Student takes home £100,000 after buying stake in Grand National horse

Lucky horseshoes! Student, 21, who bought a £3,000 stake in Grand National-winning horse takes home £100,000 after winnings were split between seven-person syndicate

• Cameron Sword, 21, said buying a £3K share in Coach Rambler was ‘pure luck’
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A 21-year-old student who has become the youngest Grand National-winning owner in history yesterday said his decision to buy a £3,000 share in Corach Rambler was ‘pure luck’.

Cameron Sword said he was ‘over the moon’ at the success of the horse he jointly owns as part of a seven-strong syndicate who will share winnings of £561,000.

In total, the horse has won £690,000 for the syndicate, meaning each will take home just shy of £100,000. 

Sword revealed the first thing he did was congratulate jockey Derek Fox, 30, who had overcome a collar bone injury in a fall while racing only a week earlier.

Mr Sword was yesterday back at trainer Lucinda Russell’s stables in Kinross, Perthshire, having been driven north at 5am with just a few hours’ sleep after celebrating in the wake of Saturday’s Aintree victory.

Describing his feelings during the race, Mr Sword said: ‘Derek rode a blinder and I think Corach just took to the jumps, which was ideal and then when he was coming up that home straight, I can’t remember it. We were all screaming away in the parade ring.’

Celebrating: Cameron Sword, right, winning horse Corach Rambler, trainer Lucinda Russell and co-owner Thomas Kendall

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Mr Sword, who studies business management at Edinburgh’s Herriot-Watt University, has not yet decided how he will spend his winnings. 

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His decision to invest in Corach Rambler two years ago has already paid handsome dividends after two victories at Cheltenham which brought in £200,000 in prize money for the syndicate.

Mr Sword, who comes from a racing family, said choosing Rambler was ‘incredible luck’. ‘It was purely based on the fact Lucinda was my local trainer, she’s 20 miles away from me,’ he said. 

‘So I came down and he was the only horse for sale and that’s how it happened, so there was a lot of luck involved.’

Mr Sword and fellow members of Ramblers’ syndicate, which includes enthusiasts in Ireland, London and Australia, each pay £300 a month for Corach Rambler to train with Ms Russell. 

They bought their shares in the horse two years ago. Despite his young age, Mr Sword said he was unlikely to do anything in his life which beats the experience of winning the Grand National.

He said: ‘I don’t think you can top it. And I think it’s just the prestige and the size of the race as well… that just makes it that bit more special.’

He added to the Sun: ‘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.’

He takes the title of youngest owner of a National winner from Bryan Burrough, who was 23 when Corbiere won the race in 1983.

Mr Sword’s mother Jennifer, 52, is also a horseowner. 

Derek Fox steered the 8-1 favourite Corach Rambler to a fantastic win as he triumphed in the Grand National for a second time

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