Overview
- Auroras Encore's connections, J Parkinson & S Smith Racing, announced his death on X and confirmed he was 23.
- The Irish-bred, British-trained gelding won the 2013 Grand National at 66-1 by nine lengths under jockey Ryan Mania for trainer Sue Smith.
- He won eight of 47 starts, including six over fences, and finished second in the 2012 Scottish Grand National.
- He was retired in 2014 after a fracture to his right foreleg was found following the Great Yorkshire Chase at Doncaster.
- Tributes praised his Aintree win as the first by a northern-trained horse in more than three decades and noted he spent his retirement with the same yard.