Grand National Blog

Apart from the Welsh National at Chepstow, the other big handicap chase over the Festive period is the Paddy Power at Leopardstown and this is another race which can have connotations on the Grand National at Aintree. In recent years Aintree horses such as Hear The Echo, Point Barrow, Chelsea Harbour, and Numbersixvalverde have run [...]

The early entries for the Welsh National has recently been released so even though the race is still just under a month away I thought it would be good to get a page up and running. The significance of the Chepstow race in terms of who wins the Grand National at Aintree cannot be underestimated [...]

The declarations for the Becher Chase have been announced and the field sees a good mix of familiar faces and interesting newcomers set to face the Grand National fences. 2007 National winner Silver Birch takes his place in the field along with other Aintree favourites such as Parsons Legacy, Can’t Buy Time, Irish Raptor and [...]

The Hennessy Gold Cup is just over two weeks away and it is well documented at how influential the Newbury race is on the Grand National. As things stand 84 horses are declared and with top-weight Denman’s connections indicating that the former Gold Cup winner is a likely runner at Newbury, we could be faced [...]

This may seem like an unusual choice for the next horse to put up in our runners to discuss for the Grand National 2010 series but I’m intrigued by Cerium’s surprise performance in last year’s race. Also, I want to open up a debate as to if horses that appear to be running with little [...]

A good race is in prospect at Limerick on Sunday for the Munster National with a few prospective Grand National runners declared in the early card. The names that stand out at the moment include Aggies Lad Badgerlaw Ballycullen Boy Casey Jones Church Island Duers Mansony Parsons Pistol Powerstation Royal County Star Silver Jaro Some [...]

The Kerry National may not be hugely influential in the outcome of the 2010 Grand National but the race has thrown up one Grand National winner in the last ten years (Monty’s Pass) and a number of other horses have run in both races such as: Irish Invader, Bothar Na, Just In Debt, Garvivonnian and [...]

Hi Everyone, The title here may raise a few eyebrows as the Galway Plate may not be renowned as a race that throws up Grand National runners but Irish Invader, Baily Breeze and Bothar Na are three horses that have run in both the Galway Plate and the Grand National recently and a couple of [...]