With the much-anticipated Aintree Festival just around the corner, oddschecker bring you all the key information ahead of the action, as the jumps racing season slowly winds to a close.
When is the Aintree Festival?
Cheltenham may have just finished, but the quality jumps racing keeps on coming, as fans prepare for the return of Aintree.
The Randox Grand National Festival will be taking place between 8-10 April, at the famous Aintree racecourse in Liverpool.
While the big one, The Grand National, draws in fans from far and wide, there’s plenty of great action for the purists over all three days, making the one of the most anticipated events in the calendar.
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What time does the racing start?
There will be nine Grade one races across the three days, the first always starting at 1:45pm, while the Grand National takes place on Saturday at 5:15pm.
The Grand National is a race like no other; with huge fields and monstrous trip of 4m 2½ furlongs, the big-priced outsiders can’t be counted out. Over the years, we’ve seen five 100/1 winners, four 66/1 winners and four 50/1 winners.
Where can you watch the Aintree Festival?
An estimated 600 million people all over the world tune in to watch the Grand National, and the whole festival can be watched on ITV– and will also be streamed via the ITV website and the ITV Hub app.
Here at Oddschecker, you can find all the very best expert insight and predictions for this year's Festival on our Grand National Tips page. For special offers and bookmaker signups head to our Free Bets page.
