Grand National horses from Ireland
Below are listed all the horses running in the Grand National that are trained in Ireland. You can also pick your horse by the colour the jockey wears, its star sign, or just take a lucky dip. Good Luck!
I Am Maximus is already an Aintree legend following his victory in the Grand National two years ago and then following that up with second place behind Nick Rockett last year. A return to Aintree will undoubtedly be on the cards once again but the ten-year-old son of Authorised has been quite busy this season with three runs in Grade One races in Ireland. The highlight of those runs was finishing runner-up to Affordale Fury in the Savills Chase at Leopardstown over Christmas. That run suggested that all his ability is still there and he looks sure to be a force to be reckoned with once again in the Grand National. I Am Maximus still holds an entry in the Cheltenham Gold Cup but that race has not been on his agenda in previous years and it would be a surprise if he was given the green light for that race. Much more likely is that he will turn-up at Aintree a fresh horse, although the Bobbyjo Chase at Fairyhouse that he won two years ago, may appeal to connections if they feel they want to get another run into him.
Click here to open a Monty’s Star started the season as a genuine candidate to step-up to Gold Cup class but his races to date this season have been something of a disappointment. Henry De Bromhead’s son of Walk In The Park ran two excellent races toward the end of last season when finishing runner-up to Fact To File in the Brown Advisory at the Cheltenham Festival and then filling the same spot behind Spillane’s Tower in the Champion Novice Chase at Punchestown. The 2024/25 campaign hasn’t gone as expected for this horse beginning with an odds-on five-length defeat by Embassy Gardens in the New Year’s Chase at Tramore and then fifth place in the Irish Gold Cup. It could be that Monty’s Star is becoming a spring horse and that his season is being brought along slowly in the hope of peaking at Aintree or Punchestown. Monty's Star ran in the recent Cheltenham Gold Cup finishing fourth but nearly twenty lengths behind the winner, Inothewayurthinkin. Connections also have Minella Indo for the Grand National and it could be that the 2025 race is a year too soon for Monty’s Star.
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