When the going gets tough, the tough get going – but you can bet that Billy Ocean wasn't referring to horse racing or betting thereon…

The Grand National is the World’s most famous horse race in the World and is run over 4 miles and four furlongs incorporating thirty fences, including some of the most famous fences in the World including Becher's Brook, The Chair, and the Canal Turn.

The race was first run in 1839, when a horse called Lottery won, and it’s part of a three day festival of racing at Liverpool racecourse, known better as Aintree.

Online bookmakers offer many bets on the Grand National each year including which horse will win the race and which will make the frame (the first four home).

The 1,000 and 2,000 Guineas Are the First in a Series of 5 Big-Money Horseracing Contests!

The Cheltenham Festival starts on Tuesday 13th March with one of THE Championship events taking part that day in the Champion Hurdle.

The Champion hurdle is the race that decides which horse is the best hurdler in the United Kingdom and is raced on the old course over 2 miles and 110 yards (3,319 metres). And online bookmakers are offering odds on many of the possible runners now.