s a different feeling. Grade Ones are extra special and tactical and in the Irish National and English National you need a bit of luck, the feeling winning this is unique.
“It’s a special feeling when they start picking up passing the elbow. You honestly don’t hear any of the noise from the crowd, at that stage you’re in full drive and you’re not thinking of anything other than getting to the lollipop stick (winning post) before something passes you.”
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Not often you see a Grand National winner finish that strong , I am Maximus is obviously an exceptional horse with huge stamina , well done too to Delta Work who ran a blinder and another great race run by Rachel Blackmore on Minella Indo , another great performance 👍 .
It does help when the pace was slow, the time was 17 secs slower than last year.
@@Zarkava8 good point 👍
I've never seen a race where there could have been any one of about eight horses that could have won it, but fair play to I Am Maximus, finding another gear and commanding their way down the Elbow to the winning post.
Pratt
Absolutely brilliant win. Over the moon for all the team involved with I Am Maximus. A BIG congratulations to Paul Townsend. 🤩🐎❤😀🙂🥳🎉
Why was it brilliant
Townend
No S
My tolerance for horses, falling and being injured has diminished over the years, I don’t think the Grand National I’ve been compromised by the changes, I thought it was refreshing to see so many horses finish and make it a proper race. Well done Aintree
Well said!
It's a proper race now. Not " whoever is lucky enough to survive" as in the past
Grow up
@@philippevie3258it’s a fair comment mate, I’ve never been deterred by the ups n downs of horse racing, I’ve always loved the national, but it’s more important to preserve the race and the day itself than to continue to upset the new generations
@@blank-dr2kx grow up
Well said. I accept the issues that come with racing because nothing is without risk, especially when you are dealing with a sport that works with half a tonne of animal on little legs. I also understand how well these animal athletes are looked after. By the way, I accept the risk to jockeys too, because as much as we accept horses falling, we should remember jockeys are injured too, sometimes in ways that change their lives. All that said, no one wants to see horses injuring themselves or worse if it can be prevented. Nothing will eliminate all risk, but I think if obvious risks can be reduced it’s better. We live in a world where the ‘ban it and abolish it’ crew have a lot to say, and each time horses die in the National their voices get louder. They conveniently forget other race meetings and other sports where there is risk to people as well as animals. I think if the National is to survive it has to move on and adapt. In the 19th century one of the fences was a brick wall. That doesn’t exist now and the race survives. I bet people said then the race was being changed too much too, but if we want to keep the spectacle of the National, man and beast working together to try to win the ultimate contest, it must evolve, or the race will go and the snowflakes in society will have won and they won’t consider what happens to those incredible animals, bred to race and win.
maximus what a beauty of a horse
My mum works for willie I work there as weekend staff and to think I was just cuddling that horse 2 weeks ago is amazing over the moon for the people that take care of him in green barn. Well done Moo Moo ❤❤
Very handsome horse.
@@rohansrider he really is I'm so proud to work with him he's so sweet
So happy to have picked the winner this year. God knows I've waited long enough!
Samee
Yep, collecting my money tomorrow !!
Liar
get well soon
@@Scoobydoo19677 How is it unbelievable? Someone has to have the winner. Just look the bets online. Not hard... You're just mad.
I saw someone in the pub win on Lasqueti Spirit in QLD at 151:1 from memory...
Good win. Came from the pack with a burst of power and thoroughly deserved.
This is the race that I miss so much since leaving England 27 years ago. I just love the Grand National.
You have no tv Maude?
Watched it here in Thailand on my firestick. Had 200 e/w on corach rambler and 100 e/w on i am maximus. Fastest £400 ive ever lost lol 😂😂😂.
Same here, wow they have reduced the fences by a lot since the 70's and 80's when I watched it. Safety reasons of course.
@@jackdobson1992 E/W means you have won money. Just a quarter of the value though. But well done good choices
@@Martin.Lewis.. I do but no BBC. Boo hoo
Couldn’t keep my eyes off that loose horse that crossed the line 2nd. 💪💪💪🐴🐴🐴
That was mine...it did the decent thing and shed weight..should have got second
Who was that? Number 10 I think? Should get its own trophy! No whip or rider needed😂
@@susangopher 10 stone less to carry
Yes should have been awarded for the race the loose horse ran.👏👏
Decent finish and congrats to all involved but it just doesn’t look or feel like the Grand National anymore.
And I don't care...all the horses got round safely which matters more for any decent human being
it's not killed by woke
Lydia should be on he ITV team she is one of the interviewers in sport and the best in horse racing
If you remember, she was part of the BBC team 20 years ago, but left on her own steam in 2006.
No thats Alastair Down
Happy for Paul Townend and Willie Mullins they deserved it for all they bring to this game... hard luck to jack he was so close he's been incredible all week congrats to all. Well done to Rachel blackmore and Sam Ewing on finishing well. 3rd 4th and kitty's light which would of won it if the Irish weren't allowed to come over lol.
A thrilling brush hudle handicap...or the spring Cesarewitch if you prefer.
If you looked carefully you could see Red Rum spinning in his grave by the winning post...
I actually thought the fences looked smaller but definitely they aren't the good old solid grandnational finces of old I never even heard beachers mentioned in the commentary.
Nickmannion3879 you're spot on,it's nowhere near what it used to be,I never thought that I'd lose interest in the grand national.I wouldn't be upset if they did away with what they should now call The National,formerly known as The Grand National.
ruined by woke actually felt embarrassed watching it
yeah - cos god fobid you'd want good horses in a premier handicap!
@@Minime163it was mentioned ,looked like a hurdle.changed days indeed
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
AN ABSOLUTELY GREAT RIDE!!!
VERY WELL DONE!!!!
The jockey was fantastic.
@@newearth1196
YOU ARE SPOT ON MY FRIEND!!!
@@newearth1196 Horse wasn't too bad either!
@@Oakleaf700 LOL Correct
This wasn’t a Grand National. This felt like just another big field race over a course with unimposing fences. Of course it is safer now for the horses, but let’s stop pretending it is the same race we all used to love and get excited for. Half the battle used to be could you get round without falling. That edge is almost gone now. RIP Grand National.
Too many horses dying defined the decision to make it safer.
The two horses that died on Friday were on a supposed easier course but that didn't guarantee their safety .
No two ways about it horse racing is dangerous for horses.
@@melgrant7404 Some horses unfortunately die while racing, and that is of course sad to see. But MILLIONS of animals are killed every year, just for us to eat. Should humans stop eating meat ?….I’m not sure what has been done to make things safer for the ones we eat. Just another example of the extreme minority, and it is a minority, being allowed to get their way. I find it astonishing how weak the people in charge are, in all aspects of life these days it seems, that they pander to the whims of the minority. The minority would happily takes us back to the stone age if they could. But then there would be no tv, no phone, no internet, no ANYTHING we are used to. But hey, at least that way we wouldn’t have to listen to them 😂😂
@@davidrhodes5245 at least animals that die for consumption die in a more humane way.better than breaking limbs or their back or neck and being in agony until they are put down on a race course.
If several horses had died in the national today then people instead of saying its boring would be calling for it to be banned instead. Its a fine line.it had to change because of the horse deaths in the last 3 races people don't have to watch it if they think it's boring. No one is forcing them .I don't think the national will be banned because of the money tied up.in racing. This is all about money .I think the way people think about horses is like they do with dogs. They are seen as companions and held in affection.not like cows and pigs sheep .I'm sure a horse belonging to you died on the race course you would be in bits over it. But because its someone else's its makes it easier to watch.
I also liked the old grand national but in those days you didn't hear about horse deaths .if there was any you didn't hear about them like nowadays.
@@melgrant7404 The Grand National has been run since 1839. Sometimes more, sometimes less than 40 runners. 90 horses have died in the race in 185 years, which is roughly around 7,400 runners. It’s just my opinion of course, but 90 out of 7,400, while indeed sad, is a tiny percentage.
@@davidrhodes5245 but because of the last 3 years these decisions have been made.it was becoming too frequent.
Congratulations to: I am Maximus! And Paul.
Also to the team.
🥂🍾👏🏻🏵️🎉
Max is the name of the main character in my book: the Dukes secret heir.
By Sarah, Mallory. It’s a historical novel, so not to everyone’s taste, but is this a coincidence? 😉😊
hooray for i am maximus the 2024 grand national winner!🏆🏇
👏👏👏👏👏
If a horse is pulled up shouldn't the punter get their money back or some of it back. It means the horse wasn't trained probably and it's not fair on the punter.
@@michaelpower4372If you're not happy with the rules of horse racing you shouldn't gamble.
@@Zarkava8 Wouldn't expect a bookie to say anything else. When a horse is pulled up there should be a investigation by steward and if steward are not happy why the horse is pulled up the punter should get their money back bookies have it to easy.
Hooray for I am maximum I chosen that horse 🎉🎉🎉
Bravo you. It is a nice feeling to have the winning horse.
Oh a Mullins winner, I’m shocked. 25 of the 32 runners trained in Ireland I think…
Ah how can English trainers expect to win big races in Cheltenham or antry if you don't enter them. They might as well move all their best races over to Ireland. I'm actually Irish myself and I have to say that if our trainers keep winning the big races in England irish as well as English punters will loose intrest in your racing because the element that made Cheltenham espically fun is gone out of it the good humoured competition between the race goers. I only looked at afew Cheltenham races myself this year and the Irish roar is even gone out of it.
@@Minime163 completely agree. You have to be in it to win it. Not one horse from Nicholls yard. The NH programme is broken in Britain. Needs a complete rethink and major investment or else it will slowly die
@@Minime163 I could tell you are Irish by the way you spelt Aintree Antry. 😂
If a horse isn’t up to it Willie won’t train it.
@@Zarkava8Racist remark. Irish children are tops in Europe for spelling .
....a couple of unseated riders..the GN executive will certainly be looking at that.!!😊
I think more finished than started - The jockey club will be happy
I'm starting to get worried. Where is Dave Yates 😮😮😮
I was on I am maximus I cannot believe the clear ground paul was left with on that inside rail him and jack too..
Absolute open ground all the way home left with all that good clear ground and covered so much less
Class by townend, ridden easy, midway, inside rail, switched off, push button.. that horse could of ran around it again.
On another note i warned people on youtube not to back rambler because well you seen it....
Jack kennedy with another great race same with blackmore jack ran so well today so did paul.
he could of ran around that track again
The pros were saying it would race wide due to its tendency to jump left which made no sense to me. I thought ( and ime no pro ) going to the rail might help it jump straight. I just thought it was common sense.
The horse looked like he had barely been in a race at the end.
Grand National in name only - let's not pretend otherwise regardless of money
I Am Maximus Is The 2024 Grand National Champion For The Legendary Trainer, Mr Willie Mullins!! Great Job!!❤😊!!
Honestly, I just cross my fingers that all horses finish in one piece!
I think they all did this year
@@ajb6243 I believe you are right!
mine was noble yeats. well he got round it. like the poet was riding him, man..
I backed him this year and last year.
Should be a stewards enquiry used the whipped the horse I maximus over 25 times . Should be disqualified rules state on use the whip 7 times
Showing the whip to the horse maybe?
Agree. The riderless horse who came second wasn't needing any whipping to finish as well as it did.
Ban them.
whhy did he lead with corrac rambler when its always held upwhy was corrack rambler in front when its always held up
21 completed the course first time since 2005. 32 runners and all of them made it back safely. What a race!
Yes, no fatalities. I repeat no fatalities!
Tbh it was Still a spectacle, with the small field, the Horses spread across the course, and didnt bunch so much. Reminded me a bit of 1996 , Small field lot of Finishers and a classy winner.Nice to See the Loose Horses following the others, Looking alert 😊😊
The race is a joke now, soft fences its no challenge
@@stephenholmes1036 you try doing it then .Your remark shows you know nothing . Another who enjoys seeing horses fall.
I was giving a personal opinion or are we not allowed one tbese days.
I will only be picking amongst the favourites in future, without falls and the carnage thst comes with the harder course the race favourites will almost certainly always win
This is my first year betting for the grand national and I won 🏆
great race
Fantastic finish and a 1234 to Ireland as Magic Mullins takes the Grand National. The adrenaline is definitely out of this race, these fences were massive in the 60’s and i would seriously doubt that many of this years field would have coped with them. Congratulations to Willie, Paul and the team.
There were only seven British runners I think.
@@Minime163 correct
More horses making it home in one piece 🙏 and it’s still the race to win , well done Willie, Paul and I Am Maximus and Rachel who rides the horse out every day.
@@MickKly-ih4it that's good and I'm delighted willie and Paul won it but only 32 runners.
Has one of the more beautiful faces in all of Disney
Art
Generally speaking
To those people saying the Grand National has been diminished by the changes, I would like to say, that it has to change in order to survive. People no longer wish to see horses dying or jockeys being hurt. Today was a change for the better, and I never thought I’d hear myself saying that, but it’s true
Well said. you have articulated it very well. There were no fallers and some really decent horses were in with a chance of winning. If there had not been the historical modications, I feel the GN would have been banned. Anyone who doubts me, please look again at the 1987 horrific fall of Dark Ivy just to name one; there were many more including two Gold Cup winner. So they all jumped Bechers yesterday - bloody good job too. Wonderful sight to see bold jumping horses sail over what used to be a nasty, trappy and very dangerous jump that caught out some quality horses over the years and ended their lives - we owe them more than that, so I am very pleased it was a safer race. "I am Maximus" is very classy horse , and next year he is being aimed the Gd Cup.
I watched some terrifying footage of Pathe news of the National in the 1920's.
Bechers was HUGE.
Great yawning ditch and it looked twice the height of today.
Many horses died going over old Bechers.
@rohansrider Corach Rambler fell pretty roughly at the second after unseating rider at the first but walked to the rail and is doing fine this morning per trainer!
Embrace the changes if you like, but it's time then to accept that its now just an ordinary race, less runners, shorter distance, fences are now more like hurdles, there's nothing special about it now. It should be called the 4.00 at Aintree.
@@BertSmithLondon I don’t see The Chair as being like a hurdle;,it is still a very formidable fence. The most signifiant change is to Bechers. That huge drop has gone and also the ditch has been filled in; it was a horrible death trap if a horse and jockey misjudged it: remember Alverton? If anything Valentine’s is the bigger jump. Another good thing is no fallers means good horses are not brought down and often badly injured.
seems like the riderless horse should get a prize for sticking it out and finishing so close to the front
wow, the winner responded to that first crack of the whip. What an exceptional turn of foot after 4 miles.
RIP Grand National. Oh how we'll miss you.
Like the lost horses.
What's happening to the grand National?
@@TheRadioDemon1933think they mean it’s not the same because the fences aren’t as high.
@@motive1236 oh
@@TheRadioDemon1933😂
Welcome to the Animal Rights Grand National. Zero fallers, 4 unseated, 7 pulled up, and the remaining 21 runners all huddled together as they turned into the home straight. An inevitable consequence of the horses getting stronger while the fences are being made easier for them to jump. Nothing special about this race anymore, so it's the last one I'll be watching.
Good!
I remember I'm maximus. Won a race in Ireland about 5 horses ran in it. I'm maximus was 16/1: it won Irish national last year
Rest 😢 Royal daddy
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Is it just me or were there not more complicated jumps previously?
They have changed it.
Yup, they've made it a lot easier for health & safety - no doubt next year they'll look at the fact that two or three horses didn't make it round & drop the height of the fences another foot...& everybody will get a prize.
A nice clean race! I think reducing the field was long overdue.
While a part of me misses the chaos and thrills and spills, I agree it's best to do right by the horses and jockeys and make it that bit easier for them to get around the course more safely. It's still a great race.
This has Willie Mullins written all over it
Great race, thank you Maximus for winning me £25 - I love you!!❤❤
They've changed everything about the race, so it's time to change the name too. In future it should be called The 4.00 at Aintree.
Thank you for posting this. I’m in the USA and It never crossed my mind that the grand national might be on TH-cam. Because it certainly isn’t shown on broadcast or cable TV over here which is a shame.
Looks way more grueling than our “Triple crown” Of horse racing (Kentucky, derby, Preakness, and Belmont stakes).
Maybe look back a few years and see what a challenge this race really was, the grand national nothing compares to this course.
It's definitely a totally different style of race! Honestly I'd rather see a point to point than quite a few of the races that are shown; just seems to take more strategy when you're going over fences for multiple miles! Wish more international racing was shown over here!
It was a much more professional grand national without the absurdly priced hazards removed from the race. The race is still a test of stamina and the handicapper gave a lot more horses their chance to shine. What would be interesting to know was the race faster than before.
24 seconds slower than standard because of the going
You can no longer compare the times against previous years as they run 200 yards less due to them moving the start further away from the grandstand.
The whole reason I wanted to watch it was because I didn't know the result yet the thumbnail is the winner on the front.
But you can call me Max
Tu tu tu tu Max Verstappen
Not a spectacle anymore , health and safety got their way !
I love the grand national it has been really good to me I have had the winner the last 4 years in a row tiger roll twice corrich rambler last year and iam maximis going for 5 in a row next next year
Does anyone know the second commentator's name?.
It's just another ordinary race nowadays
At least this year no horse died in the national.
@@melgrant7404Wrong, 2 horses died on friday.
@@danielledewitt1 read my comment again. I said no horses died in the national. Wasn't talking about Friday at all.i know about the two on Friday.
So I was RIGHT.
@@melgrant7404 Yet two died on friday, yesterday was day 2 of the grand national.
@@danielledewitt1 I was talking only about the grand national race only here.not Fridays races.
In Hindsight, I agree with Ruby Walsh, it was Enjoyable, still the most testing with the distance and the different style of Fencing. It is far less Dangerous than Yesteryear, but that was inevitable. Hopefully They will leave it alone now. A lot of the Atmosphere went when Security meant no crowds at Bechers to Canal Turn and the Four Following Fences, but Sadly it was Animal righters and Bomb Scares that made this Neccesary. One Thing tho I Think They should bring back the four reserves System, now theres a maximum 34 runners late withdrawals could cut the Field too much, only 32 ran this Year. The Fences Seemed the Same as last Year, the Smaller Field and the riders Fanning accross the width of the course was the main reason there were fewer casualties. It is still a unique race tho.
Superb jockeyship from Townend. Plotted the perfect course.
A great race but that wasn't a grand national but a good winner thought minella Indo had it jumping the last but just got outstayed
My horse was in contention until the last fence. How does that happen ???
Backed him 😎👌
What a horse ⚔️
Great race by the "loose horse" that lead near the end.
I backed it
Brilliant owl race my sister was on minella indo
I was walking up to the paddy Power bookies and going "everytime I go into this bookies I win "
Knew it was winning
the horse didn't need nor deserve the whips he got in the last seconds of the race
Agree. Should be banned.horse already doing its best.
@@melgrant7404 Agree. Unnecessary for horses to be beaten to death in order to win. Let's see horses win on their natural ability.
"Are You Not Entertained"
Were the fences 2 feet lower and made of cotton this year?
Brilliant horse
Jeder weis was er für sich und sein Pferd an risiko eingeht .Hut ab.
Just like Humans- Never judge a Horse by how they walk or run!
I liked this Horse and felt he had the best form, but I was put off by His style of running, His legs go SIDE to SIDE, like a windmill. I felt he'd fall early. I guess now the fences are nowhere as demanding as before he got away with it!
Sad times when the cross country race at Cheltenham is a better spectacle than the Grand National.
It's interesting to compare this footage with past ones, for instance the 1955, which had a similar number of starters, 30, and was also made milder - [from the commentary:] "...several jumps have been made less dangerous this year, and because of the heavy going the water jump is completely abandoned":
th-cam.com/video/vvRm47b8PxA/w-d-xo.html
Different horses, different people.
I've just re-watched all the Nationals with Red Rum. They are still powerful enough to makee cry
The race now is not worthy of his memory 😢
Looking back the next day look at the many of them jumped all the fences it's near like a French flat race
On the mound
Cool
Joke now this race. Just an ordinary handicap chase
It’s just not the National anymore sadly. 🤔🙏🏻🙏🏻
Not the same race since the do-gooders got hold of it !
Well said.The national is dead!
@@paulyeomans850along with several horses in the last 3 years.
The do-gooders are better than the psychopaths who want to watch horses die.
@@drfell9105boo hoo
Still better than the Irish grand national
Years ago the national attracted horses from countries like the United States Russia Czechoslavakia and others now it's just the United Kingdom and Ireland not saying anything wrong just making an observation
I chose Corach Rambler lol
lol
It was going well until it fell😂😂
Each Way or to Win?
@Otake My three went out on the first circuit...the only three...!😊😊
@@chatham43 Oh dear.
..he looks pretty tall for a jockey - let alone a Grand National winner. Over 5'7" ?
As a National Hunt fan for over 50 years this was a sad spectacle. Over 20 horses of the 32 runners grouped up as they turned in ready for the sprint to the line...wt.. Even more sad was AP and Ruby saying how this is the proper way The National should be run!! The P C brigade win,again!!
Willie Mullins had only 9 runners in this years event out of 32. So over a quarter of the field. It’s ridiculous the amount of Irish runners in the English National. It should be limited to 2 horses per stable and no more than a third of the runners should be from Ireland. This year they had about 25 of the 32 runners. This event has been spoilt by the number of Irish runners.
How has it been spoilt?
Another brain dead comment from a once a year 'fan'
So please, oh clever one, help the the brain dead and unpack how precisely it was "spoilt"?@@Martin.Lewis..
@@Martin.Lewis.. I watch racing day in day out and the enormity of Irish runners, mostly from the Mullins and Elliot stables make these top race winners an inevitability. Too many Irish entries from the same stables.
@@raysmyth8596 Read my comments. It’s all in there.
If Willie Mullins, the trainer, had not knocked the horse on Thursday when interviewed on tv more of us would have bet on him, was he afraid the bookies would lose too much of the billions they rake in every year or what ? A black mark on Mullins in my book for that advice on Thursday. Disgusted I am.
Same with El Fab at Cheltenham. How much of a kick back you think Mullins got for saving the bookies 10s/100s of millions? All a fix
Willie knew itvwas a grade 1 horse before the race lads it was a thing of getting around and not falling this horse was bcked by jp Tuesday morning and then it wins but racing now fixed its a national 😅😅 anything can happen alright 😅
The winning horse only took 30 seconds from the last to the winning post a record time
That is a phenomenal race …. Anyone’s to the last and I AM MAXIMUS coming from nowhere …. A race for the ages …👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 🟩🟨🟩🟨⬜️
Don't talk crap ... its nothing co pared to the past ... the grand national is dead RIP
latenightpass count your days
Iron maximus
Mr. Mullins has too much affluence over J. P. and Munir and Souede, insisting Townend rides their horses and not retained jockeys. Walsh and Jacob should go freelance. Walsh had no choice, even though we were told he had. Rides a J. P. horse at Downpatrick for peanuts.
Mullins is the best 🎩🎩🎩🎩
No fallers unseated only.The national is easy now.Watched my first in 67 just watched my last.Its crap now.
So you're not watching again because there were no fallers 🤣🤣🤣
@@Drsteelhammer937 what the national is about thrills and spills I could ride over these fences now
same not gonna watch it again was like a hurdle race embarrassing
Rummy would have jumped the fences these days running backwards the national has gone.
@@paulyeomans850 you just never heard about the deaths back then .
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Pleased as this was my first choice.
does that cool horse without the jockey that finished proper 2nd get any prizes?
I've just watched it.This race has lost its spectacle appeal.The Beeb reporter after the race said it's already being echoed as the best national ever.What a load of bollox.The fences are small it's easy.77 Was the greatest ever you turkey.Rummy made history you pratt
It was ITV not 'the beeb'
Another clueless comment from a once a year betting 'fan' 🙄
rum rum best national horse 3 times winner when the fences were a lot bigger when rummy was winning this race rum rum your a star
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Smarty jones
Glengooly was my horse