Morning all
Good morning and welcome to our liveblog from Grand National Day, writes Chris Cook. First things first: the latest from the track: the going on the Grand National course is described as ‘Good to Soft, Good in places’, the track having been watered with 2mm to 3mm after Friday’s racing and 2.2mm of rain has fallen during the night. There might still be a bit more rain before the Grand National at 4.15pm BST but not in the sort of quantity likely to change the going. The official description may be changed, as Andrew Tulloch, the clerk of the course, is due to walk around the track this morning. The going on the hurdles track is the same as for the National course, while the regular steeplechase course is marginally drier at Good, Good to Soft in places.
There are three non-runners on today’s Aintree card, including Carlito Brigante, who was pulled out of the National itself when lameness was discovered on Friday morning. The others are:
1.30pm: Port Melon
5.10pm: Rock On Rocky
