Last year's Grand National winner has no chance at this year's race, analysts say

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Lottoland.co.uk, to highlight their Grand National Accumulator, where you can buy 20 horseshoe scratchcards to get 50 free spins on Starbust for £2.CEO Nigel Birrell said: “Like a massive lottery rollover, the Aintree Grand National really grabs the public imagination, and millions of people will likely be watching the action from Aintree from 5.15pm this Saturday.“Once again, we’ve put the Lottoland statisticians to work to find the key numbers and trends to follow for your Grand National quick picks.“Based on their late night research, the two to watch this year are Snow Leopardess and Deise Aba.”Looking at the last 50 winners of the big race, the average age of the horse first past the post has been nine years, which brings in multiple contenders this year.Horses of that age in this year's race include last year’s winner Minella Times, as well as Delta Work, Burrows Saint, Two For Gold, Good Boy Bobby, Lord du Mesnil, Mighty Thunder, Discorama, Agusta Gold, Phoenix Way, Deise Alba, and Domaine de L’Isle.Weight is also an important factor when deciding the winner of the world’s most famous horse race.The average weight of all the winners in the Grand National since 1950 was revealed to be exactly 10st 7lbs - which means the fancy based on this key factor suggests Death Duty at 28/1, and Domaine de L’Isle at 66/1.But if you choose your picks based on colour of the jockey’s silks alone then green is the colour, with 13 wins, followed closely by blue at 11.Minella Times and Deis Aba carry green and yellow, but favourite Snow Leopardess carries blue silks with her jockey Aidan Coleman.Nigel Birrell, from Lottoland, added: “Whether you usually use your favourite Irish Lotto lottery numbers, your zodiac sign, your birthdays,.