Can stats help you find the Grand National winner?

Can stats help you find the Grand National winner?Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Nick Rockett (orange and black, near side) won the race in the 2025ByCallum MatthewsBBC Sport senior journalistPublished8 minutes agoThe Grand National at Aintree is among the highlights of the British horse racing calendar.But, with 34 runners, picking the winner can be something of a lottery.Can the past winners guide you in the right direction? BBC Sport looks at the data to try to find the 2026 winner.Grand National 2026Saturday 11 April, 16:00 BSTAintreeListen on SoundsFull race commentary and reaction on BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds, with live text on all of Saturday's races on the BBC Sport website and app. 5 Sports Extra will have commentary of Friday's races between 14:00-16:15 BST. I Am Maximus heads Grand National fieldPublished14 hours agoGrand National: Runners, weights & jockeys for 2026 racePublished14 hours agoHow do favourites fare and what price does the winner tend to be? Since 2000 there have been 25 renewals of the race, with no running in 2020 because of the Covid-19 pandemic.The shortest-priced winner was Tiger Roll at 4-1 in 2019, when he became the first back-to-back victor since Red Rum in the 1970s. The biggest price was Mon Mome in 2009 (100-1), with last year's winner - Nick Rockett - going off at 33-1. The average price of the winner this century has been just under 24-1, so with that - and the fact eight winners have been priced 33-1 or higher - don't let bigger odds put you off. That said, the average price does drop in the past 10 renewals, with the winner 11-1 or shorter on five occasions.Six favourites (including joint favourites) have won the race this century, with three of those in the past six - including I Am Maximus in 2024. The favourite or a joint-favourite has also finished in the top five on a further 12 occasions since 2000. Is there an ideal weight to carry? There is no obvious trend, with winners of the...