The Aintree Festival gets underway on Thursday where the weather is set fair for three cracking days of racing. On the latest ...

There are four Grade 1s to kick things off, alongside the Foxhunters' Open Hunters' Chase, before the Close Brothers Red Rum ...

In the last 3 years Mrs Bagerran (IRE) has met ...

Day 2 of the Aintree Festival takes place on Friday and there are no fewer than four Grade 1 races to look forward to across ...

Willie Mullins' star won the Grade 1 Aintree Hurdle at this meeting in 2024, denying Bob Olinger by a nose, after his trainer ...

Unsurprisingly there is plenty of Irish interest on day two of Aintree's Grand National meeting, with almost 30 raiders ...

Many operators pay four to six Grand National extra places but if you delve a bit deeper, you will find better-value offers, sometimes up to seven or even eight places. Claiming extra-place offers ...

It's a superb field of eight contenders and our expert has picked out two to consider in the Aintree Bowl.

Handicap debutant El Rayo may fare best of the remainder. 16th Mar 25 Market Rasen(2m 4f 139yds Maiden Hurdle, Good-Good to Soft in places) 22/1 11-7 B Carver 5th of 8 runners, 7.38L behind Groovy ...

Formscan - RAMON DI LORIA justified favouritism by the smallest of margins over 6f at Wolverhampton last month and is only 3lb higher. Ewan Whillans' seven-year-old is a previous C&D winner and it ...

Formscan - MOTAWAARED took a step forward when finishing runner-up at Southwell last month. Any further progress could make him hard to beat, with retained jockey Jim Crowley taking over the reins for ...

Formscan - Trojan Sun won over 2m2f here last summer and is only 2lb higher. He can feature again if fully primed for his reappearance, but SPARTAN WARRIOR is fit from hurdling. The son of Saxon ...