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 [...]
Hong Kong Horse Racing Tips: Chaparral set to Star for frustrated punters October 17, 2018 NEWS that former three-time Hong Kong champion jockey Joao Moreira could return to the city in December, after failing to secure a full-time licence in Japan, will be music to the ears of presently disgruntled, gambling- mad racing fans. Racing fanatics, from market street traders and taxi drivers to professional gamblers, are having a tough [...]
Hong Kong Horse Racing Tips: Amazing Satchmo can turn the tables on rival Red Warrior October 17, 2018 BETTORS will be licking their lips and clutching their wallets in anticipation for the return of John Size to Happy Valley this afternoon with his classy and highly progressive three-year-olds, Red Warrior and Country Star. Both lined up at the Valley three weeks ago and demolished their opposition with clear-cut victories and will be strongly [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Baritone looks pitch perfect in Old Rowley October 11, 2018 NEWMARKET’S two-day Dubai Future Champions Festival is a precursor to next week’s QIPCO British Champions Day at Ascot. The juveniles are the stars of the show, but for most punters the big betting race of the day is the valuable Old Rowley Cup (4.10pm). This 1m4f handicap for three-year-olds is an interesting race, particularly with [...]