Grand National 2024 weights CONFIRMED as ‘clear favourite’ emerges with bookies for Aintree race

THE weights for the 2024 Grand National have been revealed – and bookies have already picked out their ‘clear favourite’.

Vanillier, for top Irish trainer Gavin Cromwell, flew home to finish second to Corach Rambler last year.

Sunday Times

The weights have been released for the 2024 Grand National and one horse leads the way with bookies[/caption]

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Footie legend Harry Redknapp could have a runner in the shape of Shakem Up’Arry[/caption]

The handicapper has edged him up just slightly from that heroic effort and he will carry 10st8lb in the world’s most famous race.

That is more than a stone less than top weight and epic King George winner Hewick, who has been saddled with 11st12lb for legendary Irish handler Shark Hanlon.

Cromwell is now dreaming of his nine-year-old becoming just the fourth grey in history to win the National.

Last year’s champ Corach Rambler – who scooped one of his co-owners, a student at university, a share of £500,000 – will carry 11st2lb.

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Grand National odds via William Hill

12-1 Vanillier

14-1 Corach Rambler, Mahler Mission, Noble Yeats, Panda Boy

16-1 Minella Indo, Monbeg Genius

20-1 Kitty’s Light

25-1 Ain’t That A Shame, Capodanno, Delta Work, Galvin, I Am Maximus, Latenightpass, Nassalam

33-1 Chemical Energy, Hewick, Sail Away, Salvador Ziggy, Stattler, Threeunderthrufive

40-1 bar

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The Irish trainers dominate the top weights – which signify the top-rated horses – with Gordon Elliott’s Conflated in second.

Noble Yeats, who won the National in 2022, will carry 11st8lbs – one less than Conflated – while Willie Mullins’ Capodanno and Elliott’s Coko Beach will both carry 11st4lbs.

The top home hope appears to be Gary Moore’s awesome Welsh Grand National winner Nassalam.

He destroyed his sorry rivals by 34 lengths at Chepstow in December and will bypass a tilt at the Gold Cup to go for racing’s biggest prize.

Another eyecatcher is former Gold Cup champ Minella Indo.

He will carry 11st2lbs and could go into the race on the back of Cross Country Success at the Festival.

While there is noise around Monbeg Genius – the controversial horse owned by Michelle Mone and Doug Barrowman.

He was not made part of a £75million court order freezing the couple’s assets and has the green light to run at Aintree.

Football royalty could also have a place in the field after Harry Redknapp’s beloved Shakem Up’Arry was given a low weight – but he needs a lot of horses to pull out before guaranteeing a run.

William Hill’s trading manager Jamie McBride picked out a few more the bookies are running scared of.

He said: “We have a healthy respect for several of the Grand National entries following the weights announcement with three of the likely runners in next month’s Cross Country Chase at Cheltenham among some we are keeping onside.

“Delta Work has been luckless in this race the last couple of years but gets to run from a lower mark this year and has to be dangerous, so we’ve cut him to 25-1.

“Galvin is 11lbs lower than when departing at the first fence last year and given he showed signs of a revival last time, we have shortened him into 25-1.

“Minella Indo looks likely to go well in the Cross Country and it’s obviously a race that has been a good pointer to the National in the past so that, in combination with the Rachael Blackmore factor, can see him prove popular at 16-1.

“Panda Boy is very dangerous if he gets in off a nice low weight of 10st3lbs and we have cut him to 14-1, while we’re happy to lay Corach Rambler as things look much harder for him this time around.

“With that in mind, Vanillier is the clear favourite at 12-1 as it’s clear his whole season has been geared around this race and he still looks feasibly weighted off 10st8lbs.”

This year’s Grand National will look different to the last with a number of changes brought in by bosses.

The biggest is that the number of runners has been slashed from 40 to 34.

This year’s contest – to be run on Saturday, April 13 – will also see first of the 16 fences moved 60 yards closer to stop horses running too fast at the start.

The traditional off time of 5.15pm will also be moved to 4pm in a bid ensure a safer running environment for all horses.

Grand National 2024

Horse, age, weight, rating, owner and trainer

1 Hewick (IRE) 9 11 12 169 Mr T. J. McDonald John Joseph Hanlon IRE

2 Conflated (IRE) 10 11 9 166 Gigginstown House Stud Gordon Elliott IRE

3 Noble Yeats (IRE) 9 11 8 165 Mr Robert Waley-Cohen Emmet Mullins IRE

4 Capodanno (FR) 8 11 4 161 Mr John P. McManus W. P. Mullins IRE

5 Coko Beach (FR) 9 11 4 161 Gigginstown House Stud Gordon Elliott IRE

6 Nassalam (FR) 7 11 4 161 John and Yvonne Stone Gary Moore

7 Fakir d’Oudairies (FR) 9 11 3 160 Mr John P. McManus Joseph Patrick O’Brien IRE

8 Ash Tree Meadow (FR) 8 11 2 159 Alymer Stud Ltd Gordon Elliott IRE

9 Corach Rambler (IRE) 10 11 2 159 The Ramblers Lucinda Russell

10 I Am Maximus (FR) 8 11 2 159 Mr John P. McManus W. P. Mullins IRE

11 Janidil (FR) 10 11 2 159 Mr John P. McManus W. P. Mullins IRE

12 Minella Indo (IRE) 11 11 2 159 Mr Barry Maloney Henry de Bromhead IRE

13 Asterion Forlonge (FR) 10 11 1 158 Mrs J. Donnelly W. P. Mullins IRE

14 Mahler Mission (IRE) 8 11 1 158 Colm Herron & Rockview Racing Syndicate John McConnell IRE

15 Stattler (IRE) 9 11 1 158 Mr R. A. Bartlett W. P. Mullins IRE

16 Classic Getaway (IRE) 8 11 0 157 Cheveley Park Stud W. P. Mullins IRE

17 Delta Work (FR) 11 11 0 157 Gigginstown House Stud Gordon Elliott IRE

18 Foxy Jacks (IRE) 10 11 0 157 Ms Rachel Carthy M. F. Morris IRE

19 Threeunderthrufive (IRE) 9 10 13 156 McNeill Family Paul Nicholls

20 Galvin (IRE) 10 10 12 155 Mr R. A. Bartlett Gordon Elliott IRE

21 Farouk d’Alene (FR) 9 10 11 154 Gigginstown House Stud Gordon Elliott IRE

22 Salvador Ziggy (IRE) 8 10 11 154 William Hurley/Mrs Aisling Hurley Gordon Elliott IRE

23 Eldorado Allen (FR) 10 10 10 153 J P Romans & Terry Warner Joe Tizzard

24 Letsbeclearaboutit (IRE) 9 10 10 153 Alymer Stud Ltd Gavin Cromwell IRE

25 Ain’t That A Shame (IRE) 10 10 9 152 Robcour Henry de Bromhead IRE

26 Fury Road (IRE) 10 10 9 152 Sierra Pacific & Pioneer Racing Gordon Elliott IRE

27 James du Berlais (FR) 8 10 9 152 Mr Simon Munir/Mr Isaac Souede W. P. Mullins IRE

28 Bronn (IRE) 7 10 8 151 Mr Simon Munir/Mr Isaac Souede W. P. Mullins IRE

29 Vanillier (FR) 9 10 8 151 Mrs H. M. Keaveney Gavin Cromwell IRE

30 Dusart (IRE) 9 10 7 150 Bartlett & Carthy Nicky Henderson

31 Le Milos (GB) 9 10 7 150 The Jolly Good Partnership Dan Skelton

32 Longhouse Poet (IRE) 10 10 7 150 Sean & Bernardine Mulryan Martin Brassil IRE

33 Mr Incredible (IRE) 8 10 7 150 Paul Byrne & J. Carthy W. P. Mullins IRE

34 Latenightpass (GB) 11 10 6 149 Mrs P. A. Ellis Dan Skelton

35 Minella Crooner (IRE) 8 10 6 149 KTDA Racing/Nick Courtney/Cillian Moran Gordon Elliott IRE

36 Run Wild Fred (IRE) 10 10 6 149 Gigginstown House Stud Gordon Elliott IRE

37 Adamantly Chosen (IRE) 7 10 5 148 Watch This Space Syndicate W. P. Mullins IRE

38 Chemical Energy (IRE) 8 10 5 148 Bective Stud Gordon Elliott IRE

39 Mac Tottie (GB) 11 10 5 148 Steve & Jackie Fleetham Peter Bowen

40 Favori de Champdou (FR) 9 10 4 147 Gigginstown House Stud Gordon Elliott IRE

41 Limerick Lace (IRE) 7 10 4 147 Mr John P. McManus Gavin Cromwell IRE

42 Meetingofthewaters (IRE) 7 10 4 147 Mr P. Byrne W. P. Mullins IRE

43 Monbeg Genius (IRE) 8 10 4 147 Barrowman Racing Limited Jonjo O’Neill

44 Roi Mage (FR) 12 10 4 147 Pryde/Van Der Hoeven/McGladery/Beaumont Patrick Griffin IRE

45 The Goffer (IRE) 7 10 4 147 Mr Allan Snow Gordon Elliott IRE

46 Chambard (FR) 12 10 3 146 David & Carol Shaw Venetia Williams

47 Eklat de Rire (FR) 10 10 3 146 Mr P. Davies Henry de Bromhead IRE

48 Embittered (IRE) 10 10 3 146 Gigginstown House Stud Gordon Elliott IRE

49 Galia des Liteaux (FR) 8 10 3 146 Mr Michael Ariss Dan Skelton

50 Gevrey (FR) 8 10 3 146 Denis Gallagher Racing Gordon Elliott IRE

51 Glengouly (FR) 8 10 3 146 Roaringwater Syndicate W. P. Mullins IRE

52 Kitty’s Light (GB) 8 10 3 146 R J Bedford & All Stars Sports Racing Christian Williams

53 Panda Boy (IRE) 8 10 3 146 Old Pals Partnership Martin Brassil IRE

54 Busselton (FR) 7 10 2 145 Mr Michael Hilary Burke Joseph Patrick O’Brien IRE

55 Empire Steel (IRE) 10 10 2 145 Alan Wight Sandy Thomson

56 Fiddlerontheroof (IRE) 10 10 2 145 The Minions Jim Boyle

57 Malina Girl (IRE) 7 10 2 145 Mrs J. M. Russell Gavin Cromwell IRE

58 Desertmore House (IRE) 9 10 1 144 O. B. P. Carroll/Anthony Vaughan Martin Brassil IRE

59 Fantastic Lady (FR) 9 10 1 144 Mr E. R. Hanbury Nicky Henderson IRE

60 Highland Hunter (IRE) 11 10 1 144 Nic Brereton and Lindsey Brennan Fergal O’Brien

61 Kinondo Kwetu (GB) 8 10 1 144 Gunalt Partnership Sam England

62 Fakir d’Alene (FR) 9 10 0 143 Bective Stud Gordon Elliott IRE

63 Ontheropes (IRE) 10 10 0 143 Cheveley Park Stud W. P. Mullins IRE

64 Shakem Up’arry (IRE) 10 10 0 143 Mr Harry Redknapp Ben Pauling

65 Amirite (IRE) 8 9 13 142 Patrick Hale Henry de Bromhead IRE

66 Angels Dawn (IRE) 9 9 13 142 Mr Alfred Sweetnam S. Curling IRE

67 Annual Invictus (IRE) 9 9 13 142 Mr Thomas Michael Smith Chris Gordon

68 Diol Ker (FR) 10 9 13 142 Gigginstown House Stud Gordon Elliott IRE

69 Riaan (IRE) 7 9 13 142 Philip J. Reynolds Gordon Elliott IRE

70 Sail Away (FR) 8 9 13 142 Mr and Mrs J. D. Cotton Dan Skelton

71 Samcro (IRE) 12 9 13 142 Gigginstown House Stud Gordon Elliott IRE

72 Macs Charm (IRE) 9 9 12 141 Macs Charm Syndicate Colm A. Murphy IRE

73 Cepage (FR) 12 9 11 140 The Bellamy Partnership Venetia Williams

74 Dunboyne (IRE) 9 9 11 140 S. P. O’Connor Gordon Elliott IRE

75 Iron Bridge (IRE) 8 9 11 140 Hemmings Racing Jonjo O’Neill

76 Tullybeg (IRE) 9 9 11 140 Bective Stud Gordon Elliott IRE

77 Famous Bridge (IRE) 8 9 10 139 Hemmings Racing Nicky Richards

78 Ashtown Lad (IRE) 10 9 9 138 Darren & Annaley Yates Dan Skelton

79 Frontal Assault (IRE) 9 9 9 138 Gigginstown House Stud Gordon Elliott IRE

80 Mister Coffey (FR) 9 9 9 138 Lady Bamford & Alice Bamford Nicky Henderson

81 Good Boy Bobby (IRE) 11 9 8 137 Dash Grange Stud Nigel Twiston-Davies

82 Tommie Beau (IRE) 9 9 7 136 Simon & Christine Prout Seamus Mullins

83 Revels Hill (IRE) 9 9 6 135 Noel Fehily Racing Syndicates-Revels Hil Harry Fry

84 Where It All Began (IRE) 8 9 6 135 Patrick & Scott Bryceland, McNeill Family Gordon Elliott IRE

85 Moroder (IRE) 10 9 2 131 Mrs Ann Leftley Seamus Mullins

86 Full Back (FR) 9 9 1 130 Mr Ashley Head Gary Moore

87 Minella Trump (IRE) 10 9 1 130 Mr T. G. Leslie Donald McCain

87 entries go forward

56 Irish-trained

Not Qualified

Battleoverdoyen (IRE), Fakiera (FR), Its On The Line (IRE), Placenet (FR), Royal Thief (IRE), So des Flos (FR).

Scratched

Celebre d’Allen (FR)

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