Grand National runners list: Final line-up is revealed
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Who are the Grand National runners for 2023?
Ante-post favourite Corach Rambler (7/1) heads a full field of 40 for Saturday’s Randox Grand National at Aintree.
Derek Fox has been declared to ride the dual Ultima Chase winner after recovering from a minor injury, with the jockey and trainer Lucinda Russell bidding for a second National success following One For Arthur’s triumph in 2017.
Next best in the betting is Delta Work (8/1), who is one of six contenders in the final field for trainer Gordon Elliott.
The Cullentra House handler also fields the Davy Russell-ridden Galvin, Fury Road, Coko Beach, Escaria Ten and Dunboyne.
Last year’s victor Noble Yeats (9/1) defends his title for Emmet Mullins, with Sean Bowen in the plate this time after Sam Waley-Cohen famously retired on passing the Aintree winning post 12 months ago.
Willie Mullins’ five-strong strong team is headed by Gaillard Du Mesnil (12/1) – a last-gasp winner of the National Hunt Chase at Cheltenham – with Mr Incredible (12/1), Capodanno (18/1), Carefully Selected (40/1) and Recite A Prayer (66/1) also in the line-up.
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Paul Townend has opted to ride Gaillard Du Mesnil with leading conditional Michael O’Sullivan handed his first Grand National assignment aboard Carefully Selected.
The field is dominated by Irish-trained contenders with Any Second Now and Longhouse Poet (14/1), Vanillier (16/1), The Big Dog (20/1) and Lifetime Ambition (25/1) other prominent challengers.
Aside from Corach Rambler, only the Dan Skelton-trained Le Milos (14/1) is shorter than 20-1 to keep the prize in Britain this time around.
Other home-trained hopes include The Big Breakaway for Joe Tizzard (25/1), Mister Coffey (50/1) from Nicky Henderson’s yard and Back On The Lash (33/1), a winner over Cheltenham’s cross-country course for trainer Martin Keighley.
The last horse to make the cut for the race is Born By The Sea (100/1).
This year’s race is on Saturday April 15 at 5.15pm and will be live on ITV and Racing TV.
You can read more about the famous Aintree contest via our Grand National: Everything you need to know page while we also have a list of every single Grand National winner in history.
Grand National runners and riders (Horse/jockey)
1: Any Second Now (Mark Walsh)
2: Noble Yeats (Sean Bowen)
3: Galvin (Davy Russell)
4: Fury Road (Jonjo O’Neill Jr)
5: The Big Dog (Aidan Coleman)
6: Capodanno (Danny Mullins)
7: Delta Work (Keith Donoghue
8: Sam Brown (Johnny Burke)
9: Lifetime Ambition (Sean O’Keeffe)
10: Carefully Selected (Michael O’Sullivan)
11: Coko Beach (Harry Cobden)
12: Longhouse Poet (JJ Slevin)
13: Gaillard Du Mesnil (Paul Townend)
14: Darasso (Luke Dempsey)
15: Le Milos (Harry Skelton)
16: Escaria Ten (Adrian Heskin)
17: The Big Breakaway (Brendan Powell)
19: Roi Mage (Felix de Giles)
20: Diol Ker (Kieren Buckley)
21: A Wave Of The Sea (Shane Fitzgerald)
22: Minella Trump (Theo Gillard)
23: Vanillier (Sean Flanagan)
24: Velvet Elvis (Darragh O’Keeffe)
25: Ain’t That A Shame (Rachael Blackmore)
26: Corach Rambler (Derek Fox)
27: Enjoy D’allen (Simon Torrens)
28: Mr Incredible (Brian Hayes)
29: Mister Coffey (Nico de Boinville)
30: Cloudy Glen (Charlie Deutsch)
31: Hill Sixteen (Ryan Mania)
32: Gabbys Cross (Peter Carberry)
33: Recite A Prayer (TBC)
34: Eva’s Oskar (Alan Johns)
35: Our Power (Sam Twiston-Davies)
36: Dunboyne (Jack Tudor)
37: Francky Du Berlais (Ben Jones)
38: Fortescue (Hugh Nugent)
39: Back On The Lash (Adam Wedge)
40: Born By The Sea (Phillip Enright)
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