Who won the Grand National 2022? Full results as Noble Yeats wins in Sam Waley-Cohen’s last race

The Grand National is the most prestigious event in the horse racing calendar - and it was a “dream” win for 50-1 shot Noble Yeats
Noble Yeats ridden by jockey Sam Waley-Cohen (right) wins the Randox Grand National Handicap Chase during Grand National Day of the Randox Health Grand National Festival 2022 at Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool (Photo: PA)Noble Yeats ridden by jockey Sam Waley-Cohen (right) wins the Randox Grand National Handicap Chase during Grand National Day of the Randox Health Grand National Festival 2022 at Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool (Photo: PA)
Noble Yeats ridden by jockey Sam Waley-Cohen (right) wins the Randox Grand National Handicap Chase during Grand National Day of the Randox Health Grand National Festival 2022 at Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool (Photo: PA)

Noble Yeats, ridden by amateur Sam Waley-Cohen on his last ever ride, has won the Randox Grand National at Aintree.

The horse, a 50-1 shot and trained by Emmet Mullins, took the lead from Any Second Now in a dream finish.

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Winning rider Waley-Cohen told ITV Racing in the seconds after the race: "I cant say anything. It is a dream. I can't believe it."

Waley-Cohen continued: “I’ve got to say thank you, as it’s my last ever ride, to my dad (Robert Waley-Cohen, owner), for unwavering belief and love.

“Over 23 years and never a cross word, never been anything but a dream. It’s been a love affair. To my wife, long-suffering, they aren’t all good days, there are bad days in this sport.”

“It’s a fairytale, a fantasy. There’s a lot of love and gratefulness,” Waley-Cohen continued.

“It’s getting on the right horses and getting the luck.

“You couldn’t make it up, could you?”

Noble Yeats on their way to winning the Grand National (Photo: PA)Noble Yeats on their way to winning the Grand National (Photo: PA)
Noble Yeats on their way to winning the Grand National (Photo: PA)
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Robert Waley-Cohen, the father of the winning jockey and owner of Noble Yeats, told ITV: "It's a dream come true. Just fabulous.

“It's a team and thank God it has really worked. He has so much dedication and puts in so much hard work."

Asked if he could believe that result, trainer of Noble Yeats, Emmet Mullins said: "Not really no. And for Sam to go out on a win like that, you could not write it.

"I was probably more confident a month ago than I was today. It is the stuff of dreams. Today was the plan. It is nice when a plan comes together.

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"I didn't get to see much of him early doors but going away from the stands here I took a breath because it was a perfect position. That last circuit everything seemed to fall into place. I don't know when this will register."

Grand National 2022 results

1 Noble Yeats (Mr S Waley-Cohen) 50-1

2 Any Second Now (M P Walsh) 15-2 Fav

3 Delta Work (J W Kennedy) 10-1

4 Santini (Nick Scholfield) 33-1

5 - Fiddlerontheroof (Brendan Powell) 12/1

6. Longhouse Poet (D. J. O'Keeffe) 12/1

7. Freewheelin' Dylan (R. A. Doyle) 50/1

8. Coko Beach (Jonjo O'Neill Jr.) 50/1

9. Escaria Ten (A. P. Heskin) 25/1

10. Romain De Senam (Philip Armson) 125/1

11. Samcro (Sean Bowen) 80/1

12. Commodore (Charlie Deutsch) 33/1

13. Class Conti (Sam Twiston-Davies) 100/1

14. Blaklion (Harry Skelton) 50/1

15. Lostintranslation (Harry Cobden) 50/1

Fell: Eclair Surf, Domaine De L'Isle, Death Duty, Agusta Gold, Enjoy D'allen, Kildisart, De Rasher Counter, Mount Ida, Burrows Saint, Run Wild Fred, Minella Times

Pulled Up: Poker Party, Deise Aba, Snow Leopardess, Cloth Cap, Mighty Thunder, Top Ville Ben, Discorama, Good Boy Bobby, Two For Gold, Brahma Bull, School Boy Hours

Unseated Rider: Fortescue, Dingo Dollar

Brought Down: Anibale Fly

Which horses were running in the Grand National?

Randox Grand National Handicap Chase (Grade 3)

1 - Minella Times (15/2)

H de Bromhead - R Blackmore

2 - Delta Work (10/1)

G Elliott - J Kennedy

3 - School Boy Hours (22/1)

N Meade - S Flanagan

4 - Any Second Now (10/1)

T Walsh - M Walsh

5 - Run Wild Fred (14/1)

G Elliott - D Russell

6 - Lostintranslation (50/1)

C Tizzard - H Cobden

7 - Brahma Bull (80/1)

W Mullins - TBC

8 - Burrows Saint (25/1)

W Mullins - P Townend

9 - Mount Ida (50/1)

G Elliott - D O’Regan

10 - Longhouse Poet (14/1)

M Brassil - D O’Keefe

11 - Fiddlerontheroof (14/1)

C Tizzard - B Powell

12 - Two For Gold (33/1)

K Bailey - D Bass

13 - Santini (50/1)

P Gundry - N Scholfield

14 - Samcro (66/1)

G Elliott - S Bowen

15 - Escaria Ten (18/1)

G Elliott - AP Heskin

16 - Good Boy Bobby (25/1)

N Twiston-Davies - D Jacob

17 - Romain De Senam (125/1)

D Pipe - J Wilson

18 - Coko Beach (66/1)

G Elliott - S Flanagan

19 - De Rasher Counter (50/1)

E Lavelle - T Bellamy

20 - Kildisart (40/1)

B Pauling - J Bowen

21 - Discorama (33/1)

P Nolan - B Cooper

22 - Top Ville Ben (50/1)

P Kirby - T Dowson

23 - Enjoy D’allen (14/1)

C Murphy - C Orr

24 - Anibale Fly (40/1)

AJ Martin - L Dempsey

25 - Dingo Dollar (33/1)

S Thomson - R Mania

26 - Freewheelin Dylan (40/1)

D McLoughlin - R Doyle

27 - Class Conti (100/1)

W Mullins - S Twiston-Davies

28 - Noble Yeats (66/1)

E Mulllins - S Waley-Cohen

29 - Mighty Thunder (33/1)

L Russell - D Fox

30 - Cloth Cap (25/1)

J O’Neill - T Scudamore

31 - Snow Leopardess (9/1)

C Longsdon - A Coleman

32 - Agusta Gold (80/1)

W Mullins - D Mullins

33 - Commodore (28/1)

V Williams - C Deutsch

34 - Deise Aba (66/1)

P Hobbs - T O’Brien

35 - Blaklion (50/1)

D Skelton - H Skelton

36 - Poker Party (80/1)

H de Bromhead - R Power

37 - Death Duty (33/1)

G Elliott - J Gainford

38 - Domaine De L’isle (100/1)

S Curran - H Bannister

39 - Eclair Surf (12/1)

E Lavelle - T Bellamy

40 - Fortescue (22/1)

H Daly - H Nugent

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