A 21-year-old uni student won’t have to worry about his loans after his horse Corach Rambler scooped £500,000 by winning the Grand National.
‘The Ramblers’ pay £300 a month each to keep the horse in training with Lucinda Russell but the £17,000 horse has already paid for himself.
Cameron Sword celebrates with the rest of ‘The Ramblers’
Corach Rambler leads them home in the Grand National
"I can't believe it."
Cameron Sword is 21 years of age & has just won the Grand National as an owner
Along with William Wallace, the pair are part of The Ramblers syndicate which own Corach Rambler pic.twitter.com/3KF8zfJ5vg
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One of them is Cameron Sword, a Business Studies undergrad at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, whose horse had already secured nearly £200,000 in prize money prior to Aintree.
A further £500,000 was added to his winnings when he cruised to victory by over two lengths under Derek Fox for trainer Russell, who were winning their second National.
The trainer lost her 2017 winner One For Arthur to colic earlier this year and the performance of Corach Rambler left his young owner speechless.
Sword said: “I can’t believe it, tomorrow I won’t believe it.
“We always thought the horse could do it, he’s a special horse, but you can never ‘oh I think we’re going to win the National’.
“Derek Fox gave the horse a phenomenal ride, he was soaring over the fences – the horse made it look easy, it’s mind-blowing.”
Sword comes from a racing family but only got into the sport during the Covid lockdown.
He added: “It’s just a shamed that I’ve peaked too early, it’s never going to be topped. We are so privileged and few can say they’ve experienced what we’ve experienced.”
‘The Ramblers’ are a truly global syndicate, with owners in London, Ireland and Australia.
Sword is the youngest of the group, which also has members in their early 60s.
Corach Rambler went off 8-1 favourite in a race that was delayed due to protesters storming the track.
It was a third major handicap success for the eight-year-old, who won his second Ultima Handicap at last month’s Cheltenham Festival.
Last year’s winner Noble Yeats finished fourth, just behind Vanillier and Gaillard Du Mesnil.
The protests didn’t dampen Sword’s spirits, however.
He said: “How can people be protesting against horse racing when your protests are making these horses wait out in the sun for even longer?
“It makes no sense. They can do one – this is our sport and I love it.”
