Use our key 2025 Irish Grand National trends and stats ahead of the big Easter Monday Fairyhouse race to help find the winner – where trainer Willie Mullins will be trying to add Ireland’s version to the Aintree and Scottish Nationals he’s already won this month.
Irish Grand National Trends 2025 Suggest Looking For Horses Aged 9 Or Younger Carrying 10st 13lbs or Less
See below the extensive Irish Grand National trends list that you can apply to the final Fairyhouse runners.
This will then highlight the horses which have the best profiles based on past results, which means you can put history on your side when trying to find the winner.
Like, for example – a massive 86% of the last 21 winners carried 10st 13lbs or less and aged 9 or younger.
So, if running, this would be a big plus for the fancied Rebecca Curtis-trained Haiti Couleurs, who is an 8 year-old and gets in with a light weight.
In fact, you can also take the weight trend further if you wanted as 16 of the last 21 (76%) winners carried just 10st 8lbs and 62% only 10st 6lbs or lower.
That said, the trends haters out there will point to the last two winners defying this stat as Intense Raffles carried 11st 4lbs and I Am Maximus 11st 1lb.
Away from the age and weight stats it’s also worth noting horses that had run in the last eight weeks – 86% of the last 21 ticked this box.
While don’t be too worried if your fancy is down the market with the best horse racing betting sites in the UK – as the average winning SP since 2003 has been 26/1.
We even saw a monster 150/1 winner in 2021 when Freewheelin Dylan defied the odds.
Irish Grand National 2025 Runners Carrying 10st 13lbs or Less and Aged 9 Or Younger
- Haiti Couleurs
- Now Is The Hour
- Shecouldbeanything
- Sa Majeste
- Stuzzikini
- Daily Present
- Mint Boy
- Final Orders
- Kinturk Kalanisi
- Bushmans Pass
- Moonovercloon
- Hasthing
- Noble Birth
- Another Choice (Res)
- Will Do (Res)
- Canal End (Res)
Irish Grand National – The Key Trends 📈
- 19/21 – Won over at least 3m previously
- 18/21 – Ran within the last 8 weeks
- 18/21 – Aged 9 or younger
- 18/21 – Carried 10-13 or LESS in weight
- 17/21 – Won by an Irish-based trainer
- 16/21 – Outside the top 3 in the betting
- 16/21 – Irish bred
- 16/21 – Carried 10-8 or LESS in weight
- 15/21 – Returned a double-figure (or triple-figure) price
- 14/21 – Ran at Fairyhouse before
- 13/21 – Carried 10-6 or LESS in weight
- 13/21 – Favourites unplaced
- 12/21 – Finished fourth or better in last race
- 11/21 – Ran within the last 4 weeks
- 10/21 – Rated between 130-137
- 4/21 – Won by an English-based trainer
- 4/21 – Won their last race
- 3/21 – Raced Navan last time out
- 3/21 – Winning favourites (3 in the last 10)
- 2/21 – Trained by Jonjo O’Neill (2007 & 2014)
2/21 – Trained by Thomas Gibney (2 in last 12) - Trainer Dermot A McLoughlin has trained 2 of the last 4
- Trainer Willie Mullins has trained 2 of the last 5
- Trainer Gordon Elliott has only won the race once (2018, General Principle)
- Only 5 winners since 1996 have carried 11st 1lb+ (but last two have won)
- 11 of the last 21 winners returned 20/1 +
- The average winning SP in the last 21 years is 26/1
- Only 3 British-trained winners since 2005
- Only 3 horses since 2000 to win with more than 11-0, Intense Raffles (2024), I Am Maximus (2023), Our Duke (2017) & Commanche Court (2000)
Willie Mullins and Gordon Elliott Have Only Won The Irish Grand National Three Times Between Them
The two big Irish training powerhouses of Willie Mullins and Gordon Elliott are actually not as prolific in the Irish Grand National as some might think.
This is backed up with the duo having only THREE runs in the Fairyhouse race between them – with Mullins edging it (just) with two wins to one for Elliott.
The Mullins wins came in 2019 with Burrows Saint – ridden by Ruby Walsh – and more recently with I Am Maximus (2023), who went onto add the Aintree Grand National the following season.
Elliott’s sole Irish Grand National win came in 2018 with 20/1 shot General Principle. Meaning the pair have just three wins collectively in the race.
Both are sure to be well represented again, with Mullins saying his best chance, as he looks to add Irish National to his Aintree and Scottish wins, will be with High Class Hero.
You can see their latest declaration below – but these will be whittled down when the final runners are announced. Mullins is expected to have only Sa Majeste and High Class Hero going but Elliott is sure to have more than two.
Including Favori De Champdou, who fell in the race 12 months ago.
Tom Dreaper holds the record for the most Irish Grand National wins with ten successes between 1942 and 1966.
Willie Mullins Irish Grand National Runners
- Sa Majeste
- High Class Hero
- Quai De Bourbon
Gordon Elliott Irish Grand National Runners
- Better Days Ahead
- Duffle Coat
- Favori De Champdou
- Shecouldbeanything
- Stuzzikini
- Tullybeg
- Will Do (Res)
Only THREE Winning Irish Grand National Favourites In The Last 21 Runnings
The Irish Grand National also hasn’t been the best race for winning favourites in recent times.
We’ve only seen three market leaders cross the line in front and none since 2019 when Burrows Saint won as the 6/1 jolly.
Since 2003, the other winning favourites were Our Duke in 2017 (9/2) and Shutthefrontfdoor in 2014 (8/1).
There have also been 13 unplaced favourites in the last 21 runnings – including another in 2024 which was Nick Rockett, who made amends by winning the 2025 Aintree Grand National earlier this month.
Now Is The Hour and Haiti Couleurs disputing the 2025 Irish Grand National favourites berth.
Rebecca Curtis Looking To Join A Select Batch Of British Trainers To Win The Fairyhouse Race
Since 2005, the race has been dominated by Irish-trained horse racing winners – no real shock here.
With only three non-Irish yards getting their hands on the prize.
These were Jonjo O’Neill twice – he won the race in 2014 with Shutthefrontdoor and in 2007 with Butler’s Cabin, who were both owned by JP McManus.
O’Neill has a leading fancy again with Johnnywho, who was a close second in the Kim Muir at the Cheltenham Festival last time. Plus also Hasthing, who was brought down in last week’s Scottish National. Both are also again owned by Mr McManus.
While the other British-trained winner since 2005 was the Bob Buckler-trained Niche Market in 2009 – ridden by Harry Skelton.
Rebecca Curtis will be looking to add her name to this list as she is expected to saddle her NH Chase winner Haiti Couleurs (watch below).
However, with 14 of the last 21 winners having raced at Fairyhouse in the past this would be a trend he’ll have to overcome.
2025 Irish Grand National Race Details
📅Date: Monday 21st April 2025
⌚Time: 5:00pm
🏇Racecourse: Fairyhouse
🔄Trip: 3m 5f
💷Winner: €270,000
📺 TV: ITV4 / RTE
Irish Grand National Winners (Last 10 Runnings)
- 2023 – I AM MAXIMUS (8/1)
- 2022 – LORD LARIAT (40/1)
- 2021 – FREEWHEELIN DYLAN (150/1)
- 2020 – No Race (Covid)
- 2019 – BURROWS SAINT (6/1 fav)
- 2018 – GENERAL PRINCIPLE (20/1)
- 2017 – OUR DUKE (9/2 fav)
- 2016 – ROGUE ANGEL (16/1)
- 2015 – THUNDER AND ROSES (20/1)
- 2014 – SHUTTHEFRONTDOOR (8/1 fav)
- 2013 – LIBERTY COUNSEL (50/1)
