Tap and go with the Irish in the Cheltenham Festival finale February 25, 2025 WITH the Cheltenham Festival fast approaching and the handicap weights recently being announced, I think it’s time we take aim at an ante-post handicap market. The handicaps are a great hunting ground for punters looking to find some value, and now we know where we stand with the weights, I like the look of an [...]
Back Scarface and Rhapsody to put on a Cracking show February 25, 2025 WITH the Cheltenham Festival now less than two weeks away attention for many stables is focused firmly on the four-day spectacle, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t still some intriguing racing this weekend. Kelso hosts its biggest raceday of the year, featuring the Morebattle Hurdle (3.30pm), a race that offers an added incentive for Cheltenham [...]
Super Sixty to Ascend above his rivals for first Hong Kong win February 25, 2025 A WINNING double at Sha Tin last Sunday will certainly have boosted the confidence of jockey Alexis Badel, following a relatively slow start to his current campaign. With only 14 winners so far this season, the former French ace will be hoping the Caspar Fownes stable can provide him with another timely success when he [...]
Master rider Moore could be Heroic for Valley punters February 25, 2025 BIG-TIME jockey Ryan Moore’s arrival at Happy Valley in Hong Kong on Wednesday is going to bring plenty of joy and high expectations from his many devoted fans. Moore has provided plenty of big-race successes in the past amongst his 43 winners in the city and has his card marked in eight of the nine [...]
The Punter Episode 12: Kempton, Newcastle and Southwell (AW), plus The Saudi Cup and G1s in Hong Kong February 21, 2025 Tom Marriott and Bill Esdaile give their fancies for Saturday’s ITV Racing. Trainer Sam Thomas joins them to discuss his four Saturday runners, plus Wally Pyrah’s view on Romantic Warrior’s Saudi Cup bid and Sha Tin’s Group 1 raceday on Sunday. The Punter ‘The Punter’ has been City AM’s dedicated sports betting section for over [...]
Yiu sends Solid raiding party to Sha Tin in hope of Glory February 21, 2025 FORM students should tread warily when looking for selections outside the two Group One contests on the supporting card at Sha Tin on Sunday. All the handicaps are tight and competitive affairs with very little between the leading lights, and feature plenty of lightly raced gallopers capable of causing surprises. Former champion trainer Ricky Yiu [...]
Galaxy can find Patch of improvement stepping back up in trip February 21, 2025 RACEGOERS have a treat in store when they visit Sha Tin in Hong Kong for a 10-race programme on Sunday. Two of the most popular gallopers in the city feature on the card, Ka Ying Rising, in the Group One Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup (7.00am) over seven furlongs, and Voyage Bubble in the Group One [...]
Power and Dino set to write their Own Story February 18, 2025 ATTENTION turns to Kempton and Newcastle this Saturday with both tracks hosting competitive cards featuring two historic staying chases. Kempton’s Ladbrokes Trophy (3.35pm) is often used as a stepping stone to the Ultima at Cheltenham or the Grand National further down the line, and while Hyland, Iroko and Kandoo Kid have those kinds of races [...]
Now is the hour to back Haiti Couleurs for Cheltenham February 18, 2025 THERE are only three weeks to go until the Cheltenham Festival and it’s time we turned our attention to one of the week’s handicaps. The National Hunt Chase wasn’t previously a handicap, of course, and is one of the Festival races whose conditions have been altered for this year’s meeting. Once it was a playground [...]
General can seize Fownes more Valley Fortunes February 18, 2025 RACING in Hong Kong returns to Happy Valley today with an all-action nine-race programme full of highly competitive and exciting handicaps. With the season just past the halfway mark, who will take the title of champion trainer for 2024/25 is anyone’s guess, with nine stables separated by only half-a-dozen winners. Heading the table is David [...]