 Joint-favourite Point Barrow, at odds of 8–1, fell at the first fence.The meeting was attended by around 70,000 spectators at Aintree, and an estimated 16 million adults placed bets on the race.2005 Scottish Grand National winner Joe's Edge was the long-time ante-post favourite but public money on race day came for 2006 Irish Grand National winner Point Barrow after being tipped by several morning newspaper tipsters but the big plunge bets went on the heavyweight Monkerhostin who had recently run well in the Cheltenham Gold Cup.