When Is The Grand National

Every year about this time my mind turns from blackjack to horse racing and specifically the Grand National, the ‘National’ as it is known is England’s most popular horse race. It’s run at Aintree race course in Liverpool and has been for the last 100 years. It’s a steeplechase race which means that the horse have to jump big fences during the race, at over four miles long it’s a tough test for any horse and rider.

The 2009 winner Mon Mome ran home at odds of 100/1, which is frankly amazing. I think the main reason people love this race is it’s unpredictable nature. Anyone one of the forty horse running could win, I just checked the Grand National website and found out that the 2010 race is on the 10th of April, so there’s still plenty of time to check out the runners, jockeys and trainers. I normally don’t bother looking at the racing form, I’m old school and pick my horse by sticking a pin in the newspaper on the morning of the race!