Category: Aintree

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 nine occasions during his career […]

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 racecourse weather station providing 24/7 […]

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 Conti matches closest to the best age (nine) and handicap (10st […]

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 thing in aid of NHS […]

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 Hurdle courses and six millimetres […]

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 six winners at Stratford and […]

Bryony Frost is confident Yala Enki can prove equally effective on a quicker surface when attempting to help her become the first female rider to win the Randox Grand National at Aintree on Saturday (10th April). Having become the first female jockey to win the Ladbrokes King George VI Chase aboard the Paul Nicholls-trained Frodon […]

Today was the five-day confirmation stage for the Randox Grand National, staged at Aintree on Saturday (10th April). A total of 68 horses remain engaged – please see full list below. The final declaration stage for the world’s greatest steeplechase is at 10.00am on Thursday (8th April). The maximum field size is 40 runners plus […]

ENTRIES FOR ALL RACES ON DAY THREE OF THE RANDOX GRAND NATIONAL FESTIVAL – RANDOX GRAND NATIONAL DAY, SATURDAY 10TH APRIL 1:45pm Eft Systems Handicap Hurdle (Grade 3) 3m 149y Ashington 6 Brian Ellison Mr T. Alderson Sean Quinlan Ashtown Lad (IRE) 7 Dan Skelton Darren & Annaley Yates Ask Dillon (IRE) 8 Fergal O’Brien […]