What Grey Horses are Running in the 2025 Grand National at Aintree this Year?
The Grand National is the best horse race in the world and people love to find different ways of picking the winning horse. One is to bet on the grey horses in the race so today, we take you through the grey horses that will be running in the 2025 Grand National at Aintree.
The last time a grey horse won the Grand National was back in 2012 when Neptune Collonges narrowly beat Sunnyhill Boy in the closest-ever finish of the famous race. Neptune Collonges’s odds were around 33/1 on that day, and we have some big-odds grey horses expected to run in the Grand National this year, too.
Some of the grey horses still declared for the big race at Aintree will miss out because only 34 horses are allowed to run. Therefore the likes of Duffle Coart (number 43) and King Turgeon (number 58) will not run. One of the other greys, Hyland, is currently number 36 so he would need two horses above him to drop out of the race to get a place in the 2025 Grand National.
Grey Horses in the 2025 Grand National
- Intense Raffles
- Vanillier
- Kandoo Kid
- Fil Dor
- Coko Beach
- Hyland
Intense Raffles (15/2) – bet on the favourite with William Hill.
The current Grand National favourite is a grey horse and he is set to go off a short price with both the seasoned punters backing him, and the casual fans who are looking to bet on a grey horse in the National this year.
He has won three of his nine runs over fences and won the Irish Grand National last year.
Vanillier (12/1) – bet on Vanillier with William Hill’s £40 sign-up offer.
Vanillier is a horse that is getting talked about a lot on the Grand National preview scene because of his run at the recent Cheltenham Festival.
He has history around the Grand National course, finishing second in 2023 and then last year he completed the course again but finished down in 14th place. It is likely this is the 10 year old’s last chance to win the Grand National and he goes to Aintree with a live chance.
Kandoo Kid (20/1) – bet on the National with bet365’s £30 sign-up bonus.
Kandoo Kid is trained by Paul Nicholls and he was the last trainer to win the Grand National with a grey horse, when Neptune Collonges got his nose in front in the 2012 race.
The horse has a good record around Aintree, finishing second in the Topham Chase last year over the big fences, and despite a rise in the handicap, he could be the best chance of a grey winning this year’s Grand National.
Fil Dor (80/1) – join BetMGM to get £40 in free bets.
Fil Dor is only a seven year old so the shrewd punters will say he is too young to win this race, but with the changes in regulations it is not as challenging a race as it used to be so it looks only a matter of time before a younger horse wins again. This horse was sold for £600,000 in February 2024 but he has not lived up to that price tag and has a lot to prove.
Coko Beach (100/1) – bet on this outsider with £30 in free bets at LiveScore Bet.
We’re into triple-figure odds for the next grey horse in the National this year. Coko Beach was 11th in last year’s race and his trainer Gordon Elliott trained the legendary Tiger Roll to two Grand National victories.
Hyland (25/1)
At the time of writing, Hyland does not have a place in the final Grand National field of 34 but he only needs two horses to drop out. He could be the grey horse in the Grand National with the least weight on his back.
It is remarkable to think that his trainer Nicky Henderson has never won the Grand National but if Hyland gets into this race, he has a real chance. He’s won three of his six starts over fences and has finished in the places in two of the other runs. Eight year old horses have won five of the last eight Grand National runnings and he is another grey horse with a real chance to win the big race at Aintree this year.
How many Grey horses are in the Grand National this year?
At the time of writing, there are up to eight grey horses scheduled to run in the 2025 Grand National and the favourite for the race, Intense Raffles, is a grey horse. The grey horses in the Grand National will be really popular with casual punters who like to pick their horse based on the horse’s colour, name or jockey silks, and we have looked at the chances of all the greys below.
Bet on Grey Horses in the Grand National 2025
If you want to bet on one of the grey horses to win the 2025 Grand National at Aintree, the best way to do this is with a Grand National free bet offer, and we have taken a look at all the offers and picked the best ones. Some bookies tend to remove their sign-up offers or change them ahead of the Grand National, so the earlier you can open a new betting account, the better offer you are likely to get.
For example, if you want to bet on Intense Raffles to win the 2025 Grand National, open a Coral account and bet £5 on him > you will get a £20 free bet added to your account to spend on some more Grand National greys.
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