Irish Grand National

Last Ran: 24th March 2008

The Irish Grand National is part of Irelands greatest sporting events of the year, a four day event that is held over Easter.

Fairyhouse racecourse is the venue and the race is Irelands most valuable steeplechase, open to horses of five years of age and over.

Racing distance is three miles five furlongs with twenty three fences for the horses to jump, it has a prize fund of €250,000 and has been won by some of the racing greats including Arkle, Desert Orchid and Flying Bolt .

The Easter Festival starts in 2008 on Saturday 22nd March and the whole festival has over twenty races with more than €1 million in prize money.

Obviously betting for this race is huge, popular bets are normally those who have ran well here before, the jockey Tony McCoy is likely to draw punters, he won here last year in 2007 on Butlers Cabin and is one of the top National Hunt jockeys.

Key Trends for The Irish Grand National

The Irish have a terrific record here, winning six of the last nine renewals.
Eight year old horses have won seven of the last ten renewals.
The last ten winners here have raced in the previous two months.
Nine out of the last ten winners had won at three miles or above before.
Eight of the last nine winners carried no more than 12 stone.

Race Facts
Age Limit	5yo+
Distance	3m5f
Entrants	Open

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Previous Winners of the Irish Grand National

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer
2008	Hear The Echo	Paddy Flood	Mouse Morris
2007	Butler's Cabin	Tony McCoy	Jonjo O'Neill
2006	Point Barrow	Philip Carberry	Pat Hughes
2005	Numbersixvalverde	Ruby Walsh	Martin Brassil
2004	Granit d'Estruval	Brian Harding	Ferdy Murphy
2003	Timbera	Jim Culloty	Dessie Hughes
2002	The Bunny Boiler	Ross Geraghty	Noel Meade
2001	Davids Lad	Timmy Murphy	Tony Martin
2000	Commanche Court	Ruby Walsh	Ted Walsh
1999	Glebe Lad	Tom Rudd	Michael O'Brien
1998	Bobbyjo	Paul Carberry	Tommy Carberry

Other Horse Races

UAE Derby (29th March 2008)
Dubai Golden Shaheen (29th March 2008)
Dubai Sheema Classic (29th March 2008)
Dubai Duty Free Stakes (29th March 2008)
Dubai World Cup (29th March 2008)

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