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    Grand National 2024: Full list of runners and horse-by-horse guide of Aintree race

    by Malik Ouzia Apr 13, 2024 6 minutes
    Source: Getty Images

    The field for Saturday’s Grand National at Aintree was finalised on Thursday morning, with the 34 contenders for racing’s most famous contest confirmed.

    The number of runners has been reduced this year from its previous cap at 40 in a bid to improve safety, with the handicap headed by 2022 champion Noble Yeats.

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    Emmet Mullins’s horse is one of two former winners in the race, the other being last year’s victor Corach Rambler, who is the ante-post favourite as he seeks to emulate the likes of Tiger Roll and Red Rum in landing back-to-back successes.

    Here is our guide to all the runners and riders...

    1. Noble Yates

    The winner of two years ago has been campaigned over hurdles this season, winning the Cleeve Hurdle on Cheltenham Trials Day but then a well-beaten seventh at the Festival itself. Harry Cobden, in supreme form all season, is

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