Horse Racing Betting Tips: Bangkok set to pass Classic Trial April 25, 2019 IN JUST over a month’s time, the very best of this season’s three-year-old crop will assemble on Epsom Downs for the Investec Derby. Late April is therefore a time for sorting the wheat from the chaff and this afternoon’s 1m2f bet365 Classic Trial (3.00pm) may provide us with some further Derby clues. Granted, this race [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Mackaar may be the one for the red hot Varian stable April 23, 2019 TRAINER John Gosden and jockey Frankie Dettori have teamed up to win the last four renewals of the Investec Blue Riband Trial (2.45pm) and will have high hopes of making it five on the bounce this afternoon with Turgenev. The son of Dubawi looked all at sea on soft ground at Newbury on his seasonal [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Take a Shot in the Dark with Epsom specialist April 23, 2019 AFTER a long weekend of glorious sunshine, the weather is set to change with plenty of rain forecast over the coming days. The question is how much will fall at Epsom today ahead of their Investec-sponsored Derby Trial card and what effect it will have on ground currently described as Good (Good to Firm in [...]
Hong Kong Horse Racing Tips: Back Dragon to cap off a Glorious day for Tony Millard April 23, 2019 FORMER champion South African trainer Tony Millard, with 30 winners already this season, looks set for his best ever total since joining the training ranks in Hong Kong back in 2000. Millard, who saddled Rickfield to victory at Happy Valley last week, has only a couple of horses entered at the Valley, but both are [...]
Hong Kong Horse Racing Tips: Fat Turtle can cause a splash at Happy Valley April 23, 2019 HONG Kong has an abundance of top-class sprinters coming through the ranks. Champion’s Way, unbeaten in five starts and Aethero, who made a huge impression when winning on his debut, look destined to be racing in Group One company next season. As does Voyage Warrior, who broke the 55 second barrier over five furlongs last [...]
Hong Kong Horse Racing Tips: Ho set to close in on Cruz award with a Rocks victory April 17, 2019 IT WAS good to see local jockey Vincent Ho finally lose his claim, when riding his 250th winner, aboard Lucky Hero, at Sha Tin on Sunday. Ho became an apprentice back in 2009/10, but it’s only in the last couple of seasons that the 28-yearold has really improved his jockeyship skills, and can now hold [...]
Hong Kong Horse Racing Tips: Ka Ying can Star for Cruz and Co at Happy Valley April 17, 2019 LEGENDARY trainer Tony Cruz will be licking his lips in anticipation when he arrives at Happy Valley this afternoon. The former six-time HK champion jockey and dual champion trainer is an iconic figure within racing circles, and undoubtedly one of the most popular figures on the race-track. Cruz, who currently lies fourth in the trainers’ [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Ireland can plunder another National with Crosshue Boy April 11, 2019 TIGER Roll’s win at Aintree on Saturday will live long in the memory for anyone who was at the track. He is one of the most incredible horses of all time, winning a Triumph Hurdle, a four-miler, two Cross Country Chases and now two Grand Nationals. He has become the people’s horse and even though [...]
Golf Betting Tips: Hoffman fancied to make lightning fast start once again April 10, 2019 AWAY from the outright market, a couple of bets stand out. CHARLEY HOFFMAN might not be one of the most well-known players in the eyes of the golfing public, but he’s fast achieving such status in the eyes of Masters’ first-round-leader punters. Since 2015, Hoffman is a combined 16-under-par through his opening rounds at Augusta, [...]
Golf Betting Tips: Rose, Oosthuizen and Woods set to master Augusta April 10, 2019 HORSE racing fans have the Cheltenham Festival, tennis fans have Wimbledon and for golf fans, it’s The Masters. The four days produce moments that replay in fans’ memories over and over again – and that’s what makes the tournament so special. Whether it was Tiger Woods’ chip from the back of the 16th green in [...]