After a two-year absence, the Grand National Festival is back.
The three-day race meeting at Aintree begins on Thursday, continues on Friday with Ladies Day and culminates with the world-famous steeplechase on Saturday. The opening day will host the Betway Aintree Hurdle and Close Brothers Red Rum Handicap Chase.
TalkSPORT will host programmes across the three-day festival, starting tomorrow with a preview at 10am. Coverage of the races will begin at 1pm.
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Grand National 2022 Thursday race times - order of running
(1.45pm) The SSS Super Alloys Manifesto Novices' Steeple Chase (Class 1) Grade 1
(2.20pm) The Jewson Anniversary 4-y-o Juvenile Hurdle (Class 1) Grade 1
(2.55pm) The Betway Bowl Steeple Chase (Class 1) Grade 1
(3.30pm) The Betway Aintree Hurdle (Grade 1)
(4.05pm) The Randox Foxhunters' Open Hunters' Steeple Chase
(4.40pm) The Close Brothers Red Rum Handicap Steeple Chase (Class 1) Grade 3
(5.15pm) The Goffs UK Nickel Coin Mares' Standard Open NH Flat (Grade 2)
Free radio coverage of Thursday's Grand National
TalkSPORT 2 will cover Thursday, Ladies Day and Saturday. Thursday's coverage on talkSPORT 2 starts at 1pm with Lee McKenzie hosting live racing from Aintree and reporting the day's biggest racing stories.
You can listen to talkSPORT2 here.
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