Sports » Jumps Racing » 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 |
Previous Winners of the Irish Grand National
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