Grand National at Aintree today. The one race where anyone and everyone right across Britain and Ireland has a bet. Many of those would be workplace draws where everyone puts in a fiver or a tenner and you’re just assigned a horse or horses randomly.

An outsider, Mon Mome, ridden by Liam Treadwell at his first ever Grand National, made their supporters very happy indeed coming in at 100-1. It was a close pack at the front for most of the race, but as soon as they’d jumped the final fence Mon Mome pulled well ahead to a comfortable win.