Football Betting Tips: Spurs to cement top-four spot with a Hammers win April 25, 2019 TOTTENHAM will have one eye on next week’s Champions League semi-final against Ajax, but first they must see off West Ham this weekend to go one step closer to securing a top-four spot. Mauricio Pochettino’s men sit third in the table, ahead of Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal, and it would be a surprise to [...]
Football Betting Tips: Expect United and Chelsea to continue their failure to fire April 25, 2019 LIVERPOOL fans were worried Manchester United’s players wouldn’t play to their best ability against Manchester City on Wednesday night in a bid to stop their fierce rivals winning the title. But that couldn’t have been further from the truth, with a determined United side getting stuck in early on at Old Trafford and the fans [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Man to give Frost an end of season Present April 25, 2019 AS WE draw the curtain on another National Hunt season, there have been a number of memorable moments. One of those was certainly Altior’s world record-equalling 18th straight win in the Queen Mother Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival. Nicky Henderson’s superstar is a once in a lifetime horse and we are lucky to have [...]
Horse Racing: David Pipe’s Column April 25, 2019 THIS season comes to an end at Sandown tomorrow where I'm hoping for a bit more rain for RATHLIN ROSE in the bet365 Gold Cup (3.35pm). There is bits and bobs forecast, but whether that's a sufficient amount to help him enough remains to be seen. He actually ran a good deal better than his [...]
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 [...]