Tiger Roll wins Grand National 2019 with historic triumph at Aintree: Race results in full
Tiger Roll secured his place in sporting history by becoming the first horse since Red Rum to win back-to-back Grand Nationals.
The Gordon Elliott-trained star was sent off 4-1 favourite to defend his crown and was given a superb ride by Davy Russell for a repeat of last year's success.
Sitting in behind the leaders early on, Russell made his move to jump into the lead at the last and stayed on well up the lengthy run-in to secure a more comfortable win than last year, when he was almost pegged back by Pleasant Company.
The victory confirms Tiger Roll's status as an all-time great, with his two Aintree victories adding to four Cheltenham Festival successes.
The only mare in the race, Magic Of Light, ran a stormer for second at 66/1.
Willie Mullins' Rathvinden finished third under Ruby Walsh, with Walk In The Mill fourth and Anibale Fly backing up his second place finish in the Gold Cup in fifth.
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AND THEY'RE OFF!
We're underway...
The horses are down at the start, although we're running a couple of minutes behind schedule here.
Here are the latest odds:
Band Of Outlaws 7/4
Pentland Hills 11/4
Faki Doudairies 3/1
Christopher Wood 10/1
Adjali 20/1
Fanfan Du Seuil 22/1
Song For Someone 25/1
Beat The Judge 50/1
Statuario 100/1
Right, next up we've got the Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle, which looks a cracking race.
We've got the Triumph winner, Pentland Hills, the Fred Winter winner, Band Of Outlaws, and the fourth from the Supreme, Faki D'oudairies coming back to take on horses of his own age.
A winner for Jack Quinlan and Amy Murphy!
Photo: Getty
A cracking result for Amy Murphy, having been so unfortunate to watch her horse's Arkle hopes ended before they'd really begun.
It's another creditable run from Mengli Khan in third, following up from his third in the JLT.
A big surprise in the first. La Bague Au Roi just didn't jump as well as she has on her other starts this season.
She unsurprisingly stayed on the best of the lot, but Kalshnikov held on by a couple of lengths.
Result 1:45pm
1. Kalashnikov
2. La Bague Au Roi
3. Mengli Khan
Kalashnikov hangs on to win the Manifesto!
One to jump and Kalashnikov comes in to the lead!