How to watch Aintree Races for free live stream Grand National 2026 from anywhere

Date:
Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:29:58 +0000

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Hold onto your hats and place your bets: here's how to watch Aintree Races
for free from anywhere in the world as the sport of kings heads to Aintree
for the Grand National weekend.

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Opening Day features Grade 1 highlights including the Aintree Bowl, Aintree Hurdle and Manifesto Novices Chase. Ladies Day (Friday, April 10) combines top-class action like the Melling Chase and Topham Chase with iconic style
and atmosphere. Saturdays showpiece is the 1m Grand National (4pm BST) , run over 4m2f and 30 fences. Leading contenders include I Am Maximus, Grangeclare West and Iroko, with a competitive 34-runner field. With huge crowds, global coverage and historic fences like Bechers Brook, Aintree remains racings most thrilling spectacle.

Here's our guide on how to watch Aintree racing free online from anywhere in the world. How to watch Aintree Races for free on ITVX ITV's online streaming service, ITVX , will livestream all the racing from Liverpool's world-famous Aintree Racecourse.

No subscription register for a free ITVX in seconds or download the app to your mobile device. Use your email and UK postcode (e.g. 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 beyond. Special discount below... How to watch Aintree live from anywhere
ITVX will only be broadcasting live racing in the UK. For racing fans that
are outside the UK, use NordVPN to access ITVX's free Aintree coverage.

There's a multitude of great VPN's on the market, but NordVPN is the one we can rely on to unlock ITVX's racing coverage. Exclusive deal NordVPN get
the world's best VPN TechRadar regularly reviews all the biggest and best VPN providers and NordVPN is our #1 choice. 75% Off Today 3 Months Extra Free Unlocks ITVX Get NordVPN and stream Aintree 2026 for free from anywhere. View Deal It's really simple to use a VPN to unblock your stream of ITVX's
coverage this weekend.

1. Install the VPN of your choice . As we've said, NordVPN is our favorite.

2. Choose the location you wish to connect to in the VPN app. For instance, if you're visiting Canada and want to watch your free ITVX stream, you'd select 'UK'.

3. Sit back and enjoy the action. Head to ITVX, sign in, and watch all the big races at Aintree including Saturday's Randox Grand National. Aintree Racing Schedule Jimmy Du Seuil is aiming for a Grade One win at Kempton
(Image credit: PETER POWELL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) All times UK (BST)

Ladies Day Friday 10th April

1.45pm William Hill Handicap Hurdle Race

2.20pm William Hill Mildmay Novices Steeple Chase Grade

12.55pm Top Novices Hurdle Race Grade

13.30pm JCB Melling Steeple Chase Grade 1

4.05pm Randox Topham Handicap Steeple Chase

4.40pm Oddschecker Sefton Novices Hurdle Race Grade 1

Randox Grand National Day Saturday 11th April

1.20pm William Hill Handicap Hurdle Race

1.55pm Turners Mersey Novices Hurdle Race Grade

12.30pm William Hill Handicap Steeple Chase

3.05pm Liverpool Hurdle Race Grade 1

4pm Randox Grand National Handicap Steeple Chase DAILY LIVE TV / STREAMING :

Thursday 9th and Friday 10th April from 1.30pm-5pm

Saturday 11th April from 12.45pm-5pm with the Randox Grand National at 4pm BST (11am ET)

TV HIGHLIGHTS:

Randox Grand National at 4pm on Saturday 11th April

Six live races a day on Thursday and Friday

ITV Racing team will broadcast coverage of all three days of the meeting on ITV1 and STV and simulcast on ITVX.

EXTRA COVERAGE:

The Opening Show is on Thursday and Friday 9.30-10.30am on ITV4, ITVX,
YouTube and STV and on Saturday from 9.30-10.30am 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 arent supported) Android (Mobile & Tablet) - Android 7.0 and above Apple TV (tvOS 14 or later) Google TV (Chromecast with Google TV and NVIDIA Shield) Freely Freesat (please note: some models arent supported) Freeview Play (TVs and set-top boxes) (please note: some models arent supported) iOS (iPhone & iPad) - iOS 14 and above LG Smart TVs (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 TVs (2017 and above - 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) You may also enjoy... How to watch Masters 2026: FREE streams How to watch UK TV abroad Disclaimer We test and review VPN services in the context of legal recreational uses. For example: 1. Accessing a service from another country (subject to the terms and conditions of that service). 2. Protecting your online security and strengthening your online privacy when abroad. We do not support or condone the illegal or malicious
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