the final lap, after the 30th fence, the remaining runners bear right, avoiding The Chair and Water Jump, to head onto a "run-in" to the finishing post. The run-in is not perfectly straight: an "elbow" requires jockeys to make a slight right before finding themselves truly on the home straight. It is on this run-in—one of the longest in the United Kingdom at —that many potential winners have had victory snatched away, such as Devon Loch in 1956, Crisp in 1973, What's Up Boys in 2002 and Sunnyhillboy in 2012. Records Leading horse: Red Rum – 3 wins (1973, 1974, 1977) Leading jockey: George Stevens – 5 wins (Freetrader, 1856; Emblem 1863; Emblematic, 1864; The Colonel, 1869, 1870) Leading trainers: George Dockeray – 4 wins (Lottery, 1839; Jerry, 1840; Gaylad, 1842; Miss Mowbray, 1852) Fred Rimell – 4 wins (E.S.B., 1956; Nicolaus Silver, 1961; Gay Trip, 1970; Rag Trade, 1976) Ginger McCain – 4 wins (Red Rum, 1973, 1974, 1977; Amberleigh House, 2004) Leading owners: James Octavius Machell – 3 wins (Disturbance, 1873; Reugny, 1874; Regal, 1876) Sir Charles Assheton-Smith (previously Charles Duff) – 3 wins (Cloister, 1893, Jerry M, 1912, Covertcoat, 1913) Noel Le Mare – 3 wins (Red Rum, 1973, 1974, 1977) Trevor Hemmings – 3 wins (Hedgehunter, 2005; Ballabriggs, 2011, Many Clouds, 2015) Gigginstown House Stud – 3 wins (Rule The World, 2016; Tiger Roll, 2018, 2019) Fastest winning time: Mr Frisk (1990); 8:47.80 Slowest winning time: Lottery (1839); 14:53 Oldest winning horse: Peter Simple (1853); aged 15 Youngest winning horse: Alcibiade (1865), Regal (1876), Austerlitz (1877), Empress (1880), Lutteur III (1909); all aged five Oldest winning jockey: Dick Saunders (1982); aged 48 Youngest winning jockey: Bruce Hobbs (1938); aged 17 Longest odds winner: Tipperary Tim (1928), Gregalach (1929), Caughoo (1947), Foinavon (1967), Mon Mome (2009); all 100/1 Shortest odds winner: Poethlyn (1919); 11/4 Largest field: 66 runners (1929) Smallest field: 10 runners (1883) Most horses to finish: 23 (1984) Fewest horses to finish: 2 (1928) Most rides in the race: 21 (Richard Johnson, 1997-2019) Most rides without winning: 21 (Richard Johnson, 1997-2019) Winners The following table lists the winners of the last ten Grand Nationals: Jockeys When the concept of the Grand National was first envisaged it was designed as a race for gentlemen riders, meaning men who were not paid to compete, and while this was written into the conditions of the early races many