David Pipe looks ahead to his runners on the final day of the Cheltenham Festival March 12, 2020 WEDNESDAY was definitely a game of two halves for us as NIGHT EDITION ran so well to be second in the Boodles Juvenile Handicap but our two Champion Bumper horses ISRAEL CHAMP and PANIC ATTACK disappointed. Starting off with Night Edition, he came there strongly after the last but hats off to the winner Aramax [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Truckers looks McFabulous bet for Nicholls at Uttoxeter March 12, 2020 THERE has to be a doubt that sporting events go ahead this weekend due to the coronavirus, but if they do racing punters have competitive cards at Kempton and Uttoxeter to get stuck into after the Cheltenham Festival. The highlight at the Staffordshire track is the Marston’s 61 Deep Midlands Grand National (3.35pm) where I [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Santini all set to grab Gold Cup for Henderson March 12, 2020 THERE may only be 12 runners in this afternoon’s Magners Cheltenham Gold Cup, but it’s very hard to rule any of the dozen out of contention. The obvious starting point is last season’s winner Al Boum Photo who has had an identical preparation to 12 months ago with the one prep race at Tramore. He [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Ilikedwayurthinkin looks the Chosen one in the lucky last March 12, 2020 THEY say you should always save the best till last and that may well be the case when it comes to the final race of the meeting, the Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle (5.30pm). Owner JP McManus has had an extraordinary week already and holds strong claims with the Joseph O’Brien-trained favourite Front View. [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Fury Road can force Bartlett rivals to throw in the towel March 12, 2020 NOT MANY people have backed the winner of the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle (2.50pm) in recent years. A staggering seven of the last 10 winners have returned double-figure prices, including three 33/1-shots and last year’s shock 50/1 victor Minella Indo. On a couple of occasions the cream has risen to the top, with former Gold [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips:Good Gosh this horse could be very special in Triumph Hurdle March 12, 2020 GOLD Cup day kicks off with what looks like an outstanding renewal of the JCB Triumph Hurdle (1.30pm). Paul Nicholls last won this race in 2011 with Zarkandar who arrived here having won the Adonis Hurdle at Kempton a few weeks earlier on his first start for the yard. The 11-time champion trainer will be [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: In the money, money, money if backing Aba and Bob March 11, 2020 TODAY’s action concludes with the Kim Muir Amateur Riders’ Handicap Chase (5.30pm) and as has become customary in these races, it often pays to follow both Jamie Codd and Derek O’Connor. Both are superb pilots, as shown by Codd’s brilliant ride on Ravenhill in Tuesday’s National Hunt Chase and they are unsurprisingly riding the top-two [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: The Storyteller to Bague Russell a fourth Pertemps March 11, 2020 OFF A lenient mark over hurdles, Grade One-winning chaser THE STORYTELLER sticks out like a sore thumb in today’s Pertemps Network Final (2.10pm). Gordon Elliott’s former Irish novice champion chaser has reverted to the smaller obstacles having failed to land a blow over fences and looks dangerous in this company. He won on his return to hurdles [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: A Plus Tard all set for take off in Ryanair March 11, 2020 ONLY the eight runners are set to line-up in the Ryanair Chase (2.50pm), which is one of the feature races on the penultimate day of the meeting. Last year’s winner Frodon is back to de- fend his crown with Bryony Frost in the saddle and the rain that fell earlier in the week will certainly [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Bapaume to bounce back in Marsh March 11, 2020 HORSES don’t come any more popular in Ireland than Faugheen or Samcro, so if either of them manage to win today’s opening Marsh Novices’ Chase (1.30pm), the roof will be blown off the Cheltenham grandstand. Faugheen, in particular, is adored by racing fans on both sides of the Irish Sea and the reception he got [...]