Take on Lossiemouth with pair of improving mares March 10, 2025 AS FAR as big betting weeks go, nothing comes close to the Cheltenham Festival. The entire Jumps season has been building to these four days at Prestbury Park, and it really is a punters’ paradise. However, looking at this year’s Champion Hurdle (4.00pm), I’m reminded that some races are there to just sit back and [...]
L’Eau du Sud a great each-way bet in the Arkle March 10, 2025 DAN Skelton is having a brilliant season, with a first trainer’s championship now a best-priced 2/7. He has some big bullets to fire this week and the first of them is L’EAU DU SUD in the My Pension Expert Arkle Novices’ Chase (2.00pm). Second in last year’s County Hurdle, the dashing grey is four from [...]
Fuss and Teriferma can hit the frame in Hot Fred Winter March 10, 2025 BOOKMAKERS may already be running for cover by the time the Fred Winter (4.40pm) is off, but so tricky a puzzle to solve is the two-mile hurdles contest for four-year-olds that they’ll be hopeful of clawing some cash back. Plenty of money is set to ride on the likes of Total Look, Stencil and Beyond [...]
The Punter Podcast Episode 15: Day 1 of the Cheltenham Festival March 10, 2025 Bill Esdaile and Tom Marriott give their pointers on the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival, with a best bet in the National Hunt Chase and one to ‘Look’ out for in the Fred Winter. The Punter ‘The Punter’ has been City AM’s dedicated sports betting section for over a decade with a primary focus [...]
The Punter Podcast Episode 14: Imperial Cup at Sandown, plus Wolves, Sha Tin and Nicky Henderson March 7, 2025 Tom Marriott and Bill Esdaile try to fill up their Cheltenham pots with fancies for Saturday’s ITV races. Wally Pyrah has his best bets for Sha Tin on Sunday. Nicky Henderson gives his top three for the Festival. The Punter ‘The Punter’ has been City AM’s dedicated sports betting section for over a decade with [...]
Jamie Snowden: Hoping Wendigo can deliver for the postmen March 7, 2025 Two-time Cheltenham Festival-winning trainer Jamie Snowden gives an insight into what it’s like to train a 4,000-share syndicate horse for the Festival. Speaking about Albert Bartlett hopeful Wendigo, on behalf of BetVictor Casino, Snowden said: “Having a horse like Wendigo – who is split into 4,000 shares – running in a Grade 1 at the [...]
Wong and Man set to Improve their tally March 7, 2025 25-year-old Britney Wong has been given a great opportunity to get her name up in lights at Sha Tin when she partners all-weather specialist SELF IMPROVEMENT in the Sa Po Handicap (7.35am) over six furlongs. 10-pound claimer Wong learnt her race-craft by riding winners in both Australia and New Zealand before starting her new career [...]
Eustace sees Light at the end of the tunnel for Years Charm March 7, 2025 Racing in Hong Kong gets underway with an 11-race programme at Sha Tin on Sunday and includes a couple of contests on the all-weather surface. This will be last chance saloon for a number of gallopers on the card whose connections still hold aspirations of making the line-up for the BMW HK Derby in a [...]
Broadway Boy to put his name in lights in the Ultima March 4, 2025 WAITING is nearly over for the Olympics of Jumps racing with less than a week to go to the Cheltenham Festival. We learned the handicap weights last week and I think I’ve found another bet in these devilishly difficult-to-solve contests. The Ultima Handicap Chase is the first handicap of the meeting, and The Changing Man [...]
Let Betty lift your Spirits at Sandown March 4, 2025 CHELTENHAM is now virtually upon us but before then Sandown’s meeting on Saturday provides a last chance to fill the coffers before we head into the greatest four days of Jumps racing. There’s a £100,000 bonus in place for any horse that wins the Imperial Cup (2.25pm) and follows up in any race at Cheltenham. [...]