The countdown to the Grand National begins with Clare Balding at Aintree for the first of three days racing. The Grand National fences will be jumped in the John Smith's Foxhunters Chase, but the feature race of the day is the 150,000 pound Totesport Bowl.

With Rishi Persad, Richard Dunwoody, Mick Fitzgerald, Richard Pitman and Lizzie Greenwood-Hughes. Betting news from John Parrott and Gary Wiltshire. Race commentary from Jim McGrath, Ian Bartlett and Darren Owen. Show less