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Grand National Betting Tips for 2011

After analysing the history books and all the previous winners, listening to what all the trainers are saying about their current horses, studying the form guide and checking out what all the Online Bookmakers think, we've come up with our top five horses for placing your free bet on. To give yourself a better chance of getting something out of your Free Bet on the Grand National you should probably consider the option of backing horses 'each way'. Basically an 'each way' bet pays out whether your horse finishes 1st, 2nd, 3rd or in 4th place. Some Bookmakers are even paying out up to 5th and 6th place this year!

OUR TOP 5 TIPS FOR THE 2011 GRAND NATIONAL:

Our top 5 Grand National Tips will appear here once the number of the runners in the 2011 Grand National at Aintree have been whittled down to a more realistic number of runners.

Picking a Grand National Winner:
A good place to start when trying to pick a winner is to try to make sure your horse has run the Grand National course before or if not the Grand National at least at Aintree Racecourse. Also try to pick a horse with a weight of no more that 11 stone 2lbs as in the last 15 years the biggest weight carrying winning performance was 11stone 1lbs (2005 winner HedgeHunter) prior to this the most was 10 stone 12lbs. This factor becomes increasingly more significant when the ground is very soft. Try to select a horse aged between 8 and 10 as eight times out of the last nine years the Grand National winner has been aged between 8 and 10 years. Look out for horses that have been trained by certain trainers, such as A P McCoy, Jonjo O'Neill, Paul Nicholls, Ruby Walsh, Timmy Murphy, Barry Geraghty, Martin Pipe and of Course Willie Mullins. Stamina is also a major factor. The Grand National is a grueling race for any horse but only those with experience at winning over 3 miles can be expected to be in the running at the end of the race. Finally make sure your horse revels on the ground conditions that the race will be run on. Make sure you check out our Latest Grand National News pages.

Top betting tips for this years Grand National:
• Ideally back horses aged 9 or 10 years old.
• Horses weighing more than 11st 2lbs rarely win so don’t back those.
• Look for horses who've previously run in the Grand National or at Aintree.
• Grand National winners have always had wins on other races over 3-4 miles.
• Pick runners with experience of racing in at least 10 chases.
• Avoid horses that have fallen in the current racing season.
• Try and match the preferred ground to that of Aintree race day.

Hopefully by following the simple betting tips above you'll be able to use your Free Bet wisely and come away from the Grand National better off than you started! And don't forget, as well as taking advantage of all the Free Grand National Bets that the Bookmakers are offering, you could add even more excitement to it all by running a Grand National Sweepstake at your work or down your local pub. It's easy to get everyone involved, simply download our Free Grand National Sweepstake Kit!

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