The winner was Hedgehunter which was owned by Trevor Hemmings with Royal Auclair 14 lengths behind in second and Simply Gifter back in third. There were 40 runners and  21 finished.

GRAND NATIONAL 2005
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The Youtube website and bank of film clips provide excellent coverage of the Grand National. The link below is a 10 minute 36 seconds clip of the Grand National. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2gv_f9_vvg

Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer
1 HEDGEHUNTER R Walsh W Mullins IRE
2 ROYAL AUCLAIR C Williams P Nicholls
3 SIMPLY GIFTED B Harding J J O'Neill
4 IT TAKES TIME T J Murphy M C Pipe
5 FOREST GUNNER C Ford R Ford
6 NIL DESPERANDUM J Culloty F Crowley IRE
7 INNOX R Thornton F Doumen FR
8 HEROS COLLONGES J P McNamara P Nicholls
9 JUST IN DEBT A Dobbin M Todhunter
10 AMBERLEIGH HOUSE G Lee D McCain
11 BINDAREE C Llewellyn N A Twiston Davies
12 IZNOGOUD T Scudamore M C Pipe
13 POLAR RED T Malone M C Pipe
14 JOLY RED Mr D Dunsdon N Gifford
also L'AVENTURE R McNally P Nicholls
also MONTY'S PASS B J Geraghty J Mangan IRE
also STRONG RESOLVE P Buchanan L Russell
also SPOT THE DIFFERENCE R Power E Bolger IRE
also ARCTIC COPPER D Russell N Meade IRE
also EUROPA J Maguire F Murphy
also SHAMAWAN S Barry J J O'Neill
also LORD ATTERBURY M Bradbourne M C Pipe
also FRENCHMAN'S CREEK J McCarthy H Morrison
also RISK ACCESSOR A Crowe C Roche IRE
also BALLYCASSIDY S Durack P Bowen
also NATIVE EMPEROR D Elsworth J J O'Neill
also MERCHANT'S FRIEND N Fehily C Mann
also ASTONVILLE B Crowley M Scudamore
also TAKE THE STAND L Aspell P Bowen
also JAKARI R Johnson H Daly
also FOLY PLEASANT A Thornton K Marks
also DOUBLE HONOUR P Brennan P Hobbs
also LE COUDRAY C O'Dwyer C Roche IRE
also AD HOC J Tizzard P Nicholls
also MARCUS DU BERLAIS B Cash A Moore IRE
also BALLYBOUGH RASHER A Dempsey J Howard Johnson
also CLAN ROYAL A P McCoy J J O'Neill
also COLONEL RAYBURN P Carberry P Nolan IRE
also FONDMORT M A Fitzgerald N Henderson
also GLENELLY GALE Mr T Greenhall A Moore IRE
   
7/1 fav Hedgehunter
18/1 It Takes Time
40/1 Royal Auclair
66/1 Simply Gifted

Brian Harding on how One Man made the difference in the 2005 Grand National. These are the titles of chapters from Chris Pitt’s book ‘Go Down to the Beaten’, which looks at personal stories by connections of horses which failed to win the Grand National, a copy of which can be purchased by clicking the link below:-
http://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwgreyhoundd-21?_encoding=UTF8&node=341