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Aintree hosts the Grand National this weekend (9-11 April) but there's plenty of horse racing to come before the blue ribband event at one of the hottest weekends in the horse racing calendar – and you can watch Aintree for free with our streaming hack (see below).

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.

Saturday’s showpiece is the £1m Grand National (4pm BST), run over 4m 2½f 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 Becher’s Brook, Aintree remains racing’s most thrilling spectacle.

Here's our guide on how to watch Aintree racing free online from anywhere in the world.

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 Nord VPN (try risk-free) to easily unlock your free Aintree live stream from USA, Canada, Australia, Europe or beyond. Special discount below...

ITVX will only be broadcasting live racing in the UK. For racing fans that are outside the UK, use Nord VPN to access ITVX's free Aintree coverage.

There's a multitude of great VPN's on the market, but Nord VPN is the one we can rely on to unlock ITVX's racing coverage.

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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, Nord VPN 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'.

Jimmy Du Seuil is aiming for a Grade One win at Kempton (Image credit: PETER POWELL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

2.20pm William Hill Mildmay Novices Steeple Chase – Grade

4.40pm Oddschecker Sefton Novices’ Hurdle Race – Grade 1

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

Randox Grand National at 4pm on Saturday 11th April

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

The Opening Show is on Thursday and Friday 9.30-10.30am on ITV4, ITVX, You Tube and STV and on Saturday from 9.30-10.30am on ITV1, ITV4, You Tube ITVX and STV

You can use ITVX on all of the following devices and platforms:

Amazon Fire (Tablets, Cube, Stick, TVs) Android TV (please note: some models aren’t supported) Android (Mobile & Tablet) - Android 7.0 and above Apple TV (tv OS 14 or later) Google TV (Chromecast with Google TV and NVIDIA Shield) Freely Freesat (please note: some models aren’t supported) Freeview Play (TVs and set-top boxes) (please note: some models aren’t supported) i OS (i Phone & i Pad) - i OS 14 and above LG Smart TVs (2016-2024) NOW Smart Sticks and Boxes (minimum firmware v 11.5.0) Play Station (PS4 and PS5) Roku (Stick & Roku-OS powered TVs, minimum firmware v 11.5.0) 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, Ti Vo) You View (BT, Humax, Sony, Talk Talk) Xbox (One, Series X, Series S)

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