2026 Grand National LIVE: Latest information, runners and updates from the world’s most well-known steeplechase as I Am Maximus bids to regain his crown after falling quick final yr

In the annals of Grand National history, few names sound as loudly or emotionally as that of Red Rum, three time winner at Aintree.

In 2026, the legendary horse’s name is being muttered around the racecourse twofold – firstly as I Am Maximus, the 2024 winner, looks to become the first winner to retain his crowd since Rummy, and secondly through the debut of jockey Toby McCain-Mitchell in the pack.

Aboard Top Of The Bill, the grandson of Ginger McCain who trained the Grand National great, will go to post wreathed in history.

Have a leaf through his story, below.

The rain is falling at Aintree now on quite a wild and windy day in Liverpool, but the going remains good to soft on the Grand National course.

• I Am Maximus (Paul Townend) – 7/1
• Jagwar (Mark Walsh) – 7/1
• Panic Attack (Harry Skelton) – 7/1
• Grangeclare West (P. W Mullins) – 15/2
• Johnnywho (Richie McLernon) – 10/1
• Montys Star (Darragh O’Keefe) – 11/1
• Iroko (Jonjo O’Neill) – 12/1
• Oscars Brother (Daniel King) – 14/1
• Captain Cody (Jonathan Burke) – 16/1
• Gorgeous Tom (Sean Flanagan) – 18/1
• Haiti Couleurs (Sean Bowen) – 22/1
• Champ Kiely (Danny Mullins) – 25/1
• Jordans (Ben Jones) – 25/1
• Final Orders (Conor Stone-Walsh) – 25/1
• Gerri Colombe (Jack Kennedy) – 28/1
• Stellar Story (Robert Dunne) – 28/1
• Perceval Legallois (Harry Cobden) – 28/1
• Quai De Bourbon (Donagh Meyler) – 28/1
• Banbridge (J. J Slevin) – 33/1
• Lecky Watson (Sean O’Keeffe) – 33/1
• Favori De Champdou (Danny Gilligan) – 33/1
• Twig (Beau Morgan) – 33/1
• Firefox (Keith Donoghue) – 40/1
• Spanish Harlem (Brian Hughes) – 40/1
• Beauport (Sam Twiston-Davies) – 40/1
• Top Of The Bill (Toby McCain-Mitchell) – 40/1
• Imperial Saint (Callum Pritchard) – 40/1
• Amirite (Phillip Enright) – 40/1
• Three Card Brag (Jordan Gainford) – 50/1
• Mr Vango (Jack Tudor) – 50/1
• High Class Hero (James Bowen) – 50/1
• The Real Whacker (Gavin Sheehan) – 50/1
• Answer To Kayf (John Shinnick) – 66/1
• Marble Sands (Tom Bellamy) – 66/1

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Hello and welcome to Daily Mail Sport’s live coverage of the 2026 Grand National – getting underway in just under an hour.

While some races will have bigger prize pots, or attract a more dazzling crowd, there are few that can compare to the Grand National’s place in the public consciousness. Horses and trainers who have won the contest have become the stuff of legend, from Red Rum, to Tiger Roll, and Rachael Blackmore, who became the first female jockey aboard to win the historic race in 2021.

Not long to go now until we find out who might earn legendary status this afternoon…