Hong Kong Horse Racing Tips: Elusive State out to bag the hat-trick for Sha Tin punters October 30, 2018 FORMER South African champion trainer Tony Millard has made his best ever start in Hong Kong since joining the trainer ranks back in 2000. With 13 winners already on the board, and currently joint leader in the trainers’ title race, he is on fire. He saddles four runners at Sha Tin this afternoon and all [...]
Hong Kong Horse Racing Tips: Borntoachieve looks set to roll back the years October 30, 2018 BETTORS in Hong Kong can look forward to an afternoon of entertainment on the all-weather track at Sha Tin today. Dirt racing under floodlights can pose numerous problems when trying to find winners, especially with the temperature likely to be in the mid-to-high twenties, but humidity is low for this time of year. How much [...]
Horseracing: David Pipe’s City AM column October 25, 2018 I AM delighted to be writing my first column in City AM today as the jumps season really starts to get going at Cheltenham this afternoon. Frustratingly, we don’t have any runners today as we haven’t got that winter ground yet. Cheltenham can’t be blamed, and they have done an excellent job producing the good, [...]
Horse racing betting tips: Excellent jumper Martre set for Big things this season October 25, 2018 TODAY is the day National Hunt enthusiasts have been waiting for since April, Cheltenham’s first fixture of the new season. The two-day Showcase meeting has become increasingly popular in recent years, with a nice spread of competitive handicaps and decent novice events. This afternoon’s action looks very competitive, so I’m going to focus on tomorrow’s [...]
Horse racing betting tips: Magna Grecia looks a great bet to give O’Brien his ninth Futurity October 25, 2018 TRADITIONALISTS will keep calling it the Racing Post Trophy for a while, but tomorrow sees Doncaster’s one mile Group One contest run for the first time as the Vertem Futurity Trophy (4.05pm). Some top class horses have won it over the years and last year’s renewal produced an incredible finish with Saxon Warrior just denying [...]
Hong Kong Horse Racing Tips: Purton out to electrify Happy Valley punters with Raichu October 23, 2018 IT’S A rare occurrence in Hong Kong racing when a jockey is retained by a stable. Trainer John Moore has done it twice in recent times while the mooted return of Joao Moreira as stable jockey for John Size in December will be another rare association. With no jockeys’ agents allowed in Hong Kong, unless [...]
Hong Kong Horse Racing Tips: Mauritian magician Teetan can Blitz to glory for connections October 23, 2018 REGULAR Hong Kong punters face a headache when racing resumes at Happy Valley this afternoon. It’s tough enough trying to find winners around this sharp and turning circuit, but when racing takes place on the notorious ‘C+3’ track, which is just wide enough to get a dozen starting stalls across the course, luck is going [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Back Cracksman for repeat Champion Stakes success October 18, 2018 ASCOT once again stages QIPCO British Champions Day tomorrow which now marks the end of the British Flat racing season. The race to be crowned Stobart Champion Jockey was in truth over months ago with Silvestre de Sousa well clear in his pursuit of a third title. John Gosden is all set to bag the [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Coronet to upset stablemate and take fillies’ crown October 18, 2018 TRAINER John Gosden has dominated the current Flat season and it would be no surprise if that trend continues at Ascot tomorrow. His Ascot Gold Cup winner Stradivarius is the odds-on favourite to land the opening QIPCO British Champions Long Distance Cup (1.25pm) and win his fifth successive race of the campaign. The likelihood is [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Flaming Spear could prove too hot for Balmoral rivals October 18, 2018 ANYONE who witnessed Raising Sand win a valuable soft ground Ascot handicap earlier this month will more than likely think that they saw the Balmoral Handicap (4.30pm) winner in action. The truth is that they are right, but in my opinion, it is not Raising Sand but the horse that finished fifth behind him that [...]