Leinster National Preview, Tips, Runners & Trends

2025 Leinster National Preview

Scheduled to take place in March of each year at the Naas racecourse is the Leinster National which is usually run on the Sunday before the Cheltenham Festival.

The race is Grade A which is run over a bit shorter than most nationals with a trip of three miles and is open to runners aged five or older who had previously competed in at least three steeplechases.

Leinster National Information:

• Leinster National Past Winners
• Leinster National Trainer Statistics
• Leinster National Jockey Statistics

If you are interested in other predictions at Naas then head over to the Naas tips page to see which runners are being supported by the OLBG racing tipsters and also compare those predictions to the runners that make the trend shortlist when added below.

How competitive is the Leinster National market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 16 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2015 when the race had an over-round of 116%. The race in 2013 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 142%, whilst on average over the last 16 renewals of the Leinster National, the over-round has been 127%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £127 which is bet.

Leinster National Trends:

• 2025 Leinster National Trends
• Leinster National Trend Analysis

Looking at the future form, is the winner worth following next time out? From the past 16 if you had followed the winner of the Leinster National next time out then you would have backed a total of 0 winners. Backing all 15 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -15.00. Ahead of the 2025 Leinster National why not head over to the racing predictions for tips on other races today?

Over the last 16 renewals, it was the Daniel William O'Sullivan trained Benefit Night ridden by Davy Condon who set the fastest winning time in the Leinster National, the runner won the race in a time of 6:29.10 when winning the race in 2011. At the other end of the scale, it was the combination of trainer Thomas Mullins and jockey Simon Torrens with Scoir Mear who set the slowest winning time, the race-winning time was 7:01.50 in the 2021 renewal.

These are the top three quickest-run Leinster National over the last 16 renewals:

1. Benefit Night (6:29.10) in 2011
2. Pairofbrowneyes (6:30.00) in 2019
3. Pairofbrowneyes (6:41.30) in 2018

Leinster National Past Winners

Here are the Leinster National past winners for the last 10 renewals. Each row details the year of the race, the horse which won along with the age & weight of the horse. The trainer of the horse at the time of winning the Leinster National as well as the jockey is also displayed along with the starting price the horse was sent off.

Leinster National Trainer Statistics

The leading trainer in the Leinster National over the last 16 renewals is W P Mullins who has won the race four times with those four winners coming from Emma Jane (2009), Ballytrim (2010) and Pairofbrowneyes (2018 & 2019). The only other trainer to have recorded multiple wins in the Leinster National is Noel Meade (2 wins). There is one trainer who has not had the best of times in the Leinster National, Gordon Elliott has sent a total of 21 runners to the race without recording any wins.

Here are some of the top Leinster National trainer statistics over the last 16 renewals (R = Runners, W = Winners, P = Places including winners, Win LSP is based on 1pt Win and EW LSP is based on 0.5pt Win & 0.5pt Place):

Leinster National Jockey Statistics

The leading jockey in the Leinster National over the last 16 renewals is Paul Townend who has won the race four times with those four winners coming from Emma Jane (2009), Ballytrim (2010) and Pairofbrowneyes (2018 & 2019). The only other jockey to have recorded multiple wins in the Leinster National is Sean Flanagan (2 wins). There is one jockey who has not had the best of times in the Leinster National, Phillip Enright has ridden a total of 11 runners to the race without recording any wins.

Here are some of the top Leinster National jockey statistics over the last 16 renewals (R = Runners, W = Winners, P = Places including winners, Win LSP is based on 1pt Win and EW LSP is based on 0.5pt Win & 0.5pt Place):

2025 Leinster National Trends

Favourites finishing positions (oldest to latest): 1, (5, 7), 9, 7, (4, 14), 3, 6, 1, PU, 6, 10, 8, 2, (1, 7), 6, 6

The percentage shown is the percentage of the total number of runners who fell under that factor. High percentages are less appealing than lower ones as you would expect them to do well.

• 16 / 16 (69%) - Achieved an RPR of 93+ (LTO)
• 16 / 16 (77%) - Ran over 2m1f - 3m1f (LTO)
• 16 / 16 (79%) - Not BB/BL/BR/CH in colour
• 16 / 16 (80%) - No bigger than 25/1 (Career Place)
• 16 / 16 (86%) - Made 2 - 9 starts (1 Year)
• 16 / 16 (87%) - Carried no more than 158lbs
• 16 / 16 (87%) - Had 2 - 6 wins (Career)
• 16 / 16 (88%) - Achieved a TS of 63+ (Last 5)
• 16 / 16 (88%) - Achieved an RPR of 127+ (Career)
• 16 / 16 (88%) - Fewer than 10 starts (Jockey)
• 16 / 16 (88%) - Made 2 - 7 starts (180 Days)
• 16 / 16 (89%) - Break of 14 - 749 days (Last Place)
• 16 / 16 (89%) - Made 2 - 8 starts (Season)
• 15 / 16 (53%) - No bigger than 12/1
• 15 / 16 (88%) - No more than 2 falls (Career)

Remember to use the trends listed above along with the Naas racing predictions to see if you can find the winner of the Leinster National. You may want to do your research into the race, there are times when there are several runners who pass the trends so you need to do your research to find a bet, we have a Horse Racing Form Reading Made Easy & What to Look For article to help you do just this in the OLBG Betting School section.

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Leinster National Trend Analysis

The trend factor which had produced 8+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +62.00 is when runners had 2 starts in the past 180 days. The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners had 4 starts in the past 180 days, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-52.

The course which has produced the most winners of the Leinster National is Gowran Park, there has been a total number of 5 winners of this race who ran at Gowran Park last time out. The next best course which has produced the second most winners is Navan, there has been a total number of 4 winners of this race who ran at Navan last time out.

The race is open to both sexes with the Male runners having produced a total of 14 winners from a total of 196 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 2 winners from a total of 18 runners.

Looking over the past renewals, these are the stallions whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Leinster National:

• Luso (3 Wins)
• Oscar (2 Wins)

These are the stallions whose offspring have not produced a winner of the Leinster National despite multiple attempts:

• Old Vic (0 Wins from 11 runners)
• Presenting (0 Wins from 9 runners)
• Bob Back (0 Wins from 5 runners)
• Snurge (0 Wins from 5 runners)

Looking at the winning odds over the last 16 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Benefit Night in 2011, winning for Daniel William O'Sullivan at odds of 33/1 under the guidance of Davy Condon. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 16 renewals there have been 3 winning favourites in the race. Whilst we wait for the 2025 Leinster National remember you can get daily racing predictions from the top racing tipsters on the best racing tipsters page.