Horse Racing

Jockey Sam Waley-Cohen wins Grand National in his last EVER race on shock 50-1 outsider Noble Yeats

Published

10th April 2022

AMATEUR jockey Sam Waley-Cohen won the Grand National in his last EVER race on shock 50-1 outsider Noble Yeats.

In a pulsating finish against favourite 15-2 Any Second Now, Waley-Cohen kept finding more and more on the horse owned by his dad Robert.

Waley-Cohen celebrates winning the Grand National on 50-1 outsider Noble Yeats

Waley-Cohen won it on a horse owned by his dad to cap his career off in the most incredible way

"It's a dream…It's been a love affair"@swaleycohen has a fairytale ending to his career!

You just couldn't make it up #ITVRacing | #GrandNational pic.twitter.com/MKoZB78Vty

— ITV Racing (@itvracing) April 9, 2022

It is an absolutely miracle end to the career for 39-year-old Waley-Cohen, who announced earlier this week he was retiring after this race.

Robert said: “It is absolutely a dream. Sorry I can’t speak, it means too much. It’s fabulous.

“You can’t go without the horse but the horse can’t go without the jockey, my God it’s really worked.

“It’s dedication, hard work, his record is unspeakably good.

“Fantastic. This is what we dreamed about for years. Sam was riding a rocking horse and dreaming of this.

“It’s fabulous.”

Any Second Now finished second at 15-2, Delta Work was third at 10-1 and Santini fourth at 33-1.

More to follow.

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