2022 Grand National: runners and riders, tips on how to pick a winner, odds, start time, TV

The Grand National takes place at Aintree Racecourse on Saturday. Rachael Blackmore will ride Minella Times again. The jockey made history last year by becoming the first female jockerer to win the Grand Nats. This year's race is the 174th Grand Nat. It's the last time the National was cancelled in 2020. Around 150,000 people attend the festival. Live coverage of the race will be shown on ITV. 40 horses have been named for the 2022 Grand Nationals. The three-day Grand nats festival takes places at the Aints Race Course from 7-9 April.

The Grand National is a steeplechase race. A quarter of UK adults bet on it. The age of the winner is between 8 and 11. Only the toughest horses make it to the race and form is important. The Telegraph recommends choosing horses with the letter R. Family connections are not a good idea. Just a quarter have had a human name. One in six Grand Nationals are won by the favourite. It is the epic nature of this race that makes form less important than age. Five of Grand Nats have been won with horses called Red. They have won the National five times.

There is a growing feeling that Snow Leopardess can win the Grand National. Andrew Cunneen on Paddy Power picks six horses to win. The horses are Escaria Ten, Longhouse Poet, Burrows Saint, Cloth Cap, and Éclair Surf. Fiddlerontheroof, trained by Colin Tizzard, is an 8-year-old who often places behind top-class horses.

2022 Grand National starts at Aintree on April 25th.