The Grand National 2011 will be run at Aintree race course on Saturday, 9th April at 4.15pm (GMT) and as usual the race will be covered live by BBC sport. The Grand National is described as the ultimate test of horse and jockey. The grueling course has thirty fences, some measuring more than seven foot tall. With a field of 40 runners the race is one of England’s biggest sporting spectacles.

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The National is one of those events that has everyone glued to the TV set. Young and old, professional gamblers and the ‘once a year’ punters all enjoy a bet on this race. When it comes to picking a winner some swear by sticking a pin in the newspaper, others pour over the form for days. Whatever your method for picking a National horse we can give you help, advice and information on all aspects of the 2011 Grand National.

Below you can see all the runners for the Grand National, along with the latest odds and the bookmaker giving the biggest price for that runner.

We mainly concentrate on the Grand National horse race but the Cheltenham Festival always grabs our interest. This year is set to be an epic meet with the Gold Cup battle between Denman and Kauto star looking like classic in the making.

The festival is four days and features many horse that will run in the 2010 Grand National. The festival is too big to cover here in detail, so I will point you in the direction of our sister website Cheltenham Race Festival, give it a visit for all the latest odds, runners and tips.

The Bet Calculator is set up by default to work out winnings for standard single UK bets. For example: if you’ve placed a £5 bet on a horse to win the Grand National at odds of 16/1, just enter 5 into the “Your Stake” box then enter 16 in the “Bet 1″ box and 1 in the next box along, after the / symbol. Then just click the green “Calculate” button to work out the winnings you should get back from the bookies. Our calculator only accepts whole numbers and will round up or down to the nearest £1.

If you’ve bet you horse each way then make sure you click the small “Each Way” square button next the stake box.

The calculator can also work out multiple selection bets such as “Doubles” and “Triples”. To do this just enter the odds of the other horses and remember to click the small “Double” or “Triple” round buttons. You can also enter odds in the European/American style (11.00) by clicking on the “decimal” button.