{"id":34442,"date":"2025-02-12T10:03:04","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T10:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=34442"},"modified":"2025-02-12T10:11:01","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T10:11:01","slug":"aintree-grand-national-weights-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/aintree-grand-national-weights-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Grand National Weights Revealed With Last Year’s Hero I Am Maximus Rated 8lbs Higher"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2025 Grand National weights were released on Tuesday 11th February, with the 2024 winner I Am Maximus being handed 8lbs more than last season.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As a result, the Willie Mullins-trained horse will look to become the first horse since Red Rum in 1974 to win the National with 11st 12lbs or more.<\/p>\n

I Am Maximus Top 2025 Grand National Weights With 11st 12lb To Carry<\/strong><\/h2>\n

If the JP McManus-owned I Am Maximu<\/strong>s is to defend his Grand National crown he’ll have to do it rated 8lbs higher.<\/p>\n

The handicapper released the 2025 Grand National weights at the annual lunch on Tuesday 11th February – giving the Wille Mullins 2024 hero the top burden of 11st 12lbs.<\/p>\n

This means he’ll be looking to become the first horse since Red Rum in 1974 to win the National with more than 11st 9lbs – with Rummy lumping 12st to victory that year.<\/p>\n

Many Clouds in 2015 holds the record for carrying the most weight since then – when he shouldered 11st 9lbs.<\/p>\n

However, despite being rated 8lbs higher – this actually means with the top-weight capped at 11st 12lbs I Am Maximus will actually carry 6lbs more in racing weight – having won with 11st 6lbs 12 months ago (watch below).<\/p>\n

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Willie Mullins Reacted To The Grand National Weights<\/strong><\/h3>\n

“It\u2019s topweight and it\u2019s tough but we had an idea that it would be tough. He\u2019ll probably run in the Bobbyjo and we\u2019ll see how he is.<\/em><\/p>\n

“He likes the track. Sometimes when horses go back a second time they don\u2019t like it and we\u2019ve got all that to take into account. Horses go round it once and the second time it can be different, but he had a good experience last year and I\u2019m hoping that it won\u2019t be a problem.”<\/em><\/p>\n

JP McManus Runners Dominating<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The best horse racing betting sites in the UK<\/a> have installed I Am Maximus as one of the market leaders – alongside another JP McManus<\/strong> runners Inothewayurthinkin and\u00a0 Iroko.<\/p>\n

McManus has won the Grand National three times – with Don’t Push It (2010), Minella Times (2021) and I Am Maximus (2024).<\/p>\n

Which is the same as Trevor Hemmings and the Gigginstown House Stud.<\/p>\n

Handicapper Martin Greenwood Said<\/strong><\/h3>\n

“He’s on an 8lb higher mark this time around. In 2024, he won off the same mark that Tiger Roll won his second National off of in 2019 \u2013 1lb off the rating of 2015 winner Many Clouds, which was 160.<\/em><\/p>\n

“Many Clouds ran off 166 the following year and I Am Maximus is 1lb higher than that on 167. So, if he is successful again, he will make history by winning off of the highest mark seen in the 21st century.”<\/em><\/p>\n

A Maximum Of 34 Runners Will Line-up For The 2025 Grand National<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Grand National maximum runners now stands at 34 (used to be 40 in 2023), which means the horses near the magic 34 mark will be hoping some ahead of them pull out of the Aintree race between now and April 5th to stand a chance of getting in the final line-up.<\/p>\n

At the moment the Henry De Bromhead-trained Senior Chief is number 33, with a whole host of runners on the same mark (150) behind him.<\/p>\n

Meaning – if it stays like this – the horse with the higher rating (come the day) will get in, which might encourage some horse racing<\/a> connections of these horses to get their horses on the track.<\/p>\n

Grand National Weights 2025 In Full<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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  • <\/i> 1 I Am Maximus 11st 12lb, 167<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 2 Royale Pagaille 11st 9lb, 164<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 3 Envoi Allen 11st 8lb, 163<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 4 Grangeclare West 11st 8lb, 163<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 5 L’Homme Presse, 11st 8lb, 163<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 6 Nick Rockett 11st 8lb, 163<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 7 Hewick 11st 7lb, 162<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 8 Gentlemansgame 11st 5lb, 160<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 9 Inothewayurthinkin 11st 5lb, 160<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 10 Monty’s Star 11st 5lb, 160<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 11 The Real Whacker, 11st 4lb, 159<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 12 Minella Indo 11st 3lb, 158<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 13 Appreciate It 11st 2lb, 157<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 14 Capodanno 11st 2lb, 157<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 15 Conflated 11st 2lb, 157<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 16 Delta Work 11st 2lb, 157<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 17 Minella Cocooner 11st 2lb, 157<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 18 Stumptown 11st 2lb, 157<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 19 Beauport 11st 1lb, 156<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 20 Hitman 11st 1lb, 156<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 21 Bravemansgame 11st, 155<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 22 Chantry House 10st 13lb, 154<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 23 Galvin 10st 13lb, 154<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 24 Perceval Legallois 10st 12lb, 153<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 25 Threeunderthrufive 10st 12lb, 153<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 26 Fakir D’Oudairies 10st 11lb, 152<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 27 Iroko 10st 11lb, 152<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 28 Kandoo Kid 10st 11lb, 152<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 29 Trelawne 10st 11lb, 152<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 30 Idas Boy 10st 10lb, 151<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 31 Intense Raffles 10st 10lb, 151<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 32 Limerick Lace 10st 10lb, 151<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 33 Senior Chief 10st 10lb, 151<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 34 Broadway Boy 10st 9lb, 150<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 35 Coko Beach 10st 9lb, 150<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 36 Farouk D’Alene 10st 9lb, 150<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 37 Fil Dor 10st 9lb, 150<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 38 French Dynamite 10st 9lb, 150<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 39 Mr Incredible 10st 9lb, 150<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 40 Stay Away Fay 10st 9lb, 150<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 41 Zanahiyr 10st 9lb, 150<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 42 Pinkerton 10st 8lb, 149<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 43 Meetingofthewaters 10st 7lb, 148<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 44 Minella Drama, 10st 7lb, 148<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 45 Velvet Elvis 10st 7lb, 148<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 46 Celebre D’Allen 10st 6lb, 147<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 47 Fontaine Collonges 10st 6lb, 147<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 48 Horantzau D’Airy 10st 6lb, 147<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 49 Hyland 10st 6lb, 147<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 50 Monbeg Genius 10st 6lb, 147<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    WATCH: I Am Maximus Winning The 2024 Grand National<\/strong><\/h2>\n