The whole checklist of runners and riders for the 2024 Grand Nationwide has been finalised as the most important day within the British horse racing calendar edges ever nearer.
The Grand Nationwide will happen at Aintree on April 13 with a subject of 34 set to run the 4m 2f race, lowered from final yr’s whole of 40 in an try to make the competition safer for horses and riders.
Thursday noticed the 51-horse shortlist for the long-lasting race lowered to the ultimate 34 – giving two days earlier than the race for preparations. The likes of Asterion Forlonge, James Du Berlais and Threeunderthrufive are among the many horses to beforehand withdraw, whereas Hewick – who had been allotted prime weight for the race – is now set to run within the Aintree Bowl as a substitute and Conflated, who was prime of the weights, additionally pulled out on Thursday.
Final yr’s winner Corach Rambler at present tops the betting market, with odds round 13/2 for the Scottish-trained star to repeat the trick at Aintree this time round. I Am Maximus is at present Willie Mullins’s most-fancied shot, buying and selling at 7/1, whereas one other Mullins hope Meetingofthewaters is 11/1 and 2023 Grand Nationwide runner-up Vanillier may also be backed to go one higher than that two-and-a-quarter-length defeat 12 months in the past at 10/1 on betting websites.
Listed here are all of the runners and riders for the race, whilst you can click on right here for betting odds and click on right here for our newest horse racing ideas:
Grand Nationwide 2024 runners and riders
Right here is the complete checklist of horses operating within the 2024 Grand Nationwide.
Grand Nationwide 2024 odds
Listed here are the newest Grand Nationwide odds for the horses operating the Grand Nationwide as of 12 April.
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When is the Grand Nationwide?
The race is the spotlight of the three-day Pageant which takes place at Aintree Racecourse on the outskirts of Liverpool from Thursday 11 April to Saturday 13 April, with the principle occasion on Saturday afternoon.
What time is it?
The Grand Nationwide takes place on Saturday 13 April at 4pm BST, having been introduced ahead from 5.15pm after controversy within the 2023 version.
How can I watch it?
The race can be proven reside on ITV1 in addition to Racing TV. The race may also be streamed reside on ITVX.
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What number of horses run in it?
There can be a most of 34 horses operating within the 2024 race, down from 40 in 2023 because the occasion tries to turn into safer. The quantity has not at all times been constant, there have been 66 for instance in 1929.
