Duffle Coat (who unseated his rider at the third) was the first to exit the race, an echo of the 1977 National, in which another horse called Duffle Coat led to the first fence and immediately fell.

The Grand National is scheduled for Saturday, April 5, with a confirmed line-up of 34 horses ready to compete at Aintree. The jockeys will be announced in due course. In a change from previous ...