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Student bags £100k after investing £3k to become youngest owner of Grand National winner

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Published 10:11 17 Apr 2023 GMT+1

Student bags £100k after investing £3k to become youngest owner of Grand National winner

This 21-year-old may be the luckiest student in the country after his big win on Saturday

Ben Thompson

Ben Thompson

One student certainly won't be living off pot noodles after the horse he co-owns won big at Saturday's Grand National.

Cameron Sword had paid £3,400 to own Corach Rambler, who ran to victory at the Grand National.

The huge win at the weekend means each of the seven syndicate members bagged nearly £100,000.

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For the 21-year-old student, it'd been a 'crazy 24 hours' in the day after his big win.

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Sword spent the night partying, and on four hours sleep, returned to the stable in Perthshire the next day.

Speaking of his monumental win, Sword said: "The best three grand I’ve ever spent? Definitely!

"Was I thinking about the money? No, I don’t even know how much it is. When I do get it, I’ll probably do something in horse racing with it."

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The cash will be more than enough to pay for his final year on his four-year course at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, though.

Reflecting on Saturday's win, Sword said: "I can’t remember Corach coming up the home straight because all I remember is us shouting.

"It was a good night, we were aware we’d have to drive home at 5am so we went to the hotel in Liverpool for dinner, a few drinks and was in bed for 1am and I got a few hours’ sleep.

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"I still can’t believe it. It really hit me when we drove into the yard and saw all the cars. Hundreds of people coming out to see Corach and welcome him home.

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"I’m well aware it’s never going to be like this again. We’re just trying to soak it all up. Everyone in the syndicate is a normal guy and we’ve won the National.

"We’re friends for life now. How do you top it? You can’t."

Due to his recent win at Aintree, Sword now has the enviable distinction of being the youngest owner of a Grand National winner.

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The title previously belonged to Bryan Burrough, who was 23 when his horse won in 1983.

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Sword first got interested in horse racing during lockdown.

In addition to the £3,400 he spent to buy the horse, he also invested £300 a month to train him for his race.

Sword's one of seven people in a syndicate owning Corach, which netted a total of £690,000 in winnings on Saturday.

Saturday's event was nearly disrupted by animal rights protesters, of whom 118 were arrested after they stormed the course.

Sword said he would be happy to invite the protesters to his horse yard.

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"They will see we look after these horses to a great standard.

"We’re not in the business of injuring horses. We are in the business of making them win races and be the best they can."

Featured Image Credit: PA Images/Alamy Stock Photo

Topics: Sport, Animals

Ben Thompson
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