What a thrill the 2022 Grand National was! Crowds of fans were back at Aintree, the sun was shining and the British nation cheered on their favourite horses in the year’s biggest race.

It was the 174th annual running of the National and it took place on Saturday, 9 April 2022.

As the 40 runners and riders made their way to the starting tape, just one would tear up the history books ten minutes later.

History Making Noble Yeats

That was the winner, Noble Yeats, trained by Emmet Mullins and ridden by Sam Waley-Cohen. Having started the day on odds of 66/1, he went off as a 50/1 outsider.

But with fluid jumping and plenty of heart, Noble Yeats became the first seven-year-old to win the race since Bogskar in 1940. Plus, he was also a novice!

Sam Waley-Cohen became the first amateur jockey to win the Grand National since Marcus Armytage on Mr Frisk in 1990.

It was also the jockey’s last ever race, as he had previously announced that he would retire after the 2022 Grand National.

It was a terrific day for the Waley-Cohen’s and their connections who have given so much to the sport over the years.

Rest Of The Field

For the rest of the 39 Grand National runners, it was a mixed bag of results.

The first fence was the undoing of both Enjoy D’Allen and Mount Ida who both unseated their riders. By fence three Eclair Surf was a faller, bringing down Anibale Fly with him.

The Canal Turn (fence 8) was the undoing of three more – De Rasher Counter (unseated), Death Duty (fell) and Run Wild Fred (fell).

By the end of the first circuit of the Grand National course, 15 runners were out of contention.

From there on, those that didn’t finish the race were mostly pulled up.

In total, 15 Grand National runners finished the race, 25 did not.

Unfortunately for all involved, and in particular the connections, Discorama and Eclair Surf were euthanised following injuries sustained in the race.

Grand National 2022 Finishing Order

In the end, only 15 runners and riders finished the 2022 Grand National. The 2022 Finishing Order is below:

Position	Name	Age	Handicap (st–lb)	SP	Jockey	Trainer
1	Noble Yeats	7	10-10	50/1	Sam Waley-Cohen	Emmett Mullins
2	Any Second Now	10	11-08	15/2F	Mark Walsh	Ted Walsh
3	Delta Work	9	11-09	10/1	Jack Kennedy	Gordon Elliott
4	Santini	10	11-02	33/1	Nick Scholfield	Polly Gundry
5	Fiddlerontheroof	8	11-04	12/1	Brendan Powell	Colin Tizzard
6	Longhouse Poet	8	11-04	12/1	Darragh O’Keeffe	Martin Brassil
7	Freewheelin Dylan	10	10-10	50/1	Ricky Doyle	Dermot McLoughlin
8	Coko Beach	7	10-13	50/1	Jonjo O’Neill Jr	Gordon Elliott
9	Escaria Ten	8	11-01	25/1	Adrian Heskin	Gordon Elliott
10	Romain De Senam	10	10-05	125/1	Philip Armson	David Pipe
11	Samcro	10	11-01	80/1	Sean Bowen	Gordon Elliott
12	Commodore	10	10-05	33/1	Charlie Deutsch	Venetia Williams
13	Class Conti	10	10-10	100/1	Sam Twiston-Davies	Willie Mullins
14	Blaklion	13	10-08	50/1	Harry Skelton	Dan Skelton
15	Lostintranslation	10	11-06	50/1	Harry Cobden	Colin Tizzard

Non Finishers Order

Below is the finishing order for those runners and riders that didn’t manage to make it around in 2021.

Fence	Name	Jockey	SP	Fate
1	Enjoy D’Allen	Conor Orr	18/1	Unseated Rider
1	Mount Ida	Denis O’Regan	66/1	Unseated Rider
3	Anibale Fly	Luke Dempsey	80/1	Brought Down
3	Eclair Surf	Tom Bellamy	14/1	Fell
8	De Rasher Counter	Dam Wedge	66/1	Unseated Rider
8	Death Duty	Jordan Gainford	33/1	Fell
8	Run Wild Fred	Davy Russell	11/1	Fell
9	School Boy Hours	Sean Flanagan	33/1	Pulled Up
9	Minella Times	Rachael Blackmore	9/1	Fell
9	Agusta Gold	Danny Mullins	66/1	Fell
9	Deise Aba	Tom O’Brien	80/1	Pulled Up/td>
13	Discorama	Bryan Cooper	33/1	Pulled Up
15	Domaine De L’Isle	Harry Bannister	125/1	Unseated Rider
15	Burrows Saint	Paul Townend	33/1	Unseated Rider
15	Kildisart	James Bowen	50/1	Fell
17	Snow Leopardess	Aidan Coleman	10/1	Pulled Up
22	Cloth Cap	Tom Scudamore	33/1	Pulled Up
23	Dingo Dollar	Ryan Mania	28/1	Unseated Rider
24	Mighty Thunder	Derek Fox	40/1	Pulled Up
26	Fortescue	Hugh Nugent	28/1	Unseated Rider
26	Poker Party	Robbie Power	66/1	Pulled Up
27	Brahma Bull	Brian Hayes	80/1	Pulled Up
27	Good Boy Bobby	Daryl Jacob	22/1	Pulled Up
28	Top Ville Ben	Thomas Dowson	80/1	Pulled Up
28	Two For Gold	David Bass	33/1	Pulled Up

So there you have the 2022 finishing order for the race. The Grand National in 2022 was thrilling.

This writer screamed for joy watching Sam Waley-Cohen finally win the race he so richly deserved, making history in what was a simply spectacular race.

So roll on the Grand National 2023 when we get to do it all over again!