Aintree Festival gets underway today

Irish hopes will be high this week as the annual Aintree Festival gets underway in Liverpool.

Aintree Festival gets underway today
Thu, 02 Apr, 2009 - 10:08

Irish hopes will be high this week as the annual Aintree Festival gets underway in Liverpool.

Today's feature race is the Totesport Bowl, where Denman the 4/5 favourite.

The final field for Saturday's Grand National is due to be declared later this morning.

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