David Mullins and Mouse Morris Rule The World

Rule The World showed his battling qualities when ploughing through the rain-softened conditions to land the Crabbie’s Grand National at Aintree.

Steadily working his way through the field, the 33-1 shot was sitting a close third as The Last Samuri and Vics Canvas jumped the last together.

The Last Samuri battled on at the elbow but could not quite hold off the strong-finishing Mouse Morris-trained nine-year-old, who was remarkably winning for the first time over fences.