Racing betting: David O’Meara holds key to Betway Lincoln March 31, 2016 You know that spring is well and truly here when we’re talking about the Betway Lincoln (Saturday 2.45pm), Doncaster’s traditional curtain-raiser to the British Flat season. Normally this meeting clashes with the Dubai World Cup, but due to the early Easter we’re fortunate to have leading jockeys like Ryan Moore, William Buick, James Doyle and new [...]
Racing betting: Belardo a cut above the rest in Doncaster Mile March 31, 2016 Sanwiched in the middle of Saturday's seven-race card at Doncaster is the Listed Betway Doncaster Mile (3.55pm). There is no shortage of class in the race with the 117-rated pair of Custom Cut, a winner of no less than six Group contests, and BELARDO both going to post. Custom Cut was a revelation in 2014, [...]
Cheltenham Festival 2016 betting: Don Poli can land Gold Cup for Davy Russell March 17, 2016 There are likely to be only nine runners in the Timico Cheltenham Gold Cup (Friday 3.30pm), but what the field lacks in numbers it more than makes up for in quality. Don Cossack heads the majority of bookmakers’ lists and nobody would begrudge trainer Gordon Elliott and jockey Bryan Cooper a win in the week’s [...]
Cheltenham Festival 2016 betting: Forget Victoria Pendleton, Paint The Clouds finally has ideal conditions to eclpise Victoria Pendleton in St James’s Place Foxhunter Chase March 17, 2016 All eyes will be on Victoria Pendleton when she completes the most extraordinary ‘Switching Saddles’ challenge and rides Pacha Du Polder in the St James’s Place Foxhunter Chase (Friday 4.10pm). The former Olympic cyclist had barely even sat on a horse this time last year and it’s astonishing that she is now riding in the hustle and [...]
Cheltenham Festival 2016 betting: Gordon Elliott can fulfil dream by landing the Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle with Squouateur March 17, 2016 Trainer Gordon Elliott has made no secret of the fact that one race at the Festival he desperately wants to win is the Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle (Friday 4.50pm). He spent some time with Pipe in the 90s when he was a jockey and credits the legendary trainer as being one of the biggest [...]
Cheltenham Festival 2016: Thistlecrack and Vautour prove their star quality March 17, 2016 Jockey Tom Scudamore hailed Thistlecrack as the best horse he has ridden after the Colin Tizzard-trained eight-year-old justified his favouritism with an emphatic World Hurdle victory at the Cheltenham Festival. The season’s dominant staying hurdler left all but one of his rivals trailing and surged clear of Alpha Des Obeaux just before the last jump [...]
Cheltenham Festival 2016 Betting: You’ll be leaving at dawn if this one wins the Pertemps March 16, 2016 The Pertemps Final (2.10pm) used to be the type of race where trainers could hide their light under a bushel. That is now more difficult as horses have to finish in the first six in a qualifier to get into the big one. Charles Byrnes is a massive target trainer and his LEAVE AT DAWN looks [...]
Cheltenham Festival 2016 Betting: Thistle can crack World Hurdle puzzle in Ryanair World Hurdle March 16, 2016 When the Colin Tizzard-trained THISTLECRACK finished fifth in last year’s Imperial Cup, even his connections would have thought you mad for suggesting he would be favourite 12 months on for tomorrow’s Ryanair World Hurdle (3.30pm). Grade One wins at Aintree last season and Ascot in December have followed and the eight-year-old has improved at an [...]
Cheltenham Festival 2016 Betting: Limini looks like keeping the Mullins bandwagon rolling in Trull House Stud Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle March 16, 2016 This year sees the inaugural running of the Trull House Stud Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle (4.50pm), which may once again turn out to be a Willie Mullins benefit race. On Tuesday, Vroum Vroum Mag gave the Closutton handler a record eighth straight win in the Mares' Hurdle and there is every chance he’ll hold a similar [...]
Cheltenham Festival 2016 Betting: Village Vic and Gilgamboa are massive prices against Vautour in Ryanair Chase March 16, 2016 Last week owner Rich Ricci stipulated that if Vautour didn’t line up in Friday’s Gold Cup, he wouldn’t be travelling to Cheltenham at all. Tomorrow afternoon he takes his chance in the Ryanair Chase (2.50pm) in a u-turn that has caused mayhem amongst bookmakers and punters alike. Vautour has been installed as 8/11 favourite with Betway [...]