Grand National 2011

Who's having a flutter on the big dogs this weekend? Know of any gambling websites offering a good deal?

My wild punts will probably be Arbor Supreme and Oscar Time. But I don't really have any idea of who might actually win it. Let me know who tips what and I might keep the list below updated.

1) P1-P000 DON'T PUSH IT (IRE) Sky News ToteSport Ladbrokes

2) 04-3226 TIDAL BAY (IRE)

3) 211-524 WHAT A FRIEND Telegraph Sky News

4) 1B-0044 VIC VENTURI (IRE)

5) U62/1-31 MAJESTIC CONCORDE (IRE) Guardian

6) 42F14 OR NOIR DE SOMOZA (FR)

7) 1F24-41 DOONEYS GATE (IRE)

8) 14-2F44 BIG FELLA THANKS Telegraph

9) 205-244 THE TOTHER ONE (IRE)

10) 111-112 BALLABRIGGS (IRE) Guardian Telegraph Sky News

11) 3133-21 THE MIDNIGHT CLUB (IRE) Guardian Telegraph Sky News Racing Post

12) 20P-F50 NICHE MARKET (IRE)

13) 121-001 SILVER BY NATURE Telegraph Sky News

14) 0BP-500 BACKSTAGE (FR) Guardian Telegraph Sky News

15) 11-053F CHIEF DAN GEORGE (IRE)

16) 4-56242 CALGARY BAY (IRE)

17) 2P-2536 KILLYGLEN (IRE)

18) 152-263 OSCAR TIME (IRE) Telegraph Sky News

19) 10-1131 QUINZ (FR)

20) 2212-42 BECAUSEICOULDNTSEE (IRE)

21) 000-06P COMPLY OR DIE (IRE)

22) F-FF25P QUOLIBET (FR)

23) 1FP10P GRAND SLAM HERO (IRE) Guardian

24) 0/144/P3- STATE OF PLAY

25) 11-11P5 KING FONTAINE (IRE)

26) U-3431U IN COMPLIANCE (IRE)

27) 005P-1P HELLO BUD (IRE)

28) P/00-11P WEST END ROCKER (IRE)

29) 200010 SANTA'S SON (IRE)

30) C21-046 BLUESEA CRACKER (IRE) Sky News

31) 01050 THAT'S RHYTHM (FR)

32) P2/111/-0 SURFACE TO AIR

33) P-234PP PIRAYA (FR)

34) 6F-0P5P CAN'T BUY TIME (IRE)

35) 0-30563 CHARACTER BUILDING (IRE) Sky News

36) 15/1P/-52 ORNAIS (FR)

37) U2U-0P2 ARBOR SUPREME (IRE) Sky News

38) P5U-42P ROYAL ROSA (FR)

39) 313-011 SKIPPERS BRIG (IRE)

40) 210010 GOLDEN KITE (IRE)

  Quote

Only 11 favorites have won round here in more than a century, and none has done so in six years. Five have won at 100-to-1, most recently Mon Mome in 2009. The only sure bet in this long-odds race is that fewer than half the runners will reach the finish: In 1928, only two of the 42 horses completed the race; only four of 40 finished as recently as 2001.

 

Winning over Aintree's four-and-a-half miles and 40 obstacles requires experience, stamina and guts. But mostly, it's about luck.

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i'll have a flutter, it's the only time i do.

i've had tips for what a friend and don't push it.

but as above, tips mean f all in the national.

What A Friend is owned by Alex Ferguson, so I should imagine that United fans are completing fucking up the betting odds for it. I'd say that any horse that has won elsewhere is a likely candidate.

or horses that have made it round

either Alf Ramsey's Porn Dungeon or Zeinab Badawi's 20 Hotels.

I'll have a crack probably, I'd go to a betting shop but I'm a bit scared and I don't know how they work

My sports and betting-obsessed colleague says Niche Market, Killyglen and Chief Dan George are the ones to watch. I won't be betting (cause I always lose) but I've entered the office sweepstakes and got The Midnight Club, who's the favourite. But favourites never win!

enter shop, grab a slip and a wee pen, write...

2011 GRAND NATIONAL

[YOUR HORSE] TO WIN

WRITE THE ODDS FROM THE BOARD/TV

ENTER BET AMOUNT (also pay the tax)

when you pay, just confirm with the staff that the odds you've put down are current. easy.

Trampoline Anus looks good

The only tip in the National is bet on a 60/1 and hope it doesnt fall over.

  On 4/8/2011 at 3:52 PM, Dirty Protest said:

The only tip in the National is bet on a 60/1 and hope it doesnt fall over.

this is reasonable advice.

I hear Scented Passion Bulge has a thigh strain.

another tip.

bet on each of these horses each way...

the midnight club 10-1

oscar time 12-1

ballabriggs 14-1

vic venturi 50-1

Why was Quim Destroyer withdrawn, anyone know?

No it was Christ's chin! I got confused!!

Ballabrigs

I've put a total of £20 on Midnight Club, Oscar Time, Arbor Supreme, Vic Venturi, Backstage and Killyglen.

I'll probably get nothing back.