Cheltenham 2009

30 fences, 36 furlongs and 40 horses


Exciting, enthralling, genuinely thrilling. The Aintree Grand National is many things but easy to pick a winner isn't one of them. To substantially improve your chances of landing a winning National bet, why not have a bet with Paddy Power? We are paying 1/4 ODDS 1-2-3-4-5 Places on the race, which means Each Way bets will get paid from 1st to 5th place!

 

Pinstickers Guide

New to the site, or maybe we haven't seen you since last year's Grand National Festival? Well we're not upset about it but would it have killed you to have given us a call just to let us know you're okay? We've been worried sick young man/woman... eh..sorry about that, we tend to get a little attached to our customers.

Anyway welcome back and if you're in any way unsure about registering your details or maybe you have a few questions about how to place multiple bets check out our easy to follow step by step Nags Guide.

For some of the more daunting technical mumbo–jumbo we've come up the Pinstickers Guide which takes you by the hand and walks you gently through all you need to know before you choose your horse. From what to look for in the racecard to how to work out your winnings and even what effect the weather might have.

The only thing they can't tell you is how to spend your winnings... wife's job. Ho, ho, sorry love.

Grand National 2009

It's seen as fitting that the first winner of the Aintree Grand National was named Lottery, but if we're using that kind of logic, then backers of Chaotic Forty Horse Mêlée Over Four And A Half Miles have the right to feel a little unfortunate. Back in 1839 the horses had to negotiate a "rough, high jagged hedge, a brook about six feet wide" and five foot stone wall. It's amazing that despite the passing of one hundred and seventy years, the ability to hop over a high wall is still a much prized skill around Liverpool.

In recent weeks both Tony McCoy and Paul Nicholls have had remarkable achievements, but a first success in the world's most famous horse race would rank right up there for either the Champion Jockey or the Champion Trainer. Who'll have written their name into the pages of Grand National history by the time they leaf Aintree on Saturday evening?

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