GRAND NATIONAL · AINTREE
Sweepstakes and prediction games for the world's most famous steeplechase.
The Grand National is the one race that stops the nation. Run at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool every April, it sends a big field over thirty testing fences across two laps and roughly four and a quarter miles — Becher's Brook, The Chair and the Canal Turn among them. Millions who never normally bet will pick a horse for the National, which makes it the perfect race to turn into a game with the people around you.
Own The League gives you three ways to play: a classic sweepstake for a quick, no-skill draw, a role-based picks game for anyone who fancies a bit of form study, and a budget game for those who like weighing up risk against reward. Whichever you choose, it's free to set up and takes minutes to get a whole group involved.
Create a private league, share the join code, and let everyone get their picks or their draw in before the off. Own The League tracks the real race for you, so there's nothing to score by hand and no arguments about who actually won.
BROWSE GAMESSweepstake
The classic pub sweepstake, run online.
A random draw hands every player their horses — no skill, all suspense. If one of yours romps home, you win. The easiest way to get a whole group involved in minutes.
Role-Based Picks
Pick four horses, assign roles, outsmart your mates.
Choose four horses and give each a role — each is scored differently, so strategy matters as much as luck. For groups who fancy themselves as form students.
Budget
A set budget, a big field — how do you spread your stakes?
Split a fixed budget across the horses you fancy. Your return is stake against odds and finishing position, so you can go all-in on a favourite or spread the risk. Risk versus reward, all in your hands.
Returns every year for the Grand National at Aintree in April.
The National comes round every April and never loses its pull — a huge field, a marathon trip, and fences that test every horse and jockey in the race. It's exactly the kind of unpredictable, all-in-one-go event that makes a sweepstake so much fun.
You don't need to know anything about racing to join in. A sweepstake needs nothing but a name pulled from a hat, while the role-based and budget games reward a bit of homework — so casual fans and form students can all play the same race together.
Because it falls on the same Saturday every year, a Grand National league is easy to turn into an annual fixture — the office sweepstake or family tradition everyone looks forward to.
Create a free private league on Own The League, share the join code with your group, and let everyone get their draw or picks in before the off. We handle the scoring automatically as the race is run.
Sweepstake is a random draw — pure luck, zero effort. Role-Based Picks has you choose four horses across different roles, rewarding a bit of form study. Budget has you split a fixed stake across the field, so your return depends on the odds and finishing positions you back.
Yes — every Grand National format on Own The League is completely free. No stake, no entry fee, just bragging rights.
As many as you like. Create a private league, share the join code, and invite friends, family or the whole office.
The Grand National is run every year at Aintree on a Saturday in early April. Get your league set up in the days before it.
Not just horse racing? Here's how the rest of it works.
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