Grand National 2023: What date is the race at Aintree?

With the 2023 Cheltenham Festival occurring this week, many can be trying to the UK’s most well-known horse race, the Grand National.

Last yr noticed the return of followers to Aintree for the first time since the COVID pandemic, with the races cancelled in 2020 and held behind closed doorways in 2021.

But the race got here again with a bang as Rachel Blackmore grew to become the first lady to win the National in 2021, whereas final yr main novice jockey Sam Waley-Cohen received driving Noble Yeats, the first seven-year-old horse to win since 1940.

In 2023, the occasion will happen in mid-April, with the showpiece race headlining three days of racing.

Here’s every thing you want to know forward of the 2023 Grand National Festival:

When is it?

The Grand National will happen at Aintree Racecourse, close to Liverpool, beginning at 5.15pm BST on Saturday 15 April. It is the penultimate race of the pageant, with the final race beginning at 6.20pm BST.

The pageant itself begins on Thursday 13 April at 1.45pm BST, whereas Ladies Day takes place on Friday and begins at 1.45pm BST.

How can I watch?

In the UK, viewers can watch all the motion stay on ITV.

Registered customers also can stream the Grand National by way of the ITV Hub.

Who is competing in the Grand National?

Although the subject is but to be finalised, the longlist has been printed. The official 40-runner lineup can be finalised in the weeks main as much as the race.

How lengthy is the Grand National?

Runners and riders full two laps of the course and leap 30 fences, at a distance of four-and-a-quarter miles. 14 fences are jumped on each laps, however each the Water Jump and The Chair – the tallest fence at a top of 5 toes and two inches – are solely jumped throughout the first lap.

Who are the favourites?

Corach Rambler 8/1

Noble Yeats 10/1

Gaillard du Mesnil 12/1

Any Second Now 16/1

Longhouse Poet 16/1

Full Grand National Day Schedule (all instances BST):

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