Oscars Brother has been installed as the 10/1 joint-favourite alongside Win Some Lose Some for the Boyle Sports Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse on Easter Monday, April 6th.
The Connor King-trained eight-year-old, who is owned by J.P. McManus, was last seen finishing fourth in the Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase at the Cheltenham Festival and is one of 85 entries eyeing up the €500,000 prize pot of Ireland’s richest jumps race.
Padraig Roche, who is fresh from Cheltenham success with Saratoga, has entered Dublin Racing Festival runner-up Win Some Lose Some who is joint-favourite in the early betting with the race sponsor. He also carries silks of McManus while National Hunt Chase winner, Holloway Queen (14/1), is the shortest priced of the eight British entries.
Last year’s winning trainer, Rebecca Curtis, has entered Newton Tornado, who will have to overcome odds of 33/1 if he is to emulate stablemate Haiti Couleurs, with Ultima winner Johnnywho another likely fancied runner carrying the green and gold at 16/1.
Weights for the Easter Monday showpiece at Fairyhouse were revealed on Wednesday.
Sharks Hanlon’s pint-sized stable star Hewick who has conquered the King George, Galway Plate and American Grand National received a surprise entry having run a fine race in the Stayers’ Hurdle at Cheltenham and is 20/1 to add another big prize to his illustrious CV.
Gordon Elliott is responsible for 15 of those against 20 from Willie Mullins.
Elliott leads Mullins by €376,000 in his quest for a first trainers’ title and the Irish Grand National, Ireland’s most valuable jumps race, could have a significant bearing on the destiny of the crown.
This roll of honour has spread to 10 different stables in its last dozen renewals. For context, local Ratoath trainer Dermot McLoughlin won the race in 2021 and 2022 with 150/1 and 40/1 outsiders, Freewheeling Dylan and Lord Lariat, respectively.
The most recent seven winners also count British trainer Rebecca Curtis plus Tom Gibney, Willie Mullins (twice) and Gordon Elliott.
Two former winners are also present: topweight is I Am Maximus, rated 167, while Intense Raffles looks well-handicapped on 10-04 if he could recover the spark that saw him prevail in 2024.
The Guinness Kerry National winner of 2025, Spanish Harlem, has an entry as has last year’s Scottish Grand National winner, Captain Cody, both trained by Willie Mullins. This year’s Goffs Thyestes Chase one-two Now Is The Hour (trainer Gavin Cromwell) and Better Times Ahead (Robert Tyner), may also run.
Other potentially significant runners of note include Flicker Of Hope for trainer Mark Fahey and Grade 3 winner Blaze The Way for Mags Mullins.
Folly Master is another to look out for, trained by Tom Dreaper whose family success in race dates back to his father Jim and grandfather Tom winning it on 13 occasions. Folly Master is owned by Fairyhouse Easter Festival sponsors Declan and Elaine O'Farrell.
The full list of entries and weights for the BOYLE Sports Irish Grand National is linked here.
Ante-Post Betting on 2026 Boyle Sports Irish Grand National
10/1 Oscars Brother
10/1 Win Some Lose Some
14/1 Better Times Ahead
14/1 Final Orders
14/1 Goraibhmaithagat
14/1 Holloway Queen
14/1 Kiss Will
14/1 Now Is The Hour
14/1 The Lovely Man
14/1 Uhavemeinstitches
14/1 Waterford Whispers
16/1 Brave Fortune
16/1 Built By Ballymore
16/1 Flicker Of Hope
16/1 Iceburg Theory
16/1 Johnnywho
16/1 Kim Roque
16/1 Monbeg Genius
16/1 O'Toole
16/1 Quai De Bourbon
16/1 The Jukebox Kid
20/1 Argento Boy
20/1 Better Days Ahead
20/1 Bossofthebrownies
20/1 C'est Ta Chance
20/1 Grangeclare West
20/1 Hewick
20/1 Invictus Machin
20/1 Jeriko Du Reponet
20/1 Joystick
20/1 Lookaway
20/1 Search For Glory
20/1 Showurappreciation
20/1 Soldier In Milan
20/1 Stellar Story
20/1 The Enabler
20/1 Yeah Man
25/1 Backmersackme
25/1 Blaze The Way
25/1 Captain Cody
25/1 Folly Master
25/1 Gerri Colombe
25/1 High Class Hero
25/1 I Am Maximus
25/1 Ile Atlantique
25/1 Karia Des Blaises
25/1 Kurasso Blue
25/1 One Big Bang
25/1 Sa Majeste
25/1 Spindleberry
25/1 Western Fold
25/1 Weveallbeencaught
25/1 Will Do
25/1 Wingmen
33/1 Aworkinprogress
33/1 Blizzard Of Oz
33/1 Croke Park
33/1 Duffle Coat
33/1 Fishery Lane
33/1 Hartur D'arc
33/1 Jordans
33/1 Kinturk Kalanisi
33/1 Lecky Watson
33/1 Newton Tornado
33/1 O'Moore Park
33/1 Patter Merchant
33/1 Promontory
33/1 Sandor Clegane
33/1 Shanbally Kid
33/1 Shecouldbeanything
33/1 Spanish Harlem
33/1 Stumptown
33/1 Uncle Pat
33/1 Union Station
40/1 Intense Raffles
40/1 Prends Garde A Toi
40/1 Western Walk
50/1 Born Braver
50/1 Chemical Energy
50/1 Lisnamult Lad
50/1 Rocky's Howya
50/1 Rushmount
50/1 Velvet Elvis
66/1 Brideswell Lad
66/1 Bushmans Pass