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Aintree Course Guide
Home to the world-famous Grand National, Aintree’s three-day April Festival is one of the highlights in the National Hunt calendar which stands second only to Cheltenham in terms of importance in the UK. Aside from the marathon steeplechase, highlights at the meeting include the Aintree Hurdle, Liverpool Hurdle, Bowl Chase and Melling Chase – all Grade 1 races – plus the Fox Hunters Chase and Topham Chase, both of which are run over the big spruce fences.
Aintree also stages two important meetings in the first half of the season; the early November fixture features the Old Roan Chase – a Grade 2 contest over two and a half miles – whilst the December meeting features the Becher Chase and Grand Sefton Chase, a once-a-year opportunity to watch two races over the National fences in a single afternoon.
The Grand National course is triangular with its apex (at the Canal Turn) the furthest point from the stands. Inside is the easier Mildmay course which has birch fences. A major feature of the Mildmay course is its sharpness and the fences there are stiffer than used to be the case. The Grand National is run over two complete circuits taking in sixteen spruce fences first time round and fourteen the second and still provides one of the toughest tests ever devised for horse and rider. The run in is 494 yards long and includes an elbow.
Even though it’s flat, it can be very testing for a horse, so you need one that can travel. The winner is almost always still on the bridle leaving the back straight - take a look at some old tapes if you want proof - and those that aren’t really struggle to get home. It’s a long, long way from the home turn to the line and a very long run-in, so you need to have a bit of horse left under you all the way up the home straight to have any chance. As a general rule, it’s the horses that can get into a rhythm, racing nicely on the bridle, who do best at Aintree.
View from the saddle: Mick Fitzgerald
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Results
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Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 1m 7f 176y Jonbon (Good to Soft) 15 Apr 2023 3m 47.89s 2m 4f Grey Dawning (Good to Soft-Good in places; National: Good to Soft) 10 Apr 2026 4m 50.6s 2m 5f 19y Colonel Harry (Good to Soft) 08 Nov 2025 5m 18.94s 3m 210y Sail Away (Good) 16 May 2025 6m 9.67s 3m 1f 188y Ashtown Lad (Good to Soft) 03 Dec 2022 6m 50.97s 4m 2f Noble Yeats (Good to Soft-Good in places on Chase & Hurdle course) 09 Apr 2022 9m 3.06s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 2m 103y Father Of Jazz (Good) 16 Jun 2023 3m 54.21s 2m 4f Gelino Bello (Good) 24 Oct 2021 4m 47.56s 3m 149y Sire Du Berlais (Good to Soft) 15 Apr 2023 5m 59.82s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 2m 209y Green Splendour (Good) 05 Apr 2025 3m 59.4s -
Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L W P Mullins 49 8 £1,927,092 16.33% £27.83 Dan Skelton 54 7 £320,716 12.96% £19.85 P F Nicholls 33 7 £315,292 21.21% £5.33 Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies 28 5 £71,415 17.86% -£7.00 D McCain Jnr 25 4 £91,096 16% -£9.50 N J Henderson 19 4 £433,229 21.05% -£1.23 P Hobbs & J White 11 4 £60,458 36.36% -£0.42 G Elliott 33 2 £207,849 6.06% -£30.38 B Pauling 20 2 £97,397 10% £3.50 Miss V Williams 20 2 £98,982 10% £2.50 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Dan Skelton 57 10 £239,481 17.54% -£2.67 W P Mullins 24 6 £511,357 25% -£5.40 O Murphy 48 5 £208,863 10.42% -£11.70 N J Henderson 30 5 £131,111 16.67% -£10.90 G Elliott 24 4 £314,762 16.67% -£9.18 Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies 22 4 £80,582 18.18% -£10.25 Mrs M Rowley 10 4 £35,413 40% £12.17 Jonjo & A J O'Neill 25 4 £109,573 16% £10.00 A King 17 3 £29,850 17.65% £1.00 P F Nicholls 20 3 £60,685 15% -£14.35 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Dan Skelton 15 3 £64,439 20% £2.41 F O'Brien 11 2 £37,665 18.18% £7.00 Miss Lucinda V Russell 7 1 £4,084 14.29% £1.50 B Pauling 9 1 £28,135 11.11% -£2.50 W P Mullins 3 1 £28,135 33.33% £1.33 J Tizzard 3 1 £4,084 33.33% £10.00 Miss R Curtis 2 1 £4,357 50% £9.00 D Pipe 2 1 £9,530 50% £1.00 Mrs J Williams 2 1 £3,812 50% £5.00 A J Honeyball 6 1 £8,169 16.67% -£1.67 -
Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Harry Skelton 40 6 £253,192 15% -£16.15 B S Hughes 25 5 £104,104 20% -£5.63 H Cobden 27 5 £204,190 18.52% -£5.68 Paul Townend 15 5 £1,202,572 33.33% £10.08 Sam Twiston-Davies 31 4 £55,754 12.9% -£11.00 N de Boinville 13 3 £420,975 23.08% -£7.23 M G Nolan 6 3 £42,248 50% £2.58 S Bowen 29 2 £22,210 6.9% -£23.67 Jonjo O'Neill Jr. 14 2 £26,016 14.29% -£9.25 Mark Walsh 11 2 £151,719 18.18% £5.50 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Harry Skelton 34 7 £162,317 20.59% -£11.67 Paul Townend 15 5 £455,087 33.33% £1.50 B S Hughes 27 4 £44,589 14.81% -£6.55 H Cobden 21 4 £66,230 19.05% -£9.35 Jonjo O'Neill Jr. 22 4 £109,573 18.18% £13.00 S Bowen 42 3 £151,052 7.14% -£27.20 Sam Twiston-Davies 29 3 £67,446 10.34% -£18.25 Jack Kennedy 10 3 £258,492 30% £0.83 Jack Tudor 13 3 £61,508 23.08% £24.50 James Bowen 21 2 £49,644 9.52% -£10.00 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L H Cobden 7 2 £12,253 28.57% £10.33 Kielan Woods 7 2 £36,304 28.57% £2.41 Harry Skelton 11 1 £28,135 9.09% -£6.50 J J Burke 8 1 £9,530 12.5% -£4.00 Jack Tudor 5 1 £9,530 20% -£2.00 Mr D Andrews 3 1 £4,423 33.33% £1.33 S Bowen 10 1 £4,357 10% £1.00 C Gethings 2 1 £3,812 50% £5.00 P W Wadge 3 1 £4,084 33.33% £5.50 Miss Gina Andrews 2 1 £4,162 50% £6.50
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Aintree Racecourse
Ormskirk Road
Aintree
Liverpool
L9 5AS
0151 523 2600
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