{"id":41915,"date":"2025-04-01T02:50:31","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T02:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=41915"},"modified":"2025-04-01T06:58:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T06:58:22","slug":"how-many-times-has-willie-mullins-won-the-grand-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/how-many-times-has-willie-mullins-won-the-grand-national\/","title":{"rendered":"How Many Times Has Willie Mullins Won The Grand National?"},"content":{"rendered":"

As we draw closer to the biggest jumps race in the world, many horse racing fans will be asking – just how many times has Willie Mullins won the Grand National?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Top Irish Trainer Willie Mullins Has Won The Grand National Twice Before<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Willie Mullins<\/strong> fired in another ten Cheltenham Festival winners in 2025 – taking is overall tally at the meeting to 113 – and so all eyes will be on the Closutton handler ahead of the three-day Aintree Grand National meeting<\/a>, which gets under starter’s orders on Thursday 3rd April.<\/p>\n

The Grand National is, of course, the pinnacle race at the festival (Saturday 5th April) and having won the race last year with I Am Maximus a lot of focus will be on Willie Mullins to see if he can follow-up.<\/p>\n

In total Mullins has won the Grand National twice – 19 years apart.<\/p>\n

But, strangely, both returned 7\/1 with the best horse racing betting sites in the UK<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Maybe come the off time – if he’s got another 7\/1 shot – we should all be loading on!<\/p>\n

That said, the overall Willie Mullins runs-to-wins ratio in the Grand National isn’t exactly great – more on that below.<\/p>\n

Willie Mullins Grabbed His First Grand National Win With Hedgehunter In 2005<\/strong><\/h2>\n

You have to go back to 2005 to find the first Willie Mullins Grand National winner – which came with Hedgehunter.<\/p>\n

The horse was aged 9 at the time and took up the running after the AP McCoy-ridden Clan Royal was hampered at Bechers by a loose horse.<\/p>\n

He remained there for the rest of the race – travelling well and jumping with aplomb – to eventually land the spoils by 14 lengths from Royal Auclair.<\/p>\n

Hedgehunter also returned as the 7\/1 favourite that year and was the first winning market leader since Earth Summit in 1998.<\/p>\n

Grand National Result 2005<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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  • <\/i> 1st – Hedgehunter 7\/1 fav<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 2nd – Royal Auclair 40\/1<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 3rd – Simply Gifted 66\/1<\/li>\n
  • <\/i> 4th – It Takes Time I 18\/1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    Hedgehunter, who was ridden by Ruby Walsh, also ran in the previous seasons Grand National (2004), when falling at the last when a close third. The race that year was won by Amberleigh House.<\/p>\n

    Hedgehunter’s win also provided jockey Ruby Walsh with his second Grand National win – having landed the prize money<\/a> in 2000 with Papillon, who was trained by his father Ted Walsh.<\/p>\n

    These two National successes remained the only two for Ruby Walsh, since he retired in 2019.<\/p>\n

    Hedgehunter went onto run second in the National in 2006 to Numbersixvalverde. Plus was also 9th in 2007, while his last National appearance came in 2008 aged 12, but was only 13th (of 40) to Comply Or Die.<\/p>\n