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By Simon Milham, PA 2022-01-14

new pricing era’, following the launch of its new ‘ Tote+’ pool pricing module, which will provide racing customers with a 10% enhanced dividend payout.  Updating customers, Tote stated that its improved module held no cap on the stake a player can place to receive a price enhancement, which has been applied to all Tote pool markets with dividends priced at over 1.20. The Tote+ module has been made exclusively available to customers wagering on UK and Irish racing pools on the Tote.co.uk platform. “For example, if the Scoop6 has a million-pound dividend, Tote+ customers will be paid ...

What are some of the famous fences?  The Aintree fences are not quite as perilous as they were once upon a time after a series of alterations. However, they are still the most notorious obstacles in the business and enough to make the palms of any jockey sweat.  Becher's Brook: The sixth and 22nd fence in the race may not be the biggest, but it's difficulty comes from the fact the landing side is 10 inches lower than the take off side. Named after Captain Martin Becher, a jockey who fell at this stage and hid in the brook to avoid injury. 

Grand National 2021: When it starts, how to watch and who could win? (PA) The Grand National Festival 2021 is under way with the nation's 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 race scheduled for the final day on 10 April at 5.15pm. Organisers had considered, and spoken to s...

Updated / Saturday, 10 Apr 2021 18:39 Rachael Blackmore celebrates a win to cap a remarkable season Rachael Blackmore made history at Aintree as she became the first female jockey to win the Randox Grand National as Minella Times (11-1) scored for the Tipperary rider and trainer Henry de Bromhead.  Blackmore, who last month became the first female jockey to win the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham – on De Bromhead's Honeysuckle – bided her time before challenging and leading two out en route to even greater glory in her annus mirabilis Minella Times' win was also a remarkable one for de...