Betting on The Grand National Winning Distance

The Grand National winning distance varies massively from year to year and is possibly the hardest special bet to predict. As a hard bet to call, you can often be rewarded with generous grand national odds.

YearWinning Distance (lengths)Going
200912Good to Soft
20084Good
20073/4Good
20066Good to Soft
200514Good to Soft
20043Good
200312Good
2001 3/4Good
2001DistanceHeavy
20001 1/4Good
199910Good
199811Soft
199725Good
19961 1/4Good
19957Good
19941 1/4Heavy
19922 1/2Good to Soft
19915Good to Soft
19903/4Firm

The largest winning distance is ‘a distance’ which means it was such a wide margin it is not worth measuring as it has no relative value. The shortest winning distance in that time frame is ¾ of a length.

Although softer going can often extend winning distances as fewer horse find conditions to suit there was still only a winning margin of 1 ¼ lengths in 1994 on heavy going despite there only being six finishers that year.

Grand National Winning Distance - Recent History

In the 19 Grand National races between 1990 and 2009, the winning distance has been 3 lengths or less eight times. Only four times has the winning distance been more than 3 lengths but less than 10. Seven times in that time period was there a winning distance in double figures.
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