Hong Kong Racing Tips: Wellington has the boot to see off handicap rivals at Sha Tin March 19, 2020 GOLDEN Sixty and company may be taking centre-stage in the Hong Kong Derby on Sunday, but there are potentially one or two future superstars lining-up as the supporting cast on the 10-race card. The Richard Gibson-trained WELLINGTON has looked a Group sprinter in the making following two impressive wins since arriving in HK last October. Last month’s victory, [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Wong can Thunder his way to another comeback victory March 17, 2020 UNDOUBTEDLY one of the feel-good stories in Hong Kong over the past month has been the return to the jockey ranks of young claimer Victor Wong. Wong suffered a freak track-work accident in May of last year and it was touch-and-go whether he would return to normal life, never mind riding racehorses again. It took [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Victory looks In Hand for Lui’s runner March 17, 2020 RISING star Vincent Ho will surely be looking for a confidence booster when he goes out to ride at Happy Valley today. The 29-year-old, who has a ride in all of the eight races, is going to find himself under increasing pressure in the days ahead leading up to the local sporting highlight of the [...]
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 [...]