Aintree hosts the Grand National this weekend (April 9-11), but there’s plenty of horse racing ahead of the Blue Ribband event in one of the hottest weekends in the horse racing calendar – and you can watch Aintree for free with our streaming hack (see below).
The opening day features Grade 1 highlights including the Aintree Bowl, the Aintree Hurdle and the Manifesto Novices’ Chase. Ladies Day (Friday 10 April) combines top class action such as the Melling Chase and Topham Chase with iconic style and atmosphere.
Saturday’s showpiece is £1m Grand National (4pm BST)run over 4m2½f and 30 fences. Leading contenders include I Am Maximus, Grangeclare West and Iroko, with a competitive field of 34 runners. With huge crowds, global coverage and historic fences such as Becher’s Brook, Aintree remains racing’s most exciting spectacle.
Here’s our guide to watching Aintree race for free online from anywhere in the world.
How to watch Aintree Races for free on ITVX
ITV’s online streaming service, ITVXwill live stream all racing from Liverpool’s world famous Aintree Racecourse.
No subscription – sign up for a free ITVX in seconds or download the app for your mobile device. Use your email and UK postcode (eg W1A 1AA).
Outside the UK during Aintree? You can use NordVPN (try risk-free) to easily unlock your free Aintree live stream from USA, Canada, Australia, Europe or elsewhere. Special discount below…
How to watch Aintree live anywhere
ITVX will only broadcast live racing in the UK. For racing fans outside the UK, use NordVPN to access ITVX’s free Aintree coverage.
There are a ton of good VPNs on the market, but NordVPN is the one we can trust to unlock ITVX’s racing coverage.
It’s really easy to use a VPN to unblock your stream of ITVX’s coverage this weekend.
1. Install VPN of your choice. As we have said, NordVPN is our favorite.
2. Select the location you want to connect to in the VPN app. For example, if you are visiting Canada and want to watch your free ITVX stream, select ‘UK’.
3. Sit back and enjoy the action. Go to ITVX, log in and watch all the big races at Aintree – including Saturday’s Randox Grand National.
Aintree Racing Schedule
All times UK (BST)
Ladies Day – Friday 10 April
13.45 William Hill Handicap Hurdles
14.20 William Hill Mildmay Novices Steeple Chase – class
12.55 Top-novice hurdles – class
13.30 JCB Melling Steeple Chase – class 1
16.05 Randox Topham Handicap Steeple Chase
16.40 Oddschecker Sefton Novices’ Hurdles – Class 1
Randox Grand National Day – Saturday 11 April
13.20 William Hill Handicap Hurdles
13.55 Turners Mersey Novices’ Hurdle Race – Grade
12.30 William Hill Handicap Steeple Chase
15.05 Liverpool hurdles – class 1
16.00 Randox Grand National Handicap Steeple Chase
DAILY LIVE TV / STREAMING:
Thursday 9 and Friday 10 April from 1.30pm-5.00pm
Saturday 11 April from 12.45-17.00 with Randox Grand National at 4pm BST (11am ET)
TV HIGHLIGHTS:
Randox Grand National at 16.00 Saturday 11 April
Six live races per day Thursday and Friday
The ITV Racing team will broadcast coverage of all three days of the meeting on ITV1 and STV and simulcast on ITVX.
ADDITIONAL COVERAGE:
The opening show is Thursday and Friday 9.30-10.30 on ITV4, ITVX, YouTube and STV and Saturday from 9.30-10.30 on ITV1, ITV4, YouTube ITVX and STV
What devices is ITVX available on?
You can use ITVX on all of the following devices and platforms:
Amazon Fire (Tablets, Cube, Stick, TVs)
Android TV (please note: some models are not supported)
Android (Mobile and tablet) – Android 7.0 and higher
Apple TV (tvOS 14 or later)
Google TV (Chromecast with Google TV and NVIDIA Shield)
Free
Freesat (please note: some models are not supported)
Freeview games (TVs and set-top boxes) (please note: some models are not supported)
iOS (iPhone and iPad) – iOS 14 and later
LG Smart TV (2016-2024)
NOW Smart Sticks and Boxes (minimum firmware v11.5.0)
PlayStation (PS4 and PS5)
Roku (Stick & Roku-OS powered TVs, minimum firmware v11.5.0)
Samsung Smart TV (2017 and up – 2016 models only offer On Demand TV)
Sky Q, Sky Glass and Sky Stream puck
Virgin Media (360, Stream, TiVo)
YouView (BT, Humax, Sony, TalkTalk)
Xbox (One, Series X, Series S)
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