Grand National 2023 tips, latest odds and best bets from our experts

All the leading contenders for the Randox Grand National have stood their ground at the five-day declaration stage for Saturday's big race at Aintree.

A maximum field of 40 looks assured for the £1million showpiece, with Corach Rambler heading the market for Lucinda Russell. Here's our guide to the horses you 

Last year's winner and recent Gold Cup fourth Noble Yeats will bid to join the likes of Red Rum and Tiger Roll as a multiple winner of world's greatest steeplechase.

Any Second Now, who was runner-up to 50-1 winner Noble Yeats 12 months ago, tops the weights with 11st 12lb for Ted Walsh.

No less than 34 of the 50 left are Irish-trained, with the all-conquering Willie Mullins set to saddle five in Capodanno, Carefully Selected, Gaillard Du Mesnil, Mr Incredible and Recite A Prayer.

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Last year's winner has put together an excellent campaign this season and did his chances no harm with a solid run in the Cheltenham Gold Cup last time. He wasn't good enough to get close to the winner that day but stayed on powerfully late on to underline his credentials as a leading National contender this year – albeit off a lofty weight of 11st 11lb.

Has shown an aptitude for staying tests this season and ran very well under a big weight when third at the Cheltenham Festival last time. Has got far less on his plate here when it comes to weights and is almost guaranteed to relish the extra distance. One from Willie Mullins' so jockey bookings will be revealing. 

Well fancied in many quarters, Our Power has sneaked into the race at the bottom of the weights after the withdrawal of Quick Wave. He's run just twice this season, winning on both occasions, but his entire campaign looks to have been built around the National.

An intriguing contender for Willie Mullins. On ability alone he is up there with the very best in this race but has one big question answer: will he stay the trip? A winner of an Irish Grade 1 over 3m1f, the step up to 4m2½f is a big one and thus you'd imagine Mullins and co would want the rain to stay away. Third on his only run of the season. 

Once tipped as a future star, The Big Breakaway's career has not quite panned out as planned but he turned in a display in the Welsh National at Christmas that suggested he could be up to this kind of test. He was still staying on at the end when runner-up to The Two Amigos at Chepstow over 3m6½f. He'll have an extra three furlongs to play with at Aintree.

Like Red Rum, he is Flat-bred, by a sprinter and ran as a two-year-old while most of his rivals would have been turned out in a field unbroken. Unbeaten in two starts this season, including after the weights came out in February, so is 6lb “well-in”. Swerved Cheltenham, thus comes here fresh, and has a great chance of becoming the first Welsh-trained winner since 1905.

A nine-year-old who has run just 10 times, he registered his first success over fences only last month. But he was fourth in the Leopardstown handicap chase in which former stablemate Minella Times finished runner-up prior to his National victory, and is likely to be the pick of Rachael Blackmore. Has a good weight.

Has won two of his three starts for Dan Skelton and badly needed the run at Kelso on his last outing. Jumps and stays, and is not particularly fussy about the ground. Has a lot going for him.

Last year’s winner will attempt to defend his crown on the back of a strong-finishing fourth in the Gold Cup. Carried 10st 10lb to victory last season and now burdened with 11st 11lb. Enjoyed a relatively clear passage 12 months ago, but will he get the rub of the green two years in a row? As an eight-year-old, he should be at the height of his powers.

Some people will tell you he does not jump well enough but I am not sure that is such a factor any more and he was a bit unlucky to fall at Leopardstown two starts ago when he slipped on landing. He ran a cracker behind Kemboy last time and would have won in another three strides. Has a great chance of adding to the small band of greys who have won the race

Odds correct at time of publication.

By Telegraph Sport

Venetia Williams, who won the prize in 2009 with 100-1 shot Mon Mome, will rely on Cloudy Glen for the late Trevor Hemmings, with Royale Pagaille bypassing the race for the Irish version added to the withdrawal of her Haydock Grand National Trial winner Quick Wave.

The defection of that duo means good news for trainers Sam Thomas and Gordon Elliott, who see Our Power and Dunboyne respectively sneaking in near the foot of the handicap, while Francky Du Berlais, Fortescue, Back On The Lash and Defi Bleu are also guaranteed a run.

Envoi Allen, The Shunter, Gin On Lime and Battleoverdoyen also had places in the field but were removed as the contenders were whittled down to 50, with the Elliott-trained Gevrey and Punitive, who are next on the list, potentially missing the cut. Gevrey though ran a huge race in the Irish National, going down by just a length in a last-gasp finish.

Our Power, winner of four of his eight starts over fences, including Ascot's London Gold Cup and the Coral Trophy at Kempton on his previous two runs, carries just 10st in the four-and-a-quarter-mile marathon.

Dunboyne, who was runner-up in the Thyestes at Gowran Park and then fourth in the Kim Muir at Cheltenham, is one of seven sure of a place in the line-up for County Meath handler Elliott as he bids for a fourth win following the success of Silver Birch (2007) and Tiger Roll (2018 and 2019).

Delta Work and Galvin, who gave Elliott a one-two in Cheltenham's cross-country chase, spearhead the Summerhill handler's team, which also includes Coko Beach, Fury Road, Escaria Ten and the aforementioned Defi Bleu, although he too was in action in the Irish National, outrunning his odds to be third.

He is one of five horses who will bid to give owner JP McManus a third victory following those of Don't Push It (2010) and Minella Times (2021).

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