Why has the Grand National time changed from 5.15pm to 4pm?...

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Why the Grand National is the nation’s favourite horse race

Aintree's featured race is set to start one hour and 15 minutes earlier than the more regular time of 5:15pm.

She said: "We leave no stone unturned in providing world-class standards of welfare for our participants and undertake a review after every Randox Grand National. "In October we announced that one of the changes being made from 2024 would involve bringing forward the start time of the race, which has been 5.15pm since 2016."This was a decision we took after a number of participants and other racing stakeholders raised concerns about the long build-up to the race throughout the day and heightened tension as a result.

 

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