Stellar Story Odds and Grand National Form 2026

Introduction

Stellar Story announced himself as a stayer of note when springing a 33/1 surprise when taking the Albert Bartlett Novice Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival a couple of seasons ago.

After that Cheltenham success big things were expected of this gelding over fences and he did win on fencing debut but has been rather disappointing since then. Stellar Story has run seven further races over fences but has yet to record another victory. He has been very highly tried in that time and the highlight was probably his runner-up spot in last season’s Brown Advisory Chase at Cheltenham where he finished four lengths runner-up to Lecky Watson.

This season the nine-year-old gelding has run four times and has been well beaten on all of those occasions. He did run an ok race last time out when unfavoured by the race conditions in the Bobbyjo at Fairyhouse. Given the peculiarities of the weight structure in that race, he had to give eight pounds to the likes of Grangeclare West, who is rated more than ten pounds higher than him. He will actually be twenty-one pounds better off with Granceclare West when they meet in the Grand National and would need to turn around a fourteen-and-a-half length defeat from Fairyhouse.

Stellar Story has yet to race in a handicap so it’s difficult to surmise how he will get on in that scenario but given his record suggests an extreme stamina test is likely to suit and that he has good form on all manor of ground conditions, he could be a very interesting candidate for top honours at Aintree.

Stellar Story’s Basic Information

Stellar Story's Form Statistics

Stellar Story's GNG Ratings (out of 10)