Horse racing betting: Take on Orion’s Bow with Richard Fahey’s Nuno Tristan at Ripon August 11, 2016 We are in the middle of a brief quiet spell in racing, but York’s Ebor meeting takes centre stage next week and The Punter will be covering all four days. The big betting race this weekend is Ripon’s Great St Wilfrid (Saturday 3.55pm) which is sandwiched between the Steward’s Cup and next month’s Ayr Gold Cup. David [...]
Betting: Sea Of Heaven can sail to victory in Ascot Stayers race August 4, 2016 Shergar Cup day at Ascot is the ultimate jockey’s spectacle and it once again welcomes riding talent from around the World. Japanese rider Kenichi Ikezoe takes the ride on SEA OF HEAVEN, who justified my support by landing a valuable handicap at Ascot a fortnight ago. On Saturday, Sir Mark Prescott’s four-year-old is back for [...]
Betting: Scottish can bloom in Rose Of Lancaster August 4, 2016 Away from the razzmatazz of Saturday’s Shergar Cup, there is some decent racing on offer at both Newmarket and Haydock. The feature race at the former is the Sweet Solera Stakes (3.15pm) for two-year-old fillies and the Group Three prize can go the way of the Richard Hannon-trained NATIONS ALEXANDER. My selection was beaten under a [...]
Caid Du Berlais can maintain Nicholls hot streak December 11, 2014 Bill Esdaile offers his best bets for the weekend’s racing at Cheltenham and Doncaster CHAMPION trainer Paul Nicholls has won three of the last five renewals of tomorrow’s Caspian Caviar Gold Cup (2.00pm) and the Ditcheat maestro can make it four from six with the unexposed CAID DU BERLAIS. Last month’s Paddy Power Gold Cup [...]
God’s Own ready to continue upward curve at Tingle Creek December 4, 2014 Bill Esdaile previews tomorrow’s racing at Sandown and Aintree THERE may be no Sprinter Sacre or Sire De Grugy in tomorrow’s 888sport Tingle Creek (3.00pm), but Sandown Park is still set to stage a mouth-watering renewal of the Grade One two-mile contest. Alan King saddles favourite Balder Succes who is sure to strip much fitter [...]
Rocky Creek can land knockout punch in the Hennessy November 27, 2014 Bill Esdaile previews tomorrow’s legendary steeplechase and the best of today’s horse racing at Newbury NATIONAL Hunt racing fans have a mouth-watering renewal of the Hennessy Gold Cup to look forward to at Newbury tomorrow. A field of 19 is set to line up for the historic 3m 2 1/2f steeplechase, which is the longest [...]
Barry Geraghty in line for Haydock payday November 20, 2014 Bill Esdaile’s tips for the Betfair Chase and the rest of tomorrow’s racing at Haydock LAST year’s first three home in the Betfair Chase (3.50pm Haydock) are set to line up tomorrow in this season’s renewal and bookmakers are struggling to separate them. Cue Card, who took Haydock’s biggest jumping prize 12 months ago, heads [...]
Johns Spirit can go well in effort to make Paddy Power history November 13, 2014 BILL ESDAILE PREVIEWS CHELTENHAM’S OPEN MEETING NO HORSE has ever won back-to-back renewals of the Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham, but 2013 winner JOHNS SPIRIT (2.30pm) has the right attributes as he goes in search of history tomorrow afternoon. Jonjo O’Neill’s charge loves Cheltenham – three of his four chase wins have been at [...]
Noble Mission to emulate his brother Frankel October 16, 2014 BILL ESDAILE PREVIEWS TOMORROW’S QIPCO BRITISH CHAMPIONS DAY AT ASCOT QIPCO British Champions Day has been a tremendous success and although the ground is set to be testing tomorrow, the action still promises to be enthralling. The first place to start has to be the meeting’s highlight, the £1.3m QIPCO Champions Stakes (4.05pm), where Cirrus [...]
Big Easy can give Hobbs a second Cesarewitch October 9, 2014 BILL ESDAILE PREVIEWS THE BEST OF THE WEEKEND’S RACING The £250,000 Betfred Cesarewitch (3.50pm), the second leg of the autumn double, is the biggest showdown of the year between the National Hunt and flat racing fraternities. Staying the marathon 2m 2f trip is an absolute must, so punters have tended to favour horses from jumps [...]
