Best Bets To Enjoy The Grand National
Just as you sit down to enjoy the big race, you hear that your horse has fallen at the first fence! What an anti climax!
It makes sense to have a few bets to spread your risk around and give you a good interest until the end of the race. This is what to do...
Bet 1 - Your Win Bet
Only pays out if the horse wins but can pay handsomely. You want a horse with good stamina and not too much weight otherwise they could fade at the end of the race. Its very rare for a winner to be over 20/1 in price. The horses below should be under 20/1 come the big day
Try one of these:

Bet on
West End Rocker now at
20-1 with
SkyBet and get a
£10 Free Bet
Sorry. Oscar Time is not running in the 2012 Grand National
Click Here to see the list of this years runners

Bet on
The Midnight Club now at
25-1 with
SkyBet and get a
£10 Free Bet
Bets 2 and 3 - Your Each Way Bets
With these you get a return if your horse finishes in the first four. We recommend picking 2 horses to back each way to go along with your win bet. Try 2 of these.

Bet on
Alfa Beat now at
33-1 with
Paddy Power and get a
£200 Free Bet
Sorry. Merigo is not running in the 2012 Grand National
Click Here to see the list of this years runners

Bet on
Always Right now at
33-1 with
SkyBet and get a
£10 Free Bet
Bet on The Number of Finishers
With this bet you are sure to have an interest right up until the last horse has crossed the line.
Here you are betting on how many horses make it round the entire course and cross the finish line at the end of the race.
- 6 finished in '98 in heavy going
- 11-15 (incl) this bet would have won the last five times the going has been good, including 2010
- 16-20 (incl) this bet would have won in 96,97,99, 2000 and last year
- 21-25 (incl) - there were 21 finishers in 2005
- 26 or over - unlikely as the highest number of finishers stands at 23
Bet On The Winning Distance
Another bet to guarantee that you will be on the edge of your seat at the end of the race.
Here you are betting how far the first horse home beats the second horse by. Measured in lengths of a horse!
The correct winning distance was 2.25 lengths in 2011
A Forecast Bet
If picking the winner wasnt hard enough, picking the 1st and second in the correct order is that bit harder. However the payouts can be 100s if not 1000s of pounds so a small stake for fun can be worth ago.
Pick one of your each way bets to finish second to your win bet.
Ok we didnt get this one last year but we'll try our best for 2011!
You can place this bet with
Ladbrokes
A Tricast Bet
This is where you predict the first three in the correct order. You probably have slightly more chance of landing this than winning the national lottery! It could pay a lot of money.
Pick your each way bets to finish second and third to your win bet.
You can place this bet with
Ladbrokes