ACCORDING to Timeform, I Am Maximus produced the best performance this century by a Grand National winner when taking the Randox-sponsored Aintree showpiece last Saturday, eclipsing the 165 which Tiger Roll recorded when winning for the second time in 2019.

The eight-year-old shouldered 11st 6lb to victory. Since the days of Red Rum, only Many Clouds, who won under 11st 9lb in 2015, has carried a bigger weight to success. His victory under Paul Townend for trainer Willie Mullins and owner J.P. McManus, saw him take his Timeform rating from a high-class 161 to a top-class 167.