About Grand National

The Grand National is run this year on 4th of April and is one of racings biggest days of the year and the Grand National betting is getting into full swing.

The Grand National run at Aintree, Liverpool is over four and half miles and fearsome fences, also is one of the largest betting event in the UK sporting calendar.

Grand National race is watched by over 500 million people from across the globe.

The Grand National course is left-handed, four and a half miles long, over two circuits of the Aintree racecourse in Liverpool, has 30 steeplechase fences and 40 runners.

The runners jump a total of 30 fences. All but two of the sixteen fences are jumped twice. .

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