Grand National favourite Corach Rambler will net a university student another massive prize if he secures back-to-back wins.
The 5-1 runner is partly owned by Cameron Sword, a 22-year-old business student at Edinburgh's Heriot-Watt University, who along with six other "normal guys" stands to make a fortune. Sword paid a mere £3,400 for his share of the Lucinda Russell-trained horse and has already seen a significant return on his investment.
The 2023 Grand National winner has raked in career earnings of £776,459 so far, meaning each member of the Ramblers syndicate has already pocketed over £100,000. A win in the 2024 event, due off at 4pm today (Saturday), would push Corach Ramblers' winnings into nine figures, with the winner scooping in excess of £500,000.
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Sword, who last year took £80,000 back to his university digs following the horse's Merseyside win, will be at Aintree. He recently rubbed shoulders with Harry Redknapp at Cheltenham, where Corach Rambler placed third in the Gold Cup.
Speaking to the Racing Post, he said ( via the Express): "All my mates have been asking what chance we have, but when I look at the field I wouldn't swap him. There's pressure having a short-priced favourite for the Grand National, but it's a massive privilege and he deserves to be favourite."
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Corach Rambler may not fare as well this year with heavy rainfall a possible obstacle, according to experts. Despite that, Sword insists: "There's no pressure as however he runs doesn't change how much of a legend he is in our eyes.
"Last year it seemed like such an impossible task, whereas this year it feels different as we're trying to emulate what some of the Grand National greats have done by winning the race twice."
Victory would etch Corach Rambler into history alongside Tiger Roll as one of the few horses to achieve consecutive National wins since Red Rum in the 1970s.
