With the Aintree Grand National 2010 just over a day away plenty of people will be going online to place a bet on the big race.

Anyone looking at betting with the big high street bookmakers online will be disapointed however as they are pulling their free bets for the big event making opening an online account with them over the next few days a little pointless.  Wait until after the Grand National before opening an online account with many of the big names.

Instead look at opening an account with one of the following to obtain the best value for money as you will be provided with a gift in the form of a free bet or other special offer in return for your custom on what is considered the biggest horse racing event of the year.

Boyelsports - Free £20 bet

Victor Chandler - Free £100 bets

Betfair - Free £25 bet

The reason for suggesting the above bookmakers are as follows:

Boylesports:

Not only are they one of the few online bookmakers offers a free bet during the Grand National they are also offering to pay 1/4 for the first 5 places, one more than many of the other bookmakers, meaning if you are placing an each way bet you will get better value for money.

Victor Chandler:

Another bookmaker still offering a free bet this time a massive £100.  So if you are happy to open an account and place larger bets you will be rewarded with £100 in free bets from Victor.  This may be a great account to open if you are placing bets for other people in the office rather than the traditional office sweepstake.

Betfair:

Although not a traditional bookmaker, Betfair the UK's largest betting exchange are offering £25 in free bets for opening an account and by using a betting exchange you can be sure that on the day you will get much better odds on the outright winner compared to the other online bookmakers due to the way the betting exchanges work.

Grand National Tips:

The Grand National is an unpredictable race and always has been given the number of fences and distance of the race, often it is worth placing an each way bet rather than a win bet.  However if you wish to bet where the money is then the current odds in order of favourite are as follows:

7-1 Big Fella Thanks, 10-1 Mon Mome, 14-1 Arbor Supreme, Black Apalachi, The Package, Tricky Trickster, 16-1 Niche Market, (from 20-1) Snowy Morning, Vic Venturi, 20-1 Backstage, Cant Buy Time, Character Building, State Of Play, Whinstone Boy, 25-1 Ballyholland, Chief Dan George, Comply Or Die, Don t Push It, 33-1 Ballytrim, Dream Alliance, Irish Raptor, King Johns Castle, My Will, 40-1 Bar