Irish Grand National Horses
Irish Horses Running in the Aintree Grand National
Here we concentrate on the hopes of the Irish horses running in the Grand National at Aintree.The leading Irish horses running in the Aintree Grand National this year look to be Alfa Beat , The Midnight Club and Oscar Time .
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Sorry. Oscar Time is not running in the 2012 Grand National
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Stats for Irish Runners in the Aintree Grand National
Irish Trained horses have won six out of the last twelve Grand Nationals so it makes sense to have an Irish runner in your short list.Irish horses filled first and third place in 2007 and the previous year Irish runners finished first, second and fourth.
In 2008 Comply Or Die was victorious for an English trainer in David Pipe but Irish trained horses filled the second, third and fourth placings.
There was a remarkable change in 2009 with no Irish trained horse in the first SEVEN horses home!
Things were only slightly better for the raiders from across the Irish Sea in 2010 with just Black Apalachi showing up for the Irish in the first five home. Only three out of the fourteen finishers were Irish with Snowy Morning 6th and Preists Leap a distant last of fourteen. In 2011 the Irish trained Oscar Time was a gallant runner-up to Ballabriggs and The Midnight Club went off the well backed favourite and looked unlucky to manage only sixth place.
Having an Irish horse in your slections looks a good call despite no wins since 2007. As we see above there have been a number of near misses and it can only be a matter of time before an Irish trained horse with the Grand National again.
Best Irish Aintree Grand National Hope
There are plenty of Irish Grand National hopes towards the head of the market for the Grand National.The best Grand National runner for 2011 trained in Ireland could be Alfa Beat Shark Hanlons' gelding has had the look of an improving horse and he could emulate countryman Monty's Pass by taking the Kerry National on the way to Aintree success
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