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Nick Robson and Ashley Iveson

I Am Maximus wins the Grand National to make history at Aintree

I Am Maximus wins the 2026 Grand National - (Getty Images)

I Am Maximus became the first horse since Red Rum to regain his crown in the Randox Grand National, as Willie Mullins also became the first trainer since Vincent O'Brien in the 1950s to win three successive editions of the Aintree spectacular.

In a race with plenty of early drama that saw last year's third Grangeclare West part company with Patrick Mullins - who won last year aboard Nick Rockett - at the first, and Panic Attack fall at the third, I Am Maximus tracked the inside path he knows so well in the hands of Paul Townend.

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