Winner of the Ladbrokes Trophy Chase in November, Cloth Cap is another very exciting prospect and one that could give owner Trevor Hemmings another Grand National win in 2021.
NO. 28 | JOCKEY: T SCUDAMORE | FORM: 28-311 | WEIGHT: 10-05 | AGE: 9 | TRAINER: J O’NEILL
Winner of the Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse in 2019, he gave Willie Mullins his first win in the race. The ground is turning in his favour and a relatively lightweight, he’s one to seriously consider.
NO. 7 | JOCKEY: MR P W MULLINS | FORM: 31-262 | WEIGHT: 10-13 | AGE: 8 | TRAINER: W MULLINS
Was on a roll last season and doing well until he fell in the Irish Grand National. But he has bounced back albeit in races much shorter in distance than the National.
NO. 15 | JOCKEY: M WALSH | FORM: 1-99P1 | WEIGHT: 10-09 | AGE: 9 | TRAINER: T WALSH
A decent chaser and one who is having a very good season, winning at Listowel before notching up two second-place finishes at Leopardstown. The only question mark is stamina to go the 4 miles.
NO. 35 | JOCKEY: R BLACKMORE | FORM: 20-122 | WEIGHT: 10-03 | AGE: 8 | TRAINER: H DE BROMHEAD
The Grand National always throws up a surprise and in 2019 it was the epic performance from 125/1 shot Magic Of Light. The mare romped home in second place and gave trainer Jessica Harrington a memorable debut as a trainer. Can she go one better and actually win the 2021 Grand National?
NO. 8 | JOCKEY: R POWER | FORM: 8-4128 | WEIGHT: 10-13 | AGE: 10 | TRAINER: J HARRINGTON
Kimberlite Candy cruised into Grand National contention last season when winning at Warwick. Over 3m5f, the 8-year-old won by a staggering 10L adding to his already impressive second-place finish in the Becher Chase in December 2019.
NO. 14 | JOCKEY: R McLERNON | FORM: 5P/21-2 | WEIGHT: 10-10 | AGE: 9 | TRAINER: T LACEY
Does well at Cheltenham and was 2nd in the National Hunt in 2019 before placing third in the Ultima in 2020. A good chaser in the making but has no previous experience at Aintree.
NO. 26 | JOCKEY: B J COOPER | FORM: 2833-25 | WEIGHT: 10-06 | AGE: 8 | TRAINER: P NOLAN
Winner of the Scottish National in 2019, Takingrisks is one of the few runners this year to have actually won over that kind of distance. He boosted his Grand National claims when winning last time out at Doncaster in the Sky Bet Handicap Chase so could be one to keep an eye on.
NO. 19 | JOCKEY: S QUINLAN | FORM: 65-P41 | WEIGHT: 10-07 | AGE: 12 | TRAINER: N RICHARDS
Winner at Ascot in December but well beaten last time out when losing by 120L at Doncaster in the Sky Bet Handicap Chase. He skipped Cheltenham in order to have a crack at Aintree and it wouldn’t be the biggest shock if ran a big race.
NO. 13 | JOCKEY: JONJO O’NEILL JR | FORM: -6U173 | WEIGHT: 10-12 | AGE: 8 | TRAINER: C TIZZARD
Quite young at just 7-years-old but got his chasing career off to a great start winning two as a novice. Has tested the 3m waters just once in the Paddy Power Chase at Leopardstown and ran well to finish third.
NO. 34 | JOCKEY: J KENNEDY | FORM: 1-5342 | WEIGHT: 10-03 | AGE: 7 | TRAINER: D FOSTER
Winner of the Welsh National in December 2019, Potters Corner also won the Midlands Grand National back in March. A runner with buckets of stamina but may need the ground on the softer side to show his true potential.
NO. 23 | JOCKEY: J TUDOR | FORM: 11-37P | WEIGHT: 10-06 | AGE: 11 | TRAINER: C WILLIAMS
A fantastic chaser who has notched up winning of over £708K to date. Has run in the Gold Cup three times though he has never won it. Will he win the Grand National in 2021 instead? He’s in with a genuine shot.
NO. 1 | JOCKEY: D JACOB | FORM: 229-12 | WEIGHT: 11-10 | AGE: 10 | TRAINER: N TWISTON-DAVIES
What a chaser. Anibale Fly was 4th in 2018 and 5th in 2019 carrying top weight and in between managed second place in the Gold Cup. Most recently, had a difficult season finishing last in the first three races but did place third at Naas last time out.
NO. 12 | JOCKEY: D O’REGAN | FORM: 9883-5 | WEIGHT: 10-12 | AGE: 11 | TRAINER: AJ MARTIN
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Finished last season with a win in the Bobbyjo Chase at Fairyhouse. Returned this season with a second-place finish in the Savills Chase and a fifth last time out. The comfort zone is 2m3½f-2m6f on softer ground so while capable, the 2021 Grand National will still pose a few challenges.
NO. 9 | JOCKEY: D MULLINS | FORM: 61-251 | WEIGHT: 10-12 | AGE: 11 | TRAINER: W MULLINS
Ran in the 2017 race but pulled-up under jockey Danny Cook. Skipped the next two Grand Nationals but was back for the Becher Chase in 2019 where he finished 4th. Had another good run in the Peter Marsh Chase in January.
NO. 5 | JOCKEY: H BROOKE | FORM: 21-8F4 | WEIGHT: 11-01 | AGE: 12 | TRAINER: B ELLISON
Talkischeap is a decent chaser that won the Bet365 Gold Cup at Sandown in April 2019, over 3m5f so can go the distance.
NO. 10 | JOCKEY: T CANNON | FORM: 3P-30 | WEIGHT: 10-12 | AGE: 9 | TRAINER: A KING
No stranger to the longer distanced races, Lord Du Mesnil was 2nd in the National Hunt Challenge Cup at Cheltenham last season over 3m6f. This season he was 9th in the Welsh Grand National and won the Grand National Trial at Haydock last time out which prompted a drop in his odds.
NO. 22 | JOCKEY: N SCHOLFIELD | FORM: 2-4991 | WEIGHT: 10-06 | AGE: 8 | TRAINER: R HOBSON
Best results in the last two seasons have come in the Goffs Thyestes Chase when he was 2nd (2020) and 3rd (2021). Otherwise not having a great season.
NO. 24 | JOCKEY: B HAYES | FORM: 2-P034 | WEIGHT: 10-06 | AGE: 9 | TRAINER: W MULLINS
A young horse and one that has only going into his third season of racing. developing into a solid chaser, he has already won or placed in four of his six chase starts and even won the Kim Muir at Cheltenham.
NO. 25 | JOCKEY: Mr JJ CODD | FORM: -12P09 | WEIGHT: 10-06 | AGE: 8 | TRAINER: D FOSTER
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If this horse is to have any chance the ground really needs to be on his side. If it’s Good/Soft he could be in with a shout but if the course starts to go soft or heavy then he will struggle. He’s had a lot of issues in his career but hopefully, he’s now back on track.
NO. 33 | JOCKEY: H COBDEN | FORM: /17-2P | WEIGHT: 10-04 | AGE: 11 | TRAINER: P NICHOLLS
A very experienced chaser who might be getting on in years but cannot be written off just yet. Has run in the last three Aintree Festivals, just not in the Grand National so this year might be his only opportunity to finally give it a go.
NO. 36 | JOCKEY: T WORSELY | FORM: 4-0244 | WEIGHT: 10-03 | AGE: 12 | TRAINER: G HOWELL
Won the Red Mills Chase in Feb 2020 and headed to Cheltenham the following month for a run in the Gold Cup, finishing in 10th place. Back this season and was second in the Ladbrokes Champion Chase so has every chance but the distance may be challenging.
NO. 2 | JOCKEY: D O’KEEFFE| FORM: 10-25P | WEIGHT: 11-07 | AGE: 9 | TRAINER: H DE BROMHEAD
Moved to Paul Nicholls in October 2019 and has had four runs under his new trainer, coming third in the Welsh National under jockey Bryony Frost. Has previously had multiple Grand National entries but never actually run in the race.
NO. 3 | JOCKEY: BRYONY FROST | FORM: -2F314 | WEIGHT: 11-03 | AGE: 11 | TRAINER: P NICHOLLS
One of the few mares entered into the 2021 Grand National, Shattered Love is a Gold Cup runner and winner of the Mares Chase at Clonmel two years in a row. However, these are also the only races she has won since March 2018 when she won the JLT Novices Chase at Cheltenham.
NO. 20 | JOCKEY: K SEXTON | FORM: 6-3102 | WEIGHT: 10-07 | AGE: 10 | TRAINER: D FOSTER
Blaklion first ran in the National in 2017, going off as the favourite and finishing in fourth place. He tried again in 2018 but was brought down. He skipped 2019 due to injury and of course the 2020 renewal was canceled. So here we are in 2021, with the now 12-year-old going for his third attempt in five years.
NO. 40 | JOCKEY: H SKELTON | FORM: 85/074 | WEIGHT: 10-02 | AGE: 12 | TRAINER: D SKELTON
Took his chances in the great race back in 2019 but pulled up. Since then he has won the Many Clouds Chase at Aintree, owner Trevor Hemmings would love another Grand National trophy and Lake View Lad might be the horse to deliver it.
NO. 6 | JOCKEY: B HUGHES | FORM: 33-155 | WEIGHT: 11-00 | AGE: 11 | TRAINER: N ALEXANDER
Finished last season on pretty good form but this season has been poor. Last twice and one of them was by 45L, and pulled-up in both of his last two runs. An entirely different horse needs to show up on the 10th to have any chance of winning.
NO. 17 | JOCKEY: J McGARVEY | FORM: 595PP4 | WEIGHT: 10-09 | AGE: 11 | TRAINER: D FOSTER
One of the few mares who look set to run in the 2021 Grand National, Cabaret Queen won the Munster National in 2019 and ran in the Kim Muir at Cheltenham last year. Won the Kerry National in September but was heavily beaten last time out so it could go either way.
NO. 29 | JOCKEY: S O’KEEFFE | FORM: 31238P | WEIGHT: 10-05 | AGE: 9 | TRAINER: W MULLINS
Canelo has been progressing so well this season that it’s difficult not to admire him. He has moved through the classes and ranks, winning or placing and increasing his Official Rating each time. He has won at Aintree but there’s still a question mark over his ability to go the full distance of the race.
NO. 31 | JOCKEY: T BELLAMY | FORM: 012143 | WEIGHT: 10-04 | AGE: 8 | TRAINER: A KING
The stats are just stacked against this chaser. Firstly he’s only seven so that doesn’t help and secondly, he has only started one race at more than 2m5f and he finished third from five runners in that. The large field of runners, age, never been to Aintree, not much long-distance chasing and it’s hard to see how he could win.
NO. 32 | JOCKEY: L P DEMPSEY | FORM: 1-F103 | WEIGHT: 10-04 | AGE: 7 | TRAINER: J DEMPSEY
A mixed bag from Ok Corral last season as he failed to impress in his first two starts but came to life winning the Sky Bet Handicap Chase at Doncaster. The only issue is that he really performs best at 3m and struggles with the longer distances.
NO. 18 | JOCKEY: Mr D O’CONNOR | FORM: /091-P | WEIGHT: 10-08 | AGE: 11 | TRAINER: N HENDERSON
A Grand National legend, Vieux Lion Rouge first ran in the race back in 2016 finishing in 7th place. In 2017 he was 6th, 2018 he was 9th and in 2019 he finished in 15th place. 2020 was canceled and he’s back again in 2021 having won the Becher Chase in December. He may be 12 years old but this is a horse that loves Aintree and even if it’s only sentimentally, I will be cheering him on all the way.
NO. 27 | JOCKEY: C O’FARRELL | FORM: 97-510 | WEIGHT: 10-05 | AGE: 12 | TRAINER: D PIPE
Such a mixed bag of results this season. Started well with a win at Uttoxeter and followed it up with another win at Aintree in October but then unseated in the next two. It has to be noted though that he lost his irons in the first race and was badly hampered by a faller in the second.
NO. 30 | JOCKEY: B POSTE | FORM: -11UU7 | WEIGHT: 10-05 | AGE: 11 | TRAINER: K PRICE
His outings to Aintree haven’t been very successful. In fact he fell in both the Becher Chase (2018) and the Grand National in 2019. Last season was better and he finished on a win at Ascot.
NO. 4 | JOCKEY: S TWISTON-DAVIES | FORM: 1-P067 | WEIGHT: 11-01 | AGE: 11 | TRAINER: N TWISTON-DAVIES
Balko Des Flos is a Ryanair Chase winner, but will need to find another gear to get involved here. He has experience at Aintree to fall back on, but not in this race.
NO. 16 | JOCKEY: A COLEMAN | FORM: -4764U | WEIGHT: 10-09 | AGE: 10 | TRAINER: H DE BROMHEAD
As percentages go, Jett doesn’t inspire confidence and from 32 chase starts has only won four of them, the last of which was October 2019. This season he has started at 3m+ more frequently and finished 8th in the Becher Chase so can get around the course and the fences which is a big tick in the box.
NO. 21 | JOCKEY: Mr S WALEY-COHEN | FORM: P78P06 | WEIGHT: 10-07 | AGE: 10 | TRAINER: J HARRINGTON
Won the Grand Sefton at Aintree in December so has form on the course. However, he ran in the Cross Country at Cheltenham and finished 6th but 128L off the winner Tiger Roll. Has the stamina but the other runners might give him a run for his money.
NO. 37 | JOCKEY: G SHEEHAN | FORM: 715-P6 | WEIGHT: 10-03 | AGE: 10 | TRAINER: J SNOWDEN
Ran in the 2017 National but pulled up. Two years later he was 12th in the Topham Chase at Aintree and that means he can get around the course and over those tricky Grand National fences. The problem will always be the distance of the race.
NO. 38 | JOCKEY: J BURKE | FORM: 7-9316 | WEIGHT: 10-02 | AGE: 11 | TRAINER: T GEORGE
Very much a three-miler in terms of his usual running distance, will he be able to go the full 4m2f of the Grand National 2021? Has come second place quite a few times but hasn’t actually won a race since December 2017!
NO. 39 | JOCKEY: K WOODS | FORM: 62P-22 | WEIGHT: 10-02 | AGE: 11 | TRAINER: G McPHERSON
It’s been a couple of years since Tout Est Permis notched up a win (Jan 2019). Running a mix of hurdles and chases throughout each season, he was third in the Pertemps at Cheltenham last year and has had quite a few runs this season with the best finish at Punchestown in October when second.
NO. 11 | JOCKEY: S FLANAGAN | FORM: 359P4F | WEIGHT: 10-12 | AGE: 8 | TRAINER: N MEADE
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The official ‘Going’ can play a massive part in the outcome of the race.
People will tell you that picking a 2021 Grand National winner is a lottery, they’ll say that on the day any one of the 40 runners could win. In some respects that statement is true, the National remains one of the most open races in the world. In fact, the first-ever winner (1839) was called ‘Lottery’, appropriately enough.
But this belief isn’t borne out by the stats. In fact, by looking down the list of winners over the past 40 years – you can spot patterns that will help narrow the field of runners down to a shortlist of entrants who have the right stuff to triumph at Aintree.
We’ve put together a list of the key traits which many Grand National winners display. Of course, every few years a horse will come along and rip up the form book. So if you want to back a horse on the best horse racing betting sites, then make sure you whittle down your selections to help find a winner.
