Irish Grand National Race Ratings

Our National Ratings resulted in some nice profits at Aintree when Pineau De Re, 25/1 winner of the Crabbies Grand National, came out in the top few in the ratings and was tipped by us. This was followed with the Scottish National at Ayr, a much less successful ordeal in which the 40/1 winner was actually in the bottom half of our ratings.

It's Easter Monday, though, and so our attention shifts to the other side of the Irish Sea and to Fairyhouse, where the Irish Grand National takes place. We've done our ratings once again. Just to reiterate what we've said in the past about these unique ratings: They're based on the horse's suitability to the race, rather than the actual talent of the horse. So, we're not rating the horse based on its past performances - we'll leave that up to the handicapper. This is based on the particular profile of the horse and its preparation for the race.

Horse	Total
Folsom Blue	94.4
Sraid Padraig	93.6
Rich Revival	93.6
Gallant Oscar	92
Rogue Angel	88.8
Daring Article	88.8
Heaney	87.2
Tammys Hill	85.6
Mr Murphy	84.8
Mullaghanoe River	82.4
Clar Na Miam	82.4
Goonyella	81.6
Cantlow	78.4
Make A Track	78.4
Alfie Sherrin	77.6
Touch The Eden	76.8
Toon River	76
Golden Wonder	74.4
Los Amigos	74.4
The Westerner Boy	74.4
Letter Of Credit	73.6
Cause Of Causes	72.8
Oscars Well	72.8
Home Farm	67.2
Shutthefrontdoor	64.8
Jamsie Hall	64
Saoirse Dun	62.4
Pendra	59.2
Lion Na Bearnai	54.4
Away We Go	31.2

It's no surprise to see that it's tight at the top, and just to get a clearer picture, we "narrowed down" the ratings (let's call them the version two of the ratings) by taking points away from some horses and adding points to others based on more specific criteria:

Horse	Total
Rich Revival	109.6
Heaney	103.2
Sraid Padraig	101.6
Gallant Oscar	100
Folson Blue	94.4

So, we have the top four from our original ratings, as well as another horse who moves up significantly when the ratings are "narrowed down" (Heaney).

Our actual preview and selections for the race will be up soon, but these are the horses who we will most likely be working around.