Sun shines on Grand National Ladies Day

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PA Media A woman in a lilac dress and fascinator smiles in front of two guardsmen wearing full parade uniform of black busby hats and red jackets with black collars

This year's annual Ladies Day at Aintree Racecourse is under way, with the biggest crowd in almost 15 years expected.

Thousands have headed to Merseyside for a day of fashion, entertainment and, of course, horseracing.

Doors opened at 10:30 BST and racing began at 13:45.

Ladies Day takes place on the second day of the racecourse's world famous Randox Grand National Festival.

Organisers said bookings among 18 to 24-year-olds had more than doubled for Ladies Day year on year, with this year's crowd expected to be the biggest since 2012.

PA Media Two women wearing white dresses and hats arrive at Aintree

PA Media Zara Tindall wears a peach trouser suit and fascinator and sunglasses on Ladies Day of the Randox Grand National Festival 2026 at Aintree Racecourse

PA Media A group of men in grey suits and women in pink dresses and fascinators pose for a photo on a grassy slope

PA Media Three women stand in front of a wall of flowers. One wears a red dress and red fascinator hat, one wears a yellow dress and shocking pink hat and one wears a pastel pink fascinator and dress

PA Media A woman wears a wide-brimmed red and white hat and red dress with large white dots and smiles

PA Media A woman in a colourful cloak which has a picture of horse racing on it, crosses the racecourse at Aintree

PA Media Four women stood in a line looking at the camera. One is wearing a pink dress and fascinator, one is wearing a black and white polka dot dress and black hat, a third is wearing a yellow dress and white fascinator and the fourth is wearing a brown dress.

PA Media A woman in a green dress and purple hat cheers while holding a mobile phone as a man in a blue suit and tie and a woman in a white and black patterned dress stand either side of her

PA Media Four women in yellow, black and cream dresses smile and pose for the camera

PA Media Three women stand along a railing. One is wearing a pink and blue floral dress, and blue fascinator, another is wearing a lilac dress and the third is wearing a blue dress and blue fascinator. They are each holding a glass of pink champagne.

PA Media A woman in a gold hat with thistle style adornments spiking from it. She wears a green vintage style dress and black sunglasses.

PA Media Six women in formal dresses, three with fascinators, sit on a collection of black deckchairs near a crowd of racegoers

PA Media Four women stood in a line smiling at the camera. Three are weraing polka dot dresses and a fourth is wearing a lilac dress.

PA Media A group of women in formal dresses stand with their back to the camera studying the odds at Aintree

PA Media A woman in dressed in a multi-coloured floral dress with a woman in a green and pink leopard print dress

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