Horse racing betting tips: The cap will fit perfectly for Fry in Stayers Hurdle April 4, 2019 WHILE the majority of the country will only care about the Grand National from a racing perspective, punters will be just as interested in the undercard. The second biggest race of the day is the Ryanair Stayers Hurdle (3.40pm), where Apple’s Jade will try to bounce back from a disappointing performance in last month’s Champion [...]
Horse racing betting tips: Rathvinden looks the one to tame the Tiger April 4, 2019 WHO IS the most likely winner of tomorrow’s Randox Health Grand National (5.15pm)? The answer is without doubt TIGER ROLL. The question is whether you are prepared to take 7/2 about a horse in a 40- runner race with 30 monster fences. Plenty will be put off by those skinny odds, but the reality is [...]
Horse racing betting tips: Politiologue and Brio Conti can make it a Magic day for Nicholls April 4, 2019 THERE is a real sense of déjà vu when it comes to the JLT Chase (3.25pm) with the first two home from last year's renewal back for another crack. The Paul Nicholls-trained POLITOLOGUE bounced back from defeat behind Altior at Cheltenham to outstay Min and land this Grade One prize. Plenty of water has passed [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Big fan of George’s Du Seuil in hot four-year-old hurdle April 3, 2019 WITH Band Of Outlaws and Pentland Hills both lining up in today’s Grade One Doom Bar Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle (2.20pm), this race appears to be a straight match-up between the two. The bookies are struggling to split this year’s Fred Winter and Triumph Hurdle winners at around 6/4, and if they both reproduce their [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: La Bague Au Roi can put her Manifesto rivals to the sword April 3, 2019 IT REALLY was such a brave decision to bypass this year’s Cheltenham Festival with LA BAGUE AU ROI and her connections deserve to be rewarded in this afternoon’s Devenish Manifesto Novices’ Chase (1.45pm). Warren Greatrex’s eight-year-old mare has arguably been the star of the novice chasing division so far this campaign, rattling off four straight [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: All I’m asking is for a little Respect in Betway Bowl April 3, 2019 ASK ANYBODY on the street to name one horse race and you can be pretty sure the vast majority will say the Grand National. There is no race quite like it, but Aintree have done a great job to make the rest of the Randox Health Grand National Festival so popular. Fun is the name [...]
David Pipe looks at the chances of his Aintree team April 3, 2019 WE said goodbye to a couple of our stable stars earlier this week when we retired former Cheltenham Festival winners Un Temps Pour Tout and Moon Racer. Both had terrific careers and we wish them a long and happy retirement. Hopefully we can find suitable replacements for them and here’s hoping our City Syndicate recruits [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Supasundae the each-way play against Buveur April 3, 2019 AS LONG as he is none the worse for his early fall in last month’s Unibet Champion Hurdle, Buveur D’Air should take all the beating in this afternoon’s Betway Aintree Hurdle (3.25pm). It was the first time in 21 starts under rules that Nicky Henderson’s eight-year-old has ended up on the floor and I suppose [...]
Hong Kong Horse Racing Tips: Ping Hai can offer his backers some Treasure at Sha Tin April 2, 2019 SUPPORTERS of ‘Magic Man’ Joao Moreira breathed a huge sigh of relief last Sunday at Sha Tin when their hero was back to his imperious best with a winning treble. There have been mutterings of discontent among the locals about the former two-time champion jockey recently, with the Brazilian getting beat on a number of [...]
Hong Kong Horse Racing Tips: Back Very Sweet Orange to have the juice to win April 2, 2019 RACING switches to the dirt track at Sha Tin today as racegoers are treated to a highly competitive eight-race card. Dirt racing in Hong Kong is always looked upon suspiciously by regulars because of the number of imponderables. Important factors such as a track bias or challenging in the centre of the track must be [...]