GRAND NATIONAL 2020 TIPS
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In the last 10 years just three winners carried more than 11st.
The 2020 Grand National will be held at Aintree Racecourse on Saturday, April 4th at 5.15pm. Sponsored by Randox Health, it is a UK handicap steeplechase over 4 miles 514 yards with horses jumping 30 fences over two laps.
The prize fund for the Grand National is £1,000,000 which makes it the most valuable jump race in Europe. 600 million people will watch the race in over 140 countries with more than 70,000 in attendance at Aintree on the day.
40 horses and their jockeys will line-up in what is the ultimate test in British horse racing. The Grand National course has much larger fences than normal. The Chair, Valentine’s Brook, Foinavon, Becher’s Brook and the Canal Turn are just some of the famous fences that runners and rider need to navigate in the race.
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TIGER ROLL
The first winner of back-to-back Grand Nationals since Red Rum, Tiger Roll wrote himself into the history books. While plans are still up in the air for next season, he looks set to go to Cheltenham but weights will determine if he bids for a third Grand National in 2020.
NO: | FORM: 1-4111 | AGE: 9 | WEIGHT: UNKNOWN | JOCKEY: UNKNOWN | TRAINER: G. Elliott
BURROWS SAINT
Another class runner owned by the Ricci’s, Burrows Saint gave trainer Willie Mullins his first Irish Grand National win in 2019. Will only be 7 years old for the 2020 Grand National so may still be too young.
NO: | FORM: 03-4111 | AGE: 6 | WEIGHT: UNKNOWN | JOCKEY: UNKNOWN | TRAINER: W. Mullins
NATIVE RIVER
Could this former Gold Cup winner be on his way to challenge over the Aintree fences for the 2020 Grand National? He certainly has the credentials but would be near top weight if he did.
NO: | FORM: 11-234 | AGE: 9 | WEIGHT: UNKNOWN | JOCKEY: UNKNOWN | TRAINER: C. Tizzard
RAMSES DE TEILLEE
A really great chaser and was a high hope for the Pipe’s going into the 2019 Grand National. But he pulled up at the 28th fence. Still young and will only be 8 years old by the time the 2020 Grand National rolls around.
NO: | FORM: 5122P | AGE: 7 | WEIGHT: UNKNOWN | JOCKEY: UNKNOWN | TRAINER: D. Pipe
ANIBALE FLY
Always does well around the Grand National fences. Was 4th in 2018 and fifth in 2018 despite being top weight. He was also second in the Gold Cup so whether he will take his chances for a third time in 2020 remains to be seen.
NO: | FORM: 4-6225 | AGE: 9 | WEIGHT: UNKNOWN | JOCKEY: UNKNOWN | TRAINER: AJ Martin
CADMIUM
Winner of the Topham Chase at Aintree in 2019, Cadmium is a solid chaser that has won or placed in 10 of his 14 starts over fences. However, he will need to start running at 3m+ if he wants to enter the Grand National 2020!
NO: | FORM: 44121 | AGE: 7 | WEIGHT: UNKNOWN | JOCKEY: UNKNOWN | TRAINER: W. Mullins
MAGIC OF LIGHT
Nearly spoiled the Tiger Roll party in 2019 but had to settle for second place. The only mare to run in the race, she was also trainer Jessica Harrington’s first entry and a delight for those that had backed her each way at staggering odds of 125/1.
NO: | FORM: 112U72 | AGE: 8 | WEIGHT: UNKNOWN | JOCKEY: UNKNOWN | TRAINER: J Harrington
PLEASANT COMPANY
A photo finish in 2018 meant hopes were in 2019 for Pleasant Company. Unfortunately, horse and jockey parted ways when Paul Townend was unseated at the 27th fence. Will he back for a third attempt in 2020?
NO: | FORM: P2-00U | AGE: 11 | WEIGHT: UNKNOWN | JOCKEY: UNKNOWN | TRAINER: W. Mullins
RATHVINDEN
Going off on short odds, Rathvinden looked like the biggest challenge to Tiger Roll in 2019. He gave it all but had to settle for a very respectable third place finish under jockey Ruby Walsh.
NO: | FORM: U14-13 | AGE: 11 | WEIGHT: UNKNOWN | JOCKEY: UNKNOWN | TRAINER: W. Mullins
MISTER MALARKY
Has already stepped up in trip despite his young age and was second at Aintree in the Handicap Chase. Undoubtedly will still be too young for the 2020 Grand National and connections may swerve it.
NO: | FORM: -131142 | AGE: 6 | WEIGHT: UNKNOWN | JOCKEY: UNKNOWN | TRAINER: C. Tizzard
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Ratings Explained
We give each horse a rating based on how closely it matches the past trends and statistics of previous winners
Unlikely to mount a serious challenge.
Could place with a slice of luck.
A strong eachway chance and could even win it.
The horses listed on this page are the potential runners in the 2020 Randox Health Grand National.
These horses are NOT guaranteed a place. The full list of entries will be available in January 2020. Antepost betting rules apply.
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Race News & Updates
Bookmakers across the UK anticipate that over £250m in bets will be staked on the 2020 Grand National from millions of customers. Only a few of those placing bets will manage to back the winner on the day. Will you be one of them?
Some people will take a punt on a tip from a friend. Others will pick a runner based on the colour of silks worn by the jockey. While more will lump on a horse for no other reason than they like the name of the horse. In fact when Rule The World won in 2016 a significant amount of people who had backed it did so because it was their favourite Take That song!
Being more strategic about your choice of a horse only involves a little extra work. Study the trends and statistics that have emerged over the last ten years and try to determine patterns that will help whittle down your selections.
Only four winners carried more than 11-01 and they were Tiger Roll in 2019 (11-05), Many Clouds in 2015 (11-09), Neptune Colognes in 2012 (11-06) and Don’t Push It in 2010 (11-05).
Seven of the last ten winners were 9, 10 or 11 years old. Tiger Roll in 2018, One For Arthur in 2017 and Many Clouds in 2015 broke that trend as they were all eight years old.
Only two winners went off as the favourite from the last ten Grand Nationals. They were Tiger Roll in 2019 (4/1) and Don’t Push It in 2010 (10/1). It can be argued that racing fans actually backed jockey AP McCoy, more so than the horse! Mon Mome won on 100/1 but he was first since 1967 to do that. In fact the average odds of a winning Grand National horse are around 20/1.
Eight winners had at least four seasonal runs before going on to win the Aintree spectacular. The only two who had less were Ballabriggs in 2011 and One For Arthur in 2017 and they both had run three times.
Nine winners had either won or placed in a race longer than 3m in the season they won the Grand National. Only one, Auroras Encore had not won or placed on the run-up to the 2013 National.
None of the last 10 winners unseated their jockey in the season they won the Grand National.
Eight of the last ten winners had not fallen in the season they won the Grand National.
Ideally what you’re looking for is a Grand National 2020 Runner that is carrying 11-00 or less, who is 9, 10 or 11 years old. Generally, avoid the favourites and look for those who are priced between 14/1 and 33/1 and who have at least three seasonal runs, with extra consideration for those who have won or placed at 3 miles or more. Tiger Roll was the exception, not the rule.
Or simply tear up the stats and pick a runner because you like its name!
There are sixteen individual fences that need to be jumped in the 2020 Grand National, 14 of them twice as the race is run over two laps of the famous Aintree course.
Fence 6 & 22 – Becher’s Brook
Becher’s Brook is 5 feet high with the landing side between 6 inches and 10 inches lower than the takeoff side and is named after Captain Martin Becher who fell there in the first Grand National and took shelter in the small brook running along the landing side of the fence while the remainder of the field thundered over.
Fence 7 & 23 – Foinavon
Foinavon is 4 feet 6 inches and is one of the smallest fences on the course. It was named in 1984 after the 1967 winner who avoided a mêlée at the fence to go on and win the race at outside odds of 100/1.
Fence 8 & 24 – Canal Turn
The Canal Turn is 5 ft high and is known for it’s difficult 90-degree left turn immediately after landing. Jockey Richard Pitman said of this fence “you can win or lose a Grand National at the Canal Turn, because any length you can gain in the air is more economical than having to gallop it.”
Fence 9 & 25 – Valentine’s
Valentine’s is 5 feet high with a 5 feet 6 inches (1.68 m) brook and was named after a horse called Valentine who was reputed to have jumped the fence hind legs first in 1840.
Between Fences 12 & 13 – Melling Road
A famous part of the course located between fences 12 and 13 when the runners cross it near to the Anchor Bridge, a popular vantage point since the earliest days of the race.
Fence 15 – The Chair
One of the most difficult fences on the course, The Chair is 5 feet 2 inches high but is preceded by a 6 ft wide ditch and Grand National Runners only jump this once, on the first lap. The fence was originally the location where a distance judge sat in the earliest days of the race. The practise was done away with but the monument where the chair stood is still there.
Fence 16 – Water Jump
The Water Jump is 2 feet 6 inches and is the second fence that runners only jump once during the race. The Water Jump was one of the most popular jumps on the course but over the years, The Chair has overshadowed it in popularity.
Once all the fences have been jumped the runners and riders head for the home straight which is one of the longest in the United Kingdom at 494 yards and one that many potential winners have had victory snatched away!
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News
O’Leary Calls Time On Gigginstown19th May 2019 - 9:41 am
Grand National Viewing Figures Reach Nearly 10 Million13th May 2019 - 10:24 am
Tiger Roll Unlikely To Go For Three In A Row In 20207th May 2019 - 9:56 am
Ruby Walsh Retires From Racing2nd May 2019 - 12:00 pm
Grand National 2019 Finishing Order26th April 2019 - 9:39 am