33-1 shot Nick Rockett won the Grand National after holding off a late charge from the heavy favourite I Am Maximus at Aintree.
Ridden by amateur jockey Patrick Mullins, the son of trainer Willie Mullins, Nick Rockett charged to the line ahead of I Am Maximus and Grangeclare West.
‘I’m too out of breath to say anything,’ said the winning jockey. ‘It is incredible. I got too good a start and had to take him back all the way but he jumped fantastic.
‘It’s a dream from when I was a kid. When I was a kid I watched videos so this is very special. He’s fine – I need a cold bath myself. He’s not big but he is brave as a lion.’
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