With 40 runners in the 2009 Grand National it is always a tight race, meaning finding the winner is a stiff task. The horse have been declared so you may be able to spot a well handicapped horse at a big price. Use our guide to horses in the Grand National 2009.

For More Detailed Horse Guide See Grand National Runners

No.	Colours	Form	Grand National Horses	Sort by Odd	Bet	Age	Weights	Trainers	Jockeys	Rating
1		6-0431F	Cloudy Lane	40/1		9	11-10	D McCain Jnr	J M Maguire	158
2		U1F234	Chelsea Harbour (IRE)	66/1		9	11-8	Thomas Mullins	Emmet Mullins	148
3		32-56F2	Snowy Morning (IRE)	28/1		9	11-8	W P Mullins	A J Mcnamara	145
4		6UP-100	Knowhere (IRE)	50/1		11	11-7	N A Twiston-Davies	P J Brennan	155
5		211-P00	Comply Or Die (IRE)	12/1		10	11-6	D Pipe	T J Murphy	151
6		255550	Ollie Magern	100/1		11	11-6	N A Twiston-Davies	Mr S Waley-Cohen	151
7		51P01P	Stan	100/1		10	11-5	Miss Venetia Williams	A Coleman	154
8		F2-P151	Black Apalachi (IRE)	14/1		10	11-5	D T Hughes	Denis O'regan	138
9		01-556U	Hear The Echo (IRE)	14/1		8	11-5	M F Morris	D N Russell	149
10		40-0F10	Preists Leap (IRE)	100/1		9	11-5	T O'Leary	P T Enright	146
11		2023/55	My Will (FR)	8/1		9	11-4	P F Nicholls	Ruby Walsh	160
12		411P1P/	Eurotrek (IRE)	100/1		13	11-3	P F Nicholls	S Thomas	151
13		2560-14	State of Play	12/1		9	11-2	Evan Williams	Paul Moloney	150
14		322U13	Big Fella Thanks	20/1		7	11-1	P F Nicholls	Christian Williams	150
15		218278	Mon Mome	100/1		9	11-0		L Treadwell	145
16		02421/0	Silver Birch (IRE)	50/1		12	11-0	Gordon Elliott	R M Power	148
17		3F-0005	Butler's Cabin (FR)	9/1		9	10-13	Jonjo O'Neill	A P McCoy Tony McCoy	134
18		111/U2-2	Offshore Account (IRE)	33/1		9	10-13	C F Swan	D J Casey	149
19		23/54-1P	Parsons Legacy (IRE)	16/1		11	10-12	P J Hobbs	R Johnson	146
20		0612/P0	Reveillez	150/1		10	10-12	Jonjo O'Neill	M P Walsh	142
21		146P6P	Fundamentalist (IRE)	150/1		11	10-11	N A Twiston-Davies	David England	142
22		1133/3-0	Golden Flight (FR)	66/1		10	10-11	N J Henderson	B J Geraghty	141
23		0-14212	L'ami (FR)	25/1		10	10-11	E Bolger	R Thornton	146
24		32-245P	Battlecry	50/1		8	10-10	N A Twiston-Davies	T Scudamore	142
25		00-F120	Cornish Sett (IRE)	25/1		10	10-10	P F Nicholls	Nick Scholfield	144
26		42-P610	Fleet Street	150/1		10	10-10	N J Henderson	A Tinkler	142
27		222100	Musica Bella (FR)	150/1		9	10-10	F Cottin	P A Carberry	-
28		111314	Can't Buy Time (IRE)	50/1		7	10-9	Jonjo O'Neill	N Fehily	142
29		13P/3P1	Darkness	20/1		10	10-9	C R Egerton	W Hutchinson	151
30		323111	Irish Invader (IRE)	20/1		8	10-9	W P Mullins	P Townend	134
31		6-56511	Rambling Minster	10/1		11	10-9	K G Reveley	J Reveley	149
32		06U343	Southern Vic (IRE)	28/1		10	10-9	T M Walsh	N P Madden	143
33		0P-1112	Kilbeggan Blade	20/1		10	10-7	T R George	G Lee	141
34		124021	Brooklyn Brownie (IRE)	28/1		10	10-6	J M Jefferson	P Kinsella	140
35		P504P0	Himalayan Trail	28/1		10	10-6	James Joseph Mangan	P W Flood	138
36		00010-0	Arteea (IRE)	200/1		10	10-5	D Pipe	J W Farrelly	133
37		P/50PP-0	Cerium (FR)	500/1		8	10-5	Paul Murphy	R McGrath	134
38		50-2403	Idle Talk (IRE)	50/1		10	10-5	D McCain Jnr	B Harding	134
39		2F6-000	Kelami (FR)	200/1		11	10-5	Mrs L Williamson	D Laverty	138
40		32P5/11	Zabenz (NZ)	100/1		12	10-5	P J Hobbs	T J O'Brien	139

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Review of the Grand National Runners

It’s that time of the year again, when everyone and her granny becomes punter for a day. And by hook or by crook or even by pin everyone wants to get the winner of the world’s greatest steeplechase.

When it comes to picking the winner of this four and half-mile marathon, backers generally fall into several camps. There are those who rake the formbook with a fine toothcomb looking for that all important edge. Then the casual punters look to their daily paper for a tip or two; others simply wanting to join in the fun will get the pin out, shut their eyes and hope horseracing gods are on their side. Then there are the those who look for a name that connects to something in their own life. A popular method of whittling down a field of 40 relatively unknown animals is to pick a story horse. The best and most memorable not to mention emotional example is Aldernati in 1969 ridden to victory by jockey Bob Champion who had won a life-threatening battle against cancer only months before. That story was made into a film called Champion that had grown men crying in the aisles. In 1992 many punters latched onto an out and out stayer who jumped fences for fun called Party Politics. Why? Well there was a General Election campaign going at the time.  You can guess the rest…

By whatever method you choose to find the winner though please don’t fall into the trap of believing if it’s in it it’s can win it. This is a myth peculiarly backed up by the fact the winner of the Grand National in run in 1839 was called Lottery. That was then – it’s a lot classier a race these days and most years, out of 40 runners the field can be whittled down to 10 or 11 runners most likely too.

History is often the best guide to the future and in horseracing the Grand National is a solid example of this. In fact, from a trends and stats point of view the Aintree showpiece is arguably the most consistent contest in the racing calendar. Take last year’s winner Comply or Die who cruised home the 7/1 joint favourite. Like 24 of the last 25 victors he was carrying under 11st; like the previous 10 winners he was aged between eight and 12 and had a handicap rating of 139 which fell nicely into 136 to 144 ratings bands from which his 10 predecessors also fell into. Only four horses have humped more than 11st to victory in the past half century. Hedgehunter with 11st 1lbs in 2005, Corbiere 11st 4lbs in 1983, and Grittar 11st 5lbs the year. The fourth horse you may have heard of – Red Rum. Astonishingly, trainer and Aintree legend Ginger McCain’s pride and joy achieved his famous third triumph in the race in 1977 with 11st 8lb on his back. Three years earlier he gained his second victory carrying 12st. Will we see his like again?
Comply or Die lines up again this year bidding to emulate Rummy. A best priced 20/1 he carries 11st 5lb and the weight of history against him. Likewise Silver Birch on 11st – 8lb more than he carried to victory in 2007. Since 1936 Red Rum is the only horse to have won more than once. Many have tried, all have failed.

Eliminating those burdened with 11st plus deletes many of the leading fancies including current 8/1 favourite My Will trained by Paul Nicholls, State of Play (14/1) the Welsh hope, Irish fancies Black Apalachi (16s and likely to get bigger as the rain stays away) and Hear The Echo another 16/1 chance who the Irish Grand National last year. The 11st plus stat also eliminates Butler’s Cabin owned by punting legend JP McManus and one of this year’s potential story horses. He will ridden by champion jockey AP McCoy who only weeks ago famously clocked up his 3,000th winner. He hasn’t won the National but would dearly love too. He carries 11st – one pound above the trends cut off point. If anyone can get one over on history then relentless battler McCoy can. The Mccoy factor could see hom go off favourite.

The anything can win theory is also dispelled by a stat concerning starting price. Concentrate on horses 40/1 or under. Foinavon famously won at a 100/1 in 1967 after a huge pile up at a fence since named after him.  Ben Nevis in 1980 and Royal Athlete in 1995 started at 40/1 but all other winners were 33/1 or less.

A very trustworthy stat is the one that says horses who have never won over three miles plus can’t win. It’s true, they don’t. Ideally you want a horse that has won a Listed, Class A or Class 1 race over 3m or more.

The final trend to consider is comes from an area of race analysis that is becomingly increasing popular –pedrigree. Nine of the last 10 winners were Irish bred. The exception, British-bred Red Marauder won in a year when the ground was very heavy and there were only four finishers.

Here are a few horses that may pay to focus on but ultimately it’s up to you. Google the questions you have, do a bit of studying, make your decision then click Bet Now and good luck.

Rambling Minster (12/1) a marathon specialist has won his last two starts and aged 11 is still improving.

Cornish Sett (33/1) ran in this last year finishing eighth and was second in the Welsh equivalent in December.

Himalayan Trail (33/1) not an obvious candidate on recent form but has been running over hurdles to protect his handicap mark. Has the class, stamina –won the Midlands National last year – and pedigree for this as well as a trainer already successful

Parson’s Legacy is a possibility with proven stamina and class. Trainer Philip Hobbs is reported to be very happy with him and he has backed down to 16/1 this week. Goes well fresh.

Darkness, a top staying novice in 2006 on the comeback trail. Targeted at this by shrewd trainer Charlie Egerton.