Hong Kong Racing Tips: Royal Racer looks another winner for King of the Valley November 6, 2019 IT’S WORTH paying particular attention to Caspar Fownes’ horses at present. The three-time champion trainer suffered a frustrating start to the season, but is now firing on all cylinders with seven winners and 25 placed horses from his last 61 runners. Highlights in those victories have included Southern Legend winning the main event at Sha [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Mehboob can be Chadwick’s sprint Darling November 6, 2019 FORMER HK champion apprentice Matthew Chadwick could be the jockey to follow when racing resumes at Happy Valley later this morning. Like most of the local jockeys riding in Hong Kong, Chadwick has found it hard to compete against the likes of Joao Moreira and Zac Purton, who continued to dominate the racing scene. An [...]
Rugby Betting Tips: Ford and Farrell to steer the chariot home October 31, 2019 EDDIE Jones said from the start of his appointment as England head coach in 2015 to judge him on how his side perform at the 2019 World Cup. It is fair to say he’s been a success, with his team just 80 minutes away from their second Webb Ellis Cup. The Red Rose have been [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Moore’s Chefano to give Purton a much needed Valley winner October 29, 2019 YOU CAN guarantee that reigning champion jockey Zac Purton is walking around like a bear with a sore head at the moment. The 36-year-old, who carried all before him in Hong Kong last season, is currently finding it hard to know where the next winner is coming from, with the gods of fortune having turned [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Size’s improver can be Shining Ace for Rispoli October 29, 2019 RACING returns to Happy Valley for an exciting and highly competitive eight-race card after fans witnessed another masterclass from Joao Moreira at Sha Tin on Sunday. A treble on the dirt means the ‘Magic Man’ continues to hog the headlines in the territory and he now leads the jockeys’ title race by 10 from last [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Just back Harry Fry’s fresh chaser to Sting the bookies October 24, 2019 JUMP racing fans are in for a real treat this weekend as Cheltenham stages its first meeting of the season over the next two days. Nigel Twiston-Davies has started the new campaign in good form and looks to hold rock solid chances this afternoon with both Al Dancer (2.35pm) and Wholestone (3.45pm). Both should take [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Warrior can battle his way to shock victory October 24, 2019 WITH the word ‘heavy’ already featuring in the going description at Newbury and plenty of rain on the way, conditions are set to be tough for tomorrow’s Group Three Cancom Stakes (2.50pm). That won’t be music to the ears of trainer Ralph Beckett who has declared the very exciting Kinross. The son of Kingman created [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Rain the biggest threat to Mogul’s Vertem Futurity Trophy challenge October 24, 2019 TRAINER Aidan O’Brien has won the last two renewals of tomorrow’s Vertem Futurity Trophy (3.25pm) at Doncaster and was responsible for an astonishing 11 of the 12 entries at Monday’s five-day declaration stage. The master of Ballydoyle has whittled that challenge down to just five now with only Andrew Balding’s Kameko standing his ground against [...]
Rugby Betting Tips: Jonny May come good in All Blacks clash October 24, 2019 ENGLAND’S last triumph over New Zealand came down to a minor scoring oversight and an emphatic super over in the Cricket World Cup, and another nail-biting clash between the two nations is expected tomorrow. Rugby union is the game this time around, a sport in which New Zealand have dominated like no other, and many [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Speedy to keep Yiu’s Luck going in Valley feature October 22, 2019 HAPPY Valley in Hong Kong hosts a nine-race card this afternoon and punters should be aware that racing takes place on the infamous C+3 track. Width-wise, this is the narrowest of the seven tracks at the Valley, with the distance from rail to rail measuring only 19.5 metres. With one or two exceptions, this is [...]