BoyleSports Irish Grand National Preview, Tips & Odds
In this post you can find our BoyleSports Irish Grand National preview plus tips from legendary Irish jockey Paul Carberry.
BoyleSports Irish Grand National Race Info
When is the Irish Grand National?
The BoyleSports Irish Grand National is scheduled for a 5pm start-time on the 10th of April, Easter Monday.
Where is the Irish Grand National?
The race will take place at Fairyhouse Racecourse, Co. Meath, Ireland.
BoyleSports Irish Grand National Preview
Irish Grand National winning jockey Paul Carberry and Grand National winning jockey Robbie Power give us their insight into the 2023 BoyleSports Irish Grand National and what it will take to win the big race at Fairyhouse on Easter Monday.
Irish Grand National Preview & Tips From Robbie Power
Irish Grand National preview from Paul Carberry
Thedevilscoachman, if he didn’t run a week or so ago, then he would be the right favourite, but two weeks to recover from that race for this one might not be long enough with another three miles and more ahead of him.
I assume he will run but I suspect he’ll need more time to recover if he is to win.
Gaillard Du Mesnil had a good win at Cheltenham, that’ll help him. Willie Mullins has a lot thrown in anhttps://twitter.com/BoyleSports/status/1645400864016695298d he looked one of his better winners at the Festival in a good race.
Dermot McLoughlin is a good friend of mine and he’s going well, he’s just down the road from me and it is great to see him win the race the last two years.
I think his runner Lord Lariat, winner last year, had a great prep run for this race at Leopardstown. Dermot obviously thinks he’s got a big chance of winning here and I think he does too.
Panda Boy has a good chance too, for sure. Martin Brassil has been very unlucky, he had two seconds at Cheltenham, it would be good to see him come back and get his head in front here.
It is a very open race, Angel’s Dawn won at Cheltenham, there is Stumptown as well, but it is going to be a cracker, it’ll be really hard to split them.
I suppose it will be a question of which horses come back right after going to Cheltenham as well, getting themselves back in order.
It’s a pretty straightforward formula to win the Irish Grand National
You need a horse that stays, definitely has to be able to do that. Noel Meade had two in the race in 2002 with The Bunny Boiler and Arctic Copper and the latter was probably the better horse, but he got to the second last fence and just stopped, he didn’t stay, the other horse did and went on to win.
The ground will be very testing at the moment so they will need a few dry days coming up. It’s pretty simple, a horse that jumps and stays well is needed to have any chance of winning the Irish Grand National.
Irish Grand National Tips
Paul Carberry
That’s a hard one at this stage, really difficult. I’ll go with one of Willie Mullins’, but I don’t know which one!
I’d give Real Steel at 40/1 a good each-way chance.
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BoyleSports Irish Grand National Previous Winners
BoyleSports Irish Grand National Odds
6/1 Thedevilscoachman (From 7/1)
8/1 Panda Boy (From 10/1)
8/1 Stumptown (From 10/1)
10/1 Angels Dawn (From 12/1)
14/1 Chemical Energy
14/1 Espanito Bello
14/1 I Am Maximus
14/1 Tenzing
16/1 Amirite
16/1 Now Where Or When
16/1 Gevrey
20/1 Max Flamingo
20/1 Busselton
20/1 The Goffer
25/1 Royale Pagaille
25/1 Ash Tree Meadow
25/1 Lieutenant Command
25/1 Donkey Years
25/1 Defi Bleu
28/1 Darrens Hope
28/1 Farceur Du Large
33/1 Fakiera
33/1 Fire Attack
33/1 Champagne Platinum
33/1 Must Be Obeyed
33/1 Dolcita
33/1 Punitive
40/1 Musical Slave
40/1 Real Steel
40/1 Shantreusse
40/1 Fairyhill Run
50/1 Birchdale
66/1 Regina Dracones
100/1 Milan Native
A spokesperson for BoyleSports said:
“Angels Dawn and Stumptown fought out a thrilling finish at Cheltenham and both are popular bets, but Thedevilscoachman has been steadily backed since his recent win at Limerick and is in prime position to go off favourite in what looks like a fascinating renewal of the BoyleSpots Irish Grand National.”
BoyleSports Irish Grand National Key Race Trends
BoyleSports Irish Grand National Favourites
Thedevilscoachman – BoyleSports Irish Grand National Favourite @ 6/1
Trained by Noel Meade and owned by J-P McManus the seven-year-old has certainly a winning profile! With that being said, it’s no surprise that the horse won its last outing on the racetrack against a five-horse-field in Naas back in January.
That day he won over a 3-mile 1-furlong distance by a neck. On that occasion this gelding was returning from a 56-day break from the track following a fall in Fairyhouse (where this BoyleSports Irish Grand National will be run) back in December, a race won by Mighty Potter.
From twelve career outings on track, this horse has a consistent record with seven victories, one second and one-third. Thedevilscoachman was one of a number of horses at 12/1 but his odds have been slashed to 6/1 favourite recently as money has come in on the McManus horse.
Panda Boy – 8/1
Trained by Martin Brassil the seven-year-old is another one of the market leaders despite not having the best of it on track recently. His most recent outing came on the 5th of March in Leopardstown when the horse fell at the fifth after being second and in touch with the leaders.
That had been the horse’s first ride on track after a 68-day break from its effort in Leopardstown back in December over a 3-mile trip. On that day the grey gelding came third, but only 0.75 lengths back from the winner in a massive 28-horse-field.
From twelve races this horse has three recorded victories and one third-place finish. The last victory came in Punchestown back in May of last year over the 3-mile trip winning where he beat a nine-horse field by an impressive nine lengths.
Panda Boy is 8/1 to return to that form and land The BoyleSports Irish Grand National.
Stumptown – 8/1
The Gavin Cromwell-trained horse is the only six-year-old amongst the market leaders for The BoyleSports Irish Grand National and is coming into the race in decent form.
Last time out the horse was very unfortunate in defeat, losing in the Challenge Cup Amateur Jockeys’ Handicap Chase at Cheltenham by a neck from the winner Angels Dawn. Before that race, Stumptown had won two races on-the-spin in Thurles and Sandown respectively by a cumulative margin of victory of nineteen lengths.
This gelding’s career record from twelve runs includes three wins, one second and two-thirds. Could youth be on Stumptown’s side in The Irish Grand National? BoyleSports currently have Stumptown priced at 8/1 for victory.
Chemical Energy – 14/1
The Gordan Elliott-trained seven-year-old comes into the BoyleSports Irish Grand National following his second-placed finish to Gaillard Du Mesnil at Cheltenham. Despite being beaten 2.75 lengths last time out, it should be noted that Chemical Energy at Cheltenham was held up and hampered by a faller at the 16th fence which may have been the losing of the race for him.
This horse’s record on track from thirteen runs is a respectable six wins and two seconds, but you have to go back to Cheltenham on the 22nd of October last year for the horse’s last victory when it won over a 3-mile ½ furlong trip, beating a three-horse-field by an unprecedented 61 lengths.
Fellow Grand National contender Mahler Mission was one of the horses beaten on that occasion, 61 lengths behind. Chemical Energy is 14/1 to win the BoyleSports Irish Grand National.
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