Dresses, suits and sunshine lit up Aintree as thousands of racegoers arrived to take in the first day of the famous Grand National festival. More than 150,000 people are due to attend the three-day event,

Express Sport keeps you up to date with all the latest news from Aintree Racecourse ahead of day two of the Randox Grand National Festival.

A horse has died on the first day of the Grand National Festival at Aintree on Thursday. Willy De Houelle, which was ridden by Rachael Blackmore, owned by Rich Ricci and trained by Willie Mullins, suffered a fatal injury after falling early in the Juvenile Hurdle, a two-mile-one-furlong event.