Sign up to FREE email alerts from Mirror - daily news Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid EmailThe Grand National has been cancelled, with the Aintree event now off due to the coronavirus pandemic. It was set to take place on Saturday April 4 but the big race has become the latest sporting event to be called off because of the outbreak of the virus. There are also doubts about whether both Euro 2020 and the Tokyo Olympics will go ahead as planned. (Image: Getty Images)Sandy Dudgeon, senior steward of the Jockey Club, said: “The Randox Health Grand National festival was just three weeks away and it is very clear to us it will not be possible for the event to take place. But it will likely be the Irish-bred thoroughbred's last action for some time, after being cruelly robbed of a crack at his Grand National hat-trick.

Source: Daily Mirror March 16, 2020 20:40 UTC