Horse racing-Outsider Noble Yeats secures shock Grand National win

Noble Yeats beat overwhelming odds to win the Grand National on Saturday as amateur jockey Sam Waley-Cohen ended his career with a memorable victory after the favourites failed to finish. Any Second Now led the race towards the end but Noble Yeats went through on the inside to secure a stunning victory. "I can't say anything.

Noble Yeats beat overwhelming odds to win the Grand National on Saturday as amateur jockey Sam Waley-Cohen ended his career with a memorable victory after the favourites failed to finish. Noble Yeats was an outsider at odds of 50-1 with Any Second Now, last year's winner Minella Times and Snow Leopardess the pre-race favourites.

Minella Times, ridden by Rachael Blackmore, fell at the Valentine's Brook fence while Snow Leopardess pulled up before the second circuit. Any Second Now led the race towards the end but Noble Yeats went through on the inside to secure a stunning victory.

"I can't say anything. It is a dream. I can't believe it," Waley-Cohen told ITV. "They aren't all good days. There are bad days in this sport. It's a fairytale. It's a fantasy."