{"id":41666,"date":"2025-04-04T02:39:54","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T02:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=41666"},"modified":"2025-04-04T15:21:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T15:21:46","slug":"fastest-grand-national-time-since-1839","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/fastest-grand-national-time-since-1839\/","title":{"rendered":"Which Horse Has The Fastest Grand National Time Since 1839?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Heading into the 2025 Grand National we’ve now had 176 renewals of the world’s greatest steeplechase – with the first one way back in 1839 – but over the years which horse holds the record for the fastest Grand National time?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Many Clouds Is The Fastest Grand National Winner Since 2013<\/strong><\/h2>\n

A safety review after the 2012 race, the Grand National<\/a> between 2013 and 2015 saw the start moved forward and away from the crowds to help the horses – which reduced the race distance by 110 yards.<\/p>\n

While not long after from 2016, the advertised trip was amended to 4m 2 1\/2f after the findings of a survey of distances at all National Hunt tracks by the BHA.<\/p>\n

Distances were now measured via a midpoint of a course with a surveyor’s wheel – which led to a more accurate distance reading with most being shorter than advertised in the past.<\/p>\n

At some tracks the minimum 2m trip would be actually less – while the longer NH races had more precise readings and bigger swings – like the Grand National, which led to the new advertised distance of 4m 2 1\/2f.<\/p>\n

But, it’s worth pointing out the race was still run over the exact same course.<\/p>\n

In short, they’ve just streamlined how the race distances were measured – being recorded on a much more accurate and tighter line.<\/p>\n

Since all this happened, the fastest Grand National time has been by MANY CLOUDS<\/strong> in 2015.<\/p>\n

This Oliver Sherwood-trained 8 year-old (at the time) won the National that year in 8m 56.8 seconds<\/strong> and so far is the quickest winner since the new advertised Grand National distance was introduced in 2013.<\/p>\n

The Many Clouds super-fast time was even more remarkable as the horse was winning with 11st 9lbs in weight.<\/p>\n

Which was the most carried since Red Rum landed the spoils with 12st on his back in 1977.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Only Two Grand National Winners Have Run Under 9 Minutes<\/strong><\/h3>\n

In fact, Many Clouds is one of just TWO winners to have broken the 9-minute mark since the Grand National was first run back in 1839.<\/p>\n

We talk about the other to break the 9 minute mark below.<\/p>\n

Heading into the 2025 National, Many Clouds is also the most recent English-trained Grand National winner<\/a>, with Irish and Scottish handled horses winning the last eight renewals.<\/p>\n

Many Clouds was also giving owner Trevor Hemmings his third National win after Hedgehunter and Ballabriggs.<\/p>\n

That year the horse was a win for the bookmakers too – being sent off as a 25\/1 chance with the best horse racing betting sites in the UK<\/a>.<\/p>\n

WATCH: Many Clouds Winning The Grand National In 2015<\/strong><\/h3>\n