( CNN ) It was all set for a fairytale ending for record breaking jockey AP McCoy . In the end it was a different but familiar name who won the Grand National on Saturday . 25-1 outsider Many Clouds , who had shown little form going into the race , won by a length and a half , ridden by jockey Leighton Aspell . Aspell won last year 's Grand National too , making him the first jockey since the 1950s to ride back-to-back winners on different horses . `` It feels wonderful , I asked big questions , '' Aspell said of Many Clouds , moments after his victory . `` Over the fences he was awesome . I was just hoping his batteries would last and they did , '' he added . No fairytale . Yet for much of the Grand National -- arguably the world 's most famous and certainly the sport 's most prestigious jump race -- it looked as if AP McCoy was about to write an ending befitting the career of a man who has dominated jump racing for two decades . His horse Shutthefrontdoor was in the leading group as it negotiated the likes for Becher 's Brooke and The Chair , some of the toughest jumps in racing . Last week the 40-year-old Ulsterman , who has won an astonishing 4,356 races , announced he would retire if he won the Grand National for the second time in his career . Shutthefrontdoor was heavily backed by the betting public sensing a storybook conclusion to McCoy 's career . UK and Irish betting firms even predicted they would lose as much as $ 73 million if McCoy won . He was well placed going into the final straight but just could n't keep up after Many Clouds cut lose , and finished back in fifth . Third time winner . But for Trevor Hemmings , the owner of Many Clouds , it was his third victory in the Grand National . `` I always dreamed of winning my first National , '' a shocked Hemmings told Channel 4 . `` Then along comes a second . That 's special . And when a third comes along , it 's such a wonderful , wonderful feeling . '' Hemming went on to praise Aspell 's performance . `` This morning talking we talked about the achievers , '' said Hemmings . `` They are quiet , confident and experienced . He has all of them . '' McCoy 's fifth placed finish means he will race again at least once more , in two weeks time at Sandown .
25-1 shot Many Clouds wins Grand National . Second win a row for jockey Leighton Aspell . First jockey to win 1950s on different horses since two in a row .