2010 Grand National Betting

Grand National 2010 Betting

The world's greatest steeplechase, the Grand National gets underway on 10th April 2010 at Aintree Racecourse with, despite the world wide recession, more prize money available than ever before. The Grand National is the most avidly followed and watched horse race in the British Isles, never failing in its quest to provide the spectacular, the heroics and the misfortunes of the race. It is of course, also the single biggest betting event in sport and this year will be no exception when the forty Grand National Runners with their jockeys go to post.

Antepost Betting Latest

The Paul Nicholls trained Tricky Trickster a recent acquisition from the Nigel Twiston-Davies yard, jumped to outright head of the Grand National betting market following his outstanding victory in the Grade Two, Aon Chase on 13th February.

The hugely talented 6 year old is now as short as 10/1 with many Bookmakers but is still available with a price of 12/1 with Ladbrokes, Boylesports and Totesport. Next in the betting is the horse who finished second behind Tricky Trickster in the Aon Chase, Niche Market, who was the winner of the 2009 Irish Grand National. The two fought out a terrific finish in the race after red hot favourite, Denman unseated his jockey, Tony McCoy at the third last. Niche Market is currently a best price of 16/1 with Paddy Power

The Henry Daly trained Possol is another who has attracted recent antepost support for the race. A four time winner over fences this 7 year old has had two wins from two hurdle races so far this season but is likely to go for the bigger obstacles again later in February when he takes on several Grand National candidates in the Racing Post Chase. Possol is currently a 20/1 chance along with Black Apalachi and a second Nicholls horse, Big Fella Thanks.

The race of course has a long and very interesting past and has produced winners such as Red Rum whose name is now synonymous with Aintree. Other Grand National Legends can be seen by clicking the link. 2008 winner,Comply Or Die could come close to joining him should he win the race for a second time. He won in 2008 and was second in 2009. Read the Grand National History here. It is also always worth checking out the recent Grand National Past Winners page which will help give an idea as to the type of horse that could win the race.

Whatever the outcome the race will be as exciting as ever, where hopefully, the punters will have more luck than they did last year when the race was won by rank 100/1 outsider Mon Mome.

Grand National Best odds

As stated above the brilliant Denman and the potentially brilliant Tricky Trickster head the market, both with odds of 20/1, but a full list of odds can be found on our Grand National Odds Comparison

These odds will be updated regularly allowing punters to get the most accurate prices before making any Free Grand National Bets

Remember betting accounts can be opened very simply by clicking the link of the preferred Online Bookmaker.

Who Will Win the Grand National?

The simple answer is " No Idea", however, more often than not careful study and good quality knowledge can narrow the field down considerably. This is why this site could be a most valuable tool for both regular punters and beginners. We have put together a number of pages that should be bookmarked, which are

These pages are designed to give punters the best advice possible on each of the 40 Grand National Runners, which should help when making selections. Remember most Bookmakers will offer Each Way odds on at least the first five home, while there are even some who will pay out on ther first six. Please read Grand National Betting for the types of bets available on the race.

The Grand National is the biggest sports gambling day of the year and our advice is for you to get on early with your selection as the online bookmakers servers will be under severe pressure, particular on the day of the race. There is nothing worse than not being able to get a bet on especially on a race like this.