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10 April 2025

  • Celebre d’Allen, centre, in green checked colours and cheekpieces, lines up at the start of the Grand National on Saturday.

    Grand National runner Celebre d’Allen died with severe respiratory infection

    A post-mortem examination of Celebre d’Allen found that while his collapse in the Grand National did not lead directly to his death, the gelding’s immune system had been severely compromised

8 April 2025

  • The field take the water jump during the Grand National on Saturday

    ‘Heartbroken’ trainers pay tribute to Grand National runner Celebre d’Allen

    Celebre D’Allen, who collapsed after running in the Grand National at Aintree on Saturday, has died

7 April 2025

  • The Grand National winning horse Nick Rockett is reunited with his jockey Patrick Mullins and trainer Willie Mullins

    Talking Horses
    Recovery of fallen horses lends positive postscript to Mullins National

    Broadway Boy and Celebre D’Allen are ‘back on track’ after going down during Nick Rockett’s Grand National triumph

5 April 2025

  • Nick Rockett with his jockey Patrick Mullins and Willie Mullins (second right) after victory in the Grand National

    Nick Rockett’s National success brings tears and smiles for father-son duo

    Willie Mullins rarely shows much emotion but the dam cracked after his son Patrick steered little Nick Rockett to Aintree glory
  • Horses clearing a water jump

    Animal rights groups hit out at Grand National after Broadway Boy’s ‘horrific’ fall

    Campaigners accuse racing industry of ‘spouting empty rhetoric’ about welfare after horses injured in dramatic race

    • Nick Rockett holds off I Am Maximus to win thrilling 2025 Grand National – as it happened

    • Grand National glory for Nick Rockett as he leads home a Willie Mullins 1-2-3

    • Grand National meeting 2025: Gold suits and tangled boots – in pictures

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4 April 2025

  • BBC Sport presenter Gina Bryce interviewing jockey Paul Townend at Aintree

    Talking Horses
    Iroko has perfect profile for Grand National as Gina Bryce makes history

  • Women wear giant floral creations

    Aintree racegoers grateful for hats as sun shines for first time in decade

  • Ben Sutton falls off Drop Flight at the Chair fence on day one of the Grand national festival this week.

    Plastic or fantastic? Grand National steps out on delicate high-wire act

  • Horantzau D’Airy lines up for his Newmarket trainer in the Grand National on Saturday.

    Grand National fairytale on cards with ‘click-and-collect’ Horantzau d’Airy

3 April 2025

  • A riderless Constitution Hill passes the finishing post after falling again

    Constitution Hill falls again at Grand National festival as Lossiemouth triumphs

    Lossiemouth swept home to win the William Hill Aintree Hurdle, as Constitution Hill left onlookers stunned again with another fall
  • I Am Maximus

    Grand National 2025: horse-by-horse guide to all the runners

    Last year’s winner I Am Maximus heads to Aintree on Saturday bidding to make history. Here is a look through the chances of all 34 contenders
  • I Am Maximus jumps the Chair on his way to winning the 2024 Grand National

    ‘Sundance Kid’ JP McManus has five shots at Grand National history

    Jump racing’s grizzled veteran could become the only owner to have four winners of the great race on Saturday

2 April 2025

  • The grass is watered near the water jump at Aintree in preparation for the Grand National meeting.

    Grand National gets taps turned on to ensure safe ground after long dry spell

    Aintree officials will do whatever it takes to ensure that the Grand National meeting opens on good-to-soft ground on Thursday

March 2025

  • I Am Maximus jumps The Chair on his way to winning the Grand National

    Talking Horses
    Is the Grand National losing its spirit as big-name stables dominate field?

  • Inothewayurthinkin ridden by Mark Walsh on their way to winning the Gold Cup at the Cheltenham festival

    Gold Cup winner Inothewayurthinkin withdraws from Grand National

May 2024

  • Corach Rambler with Derek Fox pass the winning post to win the Grand National in 2023

    Talking Horses
    What Corach Rambler’s retirement says about racing’s direction of travel

    Conundrum of what is best for the sport conflicting with what is best for a horse rears its ugly head once again

April 2024

  • Greg Wood

    Talking Horses
    This year’s Grand National looked and felt like a better race, in every way

    Greg Wood
    The race’s ability to adapt to changing attitudes over the course of nearly 200 years has been one of the secrets of its survival
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