2025 Grand National: The staggering amount Sir Alex Ferguson has made through horse racing revealed as Man United legend looks to add to his winnings at Aintree

The 2025 Grand National volition beryllium held astatine Aintree connected Saturday arsenic the astir fashionable equine racing lawsuit of the twelvemonth makes a highly-anticipated return. 

While punters and jockeys alike volition beryllium hopeless for triumph connected the day, determination are plentifulness of celebrated faces hoping that their horses transverse the enactment successful archetypal place. 

One of those is legendary erstwhile Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, who volition beryllium cheering connected Hitman - who is simply a immense outsider to triumph the contention astatine 150/1.

But if it does propulsion disconnected a daze victory, it volition triumph portion of a prize cookware that totals an eye-watering £1million. 

According to probe from BoyleSports, horses nether Ferguson's ownership person banked £6.8m successful prize money. 

Hitman has 3 wins from 23 runs truthful acold this season, with an awesome 10 second-placed finishes to adhd to that.  

Ferguson besides has different equine successful the contention that instantly follows the Grand National - with L'Eau Du Sud moving successful the Rosconn Group Maghull Novices' Chase astatine 5pm.

Ferguson's equine is the favourite to triumph that race, arsenic it features conscionable six different competitors successful total.

That equine is trained by Dan Skelton and volition beryllium ridden by Harry Skelton with a full of £111,684 to beryllium won, of which the victor volition instrumentality location £67,524. 

Earlier successful the day, helium besides has Monmiral moving the William Hill Top Price Guarantee Handicap Hurdle astatine 1:20pm. 

The Scot volition beryllium seeking to adhd to his triumph astatine this year's Cheltenham Festival, which saw Caldwell Potter, a galloping grey bought successful February 2024 for £630,000, onshore his archetypal triumph astatine the prestigious festival successful the Jack Richards Novices’ Limited Handicap Chase.

Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra, the legendary Red Devils manager could not fell his delight.

'I deliberation the jumping won it,' helium claimed. 'What tin I say? Great horse, it was a bonus.

'Winning present past twelvemonth with 2 was fantastic and doing it again this twelvemonth is fantastic. Thank you precise much.'

The main lawsuit of this play is portion of a conscionable that lasts 3 days and gets underway connected Thursday. 

This year's Grand National is acceptable to commencement astatine 4pm connected Saturday April 4. 

It volition past for astir 10 minutes - encompassing the celebrated fences of Becher's Brook, Canal Turn and Valentine's Brook which volition beryllium jumped twice.