Grand National 2023 results LIVE plus tips and best bets as Corach Rambler goes for Scottish glory at Aintree

Forty runners, thirty fences, 500 million viewers watching around the world and just one blog to help you follow the action. The 2023 Grand National is here (5.00) and Scotland have the race favourite Corach Rambler, trained by Lucinda Russell and ridden by Derek Fox - who won the race in 2017 with One For Arthur.

Usually held up for a late charge, the dual Cheltenham Festival winner, is still 10lbs well in at the weights and his stable are in form after a winner yesterday at Aintree.

Dangers abound with well-backed Rachael Blackmore mount Ain’t That A Shame now vying for favouritism, alongside Cheltenham scorer Delta Work, who comes from the Gordon Elliott team that won the race twice with Tiger Roll.

Our man Garry Owen also likes an Elliott runner, Galvin, second behind Delta Work last time out, but a classy horse and a dour stayer. He can be backed at around 20/1 this morning.

Before and after the 5.00 spectacular, though, are six other pulse-racing races and we will have every result as it happens. The meeting gets under way at 1.45, where Jonbon will be a well-backed favourite in the Maghull Novices’ Chase.

The Grand National is a joyous occasion but there will be a sombre moment when the crowd remember the 97 Liverpool fans who lost their lives on this day in the Hillsborough disaster.

There will be a minute's applause at 3.20pm exactly 34 years after that fateful day in Yorkshire. Scotland legend Kenny Dalglish was the manager at the time.

My thoughts are always with everyone affected by what happened at Hillsborough on April 15, 1989, and the anniversary each year is always a poignant day for the city of Liverpool.

While it is an event watched the world over, the Randox Grand National has always been