The Grand National returns on Saturday and you can follow all the action here in the build up. The Randox Grand National Festival gets underway on Thursday with the showpiece race scheduled for 4pm on Saturday. We will have all the latest news from across all three days of the festival.

1 year ago

One of the highlights of the sporting year takes place on Saturday with the 176th running of the Aintree Grand National.

2 years ago

Rachael Blackmore is favourite to lift the World Sports-star of the Year at the BBC Sports personality of the year awards. As the 2021 calendar draws to a close, it is once again time to look back on the sporting achievements of the year and at the top of the pile are those of Tipperary […]

4 years ago

It’s the most iconic steeplechase in the world. 40 horses, four and a quarter miles, 30 jumps, endless tips, excitement and chat. Whatever you do, follow your hunch, whether it’s a jockey, a trainer or a horse you like. Here’s our guide for finding that hunch.

7 years ago

Faugheen just didn’t feel right for Ruby Walsh. The Kildare pilot has had many memorable days in the saddle with Willie Mullins’ majestic 11-year-old, but Thursday wasn’t one of those and the fear is now that we may have seen the last of him on a racecourse. Only a couple of jumps in and with […]

7 years ago

The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Foundation have called for ITV to stop broadcasting the Grand National following the death of gelding Lilbitluso on Thursday. The 10-year-old was euthanised after falling at the Canal Turn fence on the first day of the 2018 Grand National Festival at Aintree. Festival organisers confirmed the […]

8 years ago