Grand National day dawns and the sun is shining as the John Quinn-trained Character Building, which will be ridden by Nina Carberry, arrives at the famous Aintree course
Security is tight as Coleen Rooney makes her entrance, a day after shocking observers by wearing black on Ladies' Day. Her husband Wayne is absent, despite having an injury-enforced weekend off
It's the busiest day of the year for the nation's bookmakers - with punters tipped to gamble an estimated �300m on the big race - and those at Aintree are doing a roaring trade early on
The first race of the day - the Mersey Novices' Hurdle - is won by favourite Peddlers Cross, the Donald McCain-owned five-year-old maintaining his unbeaten record
Graham Lee's mount Bedlam Boy is a faller in the Maghul Novices' Chase, not the greatest start to the afternoon for the jockey, who rode Amberleigh House to victory in the 2004 Grand National
An estimated crowd of 70,000 pack the stands at Aintree as the clock ticks down to the 1615 BST start of the Grand National
Ruby Walsh wins the Maghull Novices' Chase on Tataniano but falls in the next race and will miss his ride on Grand National favourite Big Fella Thanks because of a broken arm
Barry Geraghty replaces Walsh on board Big Fella Thanks, which goes out as the 10-1 joint favourite in the 163rd Grand National, along with Don't Push It - the subject of a flurry of late bets
Fourteen of the 40 starters finish the race. King Johns Castle refuses to start at all, while Maljimar, ridden by Daryl Jacob, falls after jumping the Becher's Brook fence
Palypso de Creek, with Tom Siddall on board, makes it all the way to the 27th before falling with only three fences to clear
Tony McCoy and Don't Push It (left) jump the last neck and neck with Black Apalachi, ridden by Denis O'Regan
But, to the chagrin of the bookies, Don't Push It pulls away in the straight and wins by five lengths to earn McCoy his first National win at the 15th attempt
McCoy, trainer Jonjo O'Neill (left) and owner JP McManus (centre) - all first-time winners at the Grand National - prepare to lift the winner's trophy
Comedian Peter Kay celebrates with 14-time champion jockey McCoy, a first-time winner of the Grand National at the age of 35
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