I AM MAXIMUS wins the 2024 Grand National

[@Constitutionalist52]

Not often you see a Grand National winner finish that strong , I am Maximus is obviously an exceptional horse with huge stamina , well done too to Delta Work who ran a blinder and another great race run by Rachel Blackmore on Minella Indo , another great performance 👍 .

[@Zarkava8]

It does help when the pace was slow, the time was 17 secs slower than last year.

[@Constitutionalist52]

@@Zarkava8 good point 👍

[@hcu4359]

@@Zarkava8 Yeah, I mostly follow flat racing, so the pace took some getting used to, watching it.

[@XxplrXJuneX]

My mum works for willie I work there as weekend staff and to think I was just cuddling that horse 2 weeks ago is amazing over the moon for the people that take care of him in green barn. Well done Moo Moo ❤❤

[@rohansrider]

Very handsome horse.

[@XxplrXJuneX]

@@rohansrider he really is I'm so proud to work with him he's so sweet

[@Lettyvisiontv]

maximus what a beauty of a horse

[@smilodontiger5675]

Masterful ride by the winner. He was on the inside the whole way round. He must have saved himself yards over the rest of the field.

[@jennybeattie5063]

Absolutely brilliant win. Over the moon for all the team involved with I Am Maximus. A BIG congratulations to Paul Townsend. 🤩🐎❤😀🙂🥳🎉

[@Mazza-67]

Why was it brilliant

[@cfcs66]

Townend No S

[@scsutton1]

I've never seen a race where there could have been any one of about eight horses that could have won it, but fair play to I Am Maximus, finding another gear and commanding their way down the Elbow to the winning post.

[@paulyeomans850]

Pratt

[@martinsmith1538]

Good win. Came from the pack with a burst of power and thoroughly deserved.

[@nicolabibby3341]

My tolerance for horses, falling and being injured has diminished over the years, I don’t think the Grand National I’ve been compromised by the changes, I thought it was refreshing to see so many horses finish and make it a proper race. Well done Aintree

[@stewartross5216]

Well said! It's a proper race now. Not " whoever is lucky enough to survive" as in the past

[@philippevie3258]

Grow up

[@blank-dr2kx]

@@philippevie3258it’s a fair comment mate, I’ve never been deterred by the ups n downs of horse racing, I’ve always loved the national, but it’s more important to preserve the race and the day itself than to continue to upset the new generations

[@philippevie3258]

@@blank-dr2kx grow up

[@tracyhodgkins7516]

Well said. I accept the issues that come with racing because nothing is without risk, especially when you are dealing with a sport that works with half a tonne of animal on little legs. I also understand how well these animal athletes are looked after. By the way, I accept the risk to jockeys too, because as much as we accept horses falling, we should remember jockeys are injured too, sometimes in ways that change their lives. All that said, no one wants to see horses injuring themselves or worse if it can be prevented. Nothing will eliminate all risk, but I think if obvious risks can be reduced it’s better. We live in a world where the ‘ban it and abolish it’ crew have a lot to say, and each time horses die in the National their voices get louder. They conveniently forget other race meetings and other sports where there is risk to people as well as animals. I think if the National is to survive it has to move on and adapt. In the 19th century one of the fences was a brick wall. That doesn’t exist now and the race survives. I bet people said then the race was being changed too much too, but if we want to keep the spectacle of the National, man and beast working together to try to win the ultimate contest, it must evolve, or the race will go and the snowflakes in society will have won and they won’t consider what happens to those incredible animals, bred to race and win.

[@thehound9638]

So happy to have picked the winner this year. God knows I've waited long enough!

[@Whoisells]

Samee

[@Mazza-67]

Liar

[@hhhhhhh7627]

get well soon

[@michaelhutchings8599]

​@@Mazza-67 How is it unbelievable? Someone has to have the winner. Just look the bets online. Not hard... You're just mad. I saw someone in the pub win on Lasqueti Spirit in QLD at 151:1 from memory...

[@VictorCharlesEvans]

CONGRATULATIONS!!! AN ABSOLUTELY GREAT RIDE!!! VERY WELL DONE!!!!

[@VictorCharlesEvans]

@newearth1196 YOU ARE SPOT ON MY FRIEND!!!

[@Oakleaf700]

@newearth1196 Horse wasn't too bad either!

[@maudeboggins9834]

This is the race that I miss so much since leaving England 27 years ago. I just love the Grand National.

[@Martin.Lewis..]

You have no tv Maude?

[@jackdobson1992]

Watched it here in Thailand on my firestick. Had 200 e/w on corach rambler and 100 e/w on i am maximus. Fastest £400 ive ever lost lol 😂😂😂.

[@FOGDaheee]

Same here, wow they have reduced the fences by a lot since the 70's and 80's when I watched it. Safety reasons of course.

[@maudeboggins9834]

@@jackdobson1992 E/W means you have won money. Just a quarter of the value though. But well done good choices

[@maudeboggins9834]

@@Martin.Lewis.. I do but no BBC. Boo hoo

[@regnetexitium2247]

I dont know why but ive always found the sight of the horses jumping the Canal Turn majestic

[@KypriosKing]

Happy for Paul Townend and Willie Mullins they deserved it for all they bring to this game... hard luck to jack he was so close he's been incredible all week congrats to all. Well done to Rachel blackmore and Sam Ewing on finishing well. 3rd 4th and kitty's light which would of won it if the Irish weren't allowed to come over lol.

[@zannian2000]

Couldn’t keep my eyes off that loose horse that crossed the line 2nd. 💪💪💪🐴🐴🐴

[@adams7405]

That was mine...it did the decent thing and shed weight..should have got second

[@susangopher]

Who was that? Number 10 I think? Should get its own trophy! No whip or rider needed😂

[@bano9325]

​@@susangopher 10 stone less to carry

[@michaelpower4372]

Yes should have been awarded for the race the loose horse ran.👏👏

[@nikkiisrael2708]

Congratulations to: I am Maximus! And Paul. Also to the team. 🥂🍾👏🏻🏵️🎉 Max is the name of the main character in my book: the Dukes secret heir. By Sarah, Mallory. It’s a historical novel, so not to everyone’s taste, but is this a coincidence? 😉😊

[@davidrhodes5245]

This wasn’t a Grand National. This felt like just another big field race over a course with unimposing fences. Of course it is safer now for the horses, but let’s stop pretending it is the same race we all used to love and get excited for. Half the battle used to be could you get round without falling. That edge is almost gone now. RIP Grand National.

[@melgrant7404]

Too many horses dying defined the decision to make it safer. The two horses that died on Friday were on a supposed easier course but that didn't guarantee their safety . No two ways about it horse racing is dangerous for horses.

[@davidrhodes5245]

@@melgrant7404 Some horses unfortunately die while racing, and that is of course sad to see. But MILLIONS of animals are killed every year, just for us to eat. Should humans stop eating meat ?….I’m not sure what has been done to make things safer for the ones we eat. Just another example of the extreme minority, and it is a minority, being allowed to get their way. I find it astonishing how weak the people in charge are, in all aspects of life these days it seems, that they pander to the whims of the minority. The minority would happily takes us back to the stone age if they could. But then there would be no tv, no phone, no internet, no ANYTHING we are used to. But hey, at least that way we wouldn’t have to listen to them 😂😂

[@melgrant7404]

@@davidrhodes5245 at least animals that die for consumption die in a more humane way.better than breaking limbs or their back or neck and being in agony until they are put down on a race course. If several horses had died in the national today then people instead of saying its boring would be calling for it to be banned instead. Its a fine line.it had to change because of the horse deaths in the last 3 races people don't have to watch it if they think it's boring. No one is forcing them .I don't think the national will be banned because of the money tied up.in racing. This is all about money .I think the way people think about horses is like they do with dogs. They are seen as companions and held in affection.not like cows and pigs sheep .I'm sure a horse belonging to you died on the race course you would be in bits over it. But because its someone else's its makes it easier to watch. I also liked the old grand national but in those days you didn't hear about horse deaths .if there was any you didn't hear about them like nowadays.

[@davidrhodes5245]

@@melgrant7404 The Grand National has been run since 1839. Sometimes more, sometimes less than 40 runners. 90 horses have died in the race in 185 years, which is roughly around 7,400 runners. It’s just my opinion of course, but 90 out of 7,400, while indeed sad, is a tiny percentage.

[@melgrant7404]

@@davidrhodes5245 but because of the last 3 years these decisions have been made.it was becoming too frequent.

[@nickmannion3879]

A thrilling brush hudle handicap...or the spring Cesarewitch if you prefer. If you looked carefully you could see Red Rum spinning in his grave by the winning post...

[@Minime163]

I actually thought the fences looked smaller but definitely they aren't the good old solid grandnational finces of old I never even heard beachers mentioned in the commentary.

[@MarkJohnson-qj2vc]

Nickmannion3879 you're spot on,it's nowhere near what it used to be,I never thought that I'd lose interest in the grand national.I wouldn't be upset if they did away with what they should now call The National,formerly known as The Grand National.

[@off__world8668]

ruined by woke actually felt embarrassed watching it

[@oneurope]

yeah - cos god fobid you'd want good horses in a premier handicap!

[@gerrymcguire7382]

@@Minime163it was mentioned ,looked like a hurdle.changed days indeed

[@ajhawkinsspike5261]

hooray for i am maximus the 2024 grand national winner!🏆🏇

[@AJHawkins-dr6cu]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@michaelpower4372]

If a horse is pulled up shouldn't the punter get their money back or some of it back. It means the horse wasn't trained probably and it's not fair on the punter.

[@Zarkava8]

​@@michaelpower4372If you're not happy with the rules of horse racing you shouldn't gamble.

[@michaelpower4372]

​@@Zarkava8 Wouldn't expect a bookie to say anything else. When a horse is pulled up there should be a investigation by steward and if steward are not happy why the horse is pulled up the punter should get their money back bookies have it to easy.

[@Hen71557]

Decent finish and congrats to all involved but it just doesn’t look or feel like the Grand National anymore.

[@adams7405]

And I don't care...all the horses got round safely which matters more for any decent human being

[@off__world8668]

it's not killed by woke

[@russell10]

Very much agreed - the changes have been far too severe as it’s drastically reduced the challenge and spectacle of the GN in the name of safety. A balance needed to be found and this is not it

[@Tom-bn8ok]

Lydia should be on he ITV team she is one of the interviewers in sport and the best in horse racing

[@pauljohnson4539]

If you remember, she was part of the BBC team 20 years ago, but left on her own steam in 2006.

[@stephenholmes1036]

No thats Alastair Down

[@dominicbrugnoli5765]

Hooray for I am maximum I chosen that horse 🎉🎉🎉

[@maudeboggins9834]

Bravo you. It is a nice feeling to have the winning horse.

[@mattsmith1173]

Yeah just pick the favourite lol

[@artsy38]

I will only be picking amongst the favourites in future, without falls and the carnage thst comes with the harder course the race favourites will almost certainly always win

[@SW2799]

Thank you for posting this. I’m in the USA and It never crossed my mind that the grand national might be on KZbin. Because it certainly isn’t shown on broadcast or cable TV over here which is a shame. Looks way more grueling than our “Triple crown” Of horse racing (Kentucky, derby, Preakness, and Belmont stakes).

[@yvonnesloan7646]

Maybe look back a few years and see what a challenge this race really was, the grand national nothing compares to this course.

[@mizchaos13]

It's definitely a totally different style of race! Honestly I'd rather see a point to point than quite a few of the races that are shown; just seems to take more strategy when you're going over fences for multiple miles! Wish more international racing was shown over here!

[@awuma]

@SW2799 I think all the Grand Nationals of the past sixty years or so are on KZbin. For a treat, look up "Red Rum"... The National Hunt is a totally different kind of racing than the dirt-track flat racing in the US. The horses start older, and have long careers, with some racing to 12 or 13 years of age. Flat races are called "bumpers", then there are hurdles over shorter distances (~ 2 miles) and jumps, and then there are steeplechases, of which the Grand National is the most extreme (2-4 miles). The US "Triple Crown" carries to an extreme the Classic tradition (for three year olds), with the more successful colts being retired to stud at the end of their three-year-old season, unlike racing in countries such as Australia, where the most famous and richest races are for stayers (1.5 - 2 miles), though middle distance racers and sprinters have made great careers, too (e.g. Winx ).

[@JackBurton-w7x]

Fantastic finish and a 1234 to Ireland as Magic Mullins takes the Grand National. The adrenaline is definitely out of this race, these fences were massive in the 60’s and i would seriously doubt that many of this years field would have coped with them. Congratulations to Willie, Paul and the team.

[@Minime163]

There were only seven British runners I think.

[@JackBurton-w7x]

@@Minime163 correct

[@Constitutionalist52]

More horses making it home in one piece 🙏 and it’s still the race to win , well done Willie, Paul and I Am Maximus and Rachel who rides the horse out every day.

[@Minime163]

@@Constitutionalist52 that's good and I'm delighted willie and Paul won it but only 32 runners.

[@chatham43]

....a couple of unseated riders..the GN executive will certainly be looking at that.!!😊

[@teenoso4069]

I think more finished than started - The jockey club will be happy

[@Essydyk]

RIP Grand National. Oh how we'll miss you.

[@melgrant7404]

Like the lost horses.

[@TheRadioDemon1933]

What's happening to the grand National?

[@motive1236]

@@TheRadioDemon1933think they mean it’s not the same because the fences aren’t as high.

[@TheRadioDemon1933]

@@motive1236 oh

[@TimComley]

@@TheRadioDemon1933😂

[@HarryKauntze]

great race

[@thescallytrader]

wow, the winner responded to that first crack of the whip. What an exceptional turn of foot after 4 miles.

[@paulconey252]

I'm starting to get worried. Where is Dave Yates 😮😮😮

[@michelob67qw]

Oh a Mullins winner, I’m shocked. 25 of the 32 runners trained in Ireland I think…

[@Minime163]

Ah how can English trainers expect to win big races in Cheltenham or antry if you don't enter them. They might as well move all their best races over to Ireland. I'm actually Irish myself and I have to say that if our trainers keep winning the big races in England irish as well as English punters will loose intrest in your racing because the element that made Cheltenham espically fun is gone out of it the good humoured competition between the race goers. I only looked at afew Cheltenham races myself this year and the Irish roar is even gone out of it.

[@michelob67qw]

@@Minime163 completely agree. You have to be in it to win it. Not one horse from Nicholls yard. The NH programme is broken in Britain. Needs a complete rethink and major investment or else it will slowly die

[@Zarkava8]

​@@Minime163 I could tell you are Irish by the way you spelt Aintree Antry. 😂

[@vincenthill9689]

If a horse isn’t up to it Willie won’t train it.

[@captain007x]

​@@Zarkava8Racist remark. Irish children are tops in Europe for spelling .

[@Trueblue222]

Not a spectacle anymore , health and safety got their way !

[@claudioconti5593]

Fantastica corsa❤

[@brendalloyd1903]

The name says it all ha! Well done

[@Im_not-the_father]

This has Willie Mullins written all over it

[@JohnAmidon-c6r]

Honestly, I just cross my fingers that all horses finish in one piece!

[@ajb6243]

I think they all did this year

[@JohnAmidon-c6r]

@@ajb6243 I believe you are right!

[@janetmarshall7171]

I Am Maximus Is The 2024 Grand National Champion For The Legendary Trainer, Mr Willie Mullins!! Great Job!!❤😊!!

[@roberttalbot6397]

I remember I'm maximus. Won a race in Ireland about 5 horses ran in it. I'm maximus was 16/1: it won Irish national last year

[@thomaskelly4360]

I love the grand national it has been really good to me I have had the winner the last 4 years in a row tiger roll twice corrich rambler last year and iam maximis going for 5 in a row next next year

[@mairimcgonigill4347]

Great race, thank you Maximus for winning me £25 - I love you!!❤❤

[@lornacallaghan2735]

whhy did he lead with corrac rambler when its always held upwhy was corrack rambler in front when its always held up

[@timothyking1198]

21 completed the course first time since 2005. 32 runners and all of them made it back safely. What a race!

[@rohansrider]

Yes, no fatalities. I repeat no fatalities!

[@kevinmunday6263]

Tbh it was Still a spectacle, with the small field, the Horses spread across the course, and didnt bunch so much. Reminded me a bit of 1996 , Small field lot of Finishers and a classy winner.Nice to See the Loose Horses following the others, Looking alert 😊😊

[@stephenholmes1036]

The race is a joke now, soft fences its no challenge

[@rohansrider]

@@stephenholmes1036 you try doing it then .Your remark shows you know nothing . Another who enjoys seeing horses fall.

[@stephenholmes1036]

I was giving a personal opinion or are we not allowed one tbese days.

[@KypriosKing]

I was on I am maximus I cannot believe the clear ground paul was left with on that inside rail him and jack too.. Absolute open ground all the way home left with all that good clear ground and covered so much less Class by townend, ridden easy, midway, inside rail, switched off, push button.. that horse could of ran around it again. On another note i warned people on youtube not to back rambler because well you seen it.... Jack kennedy with another great race same with blackmore jack ran so well today so did paul.

[@KypriosKing]

he could of ran around that track again

[@simonchapman5560]

The pros were saying it would race wide due to its tendency to jump left which made no sense to me. I thought ( and ime no pro ) going to the rail might help it jump straight. I just thought it was common sense.

[@peterjg67]

Superb jockeyship from Townend. Plotted the perfect course.

[@liamryland7405]

Backed him 😎👌

[@blank-dr2kx]

What a horse ⚔️

[@bigerichunt9413]

Welcome to the Animal Rights Grand National. Zero fallers, 4 unseated, 7 pulled up, and the remaining 21 runners all huddled together as they turned into the home straight. An inevitable consequence of the horses getting stronger while the fences are being made easier for them to jump. Nothing special about this race anymore, so it's the last one I'll be watching.

[@rohansrider]

Good!

[@awuma]

Still looked like a Grand National to me! I hope you are right about horses getting stronger, because there has been much concern about thoroughbreds being bred for early speed and breaking down more often, especially in the US.

[@bigerichunt9413]

@@awuma You obviously haven't watched that many Grand Nationals if you found this one entertaining. For genuine excitement. may I recommend you watch some Grand Nationals from the 1970s. They're all on KZbin.

[@JSCcov]

This is my first year betting for the grand national and I won 🏆

[@BozidarZabavnik]

It was a much more professional grand national without the absurdly priced hazards removed from the race. The race is still a test of stamina and the handicapper gave a lot more horses their chance to shine. What would be interesting to know was the race faster than before.

[@oneurope]

24 seconds slower than standard because of the going

[@gary1961]

You can no longer compare the times against previous years as they run 200 yards less due to them moving the start further away from the grandstand.

[@pgt909]

Should be a stewards enquiry used the whipped the horse I maximus over 25 times . Should be disqualified rules state on use the whip 7 times

[@jamesfitzgerald6636]

Showing the whip to the horse maybe?

[@thingme9941]

Agree. The riderless horse who came second wasn't needing any whipping to finish as well as it did.

[@melgrant7404]

Ban them.

[@nerdygem8620]

A nice clean race! I think reducing the field was long overdue.

[@po2591]

While a part of me misses the chaos and thrills and spills, I agree it's best to do right by the horses and jockeys and make it that bit easier for them to get around the course more safely. It's still a great race.

[@gerrystevens9041]

mine was noble yeats. well he got round it. like the poet was riding him, man..

[@yvonnesloan7646]

I backed him this year and last year.

[@jonnynewell6487]

The horse looked like he had barely been in a race at the end.

[@ianbennett1491]

He hadn't.Can you imagine Red Rum on this course now.What a destruction of a once great yearly spectacle.Thank goodness we can still watch the old races when it truly was GRAND.Disgraceful.

[@shankarbalakrishnan2360]

I am maximus❤❤🎉🎉

[@nicolabibby3341]

To those people saying the Grand National has been diminished by the changes, I would like to say, that it has to change in order to survive. People no longer wish to see horses dying or jockeys being hurt. Today was a change for the better, and I never thought I’d hear myself saying that, but it’s true

[@rohansrider]

Well said. you have articulated it very well. There were no fallers and some really decent horses were in with a chance of winning. If there had not been the historical modications, I feel the GN would have been banned. Anyone who doubts me, please look again at the 1987 horrific fall of Dark Ivy just to name one; there were many more including two Gold Cup winner. So they all jumped Bechers yesterday - bloody good job too. Wonderful sight to see bold jumping horses sail over what used to be a nasty, trappy and very dangerous jump that caught out some quality horses over the years and ended their lives - we owe them more than that, so I am very pleased it was a safer race. "I am Maximus" is very classy horse , and next year he is being aimed the Gd Cup.

[@Oakleaf700]

I watched some terrifying footage of Pathe news of the National in the 1920's. Bechers was HUGE. Great yawning ditch and it looked twice the height of today. Many horses died going over old Bechers.

[@mizchaos13]

​@rohansrider Corach Rambler fell pretty roughly at the second after unseating rider at the first but walked to the rail and is doing fine this morning per trainer!

[@BertSmithLondon]

Embrace the changes if you like, but it's time then to accept that its now just an ordinary race, less runners, shorter distance, fences are now more like hurdles, there's nothing special about it now. It should be called the 4.00 at Aintree.

[@rohansrider]

@@BertSmithLondon I don’t see The Chair as being like a hurdle;,it is still a very formidable fence. The most signifiant change is to Bechers. That huge drop has gone and also the ditch has been filled in; it was a horrible death trap if a horse and jockey misjudged it: remember Alverton? If anything Valentine’s is the bigger jump. Another good thing is no fallers means good horses are not brought down and often badly injured.

[@edmondscott7444]

Mr. Mullins has too much affluence over J. P. and Munir and Souede, insisting Townend rides their horses and not retained jockeys. Walsh and Jacob should go freelance. Walsh had no choice, even though we were told he had. Rides a J. P. horse at Downpatrick for peanuts.

[@BenDRobinson]

Great race by the "loose horse" that lead near the end.

[@Stand663]

My horse was in contention until the last fence. How does that happen ???

[@debartellomartinez7214]

sounds better when you can hear the announcer echo of the stands, its to clear as is, like dorks trying to impress themselves

[@beverlynBarnes]

Rest 😢 Royal daddy Jamaica bestest ❤😂🎉 owners manual rest Claude ❤😢🎉

[@mileseden8503]

Were the fences 2 feet lower and made of cotton this year?

[@AlexanderMclntosh]

Brilliant horse

[@djj6452]

The whole reason I wanted to watch it was because I didn't know the result yet the thumbnail is the winner on the front.

[@johnrichardson7284]

As a National Hunt fan for over 50 years this was a sad spectacle. Over 20 horses of the 32 runners grouped up as they turned in ready for the sprint to the line...wt.. Even more sad was AP and Ruby saying how this is the proper way The National should be run!! The P C brigade win,again!!

[@gzzhyet]

Has one of the more beautiful faces in all of Disney Art Generally speaking

[@alisonlee3314]

I've just re-watched all the Nationals with Red Rum. They are still powerful enough to makee cry The race now is not worthy of his memory 😢

[@awuma]

I believe that Red Rum ran about 100 steeplechases and never fell, unseating his rider once.

[@elmaoglumanuk6536]

Mullins is the best 🎩🎩🎩🎩

[@Brianmac2029]

Is it just me or were there not more complicated jumps previously?

[@melgrant7404]

They have changed it.

[@thelimey351]

Yup, they've made it a lot easier for health & safety - no doubt next year they'll look at the fact that two or three horses didn't make it round & drop the height of the fences another foot...& everybody will get a prize.

[@gzzhyt]

On the mound

[@jhdgdyhi8]

But you can call me Max

[@OtakuLogan2017]

Tu tu tu tu Max Verstappen

[@IngaKuhl-sy3on]

Jeder weis was er für sich und sein Pferd an risiko eingeht .Hut ab.

[@tomwelshy2759]

Joke now this race. Just an ordinary handicap chase

[@MrHotlipsholohan]

If Willie Mullins, the trainer, had not knocked the horse on Thursday when interviewed on tv more of us would have bet on him, was he afraid the bookies would lose too much of the billions they rake in every year or what ? A black mark on Mullins in my book for that advice on Thursday. Disgusted I am.

[@TaylorGng21]

Same with El Fab at Cheltenham. How much of a kick back you think Mullins got for saving the bookies 10s/100s of millions? All a fix

[@flare2000x]

Insane seeing the horses with no riders keep going in the race, one of them almost won the race! Insane

[@weeroger7048]

Looking back the next day look at the many of them jumped all the fences it's near like a French flat race

[@carolcalhoun9969]

seems like the riderless horse should get a prize for sticking it out and finishing so close to the front

[@johnmcgarry1449]

Does anyone know the second commentator's name?.

[@Gazowen-qz5xy]

A great race but that wasn't a grand national but a good winner thought minella Indo had it jumping the last but just got outstayed

[@paulcarter7930]

I'm sorry but this is now just another race, everything that was special about the national has been taken away. The namby pamby bleeding hearts can now feel good about their selves.

[@danielledewitt1]

Horse racing is cruel.

[@alanpage3973]

It's just another ordinary race nowadays

[@melgrant7404]

At least this year no horse died in the national.

[@danielledewitt1]

@@melgrant7404Wrong, 2 horses died on friday.

[@melgrant7404]

@@danielledewitt1 read my comment again. I said no horses died in the national. Wasn't talking about Friday at all.i know about the two on Friday. So I was RIGHT.

[@danielledewitt1]

@@melgrant7404 Yet two died on friday, yesterday was day 2 of the grand national.

[@melgrant7404]

@@danielledewitt1 I was talking only about the grand national race only here.not Fridays races.

[@paulyeomans850]

No fallers unseated only.The national is easy now.Watched my first in 67 just watched my last.Its crap now.

[@Drsteelhammer937]

So you're not watching again because there were no fallers 🤣🤣🤣

[@Gazowen-qz5xy]

​@@Drsteelhammer937 what the national is about thrills and spills I could ride over these fences now

[@off__world8668]

same not gonna watch it again was like a hurdle race embarrassing

[@paulyeomans850]

Rummy would have jumped the fences these days running backwards the national has gone.

[@melgrant7404]

@@paulyeomans850 you just never heard about the deaths back then .

[@off__world8668]

RIP THE GRAND NATIONAL 1839 - 2024

[@melgrant7404]

Rip all the horses lost .

[@alisonstokes4453]

Likewise 😢

[@teenoso4069]

1839-2012

[@jcanyiam8309]

Just like Humans- Never judge a Horse by how they walk or run! I liked this Horse and felt he had the best form, but I was put off by His style of running, His legs go SIDE to SIDE, like a windmill. I felt he'd fall early. I guess now the fences are nowhere as demanding as before he got away with it!

[@PedrSion]

Not the same race since the do-gooders got hold of it !

[@paulyeomans850]

Well said.The national is dead!

[@melgrant7404]

​@@paulyeomans850along with several horses in the last 3 years.

[@drfell9105]

The do-gooders are better than the psychopaths who want to watch horses die.

[@jimweir6735]

​@@drfell9105boo hoo

[@vincenthill9689]

Still better than the Irish grand national

[@samueloscroft1794]

Sad times when the cross country race at Cheltenham is a better spectacle than the Grand National.

[@awuma]

And that was Tiger Roll's specialty, too!

[@martinanderson8815]

Not the same race beechers brook used to be a challenge not now sad but true look at the old races real bravery red rum greatest of all time

[@hendrik19601]

the horse didn't need nor deserve the whips he got in the last seconds of the race

[@melgrant7404]

Agree. Should be banned.horse already doing its best.

[@thingme9941]

@@melgrant7404 Agree. Unnecessary for horses to be beaten to death in order to win. Let's see horses win on their natural ability.

[@robwilde855]

It's interesting to compare this footage with past ones, for instance the 1955, which had a similar number of starters, 30, and was also made milder - [from the commentary:] "...several jumps have been made less dangerous this year, and because of the heavy going the water jump is completely abandoned": kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKe1nmdtl52DrqM Different horses, different people.

[@stephenholmes1036]

The race is a joke now, soft easy fences, these horse's arent a patch on the 1960s, 70s and 80s horses. If you want a real testing chase, The Eider, Midlands national and Sussex national are far more of a test. A race ruined by the jockey club and bha cow towing to the rspca

[@readwriteteach]

If you have a taste for carnage, you can still travel to Czechia for the Velka Pardubice.

[@stephenholmes1036]

The soft fenceß are dangerous

[@paulyeomans850]

I've just watched it.This race has lost its spectacle appeal.The Beeb reporter after the race said it's already being echoed as the best national ever.What a load of bollox.The fences are small it's easy.77 Was the greatest ever you turkey.Rummy made history you pratt

[@Martin.Lewis..]

It was ITV not 'the beeb' Another clueless comment from a once a year betting 'fan' 🙄

[@pauljones8218]

rum rum best national horse 3 times winner when the fences were a lot bigger when rummy was winning this race rum rum your a star

[@weeroger7048]

I backed it Brilliant owl race my sister was on minella indo I was walking up to the paddy Power bookies and going "everytime I go into this bookies I win " Knew it was winning

[@darm1735]

It’s just not the National anymore sadly. 🤔🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@RSR423]

Great win for Maxie, but there is only one Grand National horse Red Rum. Entered the National 5 times, won it 3 times and came 2nd twice. Only a small horse, and over the real fences of the 70's, and not these horse friendly ones of today.

[@maximoo95]

I said about a month before this race if mullins puts townend on maximoo theres no beating him !

[@robertsimpson4913]

Willie Mullins had only 9 runners in this years event out of 32. So over a quarter of the field. It’s ridiculous the amount of Irish runners in the English National. It should be limited to 2 horses per stable and no more than a third of the runners should be from Ireland. This year they had about 25 of the 32 runners. This event has been spoilt by the number of Irish runners.

[@raysmyth8596]

How has it been spoilt?

[@Martin.Lewis..]

Another brain dead comment from a once a year 'fan'

[@raysmyth8596]

So please, oh clever one, help the the brain dead and unpack how precisely it was "spoilt"?@@Martin.Lewis..

[@robertsimpson4913]

@@Martin.Lewis.. I watch racing day in day out and the enormity of Irish runners, mostly from the Mullins and Elliot stables make these top race winners an inevitability. Too many Irish entries from the same stables.

[@robertsimpson4913]

@@raysmyth8596 Read my comments. It’s all in there.

[@gzzhyt]

Mr. Increaseble

[@BertSmithLondon]

They've changed everything about the race, so it's time to change the name too. In future it should be called The 4.00 at Aintree.

[@teenoso4069]

Grand National in name only - let's not pretend otherwise regardless of money

[@neilfarr5006]

What an exciting four mile hurdle. Yawn.

[@MakeAstand5]

"Are You Not Entertained"

[@trendanvader9916]

Why do they let the unmanned horses keep running?

[@danielledewitt1]

They choose to carry on through fear of getting battered with that whip.

[@AnnabelladeBonnay]

Natural Herding Instinct. !!!