This year's Grand National will be held at 4pm on Saturday 13th April, with around 150,000 people expected to head to Aintree in Liverpool to see the race in person, and 600 million people watching worldwide.

This got us thinking, what are the luckiest numbers and colours to bet on? Using historical winners data over the last 30 years we have found pink jerseys to be the most unlucky colour, having not won a single race.

But which colour is the luckiest?

With around £250 million in bets being staked on the Grand National races from millions in the UK, we have revealed the luckiest colours you should consider betting on to give you the best chance of winning.

Jockeys wearing green jerseys have had the most success over the last three decades with the most recent win by Racheal Blackmore in 2021 with Minella Times. Yellow is also another lucky colour with 12 wins over 30 years with its last win being last year with Derek Fox racing on Corach Rambler.

Surprisingly there is one colour that has never seen victory, with pink jerseys never crossing the line first. We also found that brown and orange jerseys are also unlucky with only one race win each.

What about winning horse numbers?

If colours are not your concern, we have also analysed the luckiest horse numbers since 1994, with over half of the wins in the last 30 years coming from the below eight numbers. The numbers 10 and 6 have historically been the most successful with 3 wins each.

For 2024, the total number of horses in the Grand National has been reduced from 40 to 34, to improve the safety of the race. However, history shows this will not affect potential winners with there never being a winner with a number above 35 in the past 30 years.

Methodology:

Grand National winners since 1994 were analysed for their main jersey colour and horse number. 2020 was removed from the data due to being cancelled.

Full data can be found here.

Sources:

Attendees/ predicted bet value