Grand National Betting Tips
So this is the real meat in giving you some Aintree Grand National Tips. Up to now we have been setting the scene but know we get down to the key areas that provide some clues in identifying the winner to this years Grand National Betting Odds.
Grand National Betting Guide
Tips for making your Grand National Bets
Historians claim that from history we can predict what will occur in the future well we know for a fact that the same can be claimed by those who study the form that there are some clear trends that we would urge you to consider as the basis for our Grand National 2008 tips.
View the list of runners for the 2008 Grand National
Age of the Grand National Winner
The horse that has won the Grand National eight times out of the last nine years has been aged between 8 and 10 years. This should give you your first Grand National tip to help narrow down your shortlist.
Weight carried by your Grand National selection
Over a trip the distance of the Grand National Course of four and a half miles it is very difficult to lump around dead weight and as such it will come as little surprise to hear that in the 15 years the biggest weight carrying performance was 11stone 1 pound and that was the 2005 winner HeadgeHunter prior to this performance the biggest weight carrying performance was 10 stone 12 pounds. This factor becomes increasingly more significant when the ground is very soft.
Course Experience
Now look at your new shortlist and you will have narrowed down your selection to about 25 runners, then look at those horses that have run over the course and have run well, this will again help to reduce your shortlist.
Horses Build Up to the Race
More often now the main contenders have been given a special build up to the race and go for a horse that is reasonably fresh and has not had too many hard races prior to the Grand National.
Top Trainers and Jockeys
Look out for horses that have been trained by certain trainers, such as Jonjo O'Neill, Willie Mullins, Paul Nicholls and of Course Martin Pipe, A P McCoy, Ruby Walsh, Timmy Murphy, Richard Johnson and Barry Geraghty.
Placing on online bet on the Grand National
The Grand National is the biggest single horse racing betting event in the world and as such the majority of the UK Bookmakers offer a variety of free bets and promotions to acquire your custom. The following free bets for the Grand National are all extremely easy to claim and come highly recommended by us here at Grand National Guide.
