Forty runners, 30 fences and wave upon wave of frothing spruce. The Grand National at Aintree Racecourse is the most famous steeplechase in the world and an all-out assault on the senses. The tension is building today towards the race which gets going at 5.15pm BST. You can read on as our guide tells you how to watch a 2022 Grand National free live stream in the UK and Ireland online and on TV channels too. Traveling abroad? Watch the Grand National for free from anywhere with a VPN.
Date: Saturday, April 9
Race start time: 5.15pm BST / 5.15pm IST / 12.15pm ET / 9.15am PT / 2.15am AEST
Venue: Aintree Racecourse, Merseyside, England
FREE live stream: ITV Hub (UK) | Virgin Media Player (Ireland)
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The huge field of runners and riders will thunder across 4 miles and 514 yards of grass racetrack, churning up great sods of turf as they go and bounding up and over 16 fences and the deep, ankle-buckling ditches beyond - 14 of them twice.
The most infamous of these are the Open Ditch (3 and 19), Becher's Brook (6 and 22), The Chair (15) and, when the aching limbs and joints can barely take any more, the king-maker and the spirit-breaker - Fence 30.
Rachael Blackmore triumphed on Minella Times at last year's race, which was closed to spectators, and the Irish jockey, who's dominated the Cheltenham Festival for the past two years, is back to claim the fanfare she was denied 12 months ago.
Follow our guide as we explain how to get a 2022 Grand National live stream from anywhere - including for FREE in the UK and Ireland. We've also listed the Grand National schedule below.
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2022 Grand National schedule: races and times
All times are given in BST
Saturday, April 9
- 2.25pm - Mersey Novices’ Hurdle Race
- 3.00pm - Maghull Novices’ Steeple Chase
- 3.35pm - Liverpool Hurdle Race
- 4.15pm - Handicap Steeple Chase
- 5.15pm - Grand National Handicap Steeple Chase
How to watch 2022 Grand National: live stream for FREE
How to watch Grand National 2022 from outside your country
We've recommended some of the best places to live stream Grand National racing, but you might run into a problem trying to access them if you're outside of your country. This is because of something called geo-blocking.
Simply follow our VPN advice below and you'll soon be around that issue with a great bit of software that allows you to relocate your device back to your country of residence - thereby regaining access to all the streaming services and content you normally enjoy at home.
Use a VPN to live stream Grand National from anywhere
How to use a VPN
Using a VPN is as easy as one-two-three...
1. Download and install a VPN - as we say, our top choice is ExpressVPN
2. Connect to the appropriate server location - open the VPN app, hit 'choose location' and select the appropriate location, eg: 'UK' for iPlayer and ITV Hub.
3. Go to the broadcaster's stream - head to your home broadcaster's site or app and watch as if you were at home - ITV Hub for UK citizens abroad.
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