UK’s gambling black market has doubled since 2018: PwC February 5, 2021 The number of British consumers gambling on unlicensed websites has doubled in the last three years, according to a new study by PwC. The report found a steep rise in customers using offshore websites, despite these platforms being less visible on Google and with little evidence of growing public awareness of black market brands. PwC [...]
The City A.M. Punter Podcast EP:38 Sandown, Wetherby, Leopardstown & Hong Kong February 5, 2021 Trainer Gary Moore has a couple of runners at Sandown on Saturday and he joins us as our special guest today City AM racing editor Bill Esdaile previews the best of the jumps action at Sandown, Wetherby and the prestigious Dublin Racing festival in Leopardstown with Wally Pyrah looking at Saturday’s Hong Kong race meeting. [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Take on the fav with Chater Pins February 2, 2021 YOU CAN guarantee that bettors will double-up on Maldives in his bid to follow-up last month’s track and trip victory, in the Stonecutters Island Handicap (12.45pm) over the extended mile. Backed late on as if defeat was out of the question three weeks ago, this New Zealand bred galloper looked likely to come home alone [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Size looks to have another Ace up his sleeve February 2, 2021 IT COULD pay to jump on the John Size bandwagon when the 11-time Champion Trainer sends a handful of raiders to Happy Valley on Wednesday. Records show the ‘master trainer’ saddled an incredible 14 winners last month, including 11 from his last 32 runners. He is now breathing down the neck of championship leader Caspar [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Yung and Purton looks a Union worth backing February 2, 2021 WHEN trainer Benno Yung books Zac Purton to ride one of his gallopers they are always worth close scrutiny. Yung’s stable is mostly full of middle of the road handicappers, but the trainer is a past-master of finding winning opportunities for the majority of his horses during the season. He looks to have found the [...]
The City A.M. Punter Podcast EP:37 Doncaster, Cheltenham & Hong Kong January 29, 2021 The rain continues to fall and Cheltenham’s Trials Day is not certain to go ahead on Saturday, but Doncaster are confident that they will be able to race on the same day. Jockey and assistant trainer Chester Williams joins us to talk about his intended weekend runners. City AM racing editor Bill Esdaile previews the [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Royal Bomb to finish the night in style January 26, 2021 LEADING trainers’ championship trainer Caspar Fownes, who only a couple of weeks back held a commanding lead in the title race, suddenly finds himself under pressure from former 11-times champion John Size. While Fownes has found winners hard to come by recently, having only struck once in the last fortnight, Size has produced an impressive mid-season surge, saddling [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Force to be as good as Ever January 26, 2021 ONE OF Hong Kong’s most successful partnerships of trainer Danny Shum and jockey Zac Purton look set for another winner when they team up with improving three-year-old EVER FORCE in the Ice House Handicap (12.15pm). Shum is in red-hot form at present, saddling seven winners and 11 places from his last 45 runners, and his record reads even [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Lui can continue purple patch with Alpha Hedge January 26, 2021 FRANCIS Lui is the trainer to follow at Happy Valley on Wednesday, with nine races set to take place under the lights. Lui is in the middle of a purple patch at present. Two winners for the stable at Sha Tin on Sunday, including super-star Golden Sixty, was following on from a winning treble at [...]
The City A.M. Punter Podcast EP:36 Ascot, Haydock Park & Hong Kong January 22, 2021 The rain has been relentless over the past few days in the UK, but Ascot seem confident that their meeting will go ahead on Saturday and Haydock Park passed an early inspection on Thursday, so fingers crossed for both meetings this weekend Trainer Ruth Jefferson has supplemented Waiting Patiently for the Grade 1 Clarence House [...]