112 Entries For The 2019 Grand National
The 2019 Grand National has attracted a bumper entry of 112 horses – up from 104 in 2018 and includes a record 47 trained in Ireland. The previous highest number of Irish-trained entries was 40 just last year.
Irish trainer Gordon Elliott will be attempting to land his third Grand National after Tiger Roll held on by a head from the fast-finishing Pleasant Company (Willie Mullins) last year.
Tiger Roll is currently the 20/1 joint-favourite with many of the leading online bookmakers, as he bids to become the first horse since Red Rum to win back-to-back renewals of the race.
Unsurprisingly Elliott holds the most entries once again with a total of 22 horses engaged. His armada of runners includes last year’s third Bless The Wings, the Thyestes Chase runner-up Alpha Des Obeaux, the 2018 Irish Grand National winner General Principle and last season’s Thyestes Chase scorer Monbeg Notorious (50/1). Plus Grade One winners Outlander and Shattered Love. Cork Grand National winner Out Sam and the Far Hills (USA) victor Jury Duty are also amongst the Elliott entries.
In addition to Pleasant Company, Irish champion trainer Willie Mullins has entered nine other possible Grand National runners. These include last season’s Irish Grand National runner-up Isleofhopendreams, 2018 Leinster National winner Pairofbrowneyes and Rathvinden, who captured the four-mile National Hunt Chase at the The Festival in 2018. Some Neck, the Thyestes Chase third Up For Review and Total Recall, winner of the Ladbrokes Trophy (formerly the Hennessy) at Newbury in 2017, also feature among the ten Mullins entries.
Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary is seeking a record-equalling third success in the race after his Gigginstown Stud won last year with Tiger Roll and two years prior to that, with Rule The World. Gigginstown make up a total of 14 of the entries.
Leading British contenders include the Trevor Hemmings-owned Vintage Clouds, third in last season’s Scottish Grand National behind Joe Farrell, plus Rock The Kasbah who won a valuable handicap chase at Cheltenham in November.
The 112 entries as of Wednesday 30th January 2019 are as follows:
| Horse | Age | Owner | Trainer |
| A TOI PHIL (FR) | 9 | Gigginstown House Stud | Gordon Elliott IRE |
| ABOLITIONIST (IRE) | 11 | M Albon, J A Provan & C E Stedman | Dr Richard Newland |
| ACAPELLA BOURGEOIS (FR) | 9 | Slaneyville Syndicate | Willie Mullins IRE |
| ALLYSSON MONTERG (FR) | 9 | David Fox | Richard Hobson |
| ALPHA DES OBEAUX (FR) | 9 | Gigginstown House Stud | Gordon Elliott IRE |
| AMERICAN (FR) | 9 | The Jago Family Partnership | Harry Fry |
| ANIBALE FLY (FR) | 9 | J P McManus | Tony Martin IRE |
| AUVERGNAT (FR) | 9 | J P McManus | Enda Bolger IRE |
| BACK TO THE THATCH (IRE) | 7 | M R & Mrs C J Barnwell | Henry Daly |
| BAIE DES ILES (FR) | 8 | Zorka Wentworth | Ross O’Sullivan IRE |
| BALLYARTHUR (IRE) | 9 | Graham and Alison Jelley | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
| BALLYDINE (IRE) | 9 | Alan Halsall | Charlie Longsdon |
| BALLYHILL (FR) | 8 | Simon Such & Gino Paletta | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
| BALLYOPTIC (IRE) | 9 | Mills & Mason Partnership | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
| BLACK CORTON (FR) | 8 | The Brooks, Stewart Families & Jeremy Kyle | Paul Nicholls |
| BLAKLION | 10 | Simon Such & Gino Paletta | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
| BLESS THE WINGS (IRE) | 14 | Adrian Butler/S P O’Connor | Gordon Elliott IRE |
| BLOW BY BLOW (IRE) | 8 | Gigginstown House Stud | Gordon Elliott IRE |
| BORICE (FR) | 8 | Simon Munir & Isaac Souede | Gordon Elliott IRE |
| BRISTOL DE MAI (FR) | 8 | Simon Munir & Isaac Souede | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
| CALETT MAD (FR) | 7 | Simon Munir & Isaac Souede | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
| CALL IT MAGIC (IRE) | 9 | Zorka Wentworth | Ross O’Sullivan IRE |
| CAPTAIN REDBEARD (IRE) | 10 | Stuart Coltherd | Stuart Coltherd |
| CAROLE’S DESTRIER | 11 | Mrs C Skipworth | Neil Mulholland |
| COGRY | 10 | Graham and Alison Jelley | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
| DAKLONDIKE (IRE) | 7 | Prof Caroline Tisdall | David Pipe |
| DON POLI (IRE) | 10 | Gigginstown House Stud | Gordon Elliott IRE |
| DOUNIKOS (FR) | 8 | Gigginstown House Stud | Gordon Elliott IRE |
| EDWULF | 10 | J P McManus | Joseph O’Brien IRE |
| ELEGANT ESCAPE (IRE) | 7 | J P Romans | Colin Tizzard |
| EXITAS (IRE) | 11 | P Middleton & M Lowther | Phil Middleton |
| FACT OF THE MATTER (IRE) | 9 | The Sandylini Racing Partnership | Jamie Snowden |
| FOLSOM BLUE (IRE) | 12 | Core Partnership | Gordon Elliott IRE |
| GENERAL PRINCIPLE (IRE) | 10 | Gigginstown House Stud | Gordon Elliott IRE |
| GIVE ME A COPPER (IRE) | 9 | Done, Ferguson, Kyle, Mason & Wood | Paul Nicholls |
| GO CONQUER (IRE) | 10 | Paul & Clare Rooney | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
| HIGHLAND LODGE (IRE) | 13 | Cheveley Park Stud | James Moffatt |
| IMPULSIVE STAR (IRE) | 9 | Robert Waley-Cohen & Men Holding | Neil Mulholland |
| ISLEOFHOPENDREAMS | 12 | Kilbroney Racing | Willie Mullins IRE |
| JAROB | 12 | Chris Jones | Gearoid O’Loughlin IRE |
| JOE FARRELL (IRE) | 10 | M Sherwood, N Morris & R Curtis | Rebecca Curtis |
| JURY DUTY (IRE) | 8 | Sideways Syndicate | Gordon Elliott IRE |
| JUST A PAR (IRE) | 12 | M Scott | James Moffatt |
| KILCREA VALE (IRE) | 9 | Alan Spence | Nicky Henderson |
| KINGSWELL THEATRE | 10 | John J Murray | Michael Scudamore |
| LAKE VIEW LAD (IRE) | 9 | Trevor Hemmings | Nick Alexander |
| LIEUTENANT COLONEL | 10 | G Thompson | Sophie Leech |
| LIVELOVELAUGH (IRE) | 9 | Susannah Ricci | Willie Mullins IRE |
| LOOKING WELL (IRE) | 10 | David Wesley Yates | Nicky Richards |
| MAGIC OF LIGHT (IRE) | 8 | Ann & Alan Potts Limited | Jessica Harrington IRE |
| MALA BEACH (IRE) | 11 | Chris Jones | Gordon Elliott IRE |
| MALL DINI (IRE) | 9 | Philip J Reynolds | Patrick Kelly IRE |
| MASTER DEE (IRE) | 10 | Paul & Clare Rooney | Fergal O’Brien |
| MEASUREOFMYDREAMS (IRE) | 11 | T Howley Jnr/A J O’Ryan/D McDonnell | Gordon Elliott IRE |
| MILANSBAR (IRE) | 12 | Robert Bothway | Neil King |
| MINELLA ROCCO (IRE) | 9 | J P McManus | Jonjo O’Neill |
| MISSED APPROACH (IRE) | 9 | Alan & Andrew Turner | Warren Greatrex |
| MONBEG NOTORIOUS (IRE) | 8 | Gigginstown House Stud | Gordon Elliott IRE |
| MORNEY WING (IRE) | 10 | The Steeple Chasers | Charlie Mann |
| MR DIABLO (IRE) | 10 | Aidan Glynn | Philip Dempsey IRE |
| MS PARFOIS (IRE) | 8 | M R Chapman | Anthony Honeyball |
| NED STARK (IRE) | 11 | Noel Moran & Valerie Moran | Gordon Elliott IRE |
| NOBLE ENDEAVOR (IRE) | 10 | Chris Jones | Gordon Elliott IRE |
| ONE FOR ARTHUR (IRE) | 10 | Two Golf Widows | Lucinda Russell |
| OUT SAM | 10 | D Charlesworth | Gordon Elliott IRE |
| OUTLANDER (IRE) | 11 | Gigginstown House Stud | Gordon Elliott IRE |
| PAIROFBROWNEYES (IRE) | 10 | Fibbage Syndicate | Willie Mullins IRE |
| PLEASANT COMPANY (IRE) | 11 | Malcolm Denmark | Willie Mullins IRE |
| POLIDAM (FR) | 10 | Simon Munir & Isaac Souede | Willie Mullins IRE |
| POTTERS CORNER (IRE) | 9 | All Stars Sports Racing & J Davies | Christian Williams |
| RAMSES DE TEILLEE (FR) | 7 | John White & Anne Underhill | David Pipe |
| RATHLIN ROSE (IRE) | 11 | Fergus Wilson | David Pipe |
| RATHVINDEN (IRE) | 11 | Ronnie Bartlett | Willie Mullins IRE |
| RED INFANTRY (IRE) | 9 | Rob Little | Ian Williams |
| REGAL ENCORE (IRE) | 11 | J P McManus | Anthony Honeyball |
| ROCK THE KASBAH (IRE) | 9 | Diana Whateley | Philip Hobbs |
| ROGUE ANGEL (IRE) | 11 | Gigginstown House Stud | Gordon Elliott IRE |
| ROYAL VACATION (IRE) | 9 | Jean Bishop | Colin Tizzard |
| SANDYMOUNT DUKE (IRE) | 10 | Ronnie Wood | Jessica Harrington IRE |
| SCOIR MEAR (IRE) | 9 | J P McManus | Thomas Mullins IRE |
| SHANTOU VILLAGE (IRE) | 9 | Mrs Jane Gerard-Pearse | Neil Mulholland |
| SHATTERED LOVE (IRE) | 8 | Gigginstown House Stud | Gordon Elliott IRE |
| SINGLEFARMPAYMENT | 9 | N T Griffith & H M Haddock | Tom George |
| SIZING CODELCO (IRE) | 10 | Ann & Alan Potts Limited | Colin Tizzard |
| SKIPTHECUDDLES (IRE) | 8 | TyroneForSam | Graeme McPherson |
| SOME NECK (FR) | 8 | Susannah Ricci | Willie Mullins IRE |
| SPLASH OF GINGE | 11 | John Neild | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
| STEP BACK (IRE) | 9 | Cracker and Smodge Partnership | Mark Bradstock |
| SUB LIEUTENANT (IRE) | 10 | Gigginstown House Stud | Henry de Bromhead IRE |
| TEA FOR TWO | 10 | Jane Williams & Len Jakeman | Jane Williams |
| THE DUTCHMAN (IRE) | 9 | SprayClad UK | Colin Tizzard |
| THE LAST SAMURI (IRE) | 11 | Paul & Clare Rooney | Harry Fry |
| THE STORYTELLER (IRE) | 8 | Mrs Pat Sloan | Gordon Elliott IRE |
| THE YOUNG MASTER | 10 | Mike Burbidge & The Old Masters | Neil Mulholland |
| TIGER ROLL (IRE) | 9 | Gigginstown House Stud | Gordon Elliott IRE |
| TOTAL RECALL (IRE) | 10 | Slaneyville Syndicate | Willie Mullins IRE |
| TRAFFIC FLUIDE (FR) | 9 | Galloping On The South Downs Partnership | Gary Moore |
| ULTRAGOLD (FR) | 11 | Brocade Racing J P Romans Terry Warner | Colin Tizzard |
| UP FOR REVIEW (IRE) | 10 | Andrea & Graham Wylie | Willie Mullins IRE |
| VALSEUR LIDO (FR) | 10 | Gigginstown House Stud | Henry de Bromhead IRE |
| VALTOR (FR) | 10 | Simon Munir & Isaac Souede | Nicky Henderson |
| VAN GOGH DU GRANIT (FR) | 10 | Fergus Wilson | David Pipe |
| VIEUX LION ROUGE (FR) | 10 | Prof Caroline Tisdall & John Gent | David Pipe |
| VIEUX MORVAN (FR) | 10 | M L Bloodstock Limited | Joseph O’Brien IRE |
| VINTAGE CLOUDS (IRE) | 9 | Trevor Hemmings | Sue Smith |
| WALK IN THE MILL (FR) | 9 | Baroness Harding | Robert Walford |
| WARRIORS TALE | 10 | Trevor Hemmings | Paul Nicholls |
| WESTERNER POINT (IRE) | 10 | Thade Quill Syndicate | Eoghan O’Grady IRE |
| WILLIE BOY (IRE) | 8 | Kate & Andrew Brooks | Charlie Longsdon |
| WOODS WELL (IRE) | 8 | Gigginstown House Stud | Gordon Elliott IRE |
| YALA ENKI (FR) | 9 | Hills of Ledbury (Aga) | Venetia Williams |
| ZIGA BOY (FR) | 10 | Axom LI | Alan King |
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