This year’s Grand National favourite Tiger Roll is bidding to become the first horse since the legendary Red Rum to secure back-to-back victories.
Bristol Live has looked at the characteristics of all the past winners of the race and found that on average the winning horse was nine years old, was carrying a handicap weight of 10st 7lbs and had odds of either 10/1 or 25/1.
They also tend not to be the favourite either. Only nine of the races held since the Second World War have been won by the favourite or joint favourite.
So which horse is most likely to win on Saturday (April 6)?
Going by these characteristics, there are 13 horses that are nine years old in the race:
1: Anibale Fly
3: Tiger Roll
8: Minella Rocco
9: Lake View Lad
11: Ballyoptic
15: Rock the Kasbah
19: A Toi Phil
26: Mall Dini
27: Step Back
32: Singlefarmpayment
35: Vintage Clouds
37: Livelovelaugh
38: Walk in the Mill
Only two horses will be carrying 10st 7lbs:
27: Step Back
28: Ultragold
And only seven have odds of either 10/1 or 25/1 at the time of writing:
1: Anibale Fly (10/1)
13: Rathvinden (10/1)
8: Minella Rocco (25/1)
14: One For Arthur (25/1)
23: Ramses De Teilee (25/1)
29: Up For Review (25/1)
36: Walk In The Mill (25/1)
No horse meets all three criteria, then.
But the data suggests the following four runners could be favoured, as they meet two criteria each:
1: Anibale Fly
27: Step Back
8: Minella Rocco (25 to 1)
38: Walk in the Mill (25 to 1)
Hundreds of millions of pounds will be bet on the race and people are getting involved all over the country, even if they know nothing about horse racing.
If you want to get your office involved then our sweepstake it is exactly what you need.
The sweepstake kit includes all 40 runners were confirmed in the final declaration which were announced at 10am on Thursday.
It's worth noting that you will need to make sure your printer is set to print one side of paper only.
We suggest charging £2 a ticket, which will give you a kitty of £80.
Cut out the names opposite, throw them in a bag or box, get your friends or workmates to draw a ticket and fill in the list, below, with the details of who has picked which horse.
The winner will take away £40, the second £25, the third £10 and the fourth a fiver.
If you want a little insight these are some of the favourites going into the race on Saturday afternoon:
- Tiger Roll - 7/2
- Rathvinden - 8/1
- Anibale Fly - 11/1
- Vintage Clouds - 11/1
- Lake View Lad - 14/1
- Jury Duty - 16/1
Good luck!
