{"id":41329,"date":"2025-04-01T01:12:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T01:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=41329"},"modified":"2025-04-01T06:59:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T06:59:26","slug":"how-many-irish-national-winners-have-won-the-grand-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/how-many-irish-national-winners-have-won-the-grand-national\/","title":{"rendered":"How Many Irish National Winners Have Won The Grand National? As Intense Raffles Eyes Famous Double"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>12 months ago, the 2024 Aintree Grand National winner I Am Maximus headed to Aintree having won the Irish Grand National the previous season. We could see history repeat itself in 2025 with Intense Raffles.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is becuase &#8211; just like I Am Maximus &#8211; the Thomas Gibney-trained <strong>Intense Raffles<\/strong> has also landed the Irish Grand National (2024).<\/p>\n<p>So, just how many horses have managed to win both races over the years?<\/p>\n<h2><strong>We&#8217;ve Seen FIVE Horses Win The Irish and Aintree Grand Nationals &#8211; But None In The Same Season<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>With the dates of the Irish and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/2025-aintree-grand-national-festival-race-schedule-tv-channels-and-date\/\">Aintree Grand National Festival<\/a> changing slightly each year and often run not that far apart from each other.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, it&#8217;s no shock that we&#8217;ve not seen a horse win both races in the same season.<\/p>\n<p>However, that doesn&#8217;t mean we&#8217;ve not had horses win both races in their careers.<\/p>\n<p>As mentioned in the intro, only last season the 2024 Grand National winner I Am Maximus had already won the Irish version in 2023 at Fairyhouse.<\/p>\n<p>But he was the first since Numbersixvalverde, who won both races in 2005 and 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to that it was the Paul Carberry-ridden Bobbyjo in 1998 and 1999.<\/p>\n<p>With Rhyme &#8216;n&#8217; Reason and Ascetic&#8217;s Silver the only others to pull off the double.<\/p>\n<p>In total, there have been five horses win both races.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Irish Grand National and Aintree Grand National Winners<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"su-table su-table-responsive su-table-alternate\"><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Horse<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><b>Irish National<br \/>\n<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Aintree National<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ascetic&#8217;s Silver<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">1904<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">1906<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Rhyme &#8216;n&#8217; Reason<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">1985<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">1988<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bobbyjo<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">1998<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">1999<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Numbersixvalverde<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">2005<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">2006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>I Am Maximus<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">2023<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">2024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/div>\n<h3><strong>WATCH: I Am Maximus Winning The Grand National, The Season After His Irish National Success<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe title=\"I AM MAXIMUS wins the 2024 Grand National\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8q6ewCO4tB4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Intense Raffles Bidding To Become the Next Irish National Winner To Land the Grand National at Aintree<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The next horse to try and add his name to the Irish\/English Grand National hall-of-fame is <strong>INTENSE RAFFLES<\/strong>, who is one of the big <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/which-horse-is-favourite-to-win-the-grand-national-2025\/\">Grand National favourites<\/a> with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/betting-sites\/horse-racing\/\">best horse racing betting sites in the UK<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This 7 year-old landed the Irish version at Fairyhouse back on 1st April 2024. Beating the 2022 National Grand National runner-up Any Second Now.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s since been running over hurdles &#8211; most likely in a bid to protect his handicap mark.<\/p>\n<p>Intense Raffles is set to carry 10st 1olbs in weight &#8211; which is a plus with three of the last four winners having 10st 10lbs or less.<\/p>\n<p>However, he returned to fences in late February after the Grand National weights were announced to run a fine second in the Bobbyjo Chase at Fairyhouse.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, it&#8217;s also worth pointing out that past Grand National winners Tiger Roll (2018) and Rule The World (2016) also ran in the Irish National the previous year. Tiger Roll was pulled-up in 2017, while Rule The World was runner-up in 2015.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"INTENSE RAFFLES lands \u20ac500,000 Irish Grand National\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OEkcsYs1KeU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><strong>2025 Aintree Grand National Date and Details<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\ud83d\udcc5Date: Saturday 5th April 2025<br \/>\n<span class=\"JCzEY tNxQIb\"><span class=\"CSkcDe\">\u231aTime: 4:00pm <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n\ud83c\udfc7Racecourse: Aintree<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd04Trip: 4m 2 1\/2f<br \/>\n\ud83d\udcb7Winner: <span class=\"NA6bn BxUVEf ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">\u00a3500,000<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n\ud83d\udcfa TV: ITV \/ Racing TV<\/p>\n<p>You can see the full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/2025-aintree-grand-national-festival-race-schedule-tv-channels-and-date\/\">2025 Aintree Grand National Festival race schedule<\/a>, running order and TV channels.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>2014 Irish National Winner Shutthefrontdoor Went onto Run 5th In The 2015 Grand National<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Barry Geraghty guided the Jonjo O&#8217;Neill-trained Shutthefrontdoor to Irish National victory in 2014 and went close at Aintree the following season.<\/p>\n<p>He was sent off as the 6\/1 Grand National favourite in 2015 and under AP McCoy managed to finish 5th behind Many Clouds. This horse remains the most recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/who-was-the-last-english-trained-grand-national-winner\/\">English-trained winner of the National<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Shutthefrontdoor&#8217;s run in the race was also the final National ride for former champion jockey AP McCoy.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>2019 Irish National Winner Burrows Saint Went onto Run 4th In The 2021 Grand National<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Willie Mullins-trained Burrows Saint also went close to landing the double. He won the 2019 Irish National aged just 6 &#8211; and then ran fourth in the 2021 Aintree renewal two years later.<\/p>\n<p>With the JP McManus-owned Minella Times winning that year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>12 months ago, the 2024 Aintree Grand National winner I Am Maximus headed to Aintree having won the Irish Grand National the previous season. We could see history repeat itself in 2025 with Intense Raffles. 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