ITV Racing Live at the Randox Grand National Festival 2024

The world’s most watched horse race moves to a new time of 4pm on Saturday 13 April this year ITV to broadcast five LIVE races a day.

The Opening Show is also on ITV1

ITV Racing will broadcast coverage of all three days of the meeting on ITV and STV and simulcast on ITVX.

On daily: Thursday 11th and Friday 12th April from 2pm-5pm. Saturday 13th April from 12.55pm-5pm.

The Opening Show is on ITV4 on Thursday and Friday 9.30-10.30am and ITV1 on Saturday from 9.30-10.30am.

“As Des Lynam used to say, ‘It’s the day the nation goes racing’. There is no buzz quite like presenting the Grand National, with millions watching in this country and hundreds of million more around the world. And with the cameras and presenting team we have in place, the viewer at home will have the best seat in the house.” Ed Chamberlin

“In my view, the Grand National is the greatest race in the world and every jockey wants to win it. I’m looking forward to bringing you my thoughts on who I think will win it this year and the horses I’d like to be riding!” Sir Anthony McCoy

Presented by Ed Chamberlin, ITV Racing will broadcast five races a day of top-class racing across the three-day Festival, with an extended show on Grand National Day.

ITV’s BAFTA-winning team include pundits and Grand-National winning jockeys, Sir Anthony McCoy, Ruby Walsh and Mick Fitzgerald.

Joining them covering all the action around the whole course will be Rishi Persad, Alice Plunkett, Adele Mulrennan and Matt Chapman. Brian Gleeson will be in the betting ring with Luke Harvey down at the starts. Oli Bell will interact with viewers at home and look at stats in the ‘social stable’ and the three big race commentators will be Richard Hoiles, Mark Johnson and Stewart Machin.

On Saturday, Ruby Walsh will also be alongside Oli Bell for a fence-by-fence review analysing how the action unfolded and how your horse got on.

The Opening Show will be on ITV4 each day and ITV1 on Saturday. Oli Bell will host a preview of all the big races and take in the morning action around the course. He will have guests with him each day and a big race lineup on Saturday including Sir Anthony McCoy and Ruby Walsh.

Across the week, the award-winning production and technical team will use state-of-the-art equipment with approximately 50 cameras around the course including a tracker following the horses, a wire cam along the home straight and a drone.

The ITV7 team will also run a Grand National Sweepstake competition and every day there will be the hugely popular free-to-enter ITV7 competition.

Opening Day - Thursday 11th April On the opening day, three Grade One races headline the ITV Racing card - the Boodles Anniversary 4 year-old Hurdle (2.20pm), the Aintree Bowl Steeple Chase (2.55pm) and the William Hill Aintree Hurdle (3.30pm). At 4.05 is then the Randox Foxhunters’ Open Hunters’ Steeple Chase over the Grand National fences, followed by the 4.40 Close Brothers Red Rum Handicap Steeple Chase.

Ladies Day – Friday 12th April Ladies’ Day features more top class racing including the William Hill Handicap Hurdle (2.20pm), the Grade One TrustATrader Novices Hurdle (2.55pm), the Grade One My Pension Expert Melling Chase (3.30pm) and the Grade One Cavani Sartorial Menswear Sefton Novices' Hurdle (4.40pm), plus the professionals are in action over the big fences in the Randox Supports Race Against Dementia Topham Steeple Chase (4.05pm).

Randox Grand National Day – Saturday 13th April Saturday’s feature is the world’s most famous race, the Randox Grand National Steeple Chase, due off at 4pm, with supporting races on the card including the Bridle Road Handicap Hurdle (1.20pm), the Grade One Turner Mersey Novices Hurdle (1.55pm), the William Handicap Steeple Chase (2.30pm). the Grade One JRL Group Liverpool Hurdle (3.05pm).

The Randox Grand National will be followed by a full replay with analysis to show where viewers’ selections finished.