I Am Maximus won the 2026 Randox Grand National at Aintree, regaining a title he first took in 2024, the first horse to do so since Red Rum.
I Am Maximus won the Randox Grand National at Aintree Racecourse in Aintree, Merseyside, on Saturday 11 April 2026. He regained the title he first took in 2024, the first horse to do so since Red Rum.
The race closed a three-day festival that opened on the Thursday. Friday 10 April was Ladies Day, with the Style Awards as its competition. The course set no style guide beyond a ban on sportswear, team colours and fancy dress.
Randox has been the headline sponsor of the race since 2017. The handicap runs over four miles and 514 yards, and I Am Maximus carried the maximum weight of 11 stone 12 pounds.
Willie Mullins trained the 9-2 favourite for the owner J P McManus. Paul Townend, who rode him to the 2024 win, was in the saddle again.
Of 34 starters, 16 finished. Panic Attack fell at the third fence and Gerri Colombe at the seventh.
Jordans led over the last, and I Am Maximus closed on him up the run-in and passed him. Iroko, the 2025 favourite, finished second at 18-1, two and a half lengths back, and Jordans held third.