Welsh Grand National 2022
Welsh Grand National 2022
The Welsh Grand National takes place each December at Chepstow Racecourse over a distance of 3 miles, 6 furlongs and 130 yards. This distance includes twenty-three fences and the prize fund in 2020 was £150,000 with £85,425 being awarded to the winner.
2022 Welsh Grand National Runners, Riders & Best Odds
2021 Result
1st Iwilldoit 13/2
2nd Highland Hunter 11/1
3rd Truckers Lodge 28/1
4th Achille 16/1
5th Secret Reprieve 6/1
Best Odds | Horse, Jockey & Trainer | Ladbrokes |
 9/2 | Secret Reprieve J:Adam Wedge T: Evan Williams |  |
 8/1 | Highland Hunter J: Harry Cobden T: Paul Nicholls | |
 7/1 | The Big Dog J: J Burke T: Peter Fahey | |
 9/1 | Hold That Taught J: Charlie Deutch T: Venetia Williams | |
 14/1 | Deise Alba J: Tom O'Brien T: Philip Hobbs | |
 14/1 | Hill Sixteen J: Craig Nichol T: Sandy Thomson | |
 12/1 | Iwilldoit J: Stan Sheppard T: Sam Thomas | |
 14/1 | Mighty Thunder J: Derek Fox T: Lucinda Russell | |
 14/1 | Potters Corner J: Jack Tudor T: Christian Williams | |
 16/1 | Achille J: Hugh Nugent T: Venetia Williams | |
 16/1 | Discordantly J: Gavin Sheehan T: Mrs J Harrington | |
 14/1 | Elegant Escape J: Jonjo O'Neill Jnr T: Colin Tizzard | |
 16/1 | Native River J: Brendan Powell T: Colin Tizzard | |
 25/1 | Colorado Doc J: Connor Brace T: David Brace | |
 20/1 | Ramses De Teillee J: Tom Scudamore T: David Pipe | |
 25/1 | Kimberlite Candy J: Richie McLernon T: Tom Lacey | |
 25/1 | Truckers Lodge J: Lorcan Williams T: Paul Nicholls | |
 28/1 | Captain Drake J: Lorcan Murtagh T: Harry Fry | |
 33/1 | Mac Tottie J: Sean Bowen T: Peter Bowen | |
 20/1 | Eva's Oskar J: Alan Johns T: Tim Vaughan | |
Initially contested in 1895, the Welsh Grand National moved to its current home in 1949 and the event was moved from Easter Tuesday to February in 1969 and to it’s current date of 27th December ten years later.
The 2020 Welsh Grand National was won by Evan Williams-trained Secret Reprieve, ridden by Adam Wedge. Several winners of the race have gone on to triumph in the Grand National at Aintree, recent examples including Bindaree and Silver Birch.
The Welsh Grand National has been sponsored by Coral Bookmakers since 1973, making this the longest sponsorship in jump racing.
The 2022 Welsh Grand National is scheduled to take place on Monday 27th December with betting customers able to enjoy live streaming of the race via their online bookmaker.
All of the Welsh Grand National runners and riders can be found at this website along with the best available betting odds and latest tips.
When it comes to choosing a Welsh Grand National winner, we firmly recommend that you do plenty of homework of your own such as the form of each particular entry as well as the weights allocated to them, this race being a handicap race with each horse carrying a different weight.
Welsh Grand National free bets are available from the leading bookmakers, simply register a new account with any of our bookmaker partners using the exclusive links provided and you can claim free bets on the 2021 Welsh Grand National.
Betting on the Welsh Grand National is extremely popular and you can often get a winner coming in at a big price such as 20/1, 28/1 or even 40/1. As such it can sometimes pay to look away from the favourites for your Welsh Grand National bets.
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