Pineau de Re , a 25/1 shot ridden by Leighton Aspell , won the race Competition for trainer Richard Newland and owner John Provan , to become Becoming the sixth French-bred horse to win Getting the Grand National .

The race Competition was won by 66/1 shot Auroras Encore , who was ridden by jockey Ryan Mania for trainer Sue Smith .

the race marked the fourth kentucky derby win Getting for horse trainer bob baffert and the third win Getting for espinoza .

Prior to the race Competition , the field was considered Coming_to_believe `` unusually strong '' ; four time Derby winning trainer D. Wayne Lukas called it the `` best bunch I 've seen Perception_active in a long time '' .