The 2010 English Grand National horse event will be run on April 10th, the competition is Englands largest sporting events. It takes place at the illustrious Aintree race track in Liverpool, UK.
The reward cash on offer is in excess of 1 million pounds, the whole country comes to a extensive stand still on the afternoon of the race. Young, Old and even those with no interest in gee gees watch the event. Box exposure is provided by the SkySports Channel with viewers of 10 million watching worldwide.
The past star Mon Mome came home at
odds of 100/1, the event is anyones contest and virtually anyone of the forty
jockys might win it. Big odds victors are not unusual. The contest is so hard because the track has thirty very big fences that the horses must jump, in total the race is four and a half miles long.
By now there are a number of antepost favourites that come across like real contenders, Denman the champ of the gold cup maybe the shortest priced mount ever to run in the race. With forty horses to choose from picking a sure thing is never trouble-free, but there are a few tips to consider.
Weight is very imperative, Hedgehunter became the originally star since Corbiere to bear over 11st to victory. A pound here or there over 11st should not be a major concern but do not gamble on a horse to be triumphant if it carries greater than 11st 3lbs. The uncomplicated fact is only one other horse in history has managed to be triumphant with that kind of weight and that was Red Rum! The 2008 English grand national victor, Comply or Die, weighed 10-09 and the 2009 frontrunner, Mon Mome, weighed 11-00!
Previously I would have recommended that you forget the French bred horses and regardless of the fantastic triumph from Mon Mome in 2009, I still stand by that because apart from of what people may say, they just can’t run well in this race. Irish and English horses are specifically trained day in and day out, all year around, for this kind of chase so choose one of them!
Familiarity counts for much in the
race. 11 out of the last seventeen champions were aged ten or above but nine is the new ten and horses are so well taught now that nine year olds are very much in vogue. First, second and third place in both the 2008 and 2009 races were all nine years old. Eight is a little on the youthful side and don’t bet any seven year olds as it’s been 67 years ever since one landed the National and few even complete the National!