Jockeys of the unplaced horses looked back on their Grand National experience

Jockeys of the beaten horses looked back on their Grand National rides with a mixture of celebration and devastation.

Tom O'Brien blamed lack of stamina for Chance Du Roy's sixth place, but was still thrilled to have played a part in Saturday's Crabbie's Grand National.

"He jumped great but was nearly brought down on a couple of occasions. He travelled well and took me into a nice position but didn't quite see out the four and a half miles," he said.

Behind him was Paul Carberry on Monbeg Dude, the well-backed runner never quite being able to land a blow.

"I thought going to the last that he was nearly going to win, but he perhaps ran a bit free early on and he didn't quite get the trip," said the jockey.

Eighth was Raz Da Maree, whose jockey Davy Condon commented: "He just didn't travel for me early, but he got round and he finished not too far out of the places."

Ninth was Conor O'Farrell on veteran Swing Bill, who gave the sponsors a thrill as he came home a respectable ninth.

"Swing Bill was brilliant," he said. "He could have done without the rain coming as he just didn't get home on the ground but he has run a cracker again at the age of 13. He's a legend of a horse."

Kruzhlinin and Wilson Renwick were detached from a fairly early stage, but the jockey was delighted to bring him home in 10th place.

"I got a great ride," said the jockey. "I ended up a little too far back when we got into a little trouble early on, but he stayed on really well. He jumped fantastic and I think he will be a better horse in the race next year."

Andrew Lynch, who partnered 11th-home Buckers Bridge, said: "For his first run over the fences, Buckers Bridge jumped brilliant but he just got tired up the straight. You'd have to be happy with him though."

The Package finished 12th after just running out of petrol close home, but Tom Scudamore was still thrilled with the performance.

"It was the best ride I have ever had around those fences," he said. "It was the thrill of a lifetime. He jumped fantastic and he looked after me. Going over the third-last fence, I thought we would win but he just hasn't got home. But it was a super ride and I loved every second."

Vesper Bell made a couple of notable mistakes, but after finishing 13th, his jockey Katie Walsh insisted: "Vesper Bell is a lovely, safe jumper and I would love to ride him again around here."

The undoubted hard-luck story of the race, Across The Bay was taken off the course by the loose-running Tidal Bay before rejoining the contest and completing for 14th.

"It was absolutely devastating," said rider Henry Brooke. "But he ran some race to get back into it and complete the course. He was on the tails of the leaders again going right down to the last, but the effort to get back into it told then.

"He jumped brilliantly the whole way round. I am gutted to think that the problem is supposed to be the obstacles and not the other horses, but there's another year."

Last to complete in 18th was Ryan Mahon, who partnered Hawkes Point.

Mahon said: "He jumped well and I half thought I was going to get into it with a circuit to go, but the ground was a bit quick along the back and I could never get a blow into him."

Wayward Prince's jockey Jack Doyle felt the wrath of the stewards after the race, as they felt he should have pulled his mount up when he had lost touch with his rivals. Instead, Wayward Prince fell three out and he was banned for 12 days.

The jockey said: "I had a great spin for two miles, but then he got a bit outpaced going out on to the second circuit away from the stands.

"He jumped brilliantly until the fall. We were out of contention but he was still happily going at his own speed. Lack of concentration was probably to blame for the fall."

Of the fancied runners who failed to complete, Teaforthree's rider Nick Scholfield was left to reflect: "He was going okay when he came down at The Chair. But he didn't wing along like last year and we were a bit further back.

"He just missed it and came down, but he's okay and that's the main thing."

Tidal Bay's rider Sam Twiston-Davies said: "He got into a nice rhythm but it was obviously very early on. He jumped into Golan Way, who fell, and had nowhere to go. He's back in one piece though."