William Watkinson recorded the first riding success for Australia in 1926. He was killed at Bogside, Scotland, less than three weeks after winning the National. 1991 was the seventh and final year that the Grand National was sponsored by Seagram. Aptly, the race was won by a horse named Seagram, bred in New Zealand. 1997 saw another New Zealand-bred winner in Lord Gyllene. Count Karl Kinsky recorded the first riding success for Austria when he won the 1883 Grand National while riding his own horse Zoedone. Other British winners The only Welsh-trained horse to win was Kirkland in 1905. Rubstic, trained by John Leadbetter in Roxburghshire, became the first Scottish-trained winner, with victory in 1979. The only other Scottish winner was One For Arthur in 2017. Irish winners Irish-trained horses have enjoyed by far the most success of international participants, with 18 winners since 1900, including ten since 1999: Famous owners The 1900 winner Ambush II was owned by HRH Prince of Wales, later to become King Edward VII. In 1950 Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother had her first runner in the race in Monaveen, who finished fifth. Six years later she would witness her Devon Loch collapse on the run-in, just yards from a certain victory. The favourite for the 1968 race, Different Class, was owned by actor Gregory Peck. The 1963 winner Ayala and the 1976 winner Rag Trade were both part-owned by celebrity hairdresser Raymond Bessone. 1994 winner Miinnehoma was owned by comedian Freddie Starr. What A Friend ran in 2011 and 2013 when part-owned by Alex Ferguson, the former manager of Manchester United. See also Horse racing in Great Britain List of British National Hunt races References Racing Post: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Timeform: 2017 Notes Sources Winners 1886–present Aintree Grand National on horseracinghistory.co.uk Grand National – Aintree om pedigreequery.com The Grand National on tbheritage.com grandnational.org.uk Grand National Reviews on GrandNational.org The Grand National Official Site on thejockeyclub.co.uk External links Aintree Grand National Stats and Trends BBC history of Grand National Film footage of the 1967 Grand National great pile up National Hunt races in Great Britain Aintree Racecourse National Hunt chases Sport in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton Tourist attractions in Liverpool Recurring sporting events established in 1839 Annual sporting