Scottish Grand National Betting Guide

The Scottish Grand National betting guide was design to help new and experienced betters to place their bets as accurate as possible and help them enjoy this hobby.

The Scottish Grand National is a National Hunt chase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run at Ayr, Scotland, over a distance of about 6,538 metres, and during its running there are 27 fences to be jumped. It is a handicap race, and it is scheduled to take place each year in April.

If you have decided to place a bet on Scottish Grand National, you can follow this wasy steps that will help you place a bet on a horse

General Informations

Distance 4m �f (6,538 metres)
Track Turf, left-handed
Qualification Five-years-old and up
Weight Handicap

STEP 1 - Find a trusted bookmaker and open a betting account - Below you can find a selection of the most pupular bookmakers where you can place a bet on the Scottish Grand National Race. All you have to do is click the "Open an Account" button and after signing up on the bookmaker's page and making your first deposit, you are ready to bet.

	- Easy registration process - One of the best online bookies out there who also reward long term loyalty with loads of regular offers - Up to �200 Free when you open an account
	- Trusted leading UK online bookmaker - Excellant regular offers including faller refunds on some races - Up to �50 Free when you open an account
	- Simple registration process - Your free bet will be credited to your account within 24 hours - Up to �25 Free when you open an account
	- Ladbrokes is the easiest site to place your Scottish Grand National bet at - Ladbrokes accept all major credit and debit cards as well as other deposit methods like paypal and moneybookers - Up to �60 Free when you open an account
	- William Hill are one of the favourite sites for peole to place their Scottish Grand National bets at - William Hill accept all major credit and debit cards as well as other deposit methods like paypal and moneybookers - Up to �25 Free when you open an account
	- Boylesports have great regular promotions and cash back offers - Easy to use site with simple registration and deposit process - Up to �40 Free when you open an account

STEP 2 - Find the Scottish Grand National betting page and pick your horse

After you opened an account at a bookmaker, you need to find the event page for the Scottish Grand National race. This page can be found by locating the horse racing section, and selecting Ante-Post racing or nearer to the time of the race many bookmakers feature a direct link on the main page to the Scottish Grand National Betting page.

We offer the best odds from a large selection of the top bookmakers, so you can be sure you will get th vest value for your bet.

Below you can find betting terms and useful information so you can get used to betting and also help you decide on the horse you will put your money on.

- Betting stake

The betting stake is the ammount of money you are willing to bet on a horse

- Types of betting

Usually when betting on a horse hace, you will find the following betting types:

To Win - the bet will be placed on a horse to win the Scottish Grand National Race. The bet will be lost if the horse does not win the race.

Each Way -This bet is placed for a horse to come in any of the top 4 places in the Scottish Grand National Race. This bet actually is formed of 2 bets. One bet is placed on the horse to win the race, and the full odds apply to this part, and another bet is placed on the horse to come in one of the top places and only a quarter of the odds apply this part of the bet. One Each Way bet cost therefore 2, with 1 being placed on the horse to win, and 1 placed on the horse to come in the first 4 places. The bet will be lost if the horse does not come in the 4 top places of the race.

Placing a bet

To place a bet, simply locate the horse you want to bet on from the bookmaker's offer, place your stake (usually is minimum �2), and select which bet you are placing, "to win" or "each way"

The winnings

To Win bet - If the horse you put money on wins, the stake is multiplied by the odds to calculate your winnings and is payd along with the original betting stake. For example if a �10 bet is placed in a horse with odds of 10-1, the �10 stake is multiplied by 10 (giving 100) and is paid with the original betting �10 stake, for a total of �110, if the horse wins.

Each Way bet - If the horse wins, the first part of the betting stake is multiplied by the odds and paid with the original stake and the other half of the betting stake is multiplied by a quarter of the odds and paid aling with the original stake. For example a �5 stake on an Each Way bet (�10 betting stake) is placed on a horse at odds of 10-1, the original �5 stake is multiplied by 10 (giving �50) and returned with the original bet of �5 for a total of �55. The other �5 of the bet, is multiplied by a quarter of the odds - 2.5, giving a total of �12.5, and paid with the original bet for a total of 17.5. Therefore if the horse wins, the total winning will be �55+�17.5=�72.5

If the horse fails to win the race, but comes in the first 4, the first part of the bet is lost and the second part is multiplied by a quarter of the odds and paid with the original part of the betting stake. For example, a �5 bet (�10 bet stake) placed on a horse at 10-1 odds, the original �5 stake is lost. The other �5 of the bet is multiplied by a quarter of the odds - 2.5, and paid with the original �5 stake, for a total of �17.5.

If you win a bet on a horse, the ammount you win, will be automatically credited to your betting account. You can then use the money to place future bets, or ou can widthraw the money from your betting account (subject to terms and conditions) and the money will be credited to your credit or debit card.

Scottish Grand National betting tips

Betting of the favorites - The top 3 Scottish Grand National favorites are: CHIGACO GREY - Best odd 7, BESHABAR - Best odd 9 and ALWAYS RIGHT - Best odd 11.40

Scottish Grand national runners info

Horse	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Details
Chicago Grey	8	Mr Derek O'Connor	Gordon Elliott, Ireland	Mr John Earls	Best odd: 7 - Won the last race he run and he's top favorite in the bookmaker's option. Good form, first chance to win this race.
Beshabar	9	Mr Tom David	Tim Vaughan	Mrs M. Findlay	Best odd: 9 - Second in the last race, behind Chicago Grey, has a good chance to win this race.
Always Right	9	James Reveley	John Wade	Mr John Wade	Best odd: 11.40 - Won the last two races, but both races a lot shorter than this one. Third option in the bookmaker's option
The Minack	7	Nick Scholfield	Paul Nicholls	Mr C. G. Roach	Best odd: 13 - Top three placements in the last 3 races, but same on shorter races.
Merigo	10	Tom Siddall	Andrew Parker	Mr & Mrs Raymond Anderson Green	Best odd: 13 - Fifth option in the bookmaker's option, has little chances to win this race.

Scottish Grand national top 3 favorites form

Horse	Date	Race	Conditions	Weigth	Race outcome	Jockey
Chicago Grey	16 Mar 2011	Cheltenham	32Gd C2NvCh 45K	11-6	1/16 (4�L Beshabar 11-6) t 5/1F	Mr Derek O'Connor
	28 Dec 2010	Leopardstown	24Hy NvChG1 43K	11-10	5/9 (4�L Bostons Angel 11-10) t 5/1	D J Condon
	11 Dec 2010	Cheltenham	32 Gd C2NvCh 9K	11-9	2/8 (8L Time For Rupert 11-9) t 9/2	P Carberry
Beshabar	16 Mar 2011	Cheltenham	32Gd C2NvCh 45K	11-6	2/16 (4�L Chicago Grey 11-6) 9/1	Mr Tom David
	23 Feb 2011	Doncaster	24GS C4Ch 3K	11-0	1/4 (2L Cool Mission 11-0) 30/100F	Richard Johnson
	13 Nov 2010	Cheltenham	25GS C2NvCh 9K	10-13	BD/8 (Wayward Prince 11-4) 10/1	Christian Williams
Always Right	05 Mar 2011	Doncaster	26Gd C2HcCh 29K	10-10	1/11 (hd Lothian Falcon 10-0) 9/2F	James Reveley
	17 Feb 2011	Kelso	23Sft C3HcCh 3K	11-4	1/8 (8L Camden George 10-12) 7/4F	Brian Hughes
	16 Oct 2010	Kelso	25GF C3HcCh 5K	11-1	2/10 (2�L Or De Grugy 10-10) 7/2F	Brian Hughes

Scottish Grand national past winners

Year	Horse	Age/Weight	Jockey	Trainer
2010	Merigo	9-10-00	Timmy Murphy	Andrew Parker
2009	Hello Bud	11-10-09	Paddy Brennan	Nigel Twiston-Davies
2008	Iris de Balme	8-09-07	Mr Charlie Huxley	Sean Curran
2007	Hot Weld	8-09-09	P. J. McDonald	Ferdy Murphy
2006	Run for Paddy	10-10-02	Carl Llewellyn	Carl Llewellyn

STEP 3 - Place a bet on the horse using odds comparison

If you decided to bet on a horse, simply click the odd you have chosen and you will be directed to the bookmaker's page, so you can place your bet.

We sincerely hope that this Scottish Grand National betting guide will help both beginners in online betting as well experienced betters decide on how to place money on bets and win money.