Katie Walsh can join Olympic hero Katie Taylor on the pantheon of Irish sporting heroines today by becoming the first female jockey to win racing’s Grand National.

Geraldine Rees has vivid memories of the events of 25 years ago, when she made headlines around the world by becoming the first woman to complete the course in the Grand National.

Carrie Ford will be hoping 15 is her lucky number when she lines up on Forest Gunner in the John Smith’s Grand National tomorrow.