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The 2021 Randox Grand National: What the beaten jockeys and trainers said Sat 10 Apr 2021 From hard-luck stories to great spins that were cut short, read what the beaten riders had to say after the Aintree spectacular on Saturday. Aidan Coleman, Balko Des Flos (2nd) “I couldn’t be happier with him. He was super. He jumped brilliantly and travelled into it really well. He did everything right but just didn’t win. All credit to him.” Mark Walsh, Any Second Now (3rd) “He was very unlucky...

Classiest Grand National field of all time ready for a fast and furious show By Andy Stephens@StevoGG Fri 9 Apr 2021 Forty horses. Forty jockeys. Thirty fences dressed in spruce. The Randox Grand National is always one of the great spectacles of the sporting year and the world’s most famous race will be watched by an estimated a global audience of 600 million on Saturday. Casual viewers turning in for their once-a-year fix might not notice, but modifications mean the showpiece is not the cont...

Fancy an outsider? Our experts give their best Grand National longshots Mon Mome won the 2009 Grand National at odds of 100-1. Which runners might cause a shock on Saturday? 1 of 1 UPDATED 12:29PM, APR 7 2021 Freewheelin Dylan defied odds of 150-1 to win the BoyleSports Irish Grand National on Monday and the Randox Grand National at Aintree is no stranger to some big-priced horses winning or hitting the frame. With that in mind, three Racing Post experts p...

UPDATED 7:26PM, APR 5 2021 Irelands champion trainer Willie Mullins will give Paul Townend every possible chance to prove his fitness in time for this weekend’s Grand National meeting at Aintree after the champion jockey injured his right foot in a fall at Fairyhouse on Sunday. Townend was forced to sit out Monday’s BoyleSports Irish Grand National – won by 150-1 shot Freewheelin Dylan – having suffered a heavy fall from Egality Mans, and was replaced on Agusta Gold by Danny M...

Gordon Elliott and Mouse Morris train the main winners of the day at Gowran Park Coko Beach won the Thyestes Chase with Sams Profile winning the Galmoy Hurdle. By Press Association Thursday 28 Jan 2021, 4:03 PM Jan 28th 2021, 4:03 PM 1,788 Views 2 Comments Jockey Phillip Enright won on board Sams Profile. Image: Caroline Norris/INPHO Image: C...