The Grand National Festival is the final major National Hunt meeting of the season, following the Cheltenham Festival last month, and gets underway this week.
The climax of the event is the Randox Grand National, with the iconic steeplechase being the penultimate race of the Festival on Saturday afternoon. As ever, the Aintree crowd will be passionately following their favourite horses while enjoying the Festival atmosphere starting from Thursday.
With the likes of Shiskin and A Plus Tard in the Aintree Bowl Chase on Thursday before Champion Hurdle winner Constitution Hill running in the Aintree Hurdle, the opening day will be an exciting day of racing. This is followed by Ladies Day on Friday before the main event on Saturday.
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Corach Rambler is the current favourite for the Grand National, with the Lucinda Russell trained nine-year-old being 13/2 at present. However, with the handicap race being a wide open field, there is scope for an upset, with last year's winner Noble Yeats lining up having won from 50/1 last year.
With other big names such as Delta Work and Galvin also taking to the famous fences, it is sure to be a fantastic spectacle on Saturday.
Grand National 2023 race schedule at Aintree
All times BST
Thursday 13 April - Opening Day
13.45 - Manifesto Novices' Steeple Chase (Class 1) Grade 1 2m 4f
14.20 - Jewson Anniversary 4-y-o Juvenile Hurdle (Class 1) Grade 1 2m 1f
14.55 - Aintree Bowl Steeple Chase (Class 1) Grade 1 3m 1f
15.30 - William Hill Aintree Hurdle (Class 1) Grade 1 2m 4f
16.05 - Randox Foxhunters' Open Hunters' Steeple Chase 2m 5f
16.40 - Close Brothers Red Rum Handicap Steeple Chase (Class 1) Grade 3 2m
17.15 - Goffs UK Nickel Coin Mares' Standard Open NH Flat (Grade 2) 2m 1f
Friday 14 April - Ladies Day
13.45 - Mildmay Novices' Steeple Chase (Class 1) Grade 1 3m 1f
14.20 - William Hill Handicap Hurdle (Class 1) Grade 3 2m 4f
14.55 - Top Novices' Hurdle (Class 1) Grade 1 2m 1/2f
15.30 - Marsh Steeple Chase (Registered as the Melling) (Grade 1) 2m 4f
16.05 - Randox Supports Race Against Dementia Topham Chase (Grade 3) 2m 5f
16.40 - Cavani Menswear Sefton Novices' Hurdle (Class 1) Grade 1 3m 1/2f
17.15 - Abersoch Land and Sea Handicap Hurdle (Class 2) (Conditional & Amateur Jockeys) 2m1/2f
Saturday 15 April - Grand National Day
13.45 - EFT Systems Maghull Novices' Steeple Chase (Class 1) Grade 1 2m
14.25 - Village Hotel Club Handicap Hurdle (Class 1) Grade 3 3m ½f
15.00 - Turners Mersey Novices' Hurdle (Class 1) Grade 1 2m 4f
15.35 - JRL Group Liverpool Hurdle (Class 1) Grade 1 3m ½f
16.15 - William Hill Freebooter Handicap Steeple Chase (Class 1) Grade 3 3m 1f
17.15 - Randox Grand National Steeple Chase (Grade 3) 4m 2½f
18.20 - Weatherbys nhstallions.co.uk Standard Open National Hunt Flat Race (Grade 2) 2m 1f
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