I Am Maximus wins Grand National
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It will be emotional day at the Grand National in Aintree, as the grandson of Red Rum's legendary trainer will ride in the race with a lock of the horse's hair inside his glove
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. And like Red Rum against Crisp, he made up plenty of ground from the back of the last.