With 30 runners heading to post for the Easter Monday feature at Fairyhouse, one of the best ways to find the winner is use the key Irish Grand National trends.
So to help – Andy Newton’s got the best stats to apply to the final runners, which will showcase the horses with the best profiles based on previous winners – putting history on your side.
For example – the last 11 winners were ALL aged 9 or younger, while only THREE horses since 2001 carried to win the Irish Grand National prize money.
Irish Grand National Trends and Stats 2026 Ahead Of Fairyhouse Race📈
- 20/22 – Winning distance – 5 lengths or less
- 20/22 – Won over at least 3m
- 19/22 – Raced within the last 8 weeks
- 19/22 – Aged 9 or younger
- 19/22 – Carried 10-13 or LESS in weight
- 17/22 – Irish-based trainer
- 16/22 – Carried 10-8 or LESS in weight
- 16/22 –From outside the top 3 in the betting
- 16/22 – Irish bred
- 15/22 – A double-figure (or triple-figure) price
- 14/22 – Raced at Fairyhouse before
- 13/22 – Favourites unplaced
- 13/22 – Placed fourth or better in last race
- 13/22 – Carried 10-6 or LESS in weight
- 11/22 – Ran within the last 4 weeks
- 11/22 – Rated between 130-137
- 5/22 – Won by an English-based trainer
- 5/22 – Won their last race
- 3/22 – Raced at Navan last time out
- 3/22 – Favourites (3 in the last 11)
- 2/22 – Trained by Jonjo O’Neill (2007 & 2014)
- 2/22 – Trained by Thomas Gibney (2 in last 13)
- Trainer Dermot A McLoughlin has trained 2 of the last 5
- Trainer Willie Mullins has trained 2 of the last 6
- Trainer Gordon Elliott has only won the race once (2018, General Principle)
- Only 5 winners since 1996 have carried 11st 1lb+ (but 2 of the last 3 carried 11-1+)
- Only 4 British-trained winners since 2005
- Only 4 horses since 2000 have won with 11st – Intense Raffles (2024), I Am Maximus (2023), Our Duke (2017) & Commanche Court (2000)
- 11 of the last 22 winners returned 20/1 +
- The average winning SP in the last 22 years is 25/1
What’s The Best Irish Grand National Age?
With 86% of the last 22 Irish Grand National winners aged 9 or less – this has been a profitable angle when trying to narrow down the runners.
The last double-figure aged winner was Liberty Counsel in 2013, while since 2005 – there’s only been two winners aged older than 9.
With over this period a fair spread of horses aged 6 to 9 – which seems the best place to focus your search.
Last year’s winner Haiti Couleurs was aged 8.
Look For Horses Weighted 10st 13lbs Or LESS
Being a handicap, then weight carried is the next Irish Grand National trend to look at.
And with the race being run over 3m5f, then history tells us horses carrying big weights have struggled a bit.
Yes, two of the last three winners carried 11st 1lb or more – but like the age stat, 86% of the last 22 Irish Grand National winners still carried 10st 13lbs or less.
Haiti Couleurs in 2025 was bang-on this weight stat, winning with 10st 13lbs.
You can take this weight stat a bit further too, as 16 of the last 22 winners (73%) carried 10st 8lbs.
While 13 of the last 22 (59%) only had 10st 6lbs on their backs.
How Have The Irish Grand National Favourites Fared?
Over last the last 22 runnings of the race, we’ve seen 13 favourites unplaced.
And 50% of the last 22 winners returned 20/1+ with the average winning SP 25/1.
But actual winning favourites don’t have the best of records.
Since 2003, there’s only been THREE winning market leaders in the Irish Grand National.
With none in the last five runnings and the last winning jolly Burrows Saint in 2019 (6/1 fav).
Gordon Elliott Has Only Won The Irish Grand National Once
Trainer Willie Mullins has won two of the last six Irish Grand Nationals – with Burrows Saint and I Am Maximus, who went onto win the Aintree Grand National.
While the other big Irish training powerhouse – Gordon Elliott – won the race in 2018 with General Principle.
However, it might be slightly surprising to hear that that win for Elliott was his sole success in the Fairyhouse race.
Irish Grand National Betting Odds 2026
- The Jukebox Kid 8/1
- Argento Boy
- C’Est Ta Chance 14/1
- Soldier In Milan 14/1
- Holloway Queen 16/1
- Kiss Will 16/1
- Better Days Ahead 20/1
- Better Time Ahead 20/1
- Goraibhmaithagat 20/1
- Quai De Bourbon 20/1
Note: Irish Grand National betting odds are subject to change
Irish Grand National 2026 Date🗓️
📅Date: Monday 6th April 2026
⌚Time: 5:00pm
🏇Racecourse: Fairyhouse
🔄Trip: 3m5f
💷Winning Purse: €269,500
📺 TV: Racing TV
Irish Grand National Winners (Last 10 Runnings)
- 2025 – HAITI COULEURS (13/2)
- 2024 – INTENSE RAFFLES (13/2)
- 2023 – I AM MAXIMUS (8/1)
- 2022 – LORD LARIAT (40/1)
- 2021 – FREEWHEELIN DYLAN (150/1)
- 2020 – No Race (Covid)
- 2019 – BURROWS SAINT (6/1 fav)
- 2018 – GENERAL PRINCIPLE (20/1)
- 2017 – OUR DUKE (9/2 fav)
- 2016 – ROGUE ANGEL (16/1)
- 2015 – THUNDER AND ROSES (20/1)
WATCH: Haiti Couleurs Winning The Irish Grand National In 2025
