Willie Mullins trained the first three home in the 2025 Randox Grand National, led by the 33-1 winner Nick Rockett and his amateur jockey son Patrick.
Aintree staged the Randox Grand National Festival from Thursday 3 to Saturday 5 April 2025, three days that ended with the race itself.
The Grand National was first run on 26 February 1839. It is a handicap steeplechase over four miles and 514 yards, two circuits and thirty fences, and the field is limited to horses of seven or older rated 125 or better. Randox has been its headline sponsor since 2017. In 2025 the fund stood at £1 million, with £500,000 for the winner.
Thursday opened the festival with the Aintree Hurdle among its Grade 1 races, and Friday, Ladies Day, carried the Melling Chase and the Style Awards.
On Saturday 34 runners went to post, 18 of them trained in Ireland and six by Willie Mullins. Nick Rockett, a 33-1 chance ridden by Mullins’s son Patrick, an amateur, took the lead at the last and beat I Am Maximus, the 2024 winner, by two and a half lengths. I Am Maximus was ridden by Paul Townend, and Grangeclare West came third, giving Mullins the first three places. Nick Rockett was owned by Stewart Andrew. Iroko, the 13-2 favourite, finished fourth, and sixteen horses completed the course after a dry, sunny spell that had led the course to be watered, leaving good to soft ground. The race started at 4pm.