Follow Mail Sport's unrecorded blog for the latest updates, racecards, likelihood and results from the world's astir celebrated steeplechase, the Grand National successful Aintree.
Deep Cave wins the opening race
Bill Joyce takes a autumn connected the sixth hurdle.
Building Bridges and Dartan person a comfy pb up of the remainder but Timmy Tuesday person made up large crushed and present leads.
But Deep Cave came from retired of obscurity to knip the pb from Timmy Tuesday.
We are underway
The archetypal contention is successful afloat swing, with each runner completing a circuit of the Aintree racecourse.
Building Bridges leads the battalion with six hurdles to spell successful the William Hill Handicap Hurdle.
Today’s schedule
By Kim Morrissey
Many whitethorn beryllium tuning into today's racing astatine Aintree for the spectacle that is the Grand National, but that isn't the lone breathtaking contention taking spot today.
Here today’s afloat schedule:
- 1:20pm: William Hill Handicap Hurdle (ITV)
- 1:55pm: Mersey Novices’ Hurdle (ITV)
- 2:30pm: Freebooter Handicap Chase (ITV)
- 3:05pm: Liverpool Hurdle (ITV)
- 4pm: Grand National (ITV)
- 5pm: Maghull Novices’ Chase (Racing TV)
- 5:35pm: Standard Open National Hunt Flat Race (Racing TV)
Welcome
By Kim Morrissey
Good Afternoon!
Welcome to Mail Sport's unrecorded sum of the last time of leap racing from Aintree, featuring the highly coveted Grand National.
Where a tract of 34 runners is expected to vie for the £1million hurdle steeplechase.
Last year's winner, I Am Maximus, is aiming to unafraid back-to-back wins successful the Grand National, a feat past completed by Tiger Roll backmost successful 2018 and 2019.
But earlier we get to acold up of ourselves, determination is plentifulness of racing to hap beforehand.
So beryllium back, unbend and bask Mail Sport's fence-by-fence sum of 7 races taking spot astatine Aintree today.