Cheltenham horse racing tips: Leading Festival fancies set for tricky Trials Day tests January 26, 2017 WITH just over six weeks to go until this year’s Cheltenham Festival, plenty of leading contenders are set to test their credentials at Saturday's Trials Day meeting. The bumper nine-race card now features the rescheduled running of last week’s abandoned Clarence House Chase, as well as the next chapter in the Thistlecrack story. Our new [...]
Kempton Park Racecourse to close as part of Jockey Club’s £500m plans January 10, 2017 Kempton Park Racecourse, home of the King George VI Chase, looks set to be sold off for housing as part of a Jockey Club plan to re-invest £500m back into British racing over the next decade. The 300-acre estate has been submitted for redevelopment consideration with any future housing works beginning in 2021 at the earliest. This follows [...]
Horse racing betting tips: Valseur Lido ready to drive away from his rivals in Lexus December 21, 2016 There is some top class jumping action on the other side of the Irish Sea with the four-day Leopardstown Christmas Festival. The highlight is always Wednesday’s Lexus Chase (3.00pm) where Gigginstown House Stud will be trying to win the Grade One for the third straight year. I think they can do it, as I was [...]
Festive betting tips: Thistlecrack can be crowned King before taking Gold December 21, 2016 They say it takes two to tango and that’s the case at Kempton on Boxing Day now that trainer Colin Tizzard has given his two stable stars the green light to run in the 32Red King George VI Chase (3.15pm). Last year’s winner Cue Card was always set to be part of this particular Christmas [...]
Horse racing betting tips: Trickaway looks set to strike for Jefferson and Hughes December 15, 2016 RICHARD Johnson is in pole position to land his second champion jockey title in April, having been runner-up to AP McCoy an astonishing 16 times. The pack are currently over 40 winners adrift with Brian Hughes surprisingly now his nearest pursuer. The Ulsterman is comfortably the top dog in the North and he has developed [...]
Horse racing betting tips: The only way is Wessex for Wolf Of Windlesham December 15, 2016 WITH £150,000 up for grabs, Saturday's Wessex Youth Trust Handicap Hurdle (3.35pm) is one of the richest handicap hurdles of the season. It is therefore no surprise that 19 runners line-up in what is always a fiercely-competitive race and those at the head of the market have obvious claims. I never like taking short prices [...]
Horse racing betting tips: Village Vic back to pitch his tent at Cheltenham December 9, 2016 WHEN the rain finally arrived a month ago in time for Cheltenham’s Open meeting, trainers breathed a sigh of relief at the prospect of some proper winter jumping conditions. Yet, just four weeks on and clerk of the course Simon Claisse has been forced to turn on the taps to maintain decent ground. It’s been [...]
Horse racing betting tips: Japanese raiders look set to take Hong Kong by storm December 8, 2016 SHA TIN Racecourse in Hong Kong stages its glittering Longines International meeting on Sunday morning. The good news for racing fans in this country is that for the first time Racing UK (Sky channel 432) will show Sunday’s meeting, as well as racing from both Sha Tin and Happy Valley going forward. Those early risers [...]
Betting: The Becher Chase looks like one for Arthur and Gordon December 2, 2016 For most racing fans there is no finer sight than seeing the best two mile chasers zip round Sandown Park’s tough and examining course. Sire De Grugy bids to make history in tomorrow’s Tingle Creek (3.00pm) by becoming only the second horse to win this great race three times. He seemed back to his very [...]
Horseracing betting tips: Fry’s hurdler won’t be Behind for long at Newbury November 24, 2016 PUNTERS heading to Newbury on Friday looking for Cheltenham Festival clues may not have to wait long as Nicky Henderson’s highly-regarded Jenkins is set to make his hurdling debut in the opener (12.30pm). He is unlikely to be much of a price today, so the more speculative amongst you could do a lot worse than take [...]
