Horse Racing Betting Tips: Min could make Altior’s life hard in bid for third Champion Chase March 12, 2019 FOR THOSE who remember the 2008 Cheltenham Festival, we are all hoping there isn’t going to be a sense of deja vu today. The forecast suggests Cheltenham is going to be battered by high winds and if they are as strong as some are saying, we could be in for a repeat of 11 years’ [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Delta will have to Work hard but can land Russell Another RSA Chase March 12, 2019 EVEN though the RSA Insurance Novices’ Chase (2.10pm) remains a tough test for a novice, it’s not quite the brutal one it used to be. There are only 12 declared runners for this afternoon’s renewal and the monster- sized fields seem to be a thing of the past. In fact, in four of the last [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Sam’s the man but have a saver on City in the opener March 12, 2019 THERE aren’t many races I’ve been looking forward to more at this year’s Cheltenham Festival than this afternoon’s opening Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle (1.30pm). The Irish have a particularly strong recent record in the contest having won six of the last 10 renewals and look to have a serious chance again with Gordon Elliott’s Battleoverdoyen. He [...]
Lalor and Kayley ready for their date with destiny March 12, 2019 EVERY year Cheltenham throws up incredible stories, but if Lalor was to win tomorrow’s Racing Post Arkle the heart strings won’t be pulled harder all week. His trainer Kayley Woollacott has endured the most difficult 14 months anyone could ever imagine. In January 2018, her husband Richard took his own life after a long battle [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Apple’s can prevent Buveur D’Air winning for a third time March 11, 2019 WHEN BUVEUR D’AIR routed the highly-regarded Samcro on his seasonal reappearance at Newcastle back in December, a third Champion Hurdle victory appeared almost inevitable. That was his 11th straight win over hurdles since switching back from chasing and the big young pretender had failed to lay a glove on him. However, the shock defeat that [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Glen a Forsa to be reckoned with as he chases Arkle glory March 11, 2019 THIS year’s renewal of the Racing Post Arkle Chase (2.10pm) has a far more wide-open look to it than we have been used to in recent seasons. Most bookmakers are struggling to find a clear favourite with four horses all battling it out to be sent off the market leader. When you consider that six [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Klassical Dream could be made for the Supreme but I’m loving Angels instead March 11, 2019 FINALLY the waiting is over. After what has been a peculiar jumps season weather-wise, the tapes are set to go up for the Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle at 1.30pm this afternoon. For the second year running, the Festival is going to start on soft ground following heavy rain in Gloucestershire over the past week [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Side with a couple of long shots in the Close Brothers March 11, 2019 ONLY two favourites have been successful in the 14 renewals of this trappy 20-runner Close Brothers Novices’ Handicap Chase (4.50pm), so tread carefully. The three Irish raiders that head the betting are all hugely respected, but I’m not in a hurry to take a single-figure price in such a wide-open looking contest. Riders Onthe Storm [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Ballyward can be another star for Mullins in the four-miler March 11, 2019 HAVING a leading amateur on board your selection in the National Hunt Novices’ Chase (5.30pm) is a huge advantage and Irishman Derek O’Connor wouldn’t be out of place in among the professional ranks. He rides leading fancy Ok Corral for Nicky Henderson and has a great record in this race having won it twice in [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Don’t be a chicken and side with Lecoq in Sandown’s Imperial Cup March 7, 2019 JUST four days to go ladies and gentlemen until the best four days of the year. It perhaps shouldn’t be surprising that given the remarkably dry winter we’ve had, a recent wet spell means that the Cheltenham Festival is likely to start on fairly soft ground. Conditions are going to be testing at Sandown Park [...]