Grand National 2022: Snow Leopardess' jockey Aidan Coleman warms up with 28-1 winner

The Cheltenham Festival has reached the halfway stage in predictable fashion with Irish trainer Willie Mullins claiming his 100th winner on day two. Favourites Ballyburn and Fact To File kicked off proceedings with victories in the Gallagher Novices' Hurdle and the Brown Advisory Novices' Steeplechase. Dan Skelton celebrated two winners for Britain…

The Cheltenham Festival has reached the halfway stage in predictable fashion with Irish trainer Willie Mullins claiming his 100th winner on day two. Favourites Ballyburn and Fact To File kicked off proceedings with victories in the Gallagher Novices' Hurdle and the Brown Advisory Novices' Steeplechase. Dan Skelton celebrated two winners for Britain…

Sire Du Berlais has made everyone "look like idiots" at the Grand National Festival by winning the Liverpool Hurdle. Trained by Gordon Elliott, the horse claimed victory at Aintree under Mark Walsh despite being 199/1 on the live odds during the race. Having gone off at 8/1, victory looked unlikely during the race as the horse was scrubbed along…

The UK's most famous horse race has finally arrived, with the Grand National set to take place today. Last year saw the return of fans to Aintree for the first time since the COVID pandemic, with the races cancelled in 2020 and held behind closed doors in 2021. But the race came back with a bang as Rachel Blackmore became the first woman to win the…

THE biggest race in the horse racing calendar takes place TODAY at Aintree! Jockeys, trainers and owners will all be eyeing up a slice of the tasty £1million prize pot on offer. Last year's winner was an eye-opener as Noble Yeats, ridden by amateur jockey Sam Waley-Cohen triumphed and was priced at a huge 50-1. Which just goes to show anybody can…

THE Aintree Grand National - the world's most famous steeplechase. Forty runners. Thirty fences over a gruelling four-and-a-quarter miles. Any horse can win. A day to close the eyes and stick the pin in the paper. There have been five 100/1 winners. Mon Mome was the last in 2009. It's the 175th running of the race and first place is worth over half…

All eyes will be on Aintree on Saturday, as the 175th Grand National takes place. Noble Yeats will return to Merseyside to defend his crown after an unlikely victory a year ago - defying a 50/1 starting price - with Sean Bowen the jockey on this occasion. The early favourite is Corach Rambler, a two-time winner at the Cheltenham Festival. It's easy…

The biggest day in the horse racing calendar is here with the Grand National taking place at Aintree. The iconic steeplechase is being run for the 175th time on Saturday with millions of people across the country - and the world - wanting to keep up to date with proceedings live. Tens of thousands of punters will be in attendance at Aintree with a…

The biggest racing event on the calendar, the Grand National, takes place at Aintree Racecourse this weekend. First there'll be the infamous ladies day and then it's time for The Randox Health Grand National Steeple Chase. Aintree is the most famous horse racing track in the world and the steeplechase has been run at that location since it was…

ALL eyes will be on the Grand National at Aintree this weekend as the prestigious race gets underway at 5.15pm. But you may notice a few grey horses charging ahead this year, and when was the last time a grey horse won the big one? There are a total of FOUR grey horses running in the Grand National 2023. They are Vanillier (16-1), Gaillard du…

The most famous event in British racing returns in 2023 with the Grand National set to be held for the 175th time at Aintree on Saturday. First run in 1839, the steeplechase will see competing horses and jockeys clear 30 fences in the hopes of etching their names in history. 40 runners are ready to tackle the four-and-a-bit mile course, with a trio…

THE Aintree Grand National - the world's most famous steeplechase. Forty runners. Thirty fences over a gruelling four-and-a-quarter miles. ny horse can win. A day to close the eyes and stick the pin in the paper. There have been five 100/1 winners. Mon Mome was the last in 2009. It's the 175th running of the race and first place is worth over half…

Delta Work is a three-times Cheltenham Festival winner and Gordon Elliott's star will have a second crack at the Grand National in 2023 having finished a fine third in last year's race. We profile the leading Irish-trained contender, who is a prominent figure in the betting for the Aintree showpiece, which takes place on Saturday 15th April...

Racing fans up and down the nation might have a few post-Cheltenham Festival blues, but in order to keep the embers burning a little longer, here's a look back on the main talking points and results from last week's meeting. Day One of the Festival will certainly go down in racing history as champions were crowned and fairytales were told. Marine…

On a day of firsts for a trio of relatively unheralded Irish jockeys, it was a Cheltenham Festival regular who captured the major honours as the bookies struck back with a vengeance. Claimers Liam McKenna and Ben Harvey and seasoned amateur, Pa King, wouldn't be familiar names on the racecard, unlike Sire Du Berlais, who has been competing here…

Day two of the Cheltenham Festival saw some future stars unearthed, and day three looks equally as enthralling. Energumene hardly came out of first gear to retain his Champion Chase crown, and his former rival Shishkin will be keen to emulate that success in the Ryanair on Thursday. Racing will start at 1.30pm with the Turners Novices Chase, with…

Age has done anything but wither the 33-1 outsider Sire Du Berlais who graduated to championship glory in Thursday's Paddy Power Stayers Hurdle at Cheltenham. Gordon Elliott's veteran 11-year-old emulated the 1986 Stayers hero Crimson Embers by becoming the oldest winners of the gruelling marathon. The outcome eventually turned into a one-two for…

Cheltenham 2023 is here and the event draws punters from all over the world, with many asking the question, 'what grey horses are running at Cheltenham today?'. Greys feature in the opener on Tuesday March 14, along with 40 other grey horses set to take to the field this week. Supreme Il Etait Temps 6/1 Doctor Bravo 22/1 Il Etait Temps represents…

Trainer Sandy Thomson believes Hill Sixteen has a "great chance" of going one better this year in Saturday's Boylesports Becher Handicap Chase at Aintree Racecourse. While Randox Grand National hero Noble Yeats returns to the scene of his greatest triumph in the Grade Two Boylesports Many Clouds Chase on the same card on Merseyside. Thomson's Hill…

Gesskille is the favourite for Saturday's Boylesports Best Odds Guaranteed On Racing Becher Handicap Chase at Aintree Racecourse as 25 entries remain at the five-day declaration stage. The Oliver Greenall and Josh Guerriero-trained Gesskille is a best priced 5-1 market leader with William Hill, Ladbrokes and Coral as he bids to go one better than…

The Grand National isn't the most prestigious horse race in the world for nothing. It's an incredibly challenging course, featuring 30 jumps (16 fences, with 14 of those being jumped twice) on the four-mile and two and a half furlong race. But, while safety improvements have been made in recent years, the Grand National remains a challenging task…

ALL eyes will be on the Grand National at Aintree this weekend as the iconic showpiece race gets underway. But you may notice a few uncommon grey horses charging ahead this year. But when was the last time a grey horse won the big one? There are three grey horses running in the Grand National 2022, including the favourite 8-1 Snow Leopardess. The…

Below are the final declared Grand National runners and riders for all the seven races at Aintree on Saturday. The feature is the Grand National itself due off at 5.15pm and last year's winner Minella Times is back for more. The latest going at Aintree is good to soft on all courses (Mildmay, Hurdle and Grand National).