The country's largest horse racing event will soon be underway as thousands of racegoers attend Aintree for the first time since lockdown restrictions have been lifted. The Grand National will be broadcasted live on ITV1 at 5.15pm on Saturday, April 9 and will be watched by more than 500 million people across the globe.
Aintree Racecourse in Merseyside has become one of the most famous horse racing tracks in the world ever since it first formed back in 1839. Last year's winner Minella Times will be making another run this year to defend his Randox Grand National crown. The nine-year-old played a hand in making Rachael Blackmore become the first female jockey to win the world's greatest steeplechase when he landed a six-and-a-half length victory.
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Other famous winning horses include Red Rum and Party Politics, while Tiger Roll set his name in stone after winning both in 2018 and 2019. A field of 40 runners makes the starting line to tackle 30 fences over four-and-a-half miles this year.
Find below a list of all the Grand National Runners bidding for the winning title this Saturday as of 2pm on Friday, 8, April:
Full list of runners
Number, Name, Trainer
1. Minella Times/Henry de Bromhead
2. Delta Work/ Gordon Elliott
3. School Boy Hours/ Noel Meade
4. Any Second Now/ Ted Walsh
5. Run Wild Fred/ Gordon Elliott
6. Lostintranslation/ Colin Tizzard
7. Brahma Bull/ Willie Mullins
8. Burrows Saint/ Willies Mullins
9. Mount Ida/ Gordon Elliott
10. Longhouse Poet/ Martin Brassil
11. Fiddlerontheroof/ Colin Tizzard
12. Two For Gold/ Kim Bailey
13. Santini/ Polly Gundry
14. Samcro/ Gordon Elliott
15. Escaria Ten/ Gordon Elliott
16. Good Boy Bobby/ Nigel Twiston-Davies
17. Romain De Senam/ David Pipe
18. Coko Beach/ Gordon Elliott
19. De Rasher Counter/ Emma Lavelle
20. Kildisart/ Ben Pauling
22. Discorama/ Paul Nolan
22. Top Ville Ben/ Philip Kirby
23. Enjoy d'Allen/ Ciaran Murphy
24. Anibale Fly/ Tonu Martin
25. Dingo Dollar/ Sandy Thomson
26. Freewheelin Dylan/ Dermot McLoughlin
27. Class Conti/ Willie Mullins
28. Noble Yeats/ Emmet Mullins
29. Mighty Thunder/ Lucinda Russell
30. Cloth Cap/ Jonjo O'Neill
31. Snow Leopardess/ Charlie Longsdon
32. Agusta Gold/ Willie Mullins
33. Commodore/ Venetia Williams
34. Deise Aaa/ Philip Hobbs
35. Blaklion/ Dan Skelton
36. Poker Party/ Henry de Bromhead
37. Death Duty/ Venetia Williams
38. Domaine De L'isle/ Sean Curran
39. Eclair Surf/ Emma Lavelle
40. Fortescue/ Henry Daly
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