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GRAND NATIONAL 2016 RUNNERS, TIPS, ODDS AND WINNERS

Raise a glass to the girls of Aintree (they're certainly raising a few!) The fun-loving Ladies Day fashionistas can hardly contain themselves - in more ways than one - as they let their hair down 

14/04/16 14:40

It's Ladies Day at Aintree and race goers put on a stylish display in the hopes of winning the Fabulous Friday style award, implemented by bosses at the course to improve sartorial standards. However, not everyone was on board with the new Chanel-inspired dress code with many opting for thigh-skimming numbers and tight jumpsuits instead. ...read

13/04/16 08:15

Rule The World, trained by Mouse Morris and ridden by David Mullins, won the Crabbie's Grand National at Aintree. The 33/1 outsider romped home after 30 fences.

12/04/16 08:42

When Rule The World romped to victory in the Grand National, the Queen wasn’t there. Nor were any senior members of her family. Only Zara Tindall went to Liverpool, writes EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE.

11/04/16 16:29

CHARLES SALE: A peak audience of just over 10million viewers for the Grand National on Channel 4 provided plenty of vindication for putting back the start of the race by an hour.

11/04/16 14:08

Revellers descended on Liverpool's Aintree racecourse as the first day of the Crabbie's Grand National Festival got underway with a strict style code for the second year running.

10/04/16 11:29

She joked that she was oblivious to the world of horse racing. But Jorgie Porter proved that she was clued-up when it comes to fashion as she put on a dazzling display at Aintree on Saturday. 

10/04/16 08:16

As the Crabbie's Grand National got underway, the Queen's granddaughter and Olympic equestrian watched on with her arms draped around her husband's shoulders.

10/04/16 08:16

Looking lovely in an array of colourful dresses, thousands of racegoers are out in force for the biggest betting race in the UK - the Grand National in Liverpool.

10/04/16 07:51

Hundreds of thousands of people will descend on Aintree on Saturday as 39 runners and riders bid to put their name in the Grand National history books. Sportsmail has all the action live!

09/04/16 19:18

MARCUS TOWNEND: God’s Own gave jockey Paddy Brennan a second grade-one race win at the Grand National meeting when landing the Melling Chase after favourite Vautour crashed out.

09/04/16 17:53

Coleen Rooney made her second appearance at Aintree on Saturday, as she turned out for the Grand National Day without her famous husband, or a gaggle of pals.

09/04/16 13:17

MARCUS TOWNEND: Nina Carberry, one of the most successful female jockeys in jump racing, has been called up to replace injured Ruby Walsh for the £1million Crabbie’s Grand National.

09/04/16 10:57

MARCUS TOWNEND: You can win the greatest steeplechase in the world two years running but, for some more discerning interviewees, there are more relevant questions to be asked.

09/04/16 09:45

Excitement is building ahead of Saturday's eagerly anticipated Grand National at Aintree. Here, our team of Sportsmail columnists share their best memories from the big race.

09/04/16 08:42

Leighton Aspell will look to make history at Aintree with a third consecutive victory in Saturday's Grand National. Here, Peter Scudamore runs the rule over the 40 competitors in the big race.

09/04/16 00:23

MARCUS TOWNEND: There are often common backstories for jockeys, family trees with roots in racing stretching back generations. David Bass, however, did not sit on a horse until he was 16.

08/04/16 23:41

Sportsmail racing expert Sam Turner gives his guides to Saturday's races at Lingfield, Chepstow, Sedgefield and Wolverhampton.

08/04/16 22:40

INSIGHT - SAM TWISTON-DAVIES: There really is no other race like it. If the Cheltenham Festival is all about pressure, the atmosphere is different at Aintree once the tapes go up.

08/04/16 20:32

Experts suggest you could increase your chances of backing a winner at tomorrows race at Aintree if you choose first time runners that are nine years old with odds greater than 14/1.

08/04/16 19:49

Around £200million will be bet on the steeplechase with William Hill saying they will be processing 25,000 bets at minute at peak times. Top weight Many Clouds goes into the race the 7-1 favourite.

08/04/16 15:21

Radio 5 Live presenter Luke Harvey was interviewed with soprano Laura Wright at Aintree when he suddenly bolted and could be seen running away behind her.

08/04/16 13:37

Simply print out the sheet, then cut the names into individual pieces of paper, fold them and put them into a hat ahead of the big race on Saturday, April 9.

08/04/16 12:01

The Grand National, which will be watched worldwide by some 600million people, is almost upon us with Aintree Racecourse gearing up for the 40-runner feature.

08/04/16 11:13

Ahead of Saturday's Grand National, Ruby Walsh has made a dramatic switch and will ride Willie Mullins-trained Sir Des Champs at Aintree. The 36-year-old had been expected to ride Boston Bob.

07/04/16 16:59

MARCUS TOWNEND AT AINTREE: Dawn Run, trained by the late Paddy Mullins, did the double in 1984 but she could not have been as impressive as Annie Power, trained by Mullins’ son Willie.

07/04/16 16:58

SIMON JONES: Grand National winning jockey Leighton Aspell believes he will never have a better chance of making history than at Aintree this week. The Irishman has won the last two races.

03/04/16 10:45

Riding the Grand National, a four-and-a-quarter mile course with 30 fences, 40-odd runners and the possible peril of loose horses, is a unique challenge of which Leighton Aspell has established himself the master.

02/04/16 22:27

Top jockey Barry Geraghty looks poised to ride Jonjo O’Neill-trained Shutthefrontdoor in the Grand National after confirmation his other likely option, Carlingford Lough, misses the race.

02/04/16 22:25

MARCUS TOWNEND: Kerry Lee's previous trips to Aintree and the Crabbie’s Grand National revolved around supplying statistical information for the millions of television viewers who tune in to make the £1million contest the most watched of the British racing year.

31/03/16 17:03

A berth in next weekend's Grand National looks like being opened after trainer Jim Culloty said that Spring Heeled was '99 per cent certain not to run'.

29/03/16 15:16

MailOnline Sport has teamed up with Crabbie's Alcoholic Ginger Beer to offer four pairs of tickets to the world's greatest horse race live at Aintree on each of the three days of the festival.

20/03/16 11:15

An audacious bid by Victoria Pendleton to follow Friday’s fifth place at Cheltenham Festival by tackling the Grand National fences next year is likely to be discussed in the next few weeks.

11/02/16 12:09

Grand National winner Bob Champion has volunteered to donate his brain to medical science after his death to aid research into the effects of multiple concussion on jockeys.

02/12/15 00:26

How many watch the Grand National on Channel 4 at its new time of 5.15pm will be almost as interesting to bookies as which horse wins. Sportsmail revelaed the race will have its latest ever start time

01/12/15 17:04

MARCUS TOWNEND: How many watch the Grand National at its new time of 5.15pm (BST) on April 9 will be almost as interesting as which horse wins.

18/06/15 20:05

ED Dunlop-trained Trip To Paris carried Graham Lee to an historic success in the Gold Cup but the 39-year-old Irish jockey was ultimately left to reflect on a bitter-sweet rather than glorious afternoon.

17/06/15 17:31

Hailing 'an excellent year' for the company, chief executive Breon Corcoran said revenues rose 21 per cent to £476.5million while profits leapt 66 per cent to £101.2million.

06/05/15 16:53

The Grand National, the most famous race run in the British racing calendar, will be run over a new advertised distance in 2016 after the method of measuring its length was changed.

23/04/15 21:33

Irish jockey Davy Condon has been forced to retire from the saddle due to a spinal injury sustained in the Grand National earlier this month.

18/04/15 18:52

Rejuvenated Wayward Prince rolled back the years as he warded off late challengers to lift the Coral Scottish Grand National at Ayr. 

13/04/15 19:06

Pineau De Re, the 2014 Grand National winner who finished 12th to Many Clouds on Saturday, could be back at Aintree for a third shot at the race as a 13-year-old if he shows he still has the appetite.

12/04/15 22:20

A defence of his crown will be a priority for Grand National hero Many Clouds next season and trainer Oliver Sherwood is already eyeing up a rematch with Coneygree.

12/04/15 18:45

The most emotional man at Aintree yesterday seemed to be Mike Tindall, whose horse Monbeg Dude was a fast finishing third.

12/04/15 14:34

They came to see the great AP McCoy deliver the Hollywood ending to his record-breaking career, but instead it was left to to Leighton Aspell secure his place in Grand National folklore.

12/04/15 12:56

Mike Tindall wouldn’t have moved any quicker had he been surging towards the posts at Twickenham. In the unsaddling area, he was making a beeline to the place marked with a number '3'.

11/04/15 22:49

Ruby Walsh is renowned as one of the greatest jockeys of all time but he also showed what a fine horseman he is on the second circuit of the Grand National.

11/04/15 18:28

The Grand National at Aintree in Merseyside was today won by 25/1 shot Many Clouds, with Saint Are (25/1) coming second and Monbeg Dude (40/1) placing third.

11/04/15 17:41

Many Clouds, ridden by Leighton Aspell and trained by Oliver Sherwood won the 168th Grand National at Aintree at odds of 25-1. Saint Are came in second place with Monbeg Dude following in third.

11/04/15 16:24

The 36-year-old was part of the presenting team for a special edition of Channel 4's Weekend Brunch, reporting live from the Liverpool race course.

11/04/15 14:46

AP McCoy will break yet another record when he lines up in the race for the 20th on Saturday. He surpasses Tom Olliver who was successful three times (1842, 1843 and 1853) from 19 rides.

11/04/15 14:45

They are a family united by racing but with divided loyalties when it comes to the outcome of the Grand National. And stuck in the middle is Karen Bowen…. playing the role of both mum and wife.

11/04/15 14:44

All eyes will be on AP McCoy as he bids for a dream end to his career but I have a strong feeling that a horse he could have ridden is going to come back to haunt him.

11/04/15 10:21

It is the outcome he is dreaming of, the result many of the 70,000 plus crowd at Aintree on Saturday afternoon will be praying for and what millions around the county betting on.

11/04/15 10:12

Get ready for the Grand National, the highlight of the racing year, with our must-watch preview from the paddock at Aintree as Sportsmail's racing writers offer their expert insight

11/04/15 09:03

Back a resurgent ROCKY CREEK (Aintree, 4.15) to put the dampener on Tony McCoy’s Grand National dream. A summer breathing operation looks to have worked the oracle for the selection.

11/04/15 09:01

Millions of people will have a flutter on the Grand National and if you're one of those looking for some help in making your selection, then Sportsmail asked stars of TV and sport for their top tips.

11/04/15 00:24

AP McCoy has urged the nation to follow his Aintree dream as he chases the fairytale end to his extraordinary career. Retirement beckons if his mount Shutthefrontdoor wins the Grand National.

10/04/15 23:51

The words are spoken light-heartedly but the intent behind them is real. ‘The perfect result is for me to beat AP by a short head,’ said Richard Johnson

10/04/15 23:42

AP McCoy landed the second win of his last Aintree meeting thanks to a trainer he will be praying doesn’t win Saturday's Crabbie’s Grand National.

10/04/15 21:54

The omens are looking good. After taking the big race on the opening day of the Grand National festival, AP McCoy repeated the trick on Don Cossack to the delight of a huge Ladies’ day crowd.

10/04/15 21:52

AP McCoy has conceded he will enter Saturday's Crabbie’s Grand National with mixed emotions after vowing to immediately retire if he wins the £1million race on favourite Shutthefrontdoo

10/04/15 20:49

As day two of the Grand National gets underway, thousands of ladies dressed in outrageous or elegant outfits as they compete in the style stakes and take in some high-class racing.

10/04/15 15:39

Ladies descended on Liverpool's Aintree racecourse as the first day of the Crabbie's Grand National Festival got underway. Many had clearly taken the strict new style code to heart.

09/04/15 17:55

Not everyone managed to pull off the high fashion ensembles recommended by the style guide after organisers attempted to raise the tone at this year's festival.

09/04/15 16:14

Liverpool's Brad Jones, Glen Johnson and Fabio Borini declared an early Ladies Day at Aintree as they suited up with their other halves to take in the opening day of the Grand National Meeting.

09/04/15 10:49

Tony McCoy, the greatest ever jump jockey, is guaranteed a roaring send-off at Aintree this week as racegoers tip a fairytale ending to his glorious career.

08/04/15 17:04

Jockey Aidan Coleman is hoping he has received the call up for the ride that will finally help him banish his Crabbie’s Grand National blues at Aintree on Saturday. He will ride The Druids Nephew.

08/04/15 16:23

Fergal O'Brien is daring to dream what might be at Aintree on Saturday as he insists last year’s fourth Alvarado is going into the race in better shape this time around.

07/04/15 15:16

Ruby Walsh appears to jump his horse over a moving car in the latest promotional advert for betting firm Paddy Power. The 22-second clip comes ahead of the Grand National on Saturday

07/04/15 00:43

Brendan Powell has picked up the ride on Dr Richard Newland-trained Royale Knight for what will be his first proper shot at Saturday’s Crabbie’s Grand National.

06/04/15 23:16

Katie Walsh became only the third female jockey to win the Irish Grand National as she delivered Thunder And Roses with perfect timing after the final fence.

06/04/15 10:43

Seven out of ten female punters rely on pot luck when choosing a horse for Saturday's Grand National at Aintree according to a new survey of more than 2,000 people, with £500 million being waged on the race.

05/04/15 18:13

Trainer Paul Webber was praying the track at Fairyhouse dries out further for Cantlow, who will attempt to give AP McCoy a glorious send off in Ireland with another Irish Grand National win.

05/04/15 14:10

Liam Treadwell has been booked for the ride on Michael Scudamore-trained Monbeg Dude in Saturday’s Crabbie’s Grand National. Treadwell won the race on 100-1 shot Mon Mome in 2009.

04/04/15 23:19

You cannot please everyone no matter how hard you try. It is one of the lessons for Crabbie’s Grand National-winning trainer Dr Richard Newland during the last 12 months.

04/04/15 23:19

Sean Bowen emits a boyish giggle when pointing out that one of the horses due to compete in this year’s Grand National is only three years younger than him.

04/04/15 22:04

Bookmakers fear a final AP McCoy-inspired blow to their profits if the 19-time champion jockey lands a National double in what could be his final week riding.

04/04/15 18:42

Jockey Katie Walsh has said that female riders have the ability to win the Grand National if they are given the chance to ride the right horses.

03/04/15 18:43

The Irish challenge for next week’s £1million Crabbie’s Grand National looks like being eight strong after trainer Robbie Hennessy confirmed Rubi Light a definite runner.

03/04/15 08:43

Welsh trainer Peter Bowen will wait until next week until confirming a jockey for his Grand National entry Al Co after it was confirmed intended rider Jamie Moore broke a leg in a freak fall at Towcester.

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