Which jockey has won the most Grand Nationals?
William Rodriguez
Published Jan 22, 2026
The most successful jockey in the past 50 years of Grand National history is Brian Fletcher, most well-known for riding Red Rum in two of his three National triumphs.
Which horse has won the Grand National the most?
Who is the most successful Horse at the Grand National? Red Rum is the only horse to have won the Grand National three times. He came in first in 1973, 1974 and 1977. In the intervening years, Red Rum finished second.
Which jockey has won the most races?
Most races won in a year - jockeys
The most races won in a year by a jockey is 598 from 2,312 rides by Kent Desormeaux (USA)…
Which jockey has rode the most winners?
Lanfranco "Frankie" Dettori MBE (Italian pronunciation: [lanˈfraŋko detˈtoːri]; born 15 December 1970) is an Italian horse racing jockey based in the United Kingdom. Dettori has been Champion Jockey on three occasions and has ridden the winners of more than 500 Group races.
Who is the most famous race horse ever?
The Top 10 Most Famous Racehorses Of All Time
- Secretariat. The greatest racehorse of all time. ...
- Man o' War. Man o' War's weight-carrying performances are the stuff of horse racing legend. [ ...
- Seattle Slew. ...
- Winx. ...
- Kelso. ...
- Makybe Diva. ...
- Zenyatta. ...
- Hurricane Fly.
Has a female horse won the Grand National?
Rachael Blackmore rewrote the history books yet again to become the first female jockey to win the Randox Grand National as she and Minella Times gave owner JP McManus a second win in the iconic race.
Has the Queen ever won the Grand National?
1 - Queen Elizabeth II has never won the Grand National race. 2 - The Queen is said to have had her first riding lesson at the age of three, so her love of horses began at a very young age. 3 - In 1952 King George VI died and the Queen inherited the throne and also her father's breeding and racing horses.
How many winners has Rachael Blackmore?
Rachael Blackmore has nine Cheltenham Festival winners to her name with six of those coming spectacularly in 2021 to achieve a huge record-breaking year. Blackmore became the first female jockey to win the Grand National, all while following up the success at the festival a month before.
What jockey won the most races in one day?
The most winners ridden in one day is nine by Chris Antley (USA) on 31 October 1987. They consisted of four in the afternoon at Aqueduct, New York, USA and five in the evening at The Meadowlands, New Jersey, USA.
Who is the best jockey in the world?
Ryan Moore has won the title of 2021 Longines World's Best Jockey with 112 points. He was a previous recipient of the award in 2014 and 2016. This year, Moore won six qualifying races-from the world's top 100 Group or Grade 1s–aboard five different horses in four countries.
Who is the most successful flat jockey?
Records
- Most titles - 26, Gordon Richards.
- Most consecutive titles - 13, Nat Flatman (1840-1852), Fred Archer (1874-1886)
- Most wins in a season - 269, Gordon Richards (1947)
Which jockey won the Grand National 2021?
The 50-1 outsider Noble Yeats won the Grand National at Aintree to give amateur jockey Sam Waley-Cohen a fairytale farewell in his final ride. Waley-Cohen held off the challenge of favourite Any Second Now in a thrilling finish, with Delta Work third and Santini fourth.
What is the fastest winning time for a horse in the Grand National?
Frisk won the race in 1990 in the fastest time of 8 minutes, 47 seconds. We have to go back to the very beginning to find the slowest time. The first 'official' Grand National was back in 1839 and a horse called Lottery won the race.
How many GREY horses have won the Grand National?
The answer is that only three grey horses have won the Grand National, although they've managed to win it four times between them.
How many races did Rachael Blackmore?
Since making her debut at the Cheltenham Festival in 2019, Blackmore has won nine races at this elite event in the horse racing calendar. In addition to her six wins in 2021, she won twice in 2019 and once in 2020.
Did Rachael Blackmore have any winners today?
Rachael Blackmore epitomised how jockeys have to dust themselves off and get back on the horse today as she won her first race since falling in the Grand National. She suffered disappointment at Aintree yesterday as she fell at the 10th having hoped to once again romp home onboard Minella Times.
When was the last time a GREY horse won the Grand National?
The Lamb won the race in both 1868 and 1871, but it took 90 years for another grey horse to win—when Nicolaus Silver came first in 1961. After Nicolaus Silver's win, it was another 50 years before another victory for a grey horse, when Neptune Collonges won in 2012.
Does the queen own National Hunt horses?
In 2020, The Queen had an impressive 54 horses in training meaning she almost certainly spends more in the upkeep of her animals than she would ever receive back in prize money. Of these 54 horses, 50 of them run on the flat, with Her Majesty only having four National Hunt horses in training.
Who trained the Grand National winner?
"It's a fantasy, it's a fairytale," said Sam Waley-Cohen after his breath-taking triumph aboard Noble Yeats on his final ride before retirement. Equally astonishingly, it was victory for trainer Emmet Mullins, 32, on his first attempt at the Aintree showpiece.
Who is the fastest horse in history?
This is a Guinness World Record was achieved by a horse called Winning Brew. She was trained by Francis Vitale in the United States. The race was recorded at the Penn National Race Course, Grantville, Pennsylvania, United States. Winning Brew covered the quarter-mile (402 metres) in 20.57 seconds.
