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331 races on record, 2020-10-25 to 2026-05-15
Aintree hosts the world-famous Grand National and the racecourse’s three-day April Festival is one of the highlights in the jumps calendar. Major races at the meeting include the Aintree Hurdle, Liverpool Hurdle, Bowl Chase and Melling Chase – all Grade 1s – plus the Foxhunters Chase and Topham Chase, both of which are run over the National fences. Aintree begins its season with an October fixture which features the Old Roan Chase – a Grade 2 contest over two and a half miles – whilst the racecourse’s December meeting features the Becher Chase and Grand Sefton Chase.
The Grand National course is triangular with its apex (at the Canal Turn) the furthest point from the stands. Inside is the Mildmay course which has birch fences. A major feature of the Mildmay course is its sharpness, though the fences are stiff and it's a tough jumping test. The Grand National is run over two complete circuits taking in sixteen spruce fences first time around and fourteen the second. Alterations to the fences in recent times have had the effect of making it a less severe test of jumping than used to be case. Since 2013, the run to the first fence in the Grand National was reduced in a bid to also improve safety, resulting in the overall race distance shortening from the usual 4½m, though the run-in is still 494 yards long and includes an elbow.
| Hurdle | 154 | 9.9 | 38.3% |
| Chase | 144 | 11 | 32.6% |
| Bumper | 33 | 13 | 24.2% |
| Dan Skelton | 232 | 35 | 15.1% | +48.82 |
| Paul Nicholls | 132 | 20 | 15.2% | -29.74 |
| W. P. Mullins | 118 | 19 | 16.1% | +2.27 |
| Nicky Henderson | 123 | 16 | 13.0% | -68.57 |
| Olly Murphy | 125 | 13 | 10.4% | -46.78 |
| Gordon Elliott | 102 | 12 | 11.8% | -40.47 |
| Fergal O'Brien | 79 | 11 | 13.9% | +24.64 |
| Mel Rowley | 31 | 10 | 32.3% | +18.02 |
| Nigel Twiston-Davies | 75 | 9 | 12.0% | -38.75 |
| David Pipe | 42 | 7 | 16.7% | +5.40 |
| Harry Skelton | 169 | 28 | 16.6% | +5.91 |
| Harry Cobden | 108 | 18 | 16.7% | -25.90 |
| Brian Hughes | 126 | 15 | 11.9% | -21.80 |
| Sam Twiston-Davies | 127 | 12 | 9.4% | -55.17 |
| Aidan Coleman | 49 | 11 | 22.4% | +21.95 |
| Sean Bowen | 129 | 11 | 8.5% | -67.12 |
| Mark Walsh | 36 | 10 | 27.8% | +27.26 |
| Paul Townend | 41 | 10 | 24.4% | +1.58 |
| Nico de Boinville | 64 | 9 | 14.1% | -45.25 |
| Jonathan Burke | 70 | 9 | 12.9% | -7.29 |
| 2026-05-15 | 8 | Good |
| 2026-04-11 | 7 | Good To Soft |
| 2026-04-10 | 7 | Good To Soft |
| 2026-04-09 | 7 | Good To Soft |
| 2025-12-26 | 7 | Good To Soft |
| 2025-12-06 | 7 | Soft |
| 2025-11-08 | 7 | Good To Soft |
| 2025-10-26 | 7 | Good |
| 2025-05-16 | 7 | Good |
| 2025-04-05 | 7 | Good |
| 2025-04-04 | 7 | Good |
| 2025-04-03 | 7 | Good To Soft |
| 2024-12-26 | 7 | Good To Soft |
| 2024-11-09 | 7 | Good |
| 2024-10-27 | 7 | Good |
| 2024-05-17 | 6 | Good |
| 2024-04-13 | 7 | Good To Soft |
| 2024-04-12 | 7 | Soft |
| 2024-04-11 | 7 | Heavy |
| 2023-12-26 | 7 | Soft |
| 2023-12-09 | 8 | Heavy |
| 2023-11-11 | 7 | Heavy |
| 2023-10-29 | 7 | Good To Soft |
| 2023-06-16 | 7 | Good |
| 2023-05-19 | 7 | Good |
| 2023-04-15 | 7 | Good To Soft |
| 2023-04-14 | 7 | Good To Soft |
| 2023-04-13 | 7 | Good To Soft |
| 2022-12-03 | 7 | Good To Soft |
| 2022-11-05 | 7 | Good To Soft |