The Grand National Live From Aintree
Clare Balding and Nick Luck bring you all the drama and action from the 169th running of the Grand National, the world's greatest steeplechase now worth a whopping £1 million in prize money. What will the history books say about 2016's race? Last year's hero Many Clouds is favourite to become the first horse since the mighty Red Rum to win back-to-back Nationals, while his jockey Leighton Aspell is riding to be the first jockey ever to do three in a row. To help with the difficult decision of picking a winner, Sir Anthony McCoy joins the team and rides the course one last time to offer his expert insight. Coverage also includes a further four races to whet the appetite in the build-up to the big race itself, which is live at 5.15pm. Then, at 5.40pm, relive the whole race with our famous Grand National re-run which unearths precisely how the race was won... and lost.
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