Hong Kong Horse Racing Tips: Debutant Loving A Boom out to reignite Gibson’s season February 19, 2019 RESULTS haven’t quite gone according to plan for trainer Richard Gibson this season. Gibson, who used to train in France, was full of enthusiasm and hope that he had a stable full of horses that would reignite his career back to those heady days when multiple Group One winners Akeed Mofeed and Gold-Fun were carrying [...]
Hong Kong Horse Racing Tips: Khaki can leave rivals green with envy at the Valley February 19, 2019 ZAC PURTON will be the go-to jockey for thousands of passionate racing fans when they pass through the turnstiles at Happy Valley this afternoon. Champion jockey Purton is riding on a crest of a wave. Six winners from his past 19 rides, including two masterclasses aboard the world’s best miler Beauty Generation and Exultant in [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Jefferson has been Waiting Patiently to unleash her aeroplane February 14, 2019 WHAT a strange week that was. Last Thursday racing was suspended due to the equine influenza outbreak and there were concerns that next month’s Cheltenham Festival could be in trouble. Thankfully the show is now back on the road and we’re blessed with a proper Super Saturday tomorrow. The ITV4 cameras will be showing action [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Monalee all set for first Festival glory in Ryanair February 14, 2019 THOSE of you with long memories will remember that I recommended backing Henry De Bromhead’s MONALEE at fancy ante-post prices for the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle back in 2017. Everything looked to be going swimmingly rounding the home turn as the favourite Death Duty started to tread water and when Monalee took over coming down [...]
Horse Racing Preview: David Pipe looks at his chances this weekend February 14, 2019 WHAT a strange week we have had with the whole equine influenza saga. I’m glad that common sense has prevailed, and we are now back racing. We vaccinated all of ours last month and routinely take temperatures twice a day, so it hasn’t really affected us much. All our staff have been taking extra care [...]
Hong Kong Horse Racing Tips: Jockey Purton bidding to soar to victory on Happy Dragon February 12, 2019 IF YOU asked the majority of formbook students who the unluckiest horse in Hong Kong is, most would plump for the John Moore-trained Happy Warrior. In his last three races he has cost punters a fortune. He has either been impeded, caught racing wide with no cover, or blocked when delivering a challenge. The likes [...]
Hong Kong Horse Racing Tips: De Sousa to get fine tune out of Music Addition February 12, 2019 RACING returns to Happy Valley this afternoon following a two-week break at the inner city track. A lot has happened in racing over the last fortnight. More than 100,000 boisterous racing fans bounded through the turnstiles for the Chinese New Year meeting at Sha Tin last week, betting an astronomical £170 million across the card. [...]
Horse racing betting tips: Sir Erec can take Juvenile with a Spring in his step January 31, 2019 ALL EYES are on the weather this evening ahead of Saturday's Dublin Racing Festival at Leopardstown. The two-day meeting, now in its second year, features eight Grade One races in what promises to be a mouth-watering weekend of action if the frost stays away. Saturday's feature is the Irish Champion Hurdle (1.25pm) which looks at [...]
Horse racing preview: David Pipe looks at his chances this weekend January 31, 2019 IF THE forecast is to be believed, by the time you read this the snow will have hit us down in the West Country. The team are ready for it and will work through the night to ensure we keep the show on the road. Worst case scenario, and if things get really bad, we [...]
Horse racing betting tips: Casko D’Airy to reward patience of connections in Heroes Handicap January 31, 2019 SNOW is due to have arrived overnight and if the weather forecasters are right, Sandown’s card is unlikely to go ahead on Saturday. We can never rely on the weather, though, so let’s hope they’re wrong and that it warms up a bit to get the meeting on. Hot Champion Hurdle favourite Buveur D’Air is [...]