Hong Kong Racing Tips: Winning tastes like Garlic at Happy Valley January 21, 2020 WITH the official Chinese New Year celebrations getting underway in Hong Kong, racing fans will be looking to make a fistful of dollars to pay for the weekend festivities at Happy Valley today. The nine-race card is full of head scratching puzzles, with luck sure to play an important part yet again. The best advice [...]
David Pipe on his runners across the country on Saturday January 16, 2020 CONDITIONS ought to be ideal for CHAMPERS ON ICE in the Peter Marsh Chase at Haydock (2.40pm) tomorrow where he switches back from hurdles to fences. He’s been in great form over the smaller obstacles this season so far and we just thought it was worth sending him chasing again – that’s what we bought [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: D’Orhy looks the Pic for Nicholls at Ascot January 16, 2020 ALL EYES will be on Ascot tomorrow as Defi Du Seuil and Un De Sceaux lock horns again in the Clarence House Chase (3.35pm) after last month’s thrilling Tingle Creek at Sandown. Only a neck separated the pair that day and there shouldn’t be much between them again. Every drop of rain that falls between [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Trainer Ferraris can continue fine form with Bear Again January 14, 2020 A MAJOR feature of this season’s racing in Hong Kong has been the upturn in fortunes of trainer David Ferraris. Former four-time South African champion handler Ferraris has found it tough going in the territory over recent years, but has bounced back into the limelight this season. He has trained a dozen winners so far [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Victory looks In Hand for Highly Proactive backers January 14, 2020 GIVEN we are four months into the season, the trainers’ championship leaderboard in Hong Kong makes for surprising reading. The top three are all local handlers, while the likes of past and present champions John Moore and John Size are well off the pace. Of course, the wheels of fortune can soon change in the [...]
David Pipe on his runners across the country over the next few days January 9, 2020 MANY of you may have noticed that we haven’t had that many runners of late and have very few entered up over the coming days. The reason for that is this is the time of year we vaccinate our horses and we just give them an easy time in the immediate aftermath. It’s still been [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Do Notre fear about Pari in the Lanzarote January 9, 2020 OLLY Murphy has only been training since 2017, but he has made an excellent start to his career which followed a four year spell with Gordon Elliott in Ireland. The son of decorated bloodstock owner Aiden, he comes from the right background to succeed in this tough game although that is no guarantee of success. [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Nothing will get Bai Purton in Great George Handicap January 7, 2020 FORM students will be scratching their heads at the Great George Handicap (1.45pm) over nine furlongs. All of the 12 contestants have a chance on their best form and unfortunately luck is going to play an important part in determining the result. Five of these contenders renew old rivalries following their course and distance form [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: What A Legend can be the Star for Valley punters January 7, 2020 WITH Christmas festivities and new year celebrations out of the way, it’s back to the serious business of finding winners at Happy Valley in Hong Kong today. Having had to endure a two-week break from any action at the inner-city track over the holiday period, you can guarantee racegoers with be flocking through the turnstiles [...]
David Pipe on his runners across the country over the next few days December 19, 2019 ONLY the one runner for me today at rain-soaked Ascot where it will be hard work. I was thrilled with ISRAEL CHAMP at Cheltenham last month and he is back in action in this afternoon’s Listed bumper (3.40pm). It’s a hot-looking race and life will be tougher with a 4lb penalty to carry, but we [...]