Grand National Betting Tips & Predictions

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Horse Racing Betting Tips

5 August, 2024

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The 2019 Grand National will take place at Aintree on Saturday 6 April with an advertised off time of 5.15pm. That’s a later start than many traditionalists are used to, but it seems to be the way forward for organisers and it avoids the race clashing with many of the day’s other sporting events, including the football schedule. Here are our Grand National betting tips.

The Grand National remains one of the world’s best-loved horse racing events and draws in an audience from the Liverpool course, as well as the millions who follow live on TV around the globe. There’s a real buzz in the air as we approach race week with bookmakers offering an ever-increasing number of ways to make your bets. You can punt on the winner, each-way, match bets, without the fav, favourite to win or not, and plenty more besides.

The four-mile steeplechase has a rich history that can be traced all the way back to 1839 and we’ve enjoyed some truly memorable renewals of the years, with horses, jockeys and trainers writing their names into the history books with a career-defining win. Claiming National glory is no mean feat, of course, and success has evaded many stars of the sport.

The stats show Red Rum ranks as the Grand National’s most successful horse on three wins. The first of his successes came in 1973 and was followed by a win 12 months later and then, probably most impressively, in 1977 when written off by critics across the board. A true sporting legend, you’ll find a statue of the great horse at Aintree, Ayr and Southport.

Leading Players

George Stevens is the race’s leading jockey with five titles, achieved between 1856 and 1870 and those in the know will tell you the leading trainer is currently tied on four, matching George Dockeray, Fred Rimell and Ginger McCain. Leading owners, all on three trophies, are James Octavius Machell, Noel Le Mare and Trevor Hemmings. The fastest winner of the Grand National was Mr Frisk in 1990, coming good in 8 minutes 47 seconds, and we’ve had no less than five 100/1 winners, most recently Mon Mome in 2009.

Will we see another big priced champion this year? It’s certainly possible and one of the reasons the Grand National is so well followed is the fact the history books have thrown up some nice priced winners, with favourites often failing to live up to expectations. The last SP winning jolly was Don’t Push It back in 2010, and even that was joint-fav.

Tiger Roll did the business 12 months ago when showing a talented field the way home at a handy 10/1. The Gigginstown owned star scored for trainer Gordon Elliott under the ride of Davy Russell and is in the mix to defy the stats and retain his honour. Two-in-a-row has been priced up as the favourite in the ante-post market, as tight as 7/2 offered, with 4/1 offered at William Hill. The trends do little to support a defence and that, as well as the price, will put many shrewd backers off a bet.

Let’s pick through some of the main players in the ante-post betting and analyse their chances…