Ryan Mania has won on his first ride in the Grand National as he guided outsider Auroras Encore to a shock victory at Aintree racecourse.
The Scottish jockey gave a perfect ride to the 66/1 chance, beating home Welsh duo Cappa Bleu (12/1) and Teaforthree (10/1), while the 2011 runner-up Oscar Time was fourth.
"He gave me a dream ride, he's brilliant. I had the choice of two horses to ride, I wasn't sure which one to go for," said Mania.
"He loved every second of it, just class - he was second in the Scottish National last season. He made a couple of little mistakes then learned from them."
Auroras Encore was ridden by Ryan Mania Auroras Encore's trainer Sue Smith becomes the third woman in history to train the winner horse.
"It's unbelievable, he gave him such a good ride," she said.
"I knew the ground was right for him and hoped everything else was. He stayed down the middle and had a bit of luck in running. He didn't have a lot of weight and that helped, too.
"He's such a grand little horse, you can ride him anyway you like.
"I just feel sorry for the previous owners, who were wonderful and sold him because of ill health."
Smith's husband, former world famous showjumper Harvey Smith, said: "It's superb, absolutely spot-on."
A sell-out crowd of more than 70,000 gathered at Aintree to watch the 40 runners and riders compete in the world's most famous steeplechase.
Mania seized his chance when Teaforthree hit the last after looking set to give Wales their first win in the race since Kirkland in 1905.
He was never in trouble after that as Cappa Bleu, fourth last year, ran on to rob Teaforthree of second while Cheltenham Gold Cup winning amateur rider Sam Waley-Cohen produced another fantastic ride to take fourth.
The Grand National is worth £975,000 in prize money, making it one of the richest jump races in Europe.
Changes were made to the famous fences after four horses died in the last two years.
History could have been made if Katie Walsh, who was on Seabass, won as she would have been the first female winner of the National.
Her brother Ruby rode the favourite On His Own.
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