Horse racing betting tips: Politologue can carry on where he left off November 22, 2018 LAST season’s Tingle Creek winner POLITOLOGUE should prove hard to beat when he reappears in the Christy 1965 Chase (2.05pm). There’s no Altior in this field to outclass the seven-year-old who looked to relish the step up to 2m4f at Aintree in the Melling Chase. Connections have mentioned possible tilts at the King George [...]
Horse racing betting tips: Play it again Sam to give Gordon fifth straight Troytown November 22, 2018 SOME races mean more to trainers than others and Sunday’s Ladbrokes Troytown Handicap Chase (2.30pm) at Navan is always one of those near the top of Gordon Elliott’s wishlist. He won his local race for the first time in 2014, landing a monster gamble with Balbriggan, and he has held on to the prize ever [...]
Horse racing betting tips: Back Minella to Bolt up in Berkshire November 22, 2018 PUNTERS will be rummaging through the racecard at Ascot on Friday in the hope of finding a few nice bets, but few will be drawn to trainer David Rees, who has a very good chance in the 2m5f handicap chase (2.40pm). The Welsh handler, who has just a handful of horses in training, somewhat slips [...]
Horse racing betting tips: Might have first Bite of million pound bonus November 22, 2018 IT COMES thick and fast at this time of year. Cheltenham whetted the appetite for the season ahead last weekend, the Betfair Chase (3.00pm) is Saturday's highlight, it’s then on to Newbury for the Ladbrokes Trophy, before Sandown hosts the Tingle Creek. It’s a feast of jump racing that never disappoints and the Jockey Club [...]
Horse racing betting tips: Whyte looks Happy to roll back the years on Dragon November 20, 2018 THIS afternoon’s Happy Valley racecard is the final chance for local jockeys to join the elite band of race-riders, including Ryan Moore, Hugh Bowman and US-based Javier Castellano, who compete in the International Jockeys’ Challenge at Happy Valley next month. With Zac Purton, Karis Teetan, and Vincent Ho having already qualified for the event, there [...]
Horse racing betting tips: Magic Success can help jockey Zac Purton get back to his best November 20, 2018 IT IS safe to say results at Happy Valley haven’t gone according to plan since the season started in September. Professional bettors and gambling-mad locals have suffered a torrid time, with short-priced favourites getting turned over on a regular basis and long-shots lighting up the Tote win dividend on numerous occasions. Take last Wednesday for [...]
Horse racing betting tips: Mister Whitaker looks all Gold back at Cheltenham November 15, 2018 EVEN though it supposedly kicked-off last month, the real start of the National Hunt season for many is at Cheltenham this weekend. The feature race of their three-day November meeting is tomorrow’s BetVictor Gold Cup (2.25pm) which looks as competitive as ever. A maximum field of 20 were declared yesterday, with the weights headed by [...]
Horse racing betting: David Pipe on his Cheltenham team this weekend November 15, 2018 WE HAVE historically had plenty of success at Cheltenham’s November Meeting and I was delighted that both of ours got into tomorrow’s BetVictor Gold Cup (2.25pm). I’m really looking forward to seeing KING’S SOCKS back in action as this has been the plan for some time. It may have looked like he didn’t get home [...]
Horse racing betting tips: Movie Legend looks ready to whip up a storm November 15, 2018 THERE is nothing anyone can do about the weather, but the continued lack of rain is proving to be a huge headache for most trainers. Just as the heavens open and the ground starts to soften, a prolonged period of dry weather follows and we’re back to good ground with only a couple of weeks [...]
Happy Valley betting tips: Bigwood looks set to earn big cheers for loyal punters November 13, 2018 REIGNING Hong Kong champion jockey Zac Purton has finally found himself back in the limelight and in favour again with the racing-crazy betting public. The Aussie pilot suffered a few reverses in the month of October, despite riding 13 winners from just 51 rides. Purton pleaded that a lot of his horses were just in [...]