Grand National

Horse racing’s most celebrated race! We are back for another year at Aintree! The festival itself kicks off today, April 9, with Ladies Day tomorrow, and the Grand National on Saturday. Follow our live hub blog below for all of the action.

1 month ago

‘That’s one of the greatest sporting stories of all time, isn’t it?’ This week on your favourite horse racing podcast, The Paddock, the crew of Oli Bell, Tom Stanley, Rishi Persad and Nick Luck are back together to discuss the rapidly approaching Grand National. The panel talk Aintree vs Cheltenham, their first memories of the […]

2 months ago

‘That’s one of the greatest sporting stories of all time, isn’t it?’ This week on your favourite horse racing podcast, The Paddock, the crew of Oli Bell, Tom Stanley, Rishi Persad and Nick Luck are back together to discuss the rapidly approaching Grand National. The panel talk Aintree vs Cheltenham, their first memories of the […]

2 months ago

One of the best to ever do it. Jockey Rachel Blackmore has announced her retirement from horse racing at the age of 35. In 2021, the Tipperary native was the first female to win the Grand National and the first female to be named leading jockey at the Cheltenham Festival, where she had six victories, […]

1 year ago

The Grand National returns on Saturday and you can follow all the action here in the build up. The Randox Grand National Festival gets underway on Thursday with the showpiece race scheduled for 4pm on Saturday. We will have all the latest news from across all three days of the festival.

1 year ago

The biggest race of the year takes place this weekend. Jockeys & Jackpots, in association with BoyleSports, returns for episode six. And, fittingly, we are going big with the final episode of the season, as we look ahead to the Aintree Grand National, which takes place on Saturday, April 5. Going for gold Dave Orton […]

1 year ago