The Punter Summary Podcast March 25 March 24, 2023 You can now hear all of City AM racing editor Bill Esdaile’s weekend tips in a short, summary episode of ‘The Punter Podcast’ alongside Chris Barnett. The full weekend preview is also available on the City AM website. The Punter ‘The Punter’ has been City AM’s dedicated sports betting section for over a decade with [...]
Vincent Ho set to Reach Goal on Lor’s Vitality March 21, 2023 MID-WEEK racing in Hong Kong returns to the infamous ‘C+3’ course at Happy Valley, characterised by a short home straight of just over one-and-a-half furlongs, with the width of the track being less than the length of a cricket pitch. Historically, it’s tough for horses drawn wide. At the last two meetings run on the [...]
Savaquin should Ensure a successful ride for Bowman March 21, 2023 THIS could finally be the time to support the John Size-trained SAVAQUIN to score an overdue win in the Arbuthnot Handicap (2.15pm) over the extended mile. The six-year-old has not tasted success since April 2021 but, such has been his consistency, he is still racing off the same revised rating that followed that success. His [...]
Chance Dragon and Snaffles to breath fire March 17, 2023 BETTORS are once again faced with a dilemma when the talented but hugely frustrating Five G Patch reappears in the Werther Handicap (7.30am) over 10 furlongs. The Tony Cruz-trained gelding has the ability to be one of the best middle-distance performers in the city but, more often than not, finds trouble in running and proves [...]
Eternal glory expected for Beauty over extra distance March 17, 2023 IT’S BEEN a long time since so much hype surrounded one horse in Hong Kong, such as BEAUTY ETERNAL. The son of Starspangledbanner now gets his chance to put his reputation on the line and deliver in the £2.5m BMW Hong Kong Derby (8.40am) over 10 furlongs, at Sha Tin on Sunday. ‘Freak’ or ‘monster’ [...]
EP: 190 Uttoxeter & Hong Kong March 17, 2023 We look ahead to Saturday’s marathon four and a quarter mile Midlands Grand National at Uttoxeter with trainer Charlie Longsdon as well as the prestigious Hong Kong Derby, run over a mile and a quarter at the famous Sha Tin racecourse. City AM Racing editor Bill Esdaile previews the best of the jumps action, with [...]
Galopin set for a Champs’ reception in the Gold Cup March 16, 2023 IT COULD be time for a new staying superstar to step forward in this year’s Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup (3.30pm), as Willie Mullins’ GALOPIN DES CHAMPS sets his sights on the biggest prize in National Hunt racing. This horse has been a revelation since winning the Martin Pipe Conditional Hurdle at the Festival two years [...]
We can all Brag when Lossiemouth wins the Triumph March 16, 2023 WE ALL know Willie Mullins has a lot of strength in depth at his Closutton base, but he might not have had a stronger crop of juvenile hurdlers for quite some time. He saddles nine of the 15-strong field in the Triumph Hurdle (1.30pm), and given four of those occupy the top spots in the [...]
Go for Broke with Pem in the County March 16, 2023 WILLIE Mullins and Dan Skelton have won seven of the last eight runnings of the County Hurdle (2:10) between them. In that time, Mullins has four wins to Skelton’s three, but I think it could be level come around 2.15pm. PEMBROKE won a couple of two-mile novice hurdles on softish ground over the winter, but [...]
Hunter Chase Dream can come true March 16, 2023 CHELTENHAM’S biggest prize, in terms of trophy size, is today’s St James’s Place Festival Challenge Cup Hunters’ Chase (4:10pm), known to most over the years as the Foxhunters. And, despite it being one of the less valuable contests over the four days, this race is the pinnacle for hunter chasers. Only open to horses holding [...]