Patrick Mullins was fearing “Nemesis appearing at his knee” as he hit the front in the Grand National. But history was not for repeating as the amateur jockey wrote himself into the Aintree record books with success on Nick Rockett.

Nick Rockett, a 33-1 shot ridden by Patrick Mullins, won the Grand National steeplechase at Aintree on Saturday in a top three sweep for horses trained by the Irish amateur jockey's father Willie.

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