Result: 1. Red Marauder (33/1); 2. Smarty (16/1); 3. Blowing Wind (16/1); 4. Papillon (14/1).Red Marauder won an amazing Grand National, with only four finishers coming home at Aintree.
Persistent rain in Liverpool in the days leading up to the race left the Aintree course very soft and the heavy going accounted for most of the 40-strong field.
Red Marauder, ridden by Richard Guest, was an unfancied horse at 33/1 after only making it as far as Becher's Brook last year.
Timmy Murphy brought Smarty home in second place, with Tony McCoy and Blowing Wind in third.
Saturday, 7 April, 2001, 15:00 GMT 16:00 UK
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