Horse racing betting tips: DERRINROSS CAN GRIND OUT VICTORY IN ALBERT BARTLETT March 14, 2019 THIS will be the 15th running of the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle (2.50pm) and the one thing I have learnt over the years is that it tends not to go to the lightly-raced flashy types. Such a brutal test of stamina comes very early on in the career of some of these novices and the [...]
Horse racing betting tips: Presenting Percy can land the Gold Cup March 14, 2019 THERE is nothing bigger in National Hunt racing than the Magners Cheltenham Gold Cup, which is being run this year for £625,000. A gruelling race run over 3m2f with 22 fences to jump, it is the ultimate test of a National Hunt horse and the reason why any jockey, trainer or owner gets into the [...]
Horse racing betting tips: Keep close Eye on last year’s winner Prezien March 14, 2019 IF YOU haven’t backed a winner by the time the Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase (4.50pm) comes around, it may be time to draw stumps before this 20-runner two-mile cavalry charge. Finding the most likely contenders is just one part of the job as you tend to need plenty ofl uck in-running to avoid trouble. [...]
Horse racing betting tips: Skelton looks set to strike again with Ch’tibello March 14, 2019 FRIDAY at Cheltenham is probably the trickiest day of the week for punters. With three puzzling handicaps, a hunter chase and an ultra-competitive Gold Cup, winners will be hard to come by. One man with proven form on the final day of the Festival is Dan Skelton. He’s landed two of the last three renewals [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Unlikely to be a walk in the Park but Paisley can win the Stayers March 13, 2019 LIFE has not been easy for Andrew Gemmell, who has been blind since birth, but the owner of PAISLEY PARK knows how to have fun and the celebrations will be wild if his pride and joy can win today’s Sun Racing Stayers’ Hurdle. It is a wonderful story and his horse, who nearly died from [...]
David Pipe: Hoping to strike with lively outsiders March 13, 2019 THERE is nothing quite like the Cheltenham Festival and I’m excited about heading back there today with two lively outsiders. We’ll be looking after our owners in the facility we have at the course and if you join the City Syndicate you can be part of that this time next year. Look out for the [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Monalee still my Ryanair fancy but Road warrants plenty of Respect March 13, 2019 PLENTY have swerved the Ryanair Chase (2.50pm) in recent years, but this year’s renewal is one of the races of the week. Having once been considered an afterthought for those shying away from either a Champion Chase or Gold Cup challenge, it is now being targeted in its own right. The Irish, who have won [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Not deserting Kildisart but Defi worth a saver in JLT March 13, 2019 DESPITE being upgraded to Grade One status in 2014, the JLT Novices’ Chase (1.30pm) doesn’t quite yet have the same pulling power of the Arkle or the RSA Chase. The intermediary trip is attractive to those who feel they might not quite have the gears for the former or the stamina for the latter. Last [...]
Hong Kong Horse Racing Tips: Purton and Fownes hoping to be Super Lucky up in trip March 12, 2019 HARDLY a week goes by without champion jockey Zac Purton making the headlines in Hong Kong. Just a couple of weeks ago the Zac- Man had thousands of supporters screaming with delight after he produced a winning six-timer at Sha Tin, narrowly missing out on seventh after being impeded in the last race. Last Sunday, [...]
Hong Kong Horse Racing Tips: Noble can leave punters delighted at Happy Valley March 12, 2019 CHELTENHAM Festival fever may be sweeping the UK, but you can guarantee racegoers in Hong Kong will be just as excited as Happy Valley opens its doors for today’s racing. The eight-race card takes place on the ‘B’ course, and if past statistics are anything to go by, horses drawn in the inside stalls (1-2-3) [...]