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Grand National: Rule The World wins under David Mullins –
The 33-1 shot Rule The World, ridden by 19-year-old David Mullins and trained by Mouse Morris, has won the 2016 Grand National at Aintree. Mullins, in his first ride in the race, came storming through to overhaul The Last Samuri (8-1 joint favourite) and Vics Canvas (100-1) late on. It gave Morris a double after Rogue Angel’s Irish National win last month.
Last year’s winner Many Clouds challenged but was beaten a long way out and finished 16th and last. [BBC]

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Grand National Trivia

• Fastest winning time: Mr. Frisk (1990); 8 minutes 47.8 seconds
• Oldest winning horse: Peter Simple (1853); aged 15
• Youngest winning horse: Alcibiade (1865), Regal (1876), Austerlitz (1877), Empress (1880), Lutteur III (1909); all aged five
• Oldest winning jockey: Dick Saunders (1982); aged 48
• Youngest winning jockey: Bruce Hobbs (1938); aged 17
• Longest odds winner: Tipperary Tim (1928), Gregalach (1929), Caughoo (1947), Foinavon (1967), Mon Mome (2009); all 100/1
• Shortest odds winner: Poethlyn (1919); 11/4
• Largest field: 66 runners (1929)
• Smallest field: 10 runners (1883)
• Most horses to finish: 23 (1984)
• Fewest horses to finish: 2 (1928)
• Most rides in the race: 20 (A. P. McCoy, 1995–2015), (Richard Johnson, 1997-2016)
• Most rides without winning: 20 (Richard Johnson, 1997-2016)

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