The Grand National will be taking place once again in 2024 with millions set to watch arguably the biggest horse racing event of the year.
Overall, the event takes place across three days at Aintree with the Opening Day occurring on Thursday, April 11 and the Ladies Day on Friday, April 12.
Finally, the main Grand National Day will take place on Saturday, April 13.
It will be the 176th running of the iconic race, with a reduced field of 34 horses set to take part, according to the Radio Times.
This is fascinating 👌
— Aintree Racecourse (@AintreeRaces) April 9, 2024
We joined our grounds team to find out the how the iconic @RandoxHealth Grand National fences are built and maintained... even during a race! 😮 pic.twitter.com/YzY0jlXOX7
Where to watch the Grand National on TV
ITV1 will be showing the event over all three days of competition with coverage lasting from 2pm until 5pm on Thursday and Friday.
On Saturday, coverage will start slightly earlier at 12.55pm but finish at the same time as the prior two days.
The main event will start at 4pm with there being four rides prior to it and two afterwards.
Alongside that, the specialist racing broadcaster Racing TV will be showing the event on Sky channel 424 or Virgin Media channel 536.
The Radio Times adds: "Corach Rambler stormed home for victory in 2023, with jockey Derek Fox aboard Lucinda Russell's bay gelding superstar.
"The reigning champion is favourite to defend his crown, but faces stern competition from the likes of I Am Maximus, Vanillier and Panda Boy, while former champion Noble Yeats returns for another unlikely shot at glory."
Recommended reading:
Who has the rights to the Grand National?
ITV currently has the rights to broadcast The Grand National in the UK, which it has had since 2017.
The race was first broadcast on the BBC back in 1960 and it stayed that way until 2013 when Channel 4 got the rights, which lasted until 2016.
Along with the Epsom Derby the Grand National is one of two horse races that must be broadcast on free-to-air television in the UK.
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereLast Updated:
Report this comment Cancel