Celebrate Aintree with great coverage and reader offers courtesy of your Daily Record

Celebrate Aintree with the Daily Record! Your favourite paper will be bringing you a 12 page pullout on Thursday 13 and Friday 14 April, and a whopping 16 page special pullout on Saturday 15 April with all the coverage you need for the big day itself. Plus great reader offers for racing fans every day of the festival!

The world’s greatest steeplechase is back with the 2023 edition of the Grand National being run over the famous 4 miles and 2½ furlongs chase - and is the highlight of the jump racing calendar with recent Cheltenham Festival winner Corach Rambler (6/1) the bookmakers' favourite ahead of last year’s winner Noble Yeats (8/1).

But there is plenty more high-class racing on offer over the three-day event with new fans’ favourite and star of Cheltenham, Constitution Hill, going in the Grade One Aintree Hurdle on day one. The Nicky Henderson star won the Champion Hurdle by nine lengths last month and is rated at 1/4 to win the race which takes place on Thursday. The main rivals for this one will be Epatante (8/1) and Zanahyir (10/1), both of whom can be expected to put up a credible challenge despite underwhelming Cheltenham performances.

Also on day one, another Henderson favourite, Shishkin (11/4), will go up against Gold Cup stars Bravemansgame (11/4), Conflated (7/2) Ahoy Senor (3/1) and A Plus Tard (7/2) in the Aintree Bowl (14:50), which has already been dubbed a potential 'race of the year'.

On day two, there will be lots more grade one action to enjoy, with the feature race slot being taken by the Marsh Chase. This is a race which often has included those who did well in the Queen Mother Champion Chase a month earlier at Cheltenham. Race winner Energumene will not be making an appearance here, but Pic