![and the Grand National due to be run at Aintree on Saturday April 9](/img/di/and-the-grand-national-due-to-be-run-at-aintree-on-saturday-april-9-1.jpg)
and the Grand National due to be run at Aintree on Saturday April 9
We look at facts and figures surrounding the Grand National and one of the nation's biggest horse racing fans - the
Queen.
1 Queen
Elizabeth II
has been riding since she was 4 years old, when her father King George VI gave her a Shetland pony named Peggy.
2 The Queen Mother was an avid National Hunt Racing fan,
Princess Anne
and her daughter Zara…