Randox, a global healthcare provider, has extended its primary sponsorship of the Grand National, one of the UK’s best-known horse racing events, until 2029.
The present five-year commercial agreement between Randox and The Jockey Club, the prominent UK horse racing venue owner, runs until the end of 2026, with the renewal now set to take the relationship beyond a decade in length.
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The three-year extension was announced on Friday (April 4), during this year’s Grand National event at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, England.
Randox retains naming rights to the three-day Grand National Festival and will continue to be associated with the three main races at the Aintree racecourse in Liverpool, namely the Foxhunters Chase, the Topham Chase, and the Grand National itself.
The sponsorship renewal means that Northern Ireland-based Randox will put its name to the Grand National for at least 12 years – equalling the record length as a title sponsor, held by Martell, who backed the race from 1992 to 2004.
The original deal came into effect in 2017 when Randox replaced alcoholic ginger beer producer Crabbie’s as headline partner of the Grand National and became The Jockey Club's healthcare partner at the same time.
The famous steeplechase is the most-watched horse race in the UK, attracting around 9.5 million viewers of the live coverage by commercial broadcaster ITV.
The 2025 event, which concluded on Saturday and was won by jockey Patrick Mullins, attracted a peak audience of 5.2 million on ITV. The peak was down on the 6.1 million posted for last year's race, but the market share was marginally up at 39%.
The race drew an average audience of 2.8 million, down by around 250,000 on 2024.
