Grand National betting: the must-have info from the Racing Post

If you want to make a more informed bet, Racing Post should be your first port of call. For this year’s race, we know:

Which horse has won four of his last five races

Grand National favourite Tiger Roll is a winning machine, with success at the last three Cheltenham Festivals and the Grand National last year. He was the easiest winner of the week at Cheltenham last time and could not be in better form as he bids to become the first multiple National winner since Red Rum.

The winner of last year's Scottish Grand National who ran his best race last time

A late-season plan bloomed perfectly for Joe Farrell last year, whose trainer Rebecca Curtis sent him from the Pembrokeshire coast to win the Scottish Grand National at Ayr last April. He warmed up with a fine effort in a race at Newbury that he won last year and has been the Grand National gamble all week.

The horse who has not finished out of the first three since 2016

Scotland's great hope Lake View Lad has won high-quality handicaps at Newcastle and Wetherby this year and caught many an eye when third at the Cheltenham Festival last month. He is a model of consistency and his owner Trevor Hemmings has won this race three times.

Which horse has been second in a Gold Cup and won over 4m+

Highly talented but almost as quirky, Minella Rocco won over four miles at the Cheltenham Festival and was second in the following year's Gold Cup. He has been given a quiet preparation for this race by the same connections who supplied Sir Anthony McCoy's National winner, Don't Push It, nine years ago.

The horse whose record over the Grand National fences reads 1213

The Grand National course lends itself to specialists and no horse currently in training fits the bill better than Ultragold. He has won the Topham Chase, a shorter race over the National fences the day before the big race, for the last two years and has now earned a crack at the big one.

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