Yesterday 4.8 million tuned into ITV to watch the Grand National.

Like they do every year on the first Saturday in April.

The difference this year, it was a virtual Grand National due to the lockdown.

It was impressive.

Executive producer Rob McLoughlin said: “We use the latest CGI technology and algorithms and were ready to go ahead as a forerunner to the big race, but now we want to cheer the nation up and ask the computer if history could have been made.”

All profits are being donated to the NHS, the figures havent been released yet but its reported that its been a hit with the punters so hopefully a decent amount of money will have been raised.

Tiger Roll couldn’t make it 3 in succession, not in the virtual world anyway.

Where they finished

1 Potters Corner 18-1

2 Walk In The Mill 16-1

3 Any Second Now 10-1

4 Tiger Roll 5-1

5 Burrows Saint 12-1

6 Pleasant Company 7 Ballyoptic 8 Kimberlite Candy 9 Top Ville Ben 10 Vintage Clouds

11 Peregrine Run 12 The Storyteller 13 Talkischeap 14 Dounikos 15 Kildisart 16 Alpha Des Obeaux 17 Beware The Bear 18 Anibale Fly 19 Death Duty

Aso – fell, fence 29; Magic Of Light – fell, fence 27, Yala Enki – unseated rider, fence 27; Jury Duty – refused, fence 27

Bristol De Mai- fell, fence 26; Sub Lieutenant- refused, fence 26; Ramses de Teillee – fell, fence 20

Acapella Bourgeois – fell, fence 19; Definitly Red – refused, fence 17; Saint Xavier – unseated rider, fence 15; Double Shuffle – unseated rider, fence 14; Elegant Escape – refused, fence 14; Total Recall – fell, fence 14

Crievehill – fell, fence 11; Lake View Lad – fell, fence 11; Ok Corral – refused, fence 10; Jett – refused, fence 10

Warriors Tale – refused, fence 3; Shattered Love – fell, fence 3; Valtor – unseated rider, fence 3; Tout Est Permis – fell, fence 1

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