Horse Racing Betting Tips: Presidential can trump his rivals in the Victoria Cup May 9, 2019 ON A very busy afternoon of racing, Ascot hosts a decent card where the highlight is the Tote Victoria Cup (4.00pm). This is the first of a number of big seven furlong handicaps at the Berkshire course during the Flat season and last year’s winner Ripp Orf is back to defend his crown. David Elsworth’s [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Back Francais to throw his Cap in the Derby ring May 9, 2019 PREPARING a horse for Epsom is difficult to say the least. The tight left-turning and undulating track is unique, and many horses, no matter how good, simply do not act on it. Tomorrow’s Racebets Lingfield Derby Trial (2.30pm) gives trainers a chance to overcome part of that fear by testing their Classic hopes over something [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Cleonte can strike again for Balding in the Chester Cup May 9, 2019 LOOKING at the previous winners of this afternoon’s SportPesa Chester Cup (3.35pm) and there is one surprising omission from the list of successful trainers. Mark Johnston, who last season became the most successful trainer in British racing history when he saddled his 4194th career victory, does not appear on the roll of honour. Yet, that [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Fox looks fantastic bet against O’Brien pair in the Dee Stakes May 8, 2019 WHEN Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, the billionaire Leicester City chairman and racehorse owner, was tragically killed in a helicopter crash last October, his son Aiyawatt pledged to continue with his father’s visions. Away from football, one of those dreams was to expand his passionate horseracing ownership interests under the King Power umbrella and to nurture an exciting [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Kew Gardens set to bloom in Ormonde May 8, 2019 CLASS is class and those oozing it tend to come to the fore in Chester’s Group Three Boodles Diamond Ormonde Stakes (3.35pm). That was certainly the case 12 months ago when Idaho comfortably saw off inferior opposition to give Aidan O’Brien his fourth win in the race. He had been running in international Group Ones [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Don’t be a Fool and stick with Fahey’s in the opener May 8, 2019 THERE really is nothing quite like Chester, although the track most similar to it is probably Happy Valley in Hong Kong. Like with Happy Valley, it is the races over five and six furlongs where the draw is the most important. In today’s opening Gateley PLC Handicap (1.50pm), the last seven winners have all burst [...]
Hong Kong Horse Racing Tips: Impressive Vincent Ho on track to bag Fame And Fortune May 7, 2019 YOUNG jockey Vincent Ho is riding on the crest of a wave at present. Another big win on Ho Ho Feel in a Group Three contest at Sha Tin last Sunday cemented his position as the leading local rider in Hong Kong. Currently lying fourth in the jockeys’ table with a personal best 43 winners [...]
Hong Kong Horse Racing Tips: Lor can continue to Bloom in the dirt at Sha Tin May 7, 2019 SHA TIN hosts a competitive eight-race card on the all-weather surface this afternoon. Locals are always wary of a track bias when racing takes place on the dirt, and it’s easy to understand why. For instance, early last month, there was an eight-race meeting on dirt, where all the races were won by horses that [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Chapelli can give Norton yet another Roodee winner May 7, 2019 WHEN you think about jockeys at Chester, there is only one man’s name that springs to mind. Franny Norton has become synonymous with riding winners around the Roodee, with a record 45 wins. Unsurprisingly, the veteran has plenty of rides on today’s card, but he may have to wait until his final one to be [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Go with Gosden and Dettori to strike again in Cheshire Oaks May 7, 2019 IT IS not just the Chester Vase that Aidan O’Brien has a great record in, he has had his fair share of success in this afternoon’s Arkle Finance Cheshire Oaks (2.25pm) as well. A total of six wins, including three of the last four, means he is now just one away from Barry Hills who [...]