Grand National Betting

The Grand National is the biggest betting day of the racing calendar and everyone in the country likes to have a bet on it. It is the unique nature of the race, the massive field, the huge obstacles, the marathon trip and the long tradition of the race which captivates the public.

Each Way Grand National Betting

Most of the Grand National Betting is based on the each way market. That involves a bet on the horse to win the race and a bet on the horse to place in the race. Placing usually involves finishing in the first four although some bookies will offer the first five places which is better for the punter so watch out for that fifth place.

You tend to get the group of horses in the Grand National betting that represent really good each way bets, the horses that are between 10/1 and 20/1. Since 1960 roughly half the Grand National winners have had these odds. When doing your Grand National betting it would be sensible to look at horses in this odds bracket as they seem to have a great chance statistically of winning.

We suggest that the following are good each way bets in the 2008 Grand National Betting

Slim Pickings at 33-1 with VC Bet

Mon Mome at 50-1 with Stan James

Grand National Betting - Win Only

In the Grand National there are usually some horses that are strongly fancied and they will usually be single figure odds, that is shorter than 10/1. Although these invariably run well only nine horses have gone off with single figure odds and won the race since 1960. Considering two or three horses usually start the race with single figure odds each year that’s over 100 horses who have gone off a single figure price and failed to win.

This year it looks like the following will start at the head of the Grand National Betting.

Cloudy Lane at 33-1 with VC Bet

Grand National Betting - The Outsiders

Ordinarily you may think that horses that are over 20/1 would have little or no chance of winning a competitive race but a third of the Grand National races since 1960 have yielded a winner whose odds are bigger than 20/1. Many placed horses also start the race at these sorts of Grand National odds so betting at bigger odds certainly seems a decent Grand National betting strategy.

For an outsider in the grand national betting, try these to give you a good run at generous betting odds. vodka bleu will not be running dargent will not be running