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 [...]
Happy Valley betting tips: Champion jockey Zac Purton can star for connections November 13, 2018 RACEGOERS at Happy Valley will be looking for another dose of double-delight when trainer John Size and jockey Zac Purton team up once again with progressive duo Country Star and Red Warrior. In September, and again last month, the stablemates travelled to the Valley on the same afternoon and left their rivals gasping for air, [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: If The Cap Fits can prove that he is now an Elite Hurdler November 8, 2018 MAKING selections for tomorrow’s National Hunt action before this morning’s declaration stage is no easy feat, particularly as much will depend on how much rain hits both Wincanton and Aintree this evening. Once again, if the levels predicted don’t materialise, we will be confronted by reams of non-runners with trainers opting not to risk their [...]
Horseracing: David Pipe’s City AM Column November 8, 2018 LAST week I mentioned that the lack of rain was causing us trainers some real headaches and I’m hoping our prayers will be answered today as there is plenty forecast at Wincanton ahead of tomorrow’s big meeting. That will be particularly good news for RAMSES DE TEILLEE if it materialises, as soft ground is the [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Erik won’t cry Wolf in November Handicap November 8, 2018 PURISTS count tomorrow’s meeting at Doncaster as the finale of the Flat season, and trainers and owners are certainly supporting it with a massive 133 horses running across the eight-race card. It’s not going to be easy for punters to find winners, especially in the big betting race of the day, the 23-runner November Handicap [...]
Hong Kong Horse Racing Tips: Promising Little Bird looking to soar to victory for connections November 6, 2018 FOR ONCE the draw won’t play such an important factor at Happy Valley this afternoon, with the ‘B’ track in operation. This course gives the horses plenty of time to negotiate a clear passage throughout, while the home stretch is the joint-longest at Happy Valley. Of course, front-running horses with low draws will always have [...]
Hong Kong Horse Racing Tips: De Sousa set to shine for Happy Valley punters November 6, 2018 HONG Kong’s Happy Valley will be buzzing this afternoon thanks to the return of three-time British champion jockey Silvestre de Sousa to the inner-city track. Despite a brief appearance in the International Jockeys’ Challenge at the Valley last December, De Sousa missed last season’s Hong Kong action due to family commitments. His previous two short [...]
Horseracing: David Pipe’s City AM Column November 1, 2018 ALL THIS dry weather is a bit of a nightmare when you are trying to train horses – it makes planning ahead hard as we just cannot run them on ground this quick. Exeter stage their big Haldon Gold Cup meeting next week and the ground is currently described as good-to-firm. It’s so frustrating, but [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: This Boy looks a Classic bet at Breeders’ Cup November 1, 2018 HATS off to trainer John Gosden for opting to roll the dice and send stable stars Enable and Roaring Lion over to Kentucky this weekend for the Breeders’ Cup. The former is set to tackle tomorrow night’s Turf (8.56pm), while the latter runs in the Classic (9.44pm), the feature race of the meeting. If the [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Geordie can be Sodexo Champ for bang in form Curtis stable November 1, 2018 NATIONAL Hunt trainers must be tearing their hair out at the moment. Last season all it did was rain, now they would give anything for a downpour or four. The majority of jump horses need a little dig in the ground, yet Wetherby have had to water all week just to maintain the surface as [...]