Horse Racing Betting Tips: Just Step Back and leave Sandown handicap to the Pro December 5, 2019 GIVEN the likes of Brain Power and Lil Rockerfeller have won the Jumeirah Hotels And Resorts December Handicap Hurdle (2.25pm) in the past, it clearly takes a pretty smart sort to win it. I’m hoping that horse might be Dan Skelton’s PROTEKTORAT who made a promising return to action last time where he was just [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Clouds can Kick rivals into Touch at Aintree December 5, 2019 BILLIONAIRE businessman and major owner Trevor Hemmings loves to have winners at Aintree, but there is one race that matters more to him than any other. Hedgehunter, Ballabriggs and Many Clouds have given him three memorable Grand National victories and you get the feeling he has always thought VINTAGE CLOUDS might be the next. Sue [...]
David Pipe on his runners across the country over the next few days December 5, 2019 WE’RE HOPING VIEUX LION ROUGE can run another big race at Aintree tomorrow in the Becher Chase (1.30pm). He’s got a pretty formidable record over the big National fences and comes into this in good form having won a veterans’ race before being given a nice spin over hurdles last time. Tom [Scudamore] schooled him [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Former UK Rocket can card Glorious Happy Valley victory December 3, 2019 PERHAPS one of the best things about racing in Hong Kong is the competitive nature of their handicaps. Such is the ratings system with only around 1,300 racehorses in the territory, it’s unusual to find wide margin winners during the season. A horse that has bucked the trend and has already been mentioned elsewhere is [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: G Unit is worth 50 Cent in IJC opener December 3, 2019 HORSE racing fans from around the globe will have their eyes firmly focused on Happy Valley in Hong Kong today when the LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship (IJC) takes centre stage. An all-star cast of some of the world’s best jockeys including Frankie Dettori, Ryan Moore, Silvestre de Sousa, Oisin Murphy and local heroes Zac Purton [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: West and Conditional the right Approach in big one November 28, 2019 SOME of racing’s brightest stars have lifted the Ladbrokes Trophy (3.00pm). Arkle, One Man and Denman have all had their names etched on to the roll of honour of Newbury’s greatest race. Dorset trainer Colin Tizzard has won this prize twice in the last three years with subsequent Gold Cup hero Native River and Sizing [...]
David Pipe on his Newbury runners over the next couple of days November 28, 2019 WE RUN DAKLONDIKE in the Ladbrokes Trophy Chase (3.00pm) at Newbury tomorrow and despite the fact it probably won’t be soft enough for him, I think he may be overpriced. He is talented, but very quirky, and prepped for this with a really nice run over hurdles earlier in the month. Scu (Tom Scudamore) schooled [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Roland to be crowned the King for Harry Fry November 28, 2019 NEWBURY’S Ladbrokes Winter Festival continues to go from strength to strength as a two rather than three day meeting. The quality is now higher across the board and many will be turning up at the Berkshire track just to catch a glimpse of Paisley Park in today’s Ladbrokes Long Distance Hurdle (3.00pm). Emma Lavelle’s superstar [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Cot Campbell to give Millard a welcome Happy Valley winner November 26, 2019 TRAINER Tony Millard will be hoping for a change of fortune at Happy Valley today following a number of near misses recently. Millard sends four runners to the city track and is capable of coming away with a winning double. When the former South African champion trainer teams up with leading jockey Joao Moreira it’s [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Trooper can take Jumbo Prize for in-form Ricky Yiu November 26, 2019 IN-FORM Ricky Yiu looks to be the trainer to follow when racing resumes at Happy Valley in Hong Kong today. Yiu is in the middle of a purple patch, with two winning trebles at the Valley and Sha Tin in the past week, rocketing him to the head of the trainer’s leaderboard with 20 winners. [...]