Horseracing: David Pipe’s City AM Column December 20, 2018 AS THIS is my last column of the year there is plenty to cover off. I’m looking forward to seeing EDEN DU HOUX back in action at Ascot (3.40pm) this afternoon. This looks a hot bumper, but he did the job nicely at Plumpton earlier in the month and we like him a lot. The [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Baie and Blue boost Ireland’s bid for Welsh National repeat December 20, 2018 THERE is always a feast of racing on both sides of the Irish Sea over Christmas and while not many horses from Britain will be travelling over to the Emerald Isle, the Irish could plunder one of our biggest prizes for the second year running. Thursday’s Coral Welsh Grand National (2.50pm) at Chepstow is always [...]
Hong Kong Horse Racing Tips: Hearts Keeper can make most of a good draw for Wong December 18, 2018 Champion trainer John Size and Joao Moreira team up with the steadily-improving Nice Kick in the 12.45pm over six furlongs. You can guarantee their partnership will be heavily punted on, as the trainer/jockey combination has already delivered five winners in the past 10 days. Nice Kick produced an encouraging run when a staying-on fifth behind [...]
Hong Kong Horse Racing Tips: Sha Tin bettors can Marvel at Joy of Magic Man Moreira December 18, 2018 RACING in Hong Kong reverts to the all-weather track at Sha Tin this afternoon, which doesn’t make it easy for bettors looking to win some extra Christmas cash. The unpredictability of the all-weather track has been mentioned in this column on numerous occasions. When the humidity gets into the surface, it either suits horses that [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Rather Be with Cepage at the prices in Caspian Caviar December 13, 2018 LAST month’s BetVictor Gold Cup was a dramatic race to say the least. Gary Moore’s Baron Alco was out in front avoiding all the carnage in behind and he now tries to follow up in tomorrow’s Caspian Caviar Gold Cup (1.55pm). This is not an easy double to pull off, with Exotic Dancer the last [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: First time looks the right time to catch O O Seven December 13, 2018 THERE is a danger of sounding like a scratched record every week, but second guessing trainers’ running plans for tomorrow ahead of this morning’s declaration stage isn’t easy. The feature race on the Cheltenham card is the Grade Two Unibet International Hurdle (3.05pm) which had been earmarked as the target reappearance race for Willie Mullins’ [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Home Is Where The Heart Is For Bolger December 13, 2018 SOME people aren’t fans of Cheltenham’s Cross Country races, but I love them as they provide a completely different experience and they’re always good betting heats. This afternoon’s £35,000 Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase (3.05pm) is the concluding leg of the Crystal Cup European Cross Country Challenge. The 10-race series takes in many of Europe’s [...]
Horseracing: David Pipe on his weekend runners and looking ahead to the Welsh National December 13, 2018 AT THIS stage, it doesn’t look like I’m going to have a runner at Cheltenham over the next couple of days, but I will be running a few on Sunday. The feature race tomorrow is the Caspian Caviar Gold Cup and I see no reason why Baron Alco cannot win again. He was hugely impressive [...]
Hong Kong horse racing tips: Gentle Breeze enough for Poon to blow rivals away December 11, 2018 CROWDS in Hong Kong will be overjoyed to see their favourite man Joao Moreira back in action in Hong Kong, especially with expensive Christmas festivities coming up. The Magic Man returns to the city after a three-month absence in Japan and will ride primarily as stable jockey for champion trainer John Size till the end [...]
Hong Kong horse racing tips: Complacency not an issue for Teetan at Happy Valley December 11, 2018 SHA TIN racecourse can rightly be proud of the show it put on for the Longines Hong Kong International Races, with millions of viewers combined watching at the track or on television. Not only did organisers provide top-class entertainment for the 97,000 visitors, they also excelled with high-end facilities of which any country would have been [...]