Tickets start from £27 for Grand National Thursday, £42.50 for Ladies Day and £67 for Grand National Day.
Grand National: Aintree entries and weights for 2020 race
- Tiger Roll (IRE) 10 11-10 Gordon Elliott IRE.
- Bristol de Mai (FR) 9 11-08 Nigel Twiston-Davies.
- Anibale Fly (FR) 10 11-02 Tony Martin IRE.
- Aso (FR) 10 11-02 Venetia Williams.
- Elegant Escape (IRE) 8 11-02 Colin Tizzard.
- Top Ville Ben (IRE) 8 11-02 Philip Kirby.
- Beware The Bear (IRE) 10 11-00 Nicky Henderson.
Tickets start from £27 for Grand National Thursday, £42.50 for Ladies Day and £67 for Grand National Day.
The likes of Anibale Fly, Rathvinden, Lake View Lad and Vintage Clouds are also well-fancied. Unsurprisingly, plenty of places across the capital will be showing the race and your best bet is simply to ring your local and ask.
Gates open at 11am in time for the first race at 1.25pm. The last race is now at 5.25pm. Live music from House Of Sax on the Grandstand Lawns follows the last race.
This year's race takes place on Saturday April 4, 2020.
The cancellation marked the first time since World War II the famous steeplechase was not run. ITV did however broadcast the Virtual Grand National, a computer-generated version of the race, on 4 April at the usual race time of 5:15pm.
Leading 'free-to-air' channel, ITV, paid around £30million to secure a 4-year deal. They have the broadcasting rights to show the Grand National LIVE from 2017 to 2020.
Who won the Virtual Grand National in 2019? Rathvinden came out top in this year's CGI race, followed by 2018 Grand National winner Tiger Roll. In third place was Jury Duty followed by Anibale Fly in fourth.
Virtual Grand National to be shown on ITV. The Virtual Grand National which features the Grand National Race of Champions is to go ahead despite the decision to cancel this year's Randox Health Grand National at Aintree and will be shownon ITV at 5pm on Saturday 4th April.
The actual race outcome is determined by different algorithms. This means that although the race isn't real, you can still take part and place a bet on your favourite horse and rider.
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The actual race outcome is determined by different algorithms. This means that although the race isn't real, you can still take part and place a bet on your favourite horse and rider.The Grand National is run over the National Course at Aintree and consists of two laps of 16 fences, the first 14 of which are jumped twice. Horses completing the race cover a distance of 4 miles 514 yards (6.907 km), the longest of any National Hunt race in Britain.
Virtual Grand National 2020: Potters Corner wins televised race. Potters Corner has won the televised Virtual Grand National after the big race was cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic. The 18-1 shot beat runner-up Walk In The Mill (16-1) in the computer-simulated race, with Any Second Now (10-1) third.
Virtual Grand National: runners and odds
- Tiger Roll: 5/1.
- Any Second Now: 10/1.
- Burrows Saint: 12/1.
- Definitly Red: 14/1.
- Walk In The Mill: 16/1.
- Kimberlite Candy: 16/1.
- Magic Of Light: 18/1.
- Potters Corner: 18/1.
AINTREE VIRTUAL GRAND NATIONAL RACES
The Virtual Grand National, created by Inspired was developed to feature declared runners and riders of the Grand National. Using data algorithms it delivered a virtual race for both 2017 and 2018 in which it correctly predicted Tiger Roll would win in this years Grand National.“Everyone who comes into the yard, there's only one horse they want to see and that's Tiger Roll. All being well, in April 2020 the Gigginstown-owned nine-year-old and jockey Davy Russell will attempt to make history by becoming the first horse ever to win three consecutive Grand Nationals.
Potters Corner - owned by a group including Wales and Scarlets centre Jonathan Davies and the All Stars Sports Racing syndicate, managed by former rugby player Gareth Maule - is one of 105 entries for the 4 April race.
Virtual Grand National raises £2.6m for NHS Charities Together. Saturday's Virtual Grand National raised more than £2.6m for NHS Charities Together. The computer-simulated event, staged after the actual race was cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic, was "won" by 18-1 shot Potters Corner.
The 1993 Grand National was declared void here yesterday after two false starts reduced the race to a farce. The disruption of the world's most-watched horse race was a victory for animal rights' protesters who staged a demonstration at the first fence for the second year running.
The computer will take data from previous performances by horses and the outcome will use factors such as age, weight and form to decide the horse best-placed to win. That data has been used to generate odds on the race. The virtual race will be on ITV1 from 5pm on Saturday, April 4.
The event was due to be sponsored by Randox Health as part of an agreement signed in 2016 for the company to sponsor the race for five years, starting in 2017.
