Betting on The Starting Price Of The Grand National Winner

Between 1990 and 2007 there were three 7/1 winners of the Grand National and they all went off as favourites. They were the three shortest priced winners of the Grand National during that period. The biggest priced winner was Royal Athlete in 1995 who went off a whopping 40/1.

In eleven of the seventeen runnings below the winner was priced between 10/1 and 20/1 inclusive. This is a massive indicator of what sort of SP the Grand National winner is likely to have. Only three winners started at single figure odds and they all went off as favourite and there were three winners above 20/1 who went off at 33/1, 33/1 and 40/1.

The going doesn't seem to have a massive impact on the SP of the Grand National winner. Although Red Marauder, a 33/1 shot won on heavy ground, Earth Summit, the 7/1 favourite managed to win on soft ground. Favourites have won the race recently on soft, good to soft and good ground.