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 in Liverpool.
The Scottish jockey gave a perfect ride to the 66-1 chance, beating home Welsh duo Cappa Bleu (12/1) and Teaforthree (10/1).
Auroras Encore showed stamina was his forte when he powered clear at the final fence and stormed up the run in to win by nine lengths.
"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's trainer Sue Smith was just the third woman to train a National winner.
"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.
Seabass, ridden by Katie Walsh, was the favourite "I just feel sorry for the previous owners, who were wonderful and sold him because of ill health."
Mrs Smith, 65, trains 1,000ft up in the Yorkshire Moors in partnership with her husband, former British Olympic showjumper Harvey Smith.
After the shock victory, Mr Smith, said: "It's superb, absolutely spot-on."
Auroras Encore was also a local win as one of the three owners, Jim Beaumont, is from Liverpool.
"I used to work as a bell boy at the Adelphi Hotel. I was employed by the porter and not by the hotel, so I used to make a lot of money for the hall porter and can remember the Grand National winners coming up the hotel steps," said Mr Beaumont, who now lives in Edinburgh.
He said he never thought he would ever own a horse "never mind anything else".
Twenty-three of the 40 horses failed to finish the steeplechase A sell-out crowd of more than 70,000 gathered at Aintree racecourse to watch the 40 runners and riders compete in the world's most famous steeplechase.
Katie Walsh's hopes of becoming the first woman rider to win the Grand National looked promising midway round the second circuit on 11-2 favourite Seabass.
Two other well-backed horses, On His Own under Katie Walsh's brother Ruby and Colberts Station with AP McCoy onboard, were among the 23 fallers.
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.
After the race, an Aintree spokesman said: "Forty horses and jockeys returned safe and sound following the John Smith's Grand National."
But a spokesman for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) said: "No horses died today, but two this week is two too many.
"Little Josh and Battlefront died for nothing more important than an afternoon's amusement."
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