Grand National Blog

The Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury has proved a great starting point to many Grand National entrants’ seasons and 2008 looks potentially no different.  Our Hennessy page on the main Grand National Guide site deals with how runners in this race have fared and is a good starting point if you think your Hennessy fancy might [...]

In the last five years the Grand Sefton has been won by horses with Official Ratings between 104 and 125 and (I am guessing here) it looks as if the conditions of the race have been changed as the highest rated horse in those five years ran off 130 and tomorrow Turpin Green runs off [...]

The Becher Chase is obviously one of the most significant trials for the Grand National as it is run over 3m 2f at Aintree and, most importantly, over the National fences. Previous Winners Three Grand National winners have won this race: Earth Summit, Amberleigh House and Silver Birch, although none have won it in the season [...]

Sunday 23rd November sees the first appearance in the 08/09 season of the Grand National fences when those of us who love this sort of thing will be glued to the Becher Chase and the Grand Sefton and pressing record on the video! I’ll be doing some close analysis of each of these races from [...]

2008 Grand National winner Comply Or Die returned to the track today in the Servo Computers Services Trophy Handicap Chase at Cheltenham but never really looked like getting competitive and was pulled up after the sixteenth fence. Excuses For Poor Performance? Obviously connections will be much more concerned about getting the horse back to Aintree [...]

2008 Grand National Runner-up King Johns Castle has been ruled out of the 2009 race due to a tendon injury. Trainer Arthur Moore reported today that the gelding would be out for the season but that hopefully he would come back into training for the following year. Has this upset many early ante-post bets for [...]