Aintree

RANDOX GRAND NATIONAL – Beaten trainers explain how they felt their horses ran either good or bad.    Saturday 10th April   Nicky Richards   Takingrisks, (PU 17TH) “He went a circuit then pulled up. It’s a difficult start and we wanted to get up in the first quarter of them …

Rachael Blackmore from Co. Tipperary made history on Saturday by becoming the first female jockey to win the Grand National with Minella Times. Indeed, it was a first win in the race for trainer Henry de Bromhead who not only won the race but finished second with Balko Des Flos …

Paul Nicholls landed the Grade One Juvenile Hurdle on Thursday on the opening day of the Aintree Festival with the exciting Monmiral who remains unbeaten. This 4-year-old son of Saint Des Saints has been introduced to the 2022 Arkle at 14/1 at the Cheltenham Festival with BoyleSports. This young talent …

Dan Skelton admits “shock” at Sir Alex Ferguson Protektorat’s Novice Chase victory in the opening race of the Randox Grand National Festival. The trainer said he is now looking forward to “a big, big future” for the six year old, who has won three times and finished second twice in …

Jockey Conor O’Farrell believes Saturday’s Randox Grand National is the best chance the admirable veteran Vieux Lion Rouge will ever have in the race, as he bids to extend his fine record at Aintree. The 12 year old has the unique distinction of having completed Aintree’s Grand National course on …

The roll-out of live weather data at major race meetings in Great Britain continues with WeatherTrax Live set to debut at Aintree’s three-day Randox Grand National Festival, which begins Thursday, 8th April. WeatherTrax is delivered by Cambridgeshire-based technology and ground management company, TurfTrax, and connects users directly to the on-site …

As punters saddle up for the return of the Grand National on Saturday 10th April, historical research into previous winners finds that Class Conti has the best chance of riding away with this year’s prize.     The data from GrandNational.org.uk has analysed the winning horses since the Grand National started in 1839 and found that, statistically, the winner of the iconic race is a nine-year-old horse that has a handicap of 10st 7lbs.    From this year’s expected line-up, Class …

Christian Williams says he will school Potters Corner over some Randox Grand National-style fences before taking him to Aintree next week. The 11 year old won the 2019 Welsh Grand National at Chepstow and was victorious in last year’s ‘Virtual Grand National’, which was run in place of the real …

The going at Aintree is now Good to Soft, Good in places across all three courses (Mildmay, Hurdle and Grand National) ahead of this week’s Randox Grand National Festival, which gets underway on Thursday.   Watering began at Aintree last week and yesterday saw five millimetres of irrigation applied to Mildmay and …

Dan Skelton plans to send a strong team to Aintree for this week’s Randox Grand National Festival, but will be keeping a handful of his stars fresh for Sandown Park’s bet365 Jump Finale at the end of April. The yard has been in fine form, sending out a total of …