NOBLE YEATS WINS GRAND NATIONAL - FINAL RIDE FOR SAM WALEY-COHEN

Eventual winner Noble Yeats ridden by jockey Sam Waley-Cohen (R) and runner-up Any Second Now ridden by jockey Mark Walsh (L) jump the final fence in the Grand National Steeple Chase on the final day of the Grand National Festival horse race meeting at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool.
Eventual winner Noble Yeats ridden by jockey Sam Waley-Cohen (R) and runner-up Any Second Now ridden by jockey Mark Walsh (L) jump the final fence in the Grand National Steeple Chase on the final day of the Grand National Festival horse race meeting at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool.
AINTREE, United Kingdom - Amateur rider Sam Waley-Cohen made his last ride a memorable one as he won the world's greatest steeplechase, the Grand National, on Noble Yeats at Aintree on Saturday.
The 39-year-old had ridden six winners over the National fences prior to Saturday but he reserved his greatest moment until last.
Waley-Cohen jumped the last alongside 15/2 favourite Any Second Now but Noble Yeats found extra in the demanding run-in to record a fairytale ending to the jockey's career.
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