Grand National: Noble Yeats wins the big race at Aintree – live!

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The amateur Sam Waley-Cohen has won the Grand National on 50-1 shot Noble Yeats. Join John Brewin for reaction.

Waley-Cohen, the Aintree specialist, finally lands the big one. He won’t get the prize money as an amateur, but dad will. Ted Walsh, who trained the second placed Any Second Now, goes to offer congratulations to Robert Waley-Cohen, who is in tears. “Just fabulous,” says dad.

Robert and Felicity Waley-Cohen, the winning owners of Noble Yeats, collect the trophy, as does son Sam, with the rest of the clan looking on. This was a story just as emotional as that of Rachael Blackmore last year. The Grand National always throws up a story, and this year was no exception.

Sam Waley-Cohen, the winning jockey, a close pal of Prince William and Kate Middleton, has been a top rider for many years now, an amateur in only the sense that he didn’t get paid. He rode the winner in the 2011 Cheltenham Gold Cup on Long Run, one of the greatest of all races, beating Denman and Kauto Star as he did so.

Related: Long Run triumphs for amateur Sam Waley-Cohen in Cheltenham Gold Cup

Emmet Mullins, the winning trainer, speaks to ITV.

There was a long term plan and it seems to have come off. A month ago we were probably more confident but the more it went on, other peoples chances were being talked up and we went a bit cold. But we knew the form was there.

Here’s our snap report, with more to follow from Greg Wood.

It was the rider’s final ride, after announcing earlier this week that he would retire after this year’s race. “It’s a dream. I couldn’t believe it. I’ve got to say thank you, as it’s my last ever ride, to my dad [Robert Waley-Cohen, owner], for unwavering belief and love,” said the jockey