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Roi Mage ridden by Felix de Giles, Corach Rambler ridden by Derek Fox and Our Power ridden by Sam Twiston-Davies in action during the Grand National
Winner Corach Rambler (third from right) is well-placed as the Grand National unfolds at Aintree

Derek Fox steered 8-1 favourite Corach Rambler to a superb triumph as he won the Grand National for a second time.

Fox teamed up with trainer Lucinda Russell, six years after they first tasted victory together with One For Arthur.

The 30-year-old Irish jockey was only passed fit by doctors on the morning of the race.

Corach Rambler jumped into the lead over the last fence and held off a closing Vanillier to become only the third Scottish-trained winner.

Gaillard Du Mesnil was third and last year’s winner Noble Yeats fourth.

The start was delayed by 14 minutes after animal rights activists got on to the track.

This year, 17 of the 39 runners completed the race, and there was one fatality – Hill Sixteen.

This is the full result.

Place, horse, jockey, odds

1 Corach Rambler (Derek Fox) 8-1 Fav

2 Vanillier (Sean Flanagan) 20-1

3 Gaillard Du Mesnil (Paul Townend) 10-1

4 Noble Yeats (Sean Bowen) 10-1

5 The Big Dog (Aidan Coleman) 12-1

6 Born By The Sea (Phillip Enright) 50-1

7 Roi Mage (Felix de Giles) 33-1

8 Mister Coffey (Nico de Boinville) 33-1

9 A Wave Of The Sea (Shane Fitzgerald) 66-1

10 Le Milos (Harry Skelton) 12-1

11 Our Power (Sam Twiston-Davies) 25-1

12 Enjoy D’allen (Simon Torrens) 50-1

13 Fortescue (Hugh Nugent) 100-1

14 Carefully Selected (Michael O’Sullivan) 50-1

15 Minella Trump (Theo Gillard) 50-1

16 Francky Du Berlais (Ben Jones) 125-1

17 Ain’t That A Shame (Rachael Blackmore) 10-1

Non-finishers

30th fence

Capodanno – pulled up

29th fence

Coko Beach – pulled up

26th fence

Back On The Lash – pulled up

24th fence

Mr Incredible – unseated rider

21st fence

Eva’s Oskar – unseated rider

Delta Work – unseated rider

18th fence

Any Second Now – pulled up

Velvet Elvis – pulled up

17th fence

Dunboyne – pulled up

15th fence

Gabbys Cross – unseated rider

Sam Brown – fell

14th fence

Cape Gentleman – pulled up

Ninth fence

Lifetime Ambition – unseated rider

Eighth fence

Longhouse Poet – unseated rider

Second fence

Darasso – unseated rider

Fury Road – unseated rider

The Big Breakaway – fell

First fence

Cloudy Glen – unseated rider

Recite A Prayer – unseated rider

Diol Ker – unseated rider

Galvin – unseated rider

Hill Sixteen – fell

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