(CNN) Tiger Roll may have been the pre-race favorite at the Grand National but not since 2005 had the favorite won what is arguably the world's most famous jump race. Fourteen years later, though, the nine-year-old -- the smallest horse in the field -- came through with a late burst at Aintree to emulate the legendary Red Rum's achievement of 45 years ago. "Hard to put into words," legendary jockey AP McCoy, who rode more than 4,000 winners, told ITV. Tiger Roll waited to make his move before winning the Grand National Saturday. Not since Red Rum in 1973 and 1974 had the same horse won Grand Nationals in back-to-back years and who is to say Tiger Roll can't make more history next year?

Source: CNN April 06, 2019 16:51 UTC