Grand National 2017: Top tips on how to pick a winner

Age, weight and other considerations for the intelligent punter ahead of the bigget race of the year

Grand National riders at Aintree
Horses and riders jump The Chair during the 2015 Grand National
(Image credit: Alex Livesey/Getty)

When the Grand National was first run at Aintree in 1839 it was won by a horse called Lottery, which seems fitting for a race that sees 40 horses tackle a four-mile course featuring 30 obstacles.

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