Category: Horse Racing Betting

It’s been one amazingly frustrating season for everyone involved in jumps racing. Last week it had looked as if the season had finally got going, but typically of late the promised rain never materialised amounting to firm ground at Leopardstown leading to depleted fields across the two days. A mere four runners in the Irish Gold Cup on Sunday typified just how unsuitable racing…

Sandown 1.50 – Buveur d’Air I suspect the dual Champion Hurdler will be made to work a fair bit harder than his odds suggest, but he should still win. Vision des Flos is talented enough to make Nicky Henderson sweat a little bit, particularly now that he’s had a minor breathing operation. Sandown 2.25 – Defi du Seuil A fascinating little race for the…

Last week felt like the jumps season finally got going. In what has been a very underwhelming season overall, we finally got to see a few horses seriously throw down the gauntlet in terms of the Cheltenham Festival. Excitement is starting to pick up, and with the Dublin Racing Festival on the horizon, the season might be getting going rather belatedly. BetBright Trials Day…

A select and high quality field of six will head to post for the 2.25pm BetBright Trial Cotswolds Chase at Cheltenham on Saturday afternoon, where the Paul Nicholls trained Frodon looks to add to a remarkable performance off top weight in the Caspian Caviar here before Christmas. This brilliant little 7yo heads the market, but I can’t help feel he is vulnerable over an…

Cheltenham 1.50 – Ballyhill 7/1 He’s pretty exposed, but Ballyhill is in good form and has loads of experience in these races. If he runs up to the level that saw him finish third to Aso and Happy Diva last time, he should be thereabouts again in a race that is no more difficult. Jordan Nailor’s seven pound claim could prove very useful. Cheltenham…

We’re in for a bit of a Thursday treat this week, with the Cheltenham Gold Cup favourite Presenting Percy returning to action in the Grade 2 Galmoy Hurdle at 1.50pm, along with the Goffs Thyestes Chase taking place at 3pm, where Gordon Elliott (6) and Willie Mullins (8) are responsible for 14 of the 18 runners… Gowran Park – 1.50pm Last year, Presenting Percy…

There’s nothing quite like the Cheltenham Champion Hurdle. It’s everything that I adore about Horse Racing. This epic brings every facet of what truly makes a great racehorse into question, testing every element of its competitors over two miles on the hollowed turf in Prestbury Park. To win this great race, one must ping every hurdle, travel easily at speed and then stay sufficiently…

[ad_1] The Scoop6 win fund failed to be won once again on Boxing Day as Clan Des Obeaux, one of just three uncovered runners in the fourth leg, gave Paul Nicholls a tenth King George at Kempton. With a win fund of £558,127 starting the final Saturday of the year, plus an unclaimed £540,356 bonus pot, over £1.25million looks set to be played for…

[ad_1] Altior to star on Festive Thursday     Chepstow 1.05 With the ground in his favour TOP GAMBLE can defy a big weight and bounce back to winning ways for Kerry Lee. It has been a frustrating first half of the season for the trainer but it is probably in her favour that the ground is much softer now as she does seem…

[ad_1] By his own admission Nicky Henderson “doesn’t win Grand Nationals”, but the Seven Barrows supremo hopes Vyta Du Roc might defy that statement in today’s Welsh National at Chepstow (14:50). Champion trainer Henderson has won most of jumps racing’s biggest prizes although the four major Grand Nationals in Britain and Ireland have so far eluded him during his illustrious career. He sends just…

[ad_1] Elegant Escape (5/1 – Welsh Grand National) has a number of factors in his favour ahead of today’s Welsh Grand National as trainer Colin Tizzard attempts to repeat the magic touch that saw his charge Native River prevail two years ago. Like Native River, Tizzard’s sole entrant is six years old and in recent years it has paid to stick with the younger…

Here's BetBright Ambassador, Nick Luck, with his tips ahead of the action at Ascot and Haydock on Saturday afternoon… Ascot 1.50 – Petticoat Tails 10/1 She’s got quite a bit to find on ratings here, but Petticoat Tails can improve a fair bit for the step up to a proper staying trip. She represents last year’s winning stable (currently in fine form) and boasts…

[ad_1] It’s been a feast of festive racing action, but all eyes will be on Ireland on Friday afternoon with a brace of Grade 1 races to look forward too. 1.50 Leopardstown The stayers’ hurdle division is rather murky at present, but it could become clearer after the three-mile Christmas Hurdle. Apple’s Jade is odds-on to retain her crown after outbattling Supasundae last year,…

[ad_1] The wait for the reappearance of Laurina goes on after Willie Mullins decided against running her in Saturday’s Grade One Ryanair Hurdle at Leopardstown. The five-year-old mare was expected to have a big 2018/19 campaign having enjoyed a remarkable debut season, winning four out of four races, including the Trull House Stud Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. Having been pencilled in…

[ad_1] Spotlight on 29th December Doncaster 1.30 Kim Bailey's horses remain in fine form and it is hard to find a negative in the chance of STATION MASTER – but plenty of us thought that about Buveur D'Air so tread carefully! He loves good ground, is a sound jumper, runs off the same mark as when second to The Young Master at Cheltenham and…