Hitman Grand National Odds 2025: Great chance to place

If you are in the market for a massive price on a horse who consistently finishes well but doesn’t win, then let me introduce you to the nine-year-old Hitman.

We take a look at Hitman’s Odds to win the Grand National along with what this French chance has been doing in recent times in his horse profile…

When you think back just a decade or so to when Paul Nicholls’ yard was dominating the sport with the likes of Denman and the wonderful Kauto Star, it might be a surprise that the trainer only has the one Grand National winner to his name. That came in 2012 when Neptune Collonges came through, winning by a nose.

Since then it has been a dry spell, but he sends out a long-shot on Saturday who deserves at least some passing interest and has each-way potential if he runs his best race. His biggest issue is that he’s never gone beyond three miles before and he’ll be being asked to go four-plus in the Grand National.

Three second-place finishes on the spin, however, isn’t to be sniffed at. He’s been runner-up in races at Newbury, Ascot and Aintree so far this jumps season.

In all of those performances, you can see there is a half-decent horse ready to break out but he doesn’t look a fluent jumper and in not one of those three outings have we seen anything extra coming to the line. That extra gear seems to be alluding him. That is probably why he’s such a big price on Saturday for the Grand National.

The handicapper has put him in a situation where he’ll be carrying over 11 stone and it just doesn’t look like a great position for him to be in. Clearly a game horse who will keep going, the last time he didn’t finish a race was 2022 and only once has he fallen, back in February 2021.

This is where the big price may pay off. With Betfred paying out seven places for online customers, he could just plod home for sixth or seventh, but it would need an awful lot to go right for that to happen.

Hitman Grand National Odds & Chances:

As of the opening of the betting market at midday on Thursday, the odds of Hitman winning the Grand National are 66/1 on Betfred. If we turn that price into implied probability, that equates to a 2% chance of winning the race based on the betting price.

Bet on Hitman to win the Grand National:

You can, of course, bet on Hitman to win the Grand National with us at Betfred. If you are a potential New Customer, just click on the sign-up banner below and you can join Betfred today.

For Existing Customers, hit that Grand National Odds button below and you’ll be taken to the Grand National Betting Market on betfred.com, where you can get all the latest prices and of course - place your Grand National Bets.

Betfred Grand National Offer:

Betfred are paying out seven places on the big race for each-way bets at 1/5 odds for those betting on the Grand National. You can do so by following either the Grand National Odds link above or if you want to bet on Hitman, just click on either of the banners at the top or bottom of the article and you’ll be sent to the market page on betfred.com with your selection already loaded into your betslip.

Our Grand National market goes live with the confirmed 34 runners from midday on Thursday, April 3, 2025 and you can bet each-way and get seven places all the way through to 16:00 on Saturday, April 5, 2025, which is when the race will get underway live on ITV1.

You can check out all of our Grand National Tips as well as the profiles for all the other horses running in the race on our main Grand National page…