Show me the money! Paddy Power are predicting 15,000 bets PER MINUTE and £100MILLION to be staked on this weekend’s Grand National at Aintree… with English-trained Back On The Lash the most-backed horse at 33/1
- The Grand National is one of the most anticipated race meetings of the year
- Paddy Power are anticipating a flurry of bets, peaking at 15,000 every minute
- Across the industry, bookmakers envisage £100m to be stacked on the National
The huge interest in the Grand National is set to trigger as much as £100million in bets stakes, bookmakers are predicting.
The Aintree showpiece is one of the most anticipated race meets in the calendar and racing fans find it hard to resist a flutter on the National.
Paddy Power are estimating an absolute frenzy closing in on the race with a peak of 15,000 bets every single minute in the hour before Saturday’s race.
More than 150,000 racegoers will head for Aintree over the Festival and a further 10 million more will tune in to watch the National, a staple of the UK’s sporting calendar, on TV and online.
The National alone is estimated to bring in £100m in bets, with £250m staked across the industry over the four days.
A flurry of bets is anticipated, with £100m estimated to be staked on the Grand National
Racegoers love to try their hand at betting on the Grand National, with so many runners to pick
The Grand National is steeped in history having been in operation since 1839 – and it has become steeped in tradition for racegoers to try their hand at betting on the winner.
So far the most-backed horse is English-trained Back On The Lash at 33-1.
The 9-year-old Gelding has impressed in recent outings, but, nonetheless, Lucinda Russell-trained Corach Rambler remains the current favourite among bookmakers and is priced at 13/2 for now.
Minella Trump (50-1) trained by Donal McCann, son of esteemed English trainer Ginger McCann who trained Red Rum to win an astonishing three Grand National’s wins and on Saturday his son, Donald, will send Minella Trump out to tackle the famous fences.
The horse will travel with a cut of Red Rum’s mane inserted in his saddle cloth, and at odds of 50/1, he will need all the luck on his side.
The six most backed horses so far are Back On The Lash (33-1), Delta Work (8-1), Minella Trump (50-1), The Big Dog (20-1), Eva’s Oskar (50-1) and Cloudy Glen (80-1).
GRAND NATIONAL WINNER ODDS
13/2 – Corach Rambler
8/1 – Noble Yeats
8/1 – Delta Work
12/1 – Gaillard Du Mesnil
12/1 – Le Milos
14/1 – Any Second Now
14/1 – Longhouse Poet
14/1 – Mr Incredible
16/1 – Capodanno
16/1 – Aint That A Shame
20/1 – Galvin
20/1 – The Big Dog
20/1 – Vanillier
20/1 – Velvet Elvis
20/1 – Our Power
25/1 – Lifetime Ambition
25/1 – Carefully Selected
25/1 – The Big Breakaway
33/1 – Coko Beach
33/1 – Mister Coffey
33/1 – Back On The Lash
40/1 – Roi Mage
40/1 – Dunboyne
50/1 – Fury Road
50/1 – Minella Trump
50/1 – Hill Sixteen
50/1 – Gabbys Cross
50/1 – Evas Oskar
50/1 – Fortrescue
66/1 – Sam Brown
66/1 – Escaria Ten
66/1 – Diol Ker
66/1 – A Wave Of The Sea
66/1 – Enjoy Dallen
80/1 – Cloudy Glen
100/1 – Cape Gentleman
100/1 – Recite A Prayer
100/1 – Francky Du Berlais
100/1 – Born By The Sea
Odds courtesy of Paddy Power
Saturday’s action will start at 1.45pm with the EFT Systems Maghull Novices’ Steeple Chase; Grade 1, before the Village Hotels Handicap Hurdle at 2.25pm.
From there it is the Turners Mersey Novices’ Hurdle at 3pm, followed by the JRL Group Liverpool Hurdle; Grade 1 at 3.35pm.
Preceding the National is the William Hill Freebooter Handicap Chase at 4.15pm.
The Grand National is due to start at 5.15pm.
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