{"id":43221,"date":"2025-04-04T11:45:42","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T11:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=43221"},"modified":"2025-04-04T15:22:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T15:22:37","slug":"best-age-of-grand-national-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/best-age-of-grand-national-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"What Has Been The Best Age Of Grand National Winners In The Last 10 Runnings?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>If you are looking for a fun way of whittling down the 34 Grand National runners, then why not put history on your side and opt for horses that have the best proven winning age in the last 10 runnings?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With that in mind, we&#8217;ve looked at the <strong>best age of Grand National winners age<\/strong> since 2014 &#8211; which has seen two age groups land 80% of the last 1o renewals.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Best Age Of Grand National Winners Since 2014 Has Been 8\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>There will be 34 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/grand-national-2025-runners-guide-and-5-star-ratings\/\">Grand National runners<\/a> in 2025 to wade through, so finding the winner of the biggest jumps race on the planet is not an easy task.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, a fair few will be outsiders, with a lot to prove, but the race has thrown up a 50\/1 winner in 2022 with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/betting-sites\/horse-racing\/\">the best horse racing betting sites in the UK<\/a>, plus 25\/1 and 33\/1 winners since 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Meaning it&#8217;s a prize that any horse has a chance of winning.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, by having the best recent Grand National-winning age in your corner this might help steer punters towards the 2025 winner.<\/p>\n<p>Step forward<strong> horses aged 8<\/strong> &#8211; who have won a massive 5 of the last 9 runnings, which is a 56% return.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Age Of Grand National Winners Since 2014<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"su-list\" style=\"margin-left:0px\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 2024 &#8211; I Am Maximus &#8211; 8<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 2023 &#8211; Corach Rambler &#8211; 9<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 2022 \u2013 Noble Yeats &#8211; 7<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 2021 &#8211; Minella Times &#8211; 8<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 2020 &#8211; <em>Cancelled (Covid)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 2019 &#8211; Tiger Roll &#8211; 9<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 2018 &#8211; Tiger Roll &#8211; 8<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 2017 &#8211; One For Arthur &#8211; 8<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 2016 \u2013 Rule The World &#8211; 9<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 2015 \u2013 Many Clouds &#8211; 8<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> 2014 \u2013 Pineau De Re &#8211; 11<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<h2><strong>The Best Average Age Of Grand National Winners Since 2014 Is 8 and 9<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In addition to horses aged 8 having a good record, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/grand-national-trends-2025-aintree\/\">Grand National trends<\/a> also tell us that if we couple together horses aged 8 and 9 &#8211; this increases the winners since 2014 to 80%.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, in the last ten runnings of the Grand National we&#8217;ve seen an 8 or 9 year-old horse win eight of these.<\/p>\n<p>With only the 7 year-old Noble Yeats in 2022 and the 11 year-old Pineau De Re the winners NOT aged 8 or 9.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>2025 Grand National Runners Aged 8 or 9\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>There are 16 2025 Grand National runners this year aged 8 or 9.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-list\" style=\"margin-left:0px\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Duffle Coat (8)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Hortantzau d&#8217;Airy (8)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Hyland (8)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Meetingofthewaters (8)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Nick Rockett (8)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Perceval Legallois (8)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Stay Away Fay (8)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Stumptown (8)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Three Card Brag (8)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Beauport (9)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Grangeclare West (9)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Hitman (9)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> I Am Maximus (9)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Kandoo Kid (9)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Minella Cocooner (9)<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-check-circle-o\" style=\"color:#f11d33\"><\/i> Monbeg Genius (9)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<h2><strong>How Old Was Last Year&#8217;s Grand National Winner (2024)?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The 2024 Grand National winner<strong> I Am Maximus<\/strong> was aged 8 when he cemented his name into the Aintree record books.<\/p>\n<p>He became the fifth winner aged 8 to win since 2015 and at the age of 9 he&#8217;ll be looking to become the latest\u00a0 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/how-many-back-to-back-grand-national-winners\/\">Grand National back-to-back winners<\/a> in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>If he can go in again he&#8217;ll join the likes of Tiger Roll and Red Rum as double winners of the race &#8211; while only five horses in total have won the National in repeat seasons.<\/p>\n<p>The bad news is I Am Maximus will be back rated 8lbs higher in the official ratings and with 11st 12lbs this carry (last year he carried 11st 6lbs).<\/p>\n<p>But the better news is that he&#8217;s still only 9 and will, still therefore tick the best Grand National age profile.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>WATCH: I Am Maximus Winning The 2024 Grand National<\/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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Just TWO 7 Year-olds Winners Since 1940<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In 2022 Noble Yeats ended an 80+ year wait for another 7 year-old winner of the Grand National as before him the last was a horse called Bogskar in 1940.<\/p>\n<p>Many horse racing fans are suggesting that with the race changes that include making the fences less demanding and bringing the number of Grand National runners down to 34 &#8211; this will help the younger horses.<\/p>\n<p>The recent stats suggest there is some truth in this &#8211; with more 8 year-old winners and this first 7 year-old success since 1940.<\/p>\n<p>However, the fact remains we&#8217;ve still <strong>only seen TWO winning 7 year-olds since 1940<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The main horses aged 7 trying to add their names to his age bracket are Iroko and Intense Raffles.<\/p>\n<p>Both are well-fancied with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/betting-sites\/\">the best betting sites in the UK<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>WATCH: The Last 7 Year-old Noble Yeats Winning The 2022 Grand National<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe title=\"The WORLD&#039;s most famous horse race &amp; what a story! NOBLE YEATS wins the 2022 Grand National at 50\/1\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/haxJBs0ucCc?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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Who Is The Oldest Horse To Win The Grand National?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>We saw a 13 year-old Grand National winner in 1923 (Sergeant Murphy) and we could have two more 13 year-olds try in 2025 &#8211; Roi Mage and Celebre d&#8217;Allen.<\/p>\n<p>But the oldest horse to win the Grand National was the <strong>15 year-old Peter Simple<\/strong> way back in 1853.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Who Is The Youngest Horse To Win The Grand National?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>We&#8217;ve spoken about the horses aged 7 or younger having only landing two Grand Nationals since 1940.<\/p>\n<p>However, prior the youngest horse to win the Grand National since it was first run in 1839 has been a <strong>5 year-old<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In total, the race has produced five winning 5 year-olds <strong>Alcibiade (1865), Regal (1876), Austerlitz (1877), Empress (1880) <\/strong>and <strong>Lutteur III (1909).<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are looking for a fun way of whittling down the 34 Grand National runners, then why not put history on your side and opt for horses that have the best proven winning age in the last 10 runnings? 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