Saturday Trends (6th April 2019)

The biggest Saturday on the horse racing calendar is here folks – yes, it’s Aintree Grand National day and there’s plenty to get excited about.

Will last year’s hero – Tiger Roll – become the first horse since Red Rum (1974) to defend his National title, or maybe the 2017 winner – One For Arthur – can win back his crown?

We’ll know by around 5:30pm if these recent champions can do the business again, or if we’ll be welcoming a new name to the Grand National hall of fame.

If you want further help on the big race, we’ve got more in-depth trends and stats in our Aintree horse racing section, while there is also action on the domestic front from Chepstow, Lingfield, Newcastle and Wolverhampton, while over in Ireland, Leopardstown race on the flat.

As always, to help you through the cards we’ve picked some quickfire standout stats and trends that are certainly worth paying attention too.

Plus, you can get more help finding the winner for all this Saturday’s races on our Racing Tips page.

Trends Analysis:

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1.45 Aintree: Trainer David Pipe has won this race three times since 2011.

2.25 Aintree: The Nicky Henderson yard have a 23% record with their hurdlers at the track and have won this race twice since 2011.

3.00 Aintree: Trainer Henry De Bromhead has won two of the last six runnings.

3.40 Aintree: Owner Dai Walters and trainer Nicky Henderson have won this race twice since 2014.

4.20 Aintree: The Philip Hobbs yard have landed this prize three times 2010, while jockey Richard Johnson has four wins since 2010 (three for Hobbs).

5.15 Aintree (Grand National): You can get more help finding the winner on our Grand National tips page.

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2.05 Newcastle: Black Kettle landed this race last year and is bidding to follow-up off a two pound lower rating.

4.30 Newcastle: The Rebecca Menzies-trained Pain Au Chocolat won this race last year and is now rated two pounds lower.

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2.00 Lingfield: The Jean-Rene Auray yard has a 36% (4-from-11) record with their four-year-olds or older at the track.

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6.05 Chepstow: The Paul Nicholls (47%) yard has an excellent record with their NH Flat runners at the course.

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1.40 Leopardstown: Trainer Ger Lyons has won two of the last four runnings.

2.10 Leopardstown: The Aidan O’Brien yard have won the last three renewals.

4.25 Leopardstown: Trainer Jim Bolger has won three of the last six renewals.