Aspell goes for 3 in a row at the Grand National (The Associated Press)

Leighton Aspell made a heat-of-the-moment decision to retire from horse racing in 2007, feeling he’d lost his passion for the sport. Aspell will become the first jockey to win the Grand National Steeplechase for three straight years if he rides Many Clouds, the 2015 winner, to victory in the world’s most grueling horse race at Aintree on Saturday.