Ladies' Day at Aintree is always an opportunity to dress up at the popular Liverpool racecourse the day before Grand National day. Of the seven races, the Melling Chase is the main feature
Coleen Rooney, the wife of Manchester United and England star Wayne, picks out a black dress for her regular visit to her local racetrack
The stands are packed for the first race of the afternoon, which produces a surprise winner in General Miller (leading the field here), ridden by Barry Geraghty for trainer Nicky Henderson
The Geraghty-Henderson team make it two in two as Burton Port wins the Mildmay Novices' Chase. Geraghty will ride one of Paul Nicholls' horses, Tricky Trickster, in Saturday's big race
A packed grandstand watches the action at Aintree as runners approach a flight of hurdles in the Top Novices hurdle
The excitement builds ahead of the day's main race, in which Forpadydeplasterer and Kalahari King start as joint-favourites. They finished second and third in the Champion Chase at Cheltenham
But Albertas Run and Tony McCoy are simply too quick for the pair of them, winning this race at odds of 8-1 with a gutsy effort, to add to his Cheltenham success in the Ryanair Chase
The Topham Chase features a number of fallers, and two horses have to be put down after the race. But amid the chaos Always Waining (purple colours) wins for jockey Brian Hughes and trainer Peter Bowen
Wayward Prince (right), ridden by Conor O'Farrell, comes from behind to beat Western Leader (left) to win the Sefton Novices hurdle
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