A national minute's silence will be observed as the ceremonial royal funeral begins. Saturday's meetings at Bangor, Thirsk, Brighton and Nottingham will go ahead but with different start times to ensure races do not clash with the ceremony. Start times will be announced on Monday. The sponsors of the Scottish National feel the switch "is definitely the right thing to do". "Scottish Grand National day is a day of celebration of one of the sport's most prestigious races and it would feel entirely inappropriate to stage the race next Saturday under the circumstances.

Source: Sky sports April 11, 2021 13:59 UTC