Grand National 2023 – live

• Updates from Aintree; big race goes off at 5.15pm BST
• National braced as ‘300-plus’ protesters plan to disrupt race
• Greg Wood’s horse-by-horse guide to the 2023 National

If your pin landed on No 16 in the Grand National, Escaria Ten, you’ll have to close your eyes and stick it in again as the horse is lame and won’t start. That means trainer Gordon Elliott will have just the five runners now!

Hello and welcome to the greatest day of the racing year bar none. It’s the Grand National, the event that transcends the sport. Everyone has their own idea of what is going to win and most people will have a wager on this one day.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/RT9B8z2