Noble Yeats beat overwhelming odds to win the Grand National on Saturday as amateur jockey Sam Waley-Cohen ended his career with what he described as a 'fairytale' victory.
Horse Racing - Grand National Festival 2022 - Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool, Britain - April 9, 2022 Sam Waley-Cohen celebrates on Noble Yeats winning the 17:15 Randox Grand National Handicap Chase REUTERS/Paul ChildsLIVERPOOL, England, April 9 - Noble Yeats beat overwhelming odds to win the Grand National on Saturday as amateur jockey Sam Waley-Cohen ended his career with what he described as a "fairytale" victory.
Two of the favourites failed to finish with last year's winner Minella Times, ridden by Rachael Blackmore, falling at the Valentine's Brook fence and Snow Leopardess pulled up before the second circuit.Any Second Now led the race towards the end and looked set for victory before Noble Yeats surged ahead on the inside to secure a stunning victory, a few days shy of Waley-Cohen's 40th birthday."I've got to say thank you -- because it's my last ever ride -- to dad.
Noble Yeats' trainer Emmet Mullins said he could not believe the result after the red-hot favourite Any Second Now was beaten by more than a length.
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