--- title: "Grand National Favourites Record – How Many Market Leaders Have Won Aintree Feature?" canonical: "https://readhorseracing.com/2026/04/11/grand-national-favourites-record-aintree/" type: "post" language: "en-GB" author: "Kyle Curran" section: "News" published: "2026-04-11T06:23:37Z" modified: "2026-04-11T07:23:20Z" --- # Grand National Favourites Record – How Many Market Leaders Have Won Aintree Feature? **With Aintree on the horizon, we’re taking a look at the big race in depth and for those looking to bet on the ‘marathon’ contest, how many Grand National favourites have won over the years?** ### How Many Grand National Favourites Have Been Successful Since 1839? The first ever Grand National got off to a good start for favourite backers as *Lottery* dually obliged as the 5/1 market leader all those years ago. But since then, there has only been 29 more winning Grand National favourites, showing how much of a ‘lottery’ the race can be for punters. Just **30 favourites have won the Grand National** in 177 renewals. More recently, since 1990 there has been just EIGHT winning market leaders of the Aintree spectacle, it just shows that [Grand National winners](https://readhorseracing.com/2026/03/22/grand-national-winners-last-20-years-jockeys-trainers-odds/) can be ANY price. Infact, the biggest SP of any Grand National winner was 100/1 and it’s happened five times. #### Biggest Grand National Underdogs (100/1 Winners) - Mon Mome @ 100/1 (2009) - Foinavon @ 100/1 (1967) - Caughoo @ 100/1 (1947) - Gregalach @ 100/1 (1929) - Tipperary Tim @ 100/1 (1928) * * * ### Who Was The Last Grand National Favourite To Win? The last **Grand National favourite to win was** **I Am Maximus in 2024**, and this Willie Mullins-trained horse almost won the race in 2025 too. He was beaten just two-and-a-half lengths by stablemate [Nick Rockett](https://readhorseracing.com/2026/03/17/nick-rockett-grand-national-odds-2026/). Being one of the seven [JP McManus runners](https://readhorseracing.com/2026/03/24/2026-jp-mcmanus-grand-national-runners/) entered in the 2026 renewal, I Am Maximus will be back for more this year and has a big chance of running well again. Interestingly, I Am Maximus was the second favourite to win the National in a row, with Corach Rambler winning the year before in 2023. #### WATCH: I Am Maximus Wins 2024 Grand National [YouTube video player (embedded)](https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/8q6ewCO4tB4?si=qZsZUiXgLuQhZwzu) #### **All Grand National Winning Favourites Since 1990 (8)** - 2024 – I Am Maximus (7/1 jfav) - 2023 – Corach Rambler (8/1 fav) - 2019 – Tiger Roll (4/1 fav) - 2010 – Don’t Push It (10/1 jfav) - 2008 – Comply Or Die (7/1 jfav) - 2005 – Hedghunter (7/1 fav) - 1998 – Earth Summit (7/1 fav) - 1996 – Rough Quest (7/1 fav) * * * ### Who Is The 2026 Grand National Favourite? With just three Grand National favourites winning in 177 renewals, that’s a staggering strike-rate of around just 17%. It could be worth treading carefully this year. The current **2026 market leader at the time of writing is I Am Maximus**, who as previously mentioned won the race in 2024 and finished second last year. With multiple [Willie Mullins Grand National runners](https://readhorseracing.com/2026/03/24/willie-mullins-grand-national-runners-2026/) expected this year, I Am Maximus is deemed the most fancied according to the ante post betting. The popular 10-year-old has had pretty much the perfect preparation for this race and has ran with immense credit in two out of his three starts so far this season. #### 2026 Grand National Betting - I Am Maximus 8/1 (Willie Mullins) - Grangeclare West 10/1 (Willie Mullins) - Jagwar 12/1 (Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero) - Iroko 12/1 (Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero) - [Haiti Couleurs](https://readhorseracing.com/2026/03/21/haiti-couleurs-grand-national-2026-rebecca-curtis/) 12/1 (Rebecca Curtis) - Johnnywho 16/1 (Jonjo & AJ O’Neill) - Montys Star 20/1 (Henry De Bromhead) - Oscars Brother 20/1 (Connor King) - 25/1 BAR * * * ### All 30 Winning Grand National Favourites Since 1839 Now it’s time to take a look at all of the favourites that have won the National over the years. The first was Lottery in 1839 and the last was I Am Maximus in 2024. You may notice in earlier renewals that the SPs were much shorter, whereas nowadays there’s a good chance the favourite of the race will be no shorter than 7/1 – this shows just how competitive the contest is. - 1839 – Lottery 5/1 - 1844 – Discount 5/1 - 1854 – Bouton 4/1 - 1860 – Anatis 7/2 - 1862 – The Huntsman - 1870 – The Colonel - 1874 – Reugny 5/1 - 1881 – Woodbrook 11/2 - 1885 – Roquefort 10/3 - 1890 – Ilex 4/1 - 1891 – Come Away 4/1 - 1893 – Cloister 9/2 - 1894 – Why Not 5/1 - 1897 – Manifesto 6/1 - 1903 – Drumcree 13/2 - 1912 – Jerry M 4/1 - 1919 – Poethyln 11/4 - 1927 – Sprig 8/1 - 1950 – Freebooter 10/1 - 1960 – MerryMan II 13/2 - 1973 – Red Rum 9/1 - 1982 – Grittar 7/1 - 1996 – Rough Quest 7/1 - 1998 – Earth Summit 7/1 - 2005 – Hedgehunter 7/1 - 2008 – Comply Or Die 7/1 - 2010 – Don’t Push It 10/1 - 2019 – Tiger Roll 4/1 - 2023 – Corach Rambler 8/1 - 2024 – I Am Maximus 7/1 Note: 2026 Grand National will be live on [ITV Racing](https://readhorseracing.com/2026/03/23/itv-racing-schedule-today-weekly-saturday/), as well as all three days of action from Aintree. ## **FROMTHESTABLES – Get Top Trainer Info Direct To Your Inboxes….EVERY MORNING** [![](https://media.readhorseracing.com/readhorseracing/2026/03/FTS-.png)](https://www.fromthestables.com/14daysfree/quotes/50/) Join up for **JUST £1** to get a taster of the popular **FROMTHESTABLES** offering. 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