{"id":40883,"date":"2025-03-17T14:54:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T14:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=40883"},"modified":"2025-03-17T19:00:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T19:00:26","slug":"inothewayurthinkin-bids-to-defy-2025-grand-national-stat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/inothewayurthinkin-bids-to-defy-2025-grand-national-stat\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Inothewayurthinkin Defy HUGE 85 Year-old Grand National Stat?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recent Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Inothewayurthinkin is the new talking horse in the staying chasing division – having lowered the colours of Galopin Des Champs at the Cheltenham Festival. Next stop could be the Grand National on Saturday April 5th, – but if his connections opt to send their star chaser to Aintree he’ll need to defy a HUGE Grand National age stat that stretches back to 1940.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Only TWO Horses Aged 7 Have Won The Grand National Since 1940<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Emmet Mullins-trained Noble Yeats won the Grand National as a 7 year-old in 2022.<\/p>\n

However, prior to that win – Grand National stat lovers will tell you the last winner aged 7 was a horse called Bogskar in 1940.<\/p>\n

Meaning there is an 85 period when only TWO horses aged 7 have taken the world famous steeplechase<\/strong> – and with recent Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Inothewayurthinkin<\/strong> also aged 7, he’ll have this hefty Grand National stat to overcome if he runs.<\/p>\n

Yes, some will ask how many actual 7 year-olds have run in the race since 1940? And, being honest, I’m not sure and I’m also not going to go back over 85 years of results to find out.<\/p>\n

But what I will do is go back over the last 10 runnings and this will give us an idea.<\/p>\n

Oh, and only last year another JP McManus<\/a>-owned 7 year-old in Limerick Lace ran.<\/p>\n

She was also sent off as the Grand National joint-favourite with the best horse racing betting sites in the UK<\/a> despite this huge stat – but only managed to finish 10th.<\/p>\n

In total, there have been 26 horses aged 7 to have run in the Grand National since 2014 – with just one winner (4%).<\/p>\n

Grand National 7 Year-Olds Since 2014<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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  • <\/i> 2024 (5) –\u00a0 Meetingofthewaters (7th), Limerick Lace (10th), The Goffer (13th), Nassalam (18th), Adamantly Chosen (21st)<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 2023 (6) – Gaillard Du Mesnil (3rd), A Wave Of The Sea (9th), Cape Gentleman (PU), Capodanno (22\/1), Velvet Elvis (PU), Mr Incredible (UR)<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 2022 (2) – Noble Yeats (1st), Coko Beach (8th)<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 2021 (2) – Farclas (5th), The Long Mile (PU)<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 2020 – No Race (Covid)<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 2019 (1) – Ramese De Teilee (PU)<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 2018 (1) – Baie Des Iles (12th)<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 2017 (3) – Le Mercurey (12th), Shantou Flyer (PU), Double Shuffle (PU)<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 2016 (2) – Vieux Lion Rouge (7th), Onenightinvienna (UR)<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 2015 (2) – Cause Of Causes (8th), Unioniste (F)<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 2014 (2) – Kruzhlinin (10th), Triolo D’Alene (PU)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    WATCH: Inothewayurthinkin Winning The 2025 Cheltenham Gold Cup<\/strong><\/h3>\n