Grand National Blog

2009 Grand National winner Mon Mome has the latest run in his season today at Haydock in the Peter Marsh Chase and whilst he looks up against it today it will be interesting to see how he fairs with a view to defending his crown in the Grand National 2010.

Other Grand National prospects on show [...]

Hi everyone,
You may recall I flagged up recently that we are also running a blog on the Cheltenham Festival on one of out other sites Cheltenham Betting but a few teething problems meant that some of you were having problems viewing the actual page that the blog is on.
We have now updated the software [...]

Arbor Supreme has been attracting a fair bit of attention here on Grand National Blog and has also sneaked up the ante-post prices for the Grand National 2010 to a best price of 25/1 with Stan James
The Willie Mullins trained gelding is declared in the runners for the Thyestes Chase at Gowran Park so [...]

The new year is here and things are starting to hot up on the ante-post scene for the Grand National 2010.

Are you getting a short-list that you feel happy about? Have you actually had many bets yet? I’d be interested to know how many of our contributors have made an ante-post wager on the Grand [...]

Hi everyone,
Calling All NH Fans! We Need Your Input!
We are working on getting our blog on our Cheltenham Betting site off the ground and the extremely high level of the responses on the blog here on Grand National Guide is exactly the kind of input we are looking for – Can you help?
http://www.cheltenham-betting.co.uk/
We like to [...]

Would Black Apalachi have won the Grand National had he not fallen at Bechers Brook second time round?
Hi everyone and apologies for the delay in new posts recently but I’ve been away on leave and busy working on some other projects. I thought I’d continue the possible runners for Grand National 2010 thread with the [...]

Please add all your news and views on the chances of Niche Market in the 2010 Grand National on this page.
The Irish National winner has now also run a stormer in the Hennessy – does that make him one of the top choices for the Grand National 2010

Our initial Grand National 2010 Tips thread was the maximum size we want for this year so could I ask all our contributors to start using this thread for all the main discussions on your fancies etc on the big race.
This could be quite good timing after the Neptune Handicap Chase at Cheltenham today won [...]

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 in [...]

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 – [...]