This years Grand National battle is on the 10th of April, the race is Great Britains largest sporting events. It takes place at the illustrious Aintree race course in Liverpool, United Kingdom.
The prize cash on offer is in excess of 1 million quid, the whole land comes to a widespread stand still on the afternoon of the competition. Young, Old and even those with no interest in steeple chase racing watch the event. Television exposure is provided by the SkySports Channel with audience of 10 million tuned in worldwide.
Last years frontrunner Mon Mome stormed home at
odds of 100/1, the event is anyones contest and virtually anyone of the forty
jockys may well win it. Large odds winners are not uncommon. The event is so hard because the course has thirty huge fences that the horses must jump, in total the battle is four and a half miles long.
Already there are a number of antepost top tips that give the impression of being like real contenders, Denman the star of the gold cup maybe the lowest priced mount ever to run in the event. With forty horses to choose from picking a champ is never easy, but there are a few tips to consider.
Weight is very crucial, Hedgehunter became the originally sure thing since Corbiere to have over 11st to success. A pound here or there over 11st should not be a major fear but do not stake on a horse to be triumphant if it carries greater than 11st 3lbs. The straightforward truth is only one other horse in the past has managed to come first with that kind of load and that was Red Rum! The 2008 John smiths grand national sure thing, Comply or Die, weighed 10-09 and the 2009 frontrunner, Mon Mome, weighed 11-00!
In the past I would have recommended that you disregard the French bred horses and regardless of the marvelous victory from Mon Mome in 2009, I still stand by that because regardless of what people may say, they just can’t stay in this chase. Irish and British chasers are exclusively trained day in and day out, all year around, for this kind of steeplechase so go with one of them!
Familiarity counts for much in the
Aintree Grand National. Eleven out of the last 17 winners were aged ten or above but nine is the new ten and horses are so well taught now that nine year olds are very much in vogue. 1st, 2nd and 3rd in both the 2008 and 2009 Grand Nationals were all nine years old. Eight is a little on the juvenile side and don’t bet any seven year olds as it’s been sixty seven years ever since one scooped the trophy and few even finish the challenging course!
