Hong Kong Betting Tips: Former champ Moreira can be King once again September 17, 2019 JOAO the ‘Magic Man’ Moreira looks the jockey to follow when racing resumes at Happy Valley in Hong Kong this afternoon. The Brazilian ace sent his thousands of supporters home happy from the inner-city track last week when landing a treble and it could be a similar scenario, or maybe even better, with a full [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Punters ready for A Momentofmadness in the Portland September 13, 2019 SINCE its establishment in 1885, the William Hill Portland Handicap (1.50pm) has only seen four back-to-back winners, with Halmahera incredibly winning the race three years on the bounce from 2002 to 2004. Such a paucity of multiple winners of the 5½f contest shows just how hard it is to win it again, but I’m hoping [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Gosden’s dashing grey will light up Leger day September 12, 2019 RACING folklore states, ‘the fastest horse wins the Guineas; the luckiest the Derby – and the best horse wins the St Leger.’ There’s absolutely no chance LOGICIAN, the leading fancy for tomorrow afternoon’s William Hill St Leger (3.35pm), would have had the speed to land a Guineas over a mile, while the John Gosden-trained son [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Farzeen may be favourite but I’m loving Angel’s instead September 12, 2019 APART from the 14 runners in the opening Japan Racing Association Sceptre Stakes (2.10pm) at Doncaster this afternoon, the unseasonably fast ground means small field sizes. In four of the remaining seven races there are only six runners, while the Listed Flying Scotsman Stakes (4.20pm) is set to be contested by just five. Anyway, kicking [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Atzeni will put punters in fine Spirits at Donny again September 11, 2019 IT IS not the same as York but nearby Doncaster has its own charms, particularly during the four-day William Hill St Leger Festival. The highlight of the meeting, the world’s oldest Classic on Saturday, could have a big impact on the destination of the trainers’ title with John Gosden and Aidan O’Brien battling it out. [...]
Hong Kong Betting Tips: Tycoon to kick start Lor’s Mission for the trainers’ title September 10, 2019 THE beginning of a racing season is always a tough nut to crack for bettors, with so many imponderables to consider. After a six-week break due to the stifling heat in July and August, punters have to consider whether a horse is fit enough on his comeback run, has improved during the close season and [...]
Hong Kong Betting Tips: Moreira’s mount looks the Perfect Play at the Valley September 10, 2019 RACING returns to Happy Valley for the first time this season as an eight-race card takes centre stage this afternoon. Hong Kong may be suffering its own internal problems at present, but that hasn’t stopped racegoers flocking to Sha Tin for the last two Sundays in the hope of winning ‘lucky money’. In fact, the [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Spanish City and Arbalet have Cunard Handicap claims September 5, 2019 RACING and food take centre stage at Ascot tomorrow with the course’s two-day Italian Tourist Board Festival of Food and Wine Weekend – and the prosecco corks will be popping if punters can find a winner or two. The big betting race of the day is the Cunard Handicap (2.45pm), which Ripp Orf won 12 [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Haydock rain means Dreams can come true for Sir Michael September 5, 2019 DESPITE the fact that jockey Frankie Dettori is only a few months away from his 49th birthday, he appears to be in the best form of his career. The evergreen Italian steered Enable to an effortless victory in the Yorkshire Oaks a couple of weeks ago, which was also his 14th Group One success of [...]
Magic jockeys and horses of a Generation August 29, 2019 RACING in Hong Kong is back in the limelight in the early hours of Sunday morning, when the first meeting of the 2019/20 season gets under way at Sha Tin. Hong Kong may be suffering its own personal problems at present, but that won’t stop thousands of local racing enthusiasts descending on the territory’s premier [...]