2018 Grand National: bookies expect big support for female jockeys

Baie Des Iles’ jockey Katie Walsh is tipped to be one of the favourites for the race at Aintree on Saturday

Katie Walsh Baie Des Iles 2018 Grand National
Jockey Katie Walsh will ride Baie Des Iles in the 2018 Grand National at Aintree
(Image credit: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images)

For the first time in 30 years there will be three female jockeys riding in the Grand National - and UK bookmakers are bracing themselves for an “avalanche of support” for the women riders in Saturday’s big race.

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