IT was the big reveal this week of the weights for the 2026 Randox Grand National on April 11th.

The times have changed over recent decades and, where once you homed in on the 11st mark and went down the list from there, now, over much easier fences, it is the classier horses who are to the fore and from the 11st mark, it’s upwards in the handicap you first look. The last two winners carried 11st 6lb and 11st 8lb.