So now we know for certain.
The 40 horses for Saturday's Crabbie's Grand National have been confirmed, with the announcement made at around 10.30am today (April 7).
Last year's Aintree winner Many Clouds, a best-priced 8-1 favourite with most bookmakers, tops the weights on 11st10lb and will bid to become the first dual winner since Red Rum in 1973-74. The final horse in the field, at number 40, is Rebecca Curtis' The Romford Pele.
The big race begins at 5.15pm on Saturday (April 9) – and around nine minutes later you could be in the money.
Full list of 2016 Grand National runners, with age and weights
Horse | Age/Wgt | Owner | Trainer | |
1) | MANY CLOUDS (IRE) | 9-11-10 | Trevor Hemmings | Oliver Sherwood |
2) | SILVINIACO CONTI (FR) | 10-11-08 | Potensis Bloodstock Ltd & Chris Giles | Paul Nicholls |
3) | FIRST LIEUTENANT (IRE) | 11-11-04 | Gigginstown House Stud | Mouse Morris IRE |
4) | WONDERFUL CHARM (FR) | 8-11-03 | Robin Geffen | Paul Nicholls |
5) | BALLYNAGOUR (IRE) | 10-11-02 | Allan Stennett | David Pipe |
6) | O'FAOLAINS BOY (IRE) | 9-11-01 | Trembath, Hyde, Outhart & Hill | Rebecca Curtis |
7) | GILGAMBOA (IRE) | 8-11-01 | J P McManus | Enda Bolger IRE |
8) | ON HIS OWN (IRE) | 12-11-01 | Andrea & Graham Wylie | Willie Mullins IRE |
9) | THE DRUIDS NEPHEW (IRE) | 9-11-00 | The Stonehenge Druids | Neil Mulholland |
10) | TRIOLO D'ALENE (FR) | 9-11-00 | Sandy & Caroline Orr | Nicky Henderson |
11) | ROCKY CREEK (IRE) | 10-10-13 | The Johnson & Stewart Families | Paul Nicholls |
12) | SIR DES CHAMPS (FR) | 10-10-13 | Gigginstown House Stud | Willie Mullins IRE |
13) | HOLYWELL (IRE) | 9-10-12 | Gay Smith | Jonjo O'Neill |
14) | SHUTTHEFRONTDOOR (IRE) | 9-10-11 | J P McManus | Jonjo O'Neill |
15) | SOLL | 11-10-11 | Derrick Mossop | David Pipe |
16) | BUYWISE (IRE) | 9-10-10 | T Hywel Jones | Evan Williams |
17) | BOSTON BOB (IRE) | 11-10-10 | Andrea & Graham Wylie | Willie Mullins IRE |
18) | AACHEN | 12-10-10 | Tony Bloom | Venetia Williams |
19) | MORNING ASSEMBLY (IRE) | 9-10-09 | Clipper Logistics Group Ltd | Pat Fahy IRE |
20) | DOUBLE ROSS (IRE) | 10-10-09 | Options O Syndicate | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
21) | GOONYELLA (IRE) | 9-10-08 | Ann & Alan Potts Partnership | Jim Dreaper IRE |
22) | UCELLO CONTI (FR) | 8-10-08 | Simon Munir/Issac Souede | Gordon Elliott IRE |
23) | UNIONISTE (FR) | 8-10-08 | John Hales | Paul Nicholls |
24) | LE REVE (IRE) | 8-10-08 | Pat Betts | Lucy Wadham |
25) | GALLANT OSCAR (IRE) | 10-10-08 | J P McManus | Tony Martin IRE |
26) | ONENIGHTINVIENNA (IRE) | 7-10-08 | Judith Luff | Philip Hobbs |
27) | THE LAST SAMURI (IRE) | 8-10-08 | Paul & Clare Rooney | Kim Bailey |
28) | KRUZHLININ (GER) | 9-10-07 | Paul & Clare Rooney | Philip Hobbs |
29) | RULE THE WORLD | 9-10-07 | Gigginstown House Stud | Mouse Morris IRE |
30) | JUST A PAR (IRE) | 9-10-06 | Graham Roach & Paul Barber | Paul Nicholls |
31) | KATENKO (FR) | 10-10-06 | Andrew Brooks | Venetia Williams |
32) | VICS CANVAS (IRE) | 13-10-06 | Bodeen Bandits Partnership | Dermot McLoughlin IRE |
33) | BLACK THUNDER (FR) | 9-10-06 | Donlon, MacDonald, Fulton & Webb | Paul Nicholls |
34) | BALLYCASEY (IRE) | 9-10-06 | Susannah Ricci | Willie Mullins IRE |
35) | HADRIAN'S APPROACH (IRE) | 9-10-06 | Richard & Lizzie Kelvin-Hughes | Nicky Henderson |
36) | VIEUX LION ROUGE (FR) | 7-10-05 | Prof Caroline Tisdall & John Gent | David Pipe |
37) | PENDRA (IRE) | 8-10-05 | J P McManus | Charlie Longsdon |
38) | SAINT ARE (FR) | 10-10-05 | David Fox | Tom George |
39) | HOME FARM (IRE) | 9-10-04 | Chris Jones | Henry de Bromhead IRE |
40) | THE ROMFORD PELE (IRE) | 9-10-04 | Trembath & Outhart | Rebecca Curtis |
RESERVES (in order)
RES 1) BISHOPS ROAD (IRE) 8-10-03 Alan Halsall Kerry Lee
RES 2) KNOCK HOUSE (IRE) 7-10-03 Tim Radford Mick Channon
RES 3) PERFECT CANDIDATE (IRE) 9-10-02 ISL Recruitment Fergal O'Brien
RES 4) MAGGIO (FR) 11-10-02 Douglas Pryde/James Beaumont Patrick Griffin IRE
Tips for today's Grand Opening
- 1.40pm Arzal
- 2.15pm Ivanovich Gorbatov
- 2.50pm Don Poli (NAP)
- 3.25pm Nichols Canyon
- 4.05pm On The Fringe
- 4.40pn Pearls Legend
- 5.15pm My Khaleesi