Grand National 2023 LIVE: Results, reaction and latest updates after dramatic day at Aintree
Corach Rambler won the 175th running of the Grand National on the UK’s biggest betting day
Corach Rambler won the 2023 Grand National at Aintree backing up its status as the 8/1 favourite.
Mister Coffey and Coko Beach led early on and throughout most of the thrilling race. But chaotic scenes early on saw a number of fallers, including Lifetime Ambition, who was taken out by a loose horse at fence 9.
However, Corach Rambler, ridden by Derek Fox and trained by Lucinda Russell took the lead from Mister Coffey over the final fence and kicked for home to record a memorable win.
The race had been delayed after protestors breached the Aintree racecourse fence and got on to the course. The Grand National attracted criticism from animal rights protestors in the build-up, with three arrests made in connection with potential co-ordinated disruption activities at Aintree, which became nine following the pre-race disruption
Relive all the action from Aintree below:
Grand National 2023: Sire Du Berlais wins the JRL Group Liverpool Hurdle!
Out of nowhere! Sire Du Berlais kept himself at the back of the field for most of the race before flying through the middle and leaping over the last hurdle mere inches behind Maries Rock and Flooring Porter.
Down the final stretch Mark Walsh kicks him on and edges him ahead of Marie’s Rock to cross the line in first place! Great ride.
Grand National 2023: 15:35pm - JRL Group Liverpool Hurdle
Marie’s Rock crusies up alongside Flooring Porter as Sure Du Berlais comes through the field and leaps over the last just behind the two leaders.
It’ll be a sprint to the finish!
Grand National 2023: 15:35pm - JRL Group Liverpool Hurdle
Home By The Lee continues to lose ground as Monmiral kicks on and moves into third place. Dashel Drasher has moved closer to Flooring Porter who still leads with three hurdles to go.
Marie’s Rock moves into contention now too.
Grand National 2023: 15:35pm - JRL Group Liverpool Hurdle
Flooring Porter is dictating this race out at the front of the pack with six hurdles to go. Home By The Lee has dropped off slightly with Dashel Drasher trying to close the gap in second place.
Grand National 2023: 15:35pm - JRL Group Liverpool Hurdle
Dashel Drasher and Home By The Lee have decent positions near the front of the field but it’s Flooring Porter - the favourite - who leads by two lengths.
Sire Du Berlais is out at the back of the field.
Grand National 2023: 15:35pm - JRL Group Liverpool Hurdle
And they’re off!
Grand National 2023: Harry Skelton on the National
Harry Skelton, who rode West Balboa to victory in today’s second race will be on Le Milos in the Grand National. He told Racing TV:
“This is one of the greatest meetings there is. We are about to have the world’s best race there is and we are lucky to be involved in such a great sport.
Grand National 2023: 15:35pm - JRL Group Liverpool Hurdle
Just two more races to go until the Grand National. Next up is the JRL Group Liverpool Hurdle.
There are four leading potential runners in this one. Flooring Porter, Home By The Lee, Marie’s Rock and Champ are all favoured but in this 10-horse field there are plenty to like.
Dashel Drasher comes in off a win at Cheltenham and Sire Du Berlais has won plenty of big races too. Not an easy race to pick this one.
Grand National 2023: Davy Russell on riding Galvin later on
Davy Russell is back in the saddle later on to ride Galvin for the Grand National.
He was asked by ITV Racing if this will be the last time we see him here to which he replied: “I don’t want to say it is but then come back for a third time, but I am enjoying it anyway. Taking it all in.
“I have to ride like I was 21 again. You have to against these young lads, they are not easy to beat. You have to prepare the way they prepare or you get left behind.
“It is very special. It is a special place. I hope the people of Liverpool and England realise what they have here, you can’t get it anywhere else in the world.”
What time is the Grand National 2023?
The UK’s most famous horse race has finally arrived, with the Grand National set to take place today.
Last year saw the return of fans to Aintree for the first time since the COVID pandemic, with the races cancelled in 2020 and held behind closed doors in 2021.
But the race came back with a bang as Rachel Blackmore became the first woman to win the National in 2021, while last year leading amateur jockey Sam Waley-Cohen won riding Noble Yeats, the first seven-year-old horse to win since 1940 - check out the full list of runners and riders here.
The showpiece race headlines three days of racing and UK adults are set to bet £250m on the race with the race on to find the best bets and punters will be keen to do their research with each of the 40 horses ranked and rated.
Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the 2023 Grand National Festival:
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