Anyone else never backed the National winner ?

this effin race has been the bain of my life, seriously disaster after disaster, horses falling or brought down when giong well, horses finishing 5th
if anyone has backed my only bet for this year BACKSTAGE at 33's LAY OFF NOW because im on it and with my luck
IT WONT BE WINNING

First GN bet Well To Do WON
Second GN bet Red Rum WON

You have my sympathy though

Only once in over 25yrs,Mr Frisk and that was a £1e/w,but i have never had the Hennessey winner and not even had a placed horse in those years,nearest i`ve come is Big Bucks,and was stood at the last on the inside of the course when he fell.

Mr Frisk, Bindaree and Comply or Die for me.

I extend my sympathies though.

Comply & Doe only winner for me from 4 attempts.

don't recall having the winner

the national my best race ive won 7 outa the last 10 including mon mone and silver birch this year i realy fancy gillies cross but he prob wont get in so itl be state of play this year cant believe his weight

Seagram and Party Politics for me. Since then I've had Just So, Camelot Knight, Smarty, Liberthine, and State of Play Twice for e/w returns.

Many, many hard luck stories, and also downright sh1t bets, not to mention 3 first fence fallers.

and I can't believe you

had £40 at 70s on dont push it bout 3weeks before last years race. am on the davey russell, noel glynn horse this year becauseicouldntsee

The rce has been very kind to me, but I have a mate who 2 years ago was in the same position so he had a fiver each way on every runner, comply or die won and all the placed horses were around 14s I think, sure he said he lost about £250 on the race !

this blog makes me laugh, cos ive never backed the winner in the past 25 years

if it helps anyones choices this year, stay away from frankie figg and bluesea cracker cos ive got a fair wedge on both

Joining the club - closest when denied a huge win when Earth Summit beat the admirable Suny Bay!

Yea Mr Frisk for a small amount and Mon Mome that won me £6500.00 through Betfair. Did'nt back it last year.

Earth Summit in 1998 was my first - had been trying since 1979.

Added Monty's Pass, Numbersixvalverde and Comply Or Die to the list in the last few years.

First one I ever backed was Zongalero, led most of the way before finising second - should have taken the hint really

Last year was the first time ive ever won! this year ballabriggs is my selection

£2.50 e/w on Mon Mome at 200/1!!

I had Malijmar at a massive price last year when he was tanking along - would have done his usual thing and found nothing after the last though

Good grief I can't believe some of you have such a poor record in the National.  I guess it has become more difficult in the last 20 years or so since the fences were made easier and so many established chasers then don't contest chases to preserve handicap marks.  Clan Royal being a classic example of a career wasted as he hardly ran in a chase other than the GN after the first debacle.

Iv'e been betting on it since 1971 and can remember winning with Well To Do, Red Rum,Grittar, West Tip, Rhyme n Reason, Mr Frisk, Rough Quest, Lord Gyllene, Hedgehunter, Comply Or Die, Dont Push It.  I've also had close calls with Andy Pandy (fell when a fence clear), Grease Paint (twice), What's Up Boys (Johnson messed by going to soon) & Clan Royal (Cooper lost whip and tried to take wrong course).

West Tip was an obvious bet (fell when going well the previous year), as was Mr Frisk (needed firm ground and run a cracker at Cheltenham). Rough Quest had great form.  Hedgehunter everybody shoud have been on that.  Comply Or Die had won the Eider off top weight.

My strategy is to back about three and I concentrate on from from four specfic races (the Irish winners trip me up as I don't know how to access them so I ignore them).  Anyway I normally back one long range if I see it running well at the Cheltenham festival and it got into the GN below 11 stone.  Also I keep my eye on the horses that have run well in the GN the previous year.  In recent years I have backed horses purely to lay back on the day.  If you know your racing it is easy to spot the horses ripe for this.

I'm 68 and I've only had 3 winners....Highland Wedding, Rough something and another one in 1992 I can't remember wot it was called.