The Grand National 2025 is getting underway this afternoon and the full list of runners and riders has been confirmed.
There will be a maximum of 34 horses at Aintree racecourse this year, a number that has been reduced to hopefully improve safety for horses and jockeys alike.
The Grand National has, incredibly, been run since 1839 when Lottery was the first winner under jockey Jem Mason.
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I Am Maximus was the winner in 2024, with Paul Townend riding to victory last year as joint-favourite.
Townend will be riding the defending champion this year as he looks to be the first to go back-to-back since Davy Russell on Tiger Roll in 2018 and ’19.
The 177th edition of the race will be shown live on ITV and streamed on ITVX, while full coverage of the three-day meeting at Aintree is available on Racing TV.
What time is the Grand National today?
The race begins at 4pm today – Saturday April 5 – at Aintree.
Grand National 2025 confirmed runners and riders
Horse (Nationality) Owner – Jockey
Some jockeys are yet to be confirmed.
- I Am Maximus (FR) Willie Mullins – Paul Townend
- Royale Pagaille (FR) Venetia Williams – Charlie Deutsch
- Nick Rockett (IRE) Willie Mullins –
- Grangeclare West (IRE) Willie Mullins
- Hewick (IRE) John Joseph Hanlan – Gavin Sheehan
- Minella Indo (IRE) Henry de Bromhead
- Appreciate It (IRE) Willie Mullins
- Minella Cocooner (IRE) Willie Mullins – Jonathan Burke
- Conflated (IRE) Gordon Elliott
- Stumptown (IRE) Gavin Cromwell – Keith Donoghue
- Hitman (FR) Paul Nicholls – Freddie Gingell
- Beauport (IRE) Nigel Twiston-Davies – Sam Twiston-Davies
- Bravemansgame (FR) Paul Nicholls – James Reveley
- Chantry House (IRE) Nicky Henderson
- Threeunderthrufive (IRE) Paul Nicholls – Harry Skelton
- Perceval Legallois (FR) Gavin Cromwell IRE
- Kandoo Kid (FR) Paul Nicholls – Harry Cobden
- Iroko (FR) Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero – Jonjo O’Neill
- Intense Raffles (FR) Tom Gibney IRE – JJ Slevin
- Senior Chief (GB) Henry de Bromhead IRE
- Idas Boy (IRE) Richard Phillips – Harry Bannister
- Fil Dor (FR) Gordon Elliott IRE
- Broadway Boy (IRE) Nigel Twiston-Davies – Tom Bellamy
- Coko Beach (FR) Gordon Elliott IRE
- Stay Away Fay (IRE) Paul Nicholls
- Meetingofthewaters (IRE) Willie Mullins IRE
- Monbeg Genius (IRE) Jonjo & AJ O’Neill
- Vanillier (FR) Gavin Cromwell –
- Horantzau d’Airy (FR) Michael Keady – Ciaran Gethings
- Hyland (FR) Nicky Henderson – Nico De Boinville
- Celebre D’Allen (FR) Philip Hobbs and Johnson White – Michael Nolan
- Three Card Brag (IRE) Gordon Elliott – Sean Bowen
- Twig (GB) Ben Pauling
- Duffle Coat (IRE) Gordon Elliott
Who is the favourite to win the Grand National?
Iroko and Stumptown are the two favourites for the Grand National at the time of writing.
Both are available at 9/1, with I Am Maximus just behind at 10/1.
Check out insider tips from the likes of AP McCoy and JP McManus here on Metro.
Elsewhere, the Grand National supercomputer has predicted an upset.
Analysing the data of winning horses from 1992 to 2024, the supercomputer has determined the characteristics of a ‘typical winning horse’.
This includes looking at the horse’s age, country of origin, trainer, breeding, betting position, past performances and race distance of those performances.
Those characteristics were then compared to the 2025 competitors in order to find which one of the 34 was most like a ‘typical winner’, with all runners and riders then given a winning probability score.
And the results are somewhat of a surprise, with Intense Raffles, the current seventh favourite according to the bookies, the supercomputer’s predicted champion.
The French horse has been given a 95 per cent chance of victory, albeit only very narrowly ahead of Iroko (94.9) and Monbeg Genius (94.7).