[3] For the second year running Bramblehill Duke was a late replacement for the withdrawn Red Striker a day before the race.

[4] (st–lb) The public gambled an estimated £200 million on the outcome of the race[5] but no clear favourite emerged as four horses started off as joint-favourites.

The inexperienced Jurancon II also attracted public attention after being chosen as the ride of champion jockey Tony McCoy having won the Red Square Vodka Gold Cup in February, and Joss Naylor completed the quartet after finishing second in the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup in November.

Alexander Banquet led the field over Melling Road towards the first fence, were Artic Jack was a faller and Kelami was brought down by the fall of Luzcadou.

Twenty two horses were still left standing as they began the second circuit of the course with one of the joint favourites Joss Naylor at the back the field.

The 19th fence which was an open ditch claimed Puntal who unseated its rider while just behind the leaders, where Clan Royal blundered and made a mistake.

Onto Beecher's Brook second time where Le Coudray fell, after this fence was Foinavon which saw Just In Debt who unseated its rider after being hampered by a loose horse when behind.

Two fences from the finish Clan Royal, Lord Atterbury and Hedgehunter gained a lead of a couple of lengths from Amberleigh House in fourth.

The race was covered live on television and radio by the BBC, in accordance with the Ofcom Code on Sports and Other Listed and Designated Events, for the 46th consecutive year.

The race commentary team consisted of Ian Bartlett, Tony O'Hehir, Darren Owen and lead commentator Jim McGrath, who called the runners home for the seventh year.

Carl Llewellyn was the most experienced rider in the race, being only the twelfth man to weigh out for the fourteenth time for a Grand National.