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Galopin Des Champs keeps up momentum for reigning champion. By Press Association Wednesday 28 Apr 2021, 6:47 PM Apr 28th 2021, 6:47 PM 2,674 Views 0 Comments Paul Townend on Galopin Des Champs comes home to win. Image: James Crombie/INPHO Image: James Crombie/INPHO Updated Apr 28th 2021, 6:47 PM PAUL TOWNEND STRETCHED his lead to six over Rach...

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...

Grand National 2021: When it starts, how to watch and who could win? (PA) The Grand National Festival 2021 is under way with the nations favourite horse race of the year set to take place on Saturday afternoon.  Here’s a rundown of everything you need to know about the Grand National. When is the Grand National 2021? Will spectators be allowed in? In 2021, the Grand National Festival will take place between Thursday 8 April and Saturday 10 April, with the national rac...

Grand National 2021: When it starts, how to watch and who could win? (PA) The Grand National Festival 2021 is under way with the nations favourite horse race of the year set to take place on Saturday afternoon.  Here’s a rundown of everything you need to know about the Grand National. When is the Grand National 2021? Will spectators be allowed in? In 2021, the Grand National Festival will take place between Thursday 8 April and Saturday 10 April, with the national rac...

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Grand National 2021: When it starts, how to watch and who could win? (PA) The Grand National Festival 2021 is under way with the nations favourite horse race of the year set to take place on Saturday afternoon.  Here’s a rundown of everything you need to know about the Grand National. When is the Grand National 2021? Will spectators be allowed in? In 2021, the Grand National Festival will take place between Thursday 8 April and Saturday 10 April, with the national rac...

Grand National 2021: When it starts, how to watch and who could win? (PA) The Grand National Festival 2021 is under way with the nations favourite horse race of the year set to take place on Saturday afternoon.  Here’s a rundown of everything you need to know about the Grand National. When is the Grand National 2021? Will spectators be allowed in? In 2021, the Grand National Festival will take place between Thursday 8 April and Saturday 10 April, with the national rac...

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...

UPDATED 7:12PM, APR 1 2021 Jonjo ONeill believes he has the horse to beat in Cloth Cap for next weeks Randox Grand National but thinks his odds of around 7-2 are absurd in a race that is so famous for shocks and surprises. ONeill knows all too well how bad luck can play out in Aintrees iconic steeplechase. In his riding days he competed in the race eight times and never finished, including in 1973 when he rode Ginger McCains first string, Glenkiln, in a race famously won by stablemate ...

Cheltenham Festival 2021: A meeting like no other starts on Tuesday By Frank KeoghBBC Sport at Cheltenham Last updated on The four-day Cheltenham Festival starts on Tuesday behind closed doors Cheltenham Festival 2021 Main race: 15:05 Coverage: Commentaries on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra, feature races Radio 5 live. Racecards, live text, results & reports on the BBC Sport website and app. A town normally in carnival mode is eerily quiet. Where banners and marquees should herald the boisterou...