Grand National pinstickers' guide to runners
Plus, BBC Radio 5 Live's John Hunt and Gina Bryce give you the rundown on each of the 34 that will go to post for the 2026 Grand National. Note: Approximate odds may change and the field is subject to change until 13:00 BST on 10 April. (Racecard number, horse, trainer, jockey, recent form, age, weight carried [ie 11st 12lb is top weight].
Form: F - Fell, P - Pulled up, U - Unseated rider, S - Slipped up. ) 1 Panic Attack 2 Grangeclare West 3 Jagwar 4 Jordans 1 Grangeclare West 2 Monty's Star 3 Panic Attack 4 I Am Maximus Trainer: Willie Mullins (IRE) Jockey: Paul Townend Gina: Winner in 2024 before running equally well to finish second to stablemate Nick Rockett last year on faster ground. The Willie Mullins-trained Aintree specialist must have another excellent chance this year, off just a 1lb higher mark.
Gina: Won the King George in 2024 before coming within a nose of repeating the feat at Kempton this season. He'll likely get his preferred faster surface but doubts have to remain over his ability to stay this trip, having struggled over a testing three miles in the past. Trainer: Willie Mullins (IRE) Jockey: Patrick Mullins John: Finished third last year, beaten by just three lengths.
An excellent effort by a horse who has always had a touch of class. It wasn't all smooth sailing 12 months ago as he was hampered at fence 25 (Valentines Brook) and then made a mistake of his own creation at the last fence. He had moved to the lead ominously at the second last, and, perhaps with more patient tactics, we can expect even more?
Trainer: Gordon Elliott (IRE) Jockey: Jack Kennedy Gina: Returned from a long absence at the start of the season and has improved with every run, notably when an excellent second to the well-fancied Grangleclare West in Ireland's renowned Grand National trial, the Bobbyjo Chase. Now a 10-year-old but a former winner of the Betfred Bowl at this meeting and he deserves this first stab at the race. John: Firmly established as one of the stars of the 2025-26 season with fabulous victories in the Welsh Grand National at Chepstow and the Denman Chase at Newbury - and all of that just months after winning the Irish Grand National.