Betting on Weight Of The Grand National Winner

The statistics for weight of the Grand National winner tell a story that should let you narrow the field down by a fair few horses and hopefully pinpoint some horses with generous grand national odds.

Beware Horses Carrying Over 11 Stone

From 1990 to 2009 the only horse to carry more than 11 stone was Hedgehunter in 2005. Even then Hedgehunter carried just 11-1 and it was a bit of an exception as even under that weight he was extremely well handicapped as he managed to come second the following year when carrying a massive 11-12.

The Low Weights Haven't Fared So Well

Only two winners between 1990 and 2009 carried less than 10 stone. The most recent of those successes came in 1999 and with the way the Grand National weights are decided these days it would be no surprise if there aren't many more winners carrying less than 10 stone. In fact, there won't even be many runners carrying those sorts of weights.

The Best Weight Bracket

That leaves sixteen out of nineteen runnings where the winner has carried between 10 and 11 stone. Only two have carried between 10 stone and 10-5 and the most popular weight bracket is between 10-6 and 10-8 with a whopping nine winners carrying those wins despite the relatively small margin. The other five winners carried either 10-09 to 11-0.