Horse Racing Betting Tips: Longhouse upset will be pure poetry for his backers March 10, 2020 WITH global shares taking a battering on “Black Monday”, the hordes of Irish racing fans who have descended on Cheltenham this week will be hoping to make it “Black Wednesday” for the bookmakers. A string of high-profile, short-priced favourites are set to strut their stuff around Prestbury Park this afternoon and the alarm bells will [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Bailey’s Imperial has a certain Aura about him March 9, 2020 THERE are often one or two that slip into the Northern Trust Novices’ Handicap (4.50pm) off an extremely lenient mark – the challenge is singling out which of the 20 runners that could be. The handicapper must have been wincing when the Irish-trained A Plus Tard cantered into the lead rounding the home turn 12 [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Ballyandy is a Sublime bet in wide-open Champion Hurdle March 9, 2020 WITH more rain set to fall at Cheltenham this morning, ground conditions will be soft for the Unibet Champion Hurdle (3.30pm), the feature contest on the opening day. When you also factor in that this will be the largest field assembled for the two-mile hurdling crown since Punjabi won it back in 2009, the stage [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Mullins magic means you will get more than your Cash Back March 9, 2020 NOBODY has trained more Cheltenham Festival winners than Willie Mullins – the 63-year-old has rewritten the record books and he is showing no signs of taking his foot off the pedal. The Racing Post Arkle Novices’ Chase (2.10pm) has been particularly kind to his Closutton stable in recent years, with the yard responsible for four [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: You’re not being a chicken backing Shish in the opener March 9, 2020 RELIEF is what most of us will be feeling when the famous roar greets the start of the Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle at 1.30pm this afternoon. Obviously the devastating effects of the coronavirus around the world are far more important than sport, but I’m sure every racing fan is absolutely delighted that the Cheltenham [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Irish eyes will be smiling at Cheltenham yet again March 8, 2020 AFTER one of the wettest winters on record it would be a surprise if the Cheltenham Festival were to start tomorrow on anything other than soft ground. The forecast suggests the next few days may be unsettled with showers around, but the picture changes on an almost daily basis so the ground could dry out [...]
Horse racing betting tips: Shakem up at Sandown, you’ll be as happy as ‘Arry March 5, 2020 WITH last month going down as the wettest February on record in the UK, and the rain continuing to lash down in early March, it isn’t a surprise that Sandown have been forced to cancel today’s Grand Military Gold Cup card. However, with a brighter forecast for the next couple of days, the racecourse are [...]
Horse racing: David Pipe looks ahead to his runners at Sandown March 5, 2020 THIS rain just doesn’t stop. It’s getting pretty annoying now and it was a shame to lose this afternoon’s meeting at Sandown. We had planned to run both DELFACE and RATHLIN ROSE, so we will have to have a rethink with them. That said, there are plans to reschedule RATHLIN ROSE’s race for tomorrow, so [...]
Horse racing: Magic Has More Up Her Sleeve On Meydan’s Super Saturday March 5, 2020 MUCH of tomorrow’s racing on home soil looks touch-and-go, so Meydan’s Super Saturday card is a welcome addition to the fixture list. Barney Roy’s bid for a second Group One, over two-and-a-half years since his first, in the Jebel Hatta (2.20pm), looks a race to savour, though the 4/6 about the 2017 Queen Anne winner [...]
David Pipe looks ahead to his runners at Newbury and Doncaster February 27, 2020 WE’RE very close to Cheltenham now and it’s a stressful time for us trainers. If the phone goes when I’m at the races and it’s the head lad, my heart sinks. It’s also the time of year you take a deep breath every time you walk into the yard. Touch wood everything is on track [...]
