Hong Kong Horse Racing Tips: Precious Sweetie can prove to be a treat for punters April 30, 2019 RACING takes place on the dreaded Happy Valley ‘ C+3’ course today. The inner-city venue has seven different tracks, with the rails moved from meeting to meeting. With racing taking place weekly throughout the season, this allows the grass to grow normally without too much wear on each track. The C+3 course is the tightest [...]
Hong Kong Horse Racing Tips: Uncle Steve out to impress for connections at Sha Tin April 25, 2019 TRAINER John Moore and jockey Zac Purton have been one of the most successful partnerships in Hong Kong this season. The duo have combined 38 times, with an impressive record of 15 wins and eight places, and look certain to improve that tally at Sha Tin on Sunday. Beauty Generation looks an obvious winner for [...]
Hong Kong Horse Racing Tips: Santa to make Christmas come early for punters April 25, 2019 EARLY risers will be rewarded with a fantastic card of racing on Sunday morning as Sha Tin hosts FWD Champions Day. There is almost £7 million and three Group Ones up for grabs and the headline act will be Beauty Generation, rated the joint-best racehorse on the planet, when seeking his ninth successive victory in [...]
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 [...]