The Grand National Festival is the final major National Hunt meeting of the season, following the Cheltenham Festival last month, and gets underway this week.
The climax of the event is the Randox Grand National, with the iconic steeplechase being the penultimate race of the Festival on Saturday afternoon. As ever, the Aintree crowd will be passionately following their favourite horses while enjoying the Festival atmosphere starting from Thursday.
With the likes of Shiskin and A Plus Tard in the Aintree Bowl Chase on Thursday before Champion Hurdle winner Constitution Hill running in the Aintree Hurdle, the opening day will be an exciting day of racing. This is followed by Ladies Day on Friday before the main event on Saturday.