- Our rolling report, with the marquee race at 5.15pm BST
- Tom Jenkins’ photographs from the Grand National meeting
- Our horse-by-horse guide to all the runners
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The first race in two years, and it’s edgy out there. The horses are asked to turn round and come back again. And at the second time of asking, off they go…
The jockeys try to find their chosen starting position as the race nears. A few stragglers join the throng late on.