Horse Racing Betting Tips: Waldgeist can land the second day feature for magical Fabre June 18, 2019 IT SHOULD be all about glorious sunshine and fashion at Royal Ascot, but if some weather forecasts are to be believed racegoers could be scrambling for shelter with plenty of rain about. The challenge for us tipsters is to anticipate how much, if any, will actually fall and what impact it will have on the [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Dettori can strike in the Duke of Cambridge with Rawdaa June 18, 2019 WITHOUT sounding like a broken record, the amount of rain that falls overnight will have a huge impact on all of this afternoon’s races, but arguably none more so than the Duke of Cambridge Stakes (4.20pm). The mile contest for fillies and mares is packed full of decent ground performers with only a handful who [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Raise the stakes with Sand and Chilean in the Royal Hunt Cup June 18, 2019 ROYAL Ascot features a number of big field competitive handicaps and the most infamous of them is today’s Royal Hunt Cup (5.00pm), a 30-runner cavalry charge over the straight mile. This is one of the biggest betting contests of the whole season and plenty of gambles have been landed over the years, though some have [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Back Suroor’s Final Song to deny speedy American rivals June 18, 2019 SOME of the fillies that US trainer Wesley Ward has fielded in the Queen Mary Stakes (2.30pm) at Royal Ascot in recent years have been absolute monsters. The likes of Lady Aurelia and Acapulco, who both won this race in devastating fashion, have built Ward a reputation for his muscly sprinters and both Anna’s Fast [...]
England could do with loosening the handbrake in Women’s World Cup clash with Japan June 18, 2019 If England’s 3-0 victory over Japan to clinch the SheBelieves Cup in March was the perfect statement of intent for one of the Women’s World Cup favourites then it’s the sort that Phil Neville’s team could do with repeating when the teams meet again on Wednesday. Because while the Lionesses have taken maximum points from [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Jalmoud can put you in the mood in Queen’s Vase June 18, 2019 FOR MANY, the highlight of the five days at Royal Ascot is tomorrow’s Gold Cup, but if you’re looking for a future Gold Cup winner it may well be running in this afternoon’s Queen’s Vase (3.05pm). The last two victors of this Group Two contest, Kew Gardens and Stradivarius, have gone on to bigger and [...]
The numbers that show Lewis Hamilton is approaching Michael Schumacher levels of dominance in Formula One June 18, 2019 His win in Canada may have been one of the most controversial Lewis Hamilton has claimed but what cannot be disputed is that the Briton is now dominating Formula One to an almost unprecedented level. At times such as two weekends ago, when he was handed the victory by race officials’ decision to penalise Sebastian [...]
England v Afghanistan: Used Old Trafford pitch and Rashid Khan’s magic the key for visitors June 17, 2019 On the face of it England’s World Cup game against Afghanistan tomorrow comes at an opportune moment. With opener Jason Roy sidelined by a torn hamstring for a few games at least and captain Eoin Morgan recovering from a back spasm, it appears the perfect time to play the side bottom of the group table and without [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Brilliant Battaash to keep his cool and claim King’s Stand crown June 17, 2019 DESPITE all the rain that has fallen at Ascot over the last seven days, there will still be no hanging about when the stalls open for this afternoon’s King’s Stand Stakes (3.40pm) over five furlongs. This time last year I was extremely confident that Charlie Hills’ BATTAASH would land this Group One prize, only to [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Take on the top ones with Olmedo and Accidental Agent June 17, 2019 FRANKEL, Goldikova, Canford Cliffs, Paco Boy; the list of top class horses who have won Royal Ascot’s opening Queen Anne Stakes (2.30pm) is quite staggering. That period from 2009 to 2012 really was a golden generation for the milers, and it’s fair to say that the current crop isn’t anything like as strong. Aidan O’Brien’s [...]