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BOYLE Sports are offering new customers £40 in free bets for the 2026 Grand National, plus 6 places each-way and money back as a free bet if your horse finishes second to the SP favourite. Here's how to claim and what's available for Saturday.

BOYLE Sports are offering new customers £40 in free bets for the Grand National this weekend, one of the better-value welcome offers available today. They’re paying 6 places each-way on the race itself and have Money Back running as a free bet if your selection finishes second to the SP favourite. The race goes to post at 4 pm tomorrow at Aintree.

BOYLE Sports Grand National sign up offer: Get £40 in free bets

Place a £10 bet at minimum odds of evens and BOYLE Sports credit you with £40 in free bets once your qualifying bet settles. You have 30 days to place the qualifying bet and free bets expire after 7 days.

To claim the BOYLE Sports sign up offer:

  1. Sign up via the “Claim offer” button at the top of the page.
  2. Deposit a minimum of £10.
  3. Place a £10 bet at minimum odds of evens on any market.
  4. Receive £40 in free bets on first settlement of your qualifying bet.
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Cash Out bets and bets placed with existing free bets don’t count. One offer per customer, household and IP address. This Grand National betting offer is not available to customers in Northern Ireland.

BOYLE Sports Grand National odds, specials and analysis (Saturday, 4 pm)

BOYLE Sports have one of the most extensive specials markets for the National, going well beyond the standard win and each-way. Their Aintree Grand National 2026 Specials section covers several angles worth considering.

  • JP McManus to own 1st, 2nd & 3rd: 20/1. Given McManus has Johnnywho, Iroko, Oscars Brother and others in the field, and given Mullins sent the first three home last year, with McManus horses prominent. This is a long shot but not an absurd one at the price.
  • Willie Mullins to train 1st, 2nd & 3rd: 28/1. He did exactly this last year. The stable runs seven horses in Saturday’s race. The price reflects how unlikely a clean sweep is, but it happened 12 months ago.
  • Number of finishers markets give another angle on the race. 16, 17 or 18 finishers is 9/4, the most likely bracket historically. 19, 20 or 21 finishers is 3/1, and 13, 14 or 15 finishers is 10/3. In a 34-runner field over 30 fences, roughly half the field typically finishes. These markets are worth considering as standalone specials or as part of a combination.
  • Top Willie Mullins Trained Runner is its own market. This is useful if you want Mullins’ yard to perform without committing to which specific horse. I Am Maximus heads it at 13/8, Grangeclare West is 2/1, Captain Cody 4/1, Quai De Bourbon 6/1 and Champ Kiely 7/1.

BOYLE Sports’ own blog piece by Dylan McHugh, published this week, flags a stat worth taking seriously: horses aged under ten have won the last ten Grand Nationals, a run that coincides with safety modifications made to the race’s fences and conditions. That cuts a number of older horses from the field and narrows the focus to the 8- and 9-year-olds.

I Am Maximus is 10, which gives some pause. Panic Attack is also 10. Johnnywho (8) and Oscars Brother (8) fit the age profile better.

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Jollies v Rags is one of BOYLE Sports‘ more distinctive markets for Saturday’s 17:15 bumper today. The named selections, Harry Lowes, Sherminator, Pourquoi Pas Papa, Rubber Ball, are priced at 8/11, with the field (‘Rags’) at 10/11. Today’s price boosts also have Sherminator and Harry Lowes individually boosted to 4/1 (from 7/2 and 10/3 respectively) for the 17:15.

Saturday’s card also features today’s 12:45 Maghull Novices’ Chase, with Salvator Mundi at 4/5 and Mighty Bandit at 9/2, paying 3 places EW at 1/5 odds.

BOYLE Sports Grand National offers for existing customers

Money Back as a free bet if 2nd to SP Favourite runs across selected meetings at Aintree. Place a win or win part of an each-way outright single, and if your selection finishes second to the starting price favourite, your stake is returned as a free bet up to £10.

Minimum 5 runners must start. It applies to first-past-the-post results only. Unnamed second favourites don’t qualify, and free/void/antepost bets are excluded. One bet per race.

In a race with 34 runners where favourites finishing second is a realistic outcome, this is a practical safety net. Back a runner at double-figure odds each-way and the Money Back offer adds a layer of protection on top.

  • Extra places: 6 instead of 4 on the Grand National. 1/5 odds, places 1 through 6, where there are 20 or more runners. With 34 confirmed, this applies in full. BOG does not apply to extra-place races.
  • Best Odds Guaranteed covers all UK and Irish horse racing across the meeting. Take an early price and if SP is bigger, BOYLE Sports pay the higher odds.