{"id":34318,"date":"2025-02-15T07:27:28","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T07:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=34318"},"modified":"2025-02-15T08:47:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T08:47:00","slug":"haydock-grand-national-trial-trends-and-runners-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/haydock-grand-national-trial-trends-and-runners-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Haydock Grand National Trial Trends Suggest We Should Respect Welsh National Form"},"content":{"rendered":"

See below Andy Newton’s key Haydock Grand National Trial trends that can be applied to the final runners of the gruelling 3m 4 1\/2f race on Saturday. However, if you are hoping to find some clues towards the Aintree Grand National in April – you might be disappointed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

No Horse Has Ever Won The Grand National Trial And Followed-up In The Grand National<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Haydock Grand National Trial<\/strong> is really only a prep race in name – as since 1980 we\u2019ve not seen a winner of the Grand National Trial follow-up that season in the Aintree marathon.<\/p>\n

Suny Bay, the 1997 Trial winner, did go onto finish second at Liverpool in the National. While the 2005 winner, Forest Gunner, went onto run a respectable fifth.<\/p>\n

Then more recently, in 2017 we saw the David Pipe-trained Vieux Lion Rouge winning this trial before going onto finish a respectable sixth in the Grand National a few months later.<\/p>\n

Prior to that the mighty Red Rum – who won three Aintree Nationals between 1973 and 1977 also won the National Trial at Haydock in 1975 – just not in the same season as one of his Liverpool wins.<\/p>\n

Sundew is the only other horse to have won both races – he took the Trial in 1956 and the Aintree National the following horse racing<\/a> season in 1957.<\/p>\n

But, in the week the 2025 Grand National weights<\/a> were also announced – NONE have won both races in the same season.<\/p>\n

Grand National Trial Trends and Stats For 2025 Haydock Renewal<\/strong><\/h2>\n

You can see below the main Grand National Trial trends – which can be applied to the final 2025 runners to find the best profiles based on past winners.<\/p>\n

These include only three winning favourites since 2003 – but we did see a joint market leader take the prize 12 months ago.<\/p>\n

91% of the last 22 winners had also won between 2-4 times over fences. While 15 of the last 22 winners came from outside the top 3 in the betting.<\/p>\n

If you are looking for the best trainers, then you should certainly have Venetia Williams and Lucinda Russell on your radar. These top female handlers have won the Grand National Trial three times each since 2010.<\/p>\n

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