Welsh Grand National

The Welsh National is one of the feature races of the National Hunt season. The race is sponsored by Corals and is known also as the Coral Welsh National. The Welsh National takes place the day after boxing day each year so as not to clash with the King George at Kempton Park.

The Welsh National is the first of the Grand Nationals of the season. It is run very early in the season with the other three major Nationals, the Grand National at aintree, the Irish National at Fairyhouse in Ireland and the Scottish National at Ayr all taking place at the end of the season.

This year the race has the two previous winners running and should be a spectacular affair. The Alan King trained Nenuphar Collonges heads the betting.

The Welsh National history goes back to 1895 when it was first run and the Chepstow racecourse took over the running of the Coral Welsh National in 1948

Welsh National Betting Guide

Our aim for our readers is to share with you some of the key elements of having a bet on this great race. We aim to provide you with all the main elements of the Welsh National betting information that will assist you in narrowing down you Coral Welsh National selection and we shall also be putting up our Welsh National tip near race day

By the very fact that the Welsh National takes place at the early stage of the season and in the middle of winter the ground always plays a major part when considering the Welsh National form.

Usually, there is a large field going to post with the Welsh National runners generally in the early 20's. With many of the Welsh National quite unexposed the Welsh National odds tends be very open.

Once you have come up with the horse you want to back for the race make sure you check out our Welsh National free bets which come from all the major Online Bookmakers and are available for first time users to their sites

See current Welsh National odds here.