The Duchess of Cornwall has presented the trophy to the winning connections of the 2022 Grand National – Noble Yeats.
Camilla, a big horse racing enthusiast, congratulated jockey Sam Waley-Cohen and his father, Robert, who owns the horse.
The Grand National often produces a fairytale result, with 2022 being no different.
Just two days before he rode Noble Yeats to success, Sam announced that this would be his final ever ride as a jockey, bringing an end to his 23 years in the saddle.
His father revealed just after the famous victory that Sam had been dreaming of winning the National since he was a child.
Sam Waley-Cohen, just a week away from this 40th birthday, ensured his final ride was his biggest success of all, producing his seven-year-old gelding at just the right moment, winning the race.
The race had been tight as the remaining horses approached the final fence and in the end, it was a close run between Noble Yeats and the favourite, Any Second Now. A huge cheer erupted at Aintree as Waley-Cohen became the first amateur jockey to claim a National win for over thirty years.
Trained by Emmet Mullins, Noble Yeats is the first seven-year-old to win the race in over 80 years.
The Duchess of Cornwall was in Liverpool to watch the world’s most famous horse race, with an estimated 500 million people watching around the world in 140 countries.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, who are friends of the Waley-Cohen family, sent their congratulations on social media as soon as Camilla had presented the trophy.
