The Grand National is back and people have returned to Aintree in their droves.
The festival kicked off with Opening Day and gates opened at 11am, with the first race starting at 1.45pm. Plenty of keen visitors were seen making their way through the gates early in the day.
Today's first day of racing began with the Racehorse Lotto Manifesto Novices’ Steeple Chase and ended with the Goffs UK Nickel Coin Mares’ Standard Open NH Flat.