I Am Maximus Odds and Grand National Form 2025

I Am Maximus sprinted clear on the run-in in last year's Grand National, eventually coming home a comfortable seven-and-a-half-length winner and in doing so gave master trainer Willie Mullins his second Aintree Grand National victory.

Connections have stated that defending his Grand National crown is the plan for 2025 but this time around I Am Maximus will have eight pounds more to hike around Aintree.

A winner now of six races including an Irish Grand National and a Grade One novice chase, where I Am Maximus showed his versatility by being able to win such a high-class race over just two-and-a-half miles.

2025 did not start well for I Am Maximus though with a poor display in the Savills Chase at Leopardstown in December. The Grand National winner continually jumped out to his left and was tailed off from a relatively early stage, although that was a Grade One race run on good to yielding ground which would not have played to his strengths.

The Grand National winner put up an improved performance next time with a staying on eighth place in the Irish Gold Cup but, again, that effort was littered with jumps where the gelding went violently out to his left.

A third outing was planned for a race he won last year, the Bobbyjo Chase at Fairyhouse, but I Am Maximus was a late non-runner due to a bruised foot.

He remains one of the favourites for the Grand National in 2025 but his propensity to jump out to his left this season and his foot injury must be a big worry for his supporters.