Today in Pictures: April 12, 2012

Racers compete in the Fox Hunters Steeple chase during the first day of the Grand National horse racing meeting at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, north-west England, April 12, 2012. The meeting culminates in the Grand National on Saturday which is run over a distance of four miles and four furlongs, and is the biggest betting race in the United Kingdom. (Andrew Yates/AFP/Getty Images )