Today's headline race at Aintree ushers in a new, and hopefully safer, era for the Grand National, the world's best-known steeplechase. The field is dominated by Irish runners but it's a British hopeful, Lucinda Russell-trained Corach Rambler, that stands to emulate the legendary Red Rum and Tiger Roll by securing back-to-back triumphs.
However, the boggy conditions – the official going being Soft, Good to Soft in places – could level the playing field, with John McConnell’s Mahler Mission being given an outside shot by some.
