The Grand National Day 2020
The Grand National is a popular National Hunt horse race that takes place annually at the Aintree Racecourse, near Liverpool in England. It is known to be the most valuable jump race that happens in Europe, that too with a prize fund of £1 million in the year 2017. It is one of the most prominent events that are a part of British culture. It is a popular race amongst several people who normally don't watch horse racing or bet on it. 
The racecourse for this event where the race is run is featuring a larger fence than the ones that are found on the conventional National Hunt tracks. Most of these species the Becher's Brook, The Chair and the Canal Turn have become famous and when combined with the distance of the event, they create "the ultimate test of horse and rider".
Since the year 1960, The Grand National had always been broadcasted live on the free-to-air terrestrial television in the United Kingdom. Then, until the year 2012, the event was broadcast by the BBC. The UK broadcasting rights had been transferred to the ITV from the year 2017. It has been estimated that approximately 500 to 600 million people are fans and watch the Grand National in more than 140 countries. BBC Radio held the exclusive rights to broadcast the Grand National until the year 2013 while Talksport held the radio commentary rights in the year 2014. However, now both the BBC and Talksport broadcast the race.
The most recent race, in the year 2019 had been won by Tiger Roll ridden by jockey Davy Russell for trainer Gordon Elliott. The next meeting of Grand National will take place on 2nd April and will be ending on 4th April 2020. Since the year 2017, the race and the festival will be sponsored by Randox Health.
The Grand National is held over the National Course at Aintree. It has two laps of 16 fences, the first 14 are usually jumped twice. The Horses cover a distance of 4 miles 514 yards (or 6.907 km). It is the longest among any of the National Hunt race in Britain.
Those who wish to attend the Grand National can have several ticket options to choose from. Whether a seat in one of the grandstands, a birds-eye view from a roof terrace or the Festival Zone, you can choose among the various options.
The 2020 Aintree Grand National Meeting will take place on 2nd April 2020, Thursday. The Grand National starts the first race at 1:45 pm and the broadcasting for the event will start for the race at 2:20 pm on ITV1. The Aintree Grand National Festival happens over a period of three days from Thursday till Saturday with the Grand National staged on the last day, that is, Saturday. The gates for the event will open at 10:30 am every day so that the racegoers have enough time to get into the course. The event will continue over three days. Friday will be 3rd April 2020 or the Ladies Day and the Grand National Day is the sell-out day on Saturday 4th April 2020.
You can watch the Grand National on ITV1 at 5:15 pm on 4th April 2020. There will be plenty of entertainment activities going on where the Grand National is held. There are several shops and stalls as well that sell a variety of things such as racing fashion, racing memorabilia like pictures etc. It could also be a possibility that you end up winning a prize of the ‘Best Dressed Lady’, Best ‘Dressed Man’, or ‘Best Dressed Couple’ etc.
Aintree Racecourse is the venue for the Grand National where the event has been hosted since the year 1839. The racecourse is located about six miles outside of Liverpool.
Grand National Day 2020 Schedule
Grand National Start Day:
2nd April 2020
Time: 1:45 pm
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Race: The Merseyrail Manifesto Novices’ Steeple Chase (Grade 1)
Distance: 2m 4f
Prize Money: £ 100,000
Time: 2:20 pm
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Race: The Doom Bar Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle (Grand 1)
Distance: 2m 1f
Prize Money: £ 100,000
Time: 2:50 pm
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Race: The Betway Bowl Steeple Chase (Grade 1)
Distance: 3m 1f
Prize Money: £ 150,000
Time: 3:25 pm
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Race: The Betway Aintree Hurdle (Grade 1)
Distance: 2m 4f
Prize Money: £ 200,000
Time: 4:05 pm
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Race: The Randox Health Foxhunters’ Steeple Chase (Class 2)
Distance: 2m 5f
Prize Money: £ 40,000
Time: 4:40 pm
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Race: The Betway Red Rum Handicap Steeple Chase (Grade 3)
Distance: 2m
Prize Money: £ 90,000
Time: 5:15pm
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Race: The Goffs Nickel Coin Mares’ Standard Open NH Flat (Grade 2)
Distance: 2m 1f
Prize Money: £ 45,000
Grand National Friday (Ladies Day):
3rd April 2020
Time: 1:40pm
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Race: The Alder Hey Handicap Hurdle (Grade 3)
Distance: 2m 4f
Prize Money: £ 70,000
Time: 2:20pm
Watch: WATCH AT PADDY POWER
Race: The Crabbie’s Top Novices’ Hurdle (Grade 1)
Distance: 2m ½f
Prize Money: £ 100,000
Time: 2:50pm
Watch: WATCH AT BETFAIR
Race: The Betway Mildmay Novices’ Steeple Chase (Grade 1)
Distance: 3m 1f
Prize Money: £ 100,000
Time: 3:25pm
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Race: The JLT Melling Steeple Chase (Grade 1)
Distance: 2m 4f
Prize Money: £ 200,000
Time: 4:05pm
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Race: The Randox Health Topham Steeple Chase (Grade 3)
Distance: 2m 5f
Prize Money: £ 120,000
Time: 4:40pm
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Race: The Doom Bar Sefton Novices’ Hurdle (Grade 1)
Distance: 3m ½f
Prize Money: £ 100,000
Time: 5:15pm
Watch: WATCH AT PADDY POWER
Race: The Weatherbys Champion Standard Open NH Flat (Grade 2)
Distance: 2m 1f
Prize Money: £ 45,000
Grand National:
4th April 2020
Time: 1:45pm
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Race: The Gaskells Handicap Hurdle (Grade 3)
Distance: 3m ½f
Prize Money: £ 70,000
Time: 2:25pm
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Race: The Betway Mersey Novices’ Hurdle (Grade 1)
Distance: 2m 4f
Prize Money: £ 100,000
Time: 3:00pm
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Race: The Doom Bar Maghull Novices’ Steeple Chase (Grade 1)
Distance: 2m
Prize Money: £ 100,000
Time: 3:40pm
Watch: WATCH AT BETFAIR
Race: The Betway Handicap Steeple Chase (Listed)
Distance: 3m 1f
Prize Money: £ 70,000
Time: 4:20pm
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Race: The Ryanair Stayers’ Hurdle (Registered as the Liverpool Hurdle) (Grade 1)
Distance: 3m ½f
Prize Money: £ 150,000
Time: 5:15pm
Watch: WATCH AT UNIBET
Race: The Randox Health Grand National Steeple Chase (Grade 3)
Distance: 4m 2½f
Prize Money: £ 1,000,000
Time: 6:15pm
Watch: WATCH WILLIAM HILL
Race: The Pinsent Masons Handicap Hurdle (cond’ and amat’) (Class 2)
Distance: 2m ½f
Prize Money: £ 50,000
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