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Two bets for Aintree next week

Two bets for Aintree next week
28.03.2025 9

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Bets for Newbury and the Grand National

Bets for Newbury and the Grand National
21.03.2025 10

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Bets for the final day of Cheltenham Festival

Bets for the final day of Cheltenham Festival
14.03.2025 10

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Tips for Cheltenham day three

Tips for Cheltenham day three
13.03.2025 8

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Racing tips for the second day of Cheltenham

Racing tips for the second day of Cheltenham
12.03.2025 6

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Tips for day one of the Cheltenham Festival

Tips for day one of the Cheltenham Festival
11.03.2025 10

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Tips for Sandown and Cheltenham Festival

07.03.2025 10

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Three tips for Kelso and Newbury

28.02.2025 1

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Ante-post bets for the Cheltenham handicaps

21.02.2025 3

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Four bets at Ascot and Haydock

14.02.2025 10

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Wagers for the weekend and the Cheltenham Festival

07.02.2025 7

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Four bets for a big weekend of racing

31.01.2025 6

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Bets for Cheltenham Trials

24.01.2025 9

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A big weekend for two young trainers

17.01.2025 6

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Three bets for Cheltenham Festival

10.01.2025 5

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Three bets at Sandown tomorrow

The Unibet Veterans’ Handicap Chase at Sandown tomorrow (3 p.m.) is a fascinating contest with a first prize of more than £50,000. Any of the nine...

03.01.2025 2

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Four bets over the festive weekend

I have already put up two horses ante-post for today’s Coral Welsh Grand National at Chepstow (2.50 p.m.) and with mixed results. Monbeg Genius,...

27.12.2024 4

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Bets at Ascot and Haydock tomorrow

Dual-purpose trainer Hughie Morrison usually has one of two jumping stars to supplement his talented flat horses at his Berkshire stables. In...

20.12.2024 2

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Three bets for tomorrow’s cards

GABORIOT was my fancy for last weekend’s Boylesports Becher Chase until the weather intervened and the Aintree meeting was cancelled. Joint...

13.12.2024 3

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Two bets for the next two weekends

The two big races tomorrow, the BoyleSports Becher Chase at Aintree and the Betfair Tingle Creek Chase, could hardly be more different contests....

06.12.2024 4

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Three bets for tomorrow and a Welsh National tip

As regular readers of this column will know, I often like to back horses from up-and-coming yards, rather than the big stables, in the search of...

29.11.2024 3

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Two 10-1 ante-post plays for big races

There are two big handicap chases looming over the next fortnight: the Coral Gold Cup at Newbury and the BoyleSports Becher Chase at Aintree run...

22.11.2024 4

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Two more bets for Cheltenham’s November meeting

Cheltenham’s three-day November meeting, starting today, will take place on much faster ground that normal and so anticipate plenty of non-runners...

15.11.2024 2

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Two bets at Wincanton tomorrow

The unusually dry autumn means it makes sense to favour horses with a preference for good ground when it comes to the racing at Wincanton and...

08.11.2024 2

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Two wagers for the weekend

Dashel Drasher is just the sort of jump horse that I love to watch. A front runner who wears his heart on his sleeve, he will tomorrow embark on...

01.11.2024 3

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Five bets for the new jump season

I would normally stay tipping on the flat for a couple more weeks but this weekend’s Newbury and Doncaster cards make no appeal, gambling wise,...

25.10.2024 2

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Racing tips / Six bets for Ascot’s Champions Day

Foreign-trained horses are often overpriced when they come on raids to Britain, particularly when they are housed with the smaller stables. This...

18.10.2024 2

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Racing tips / Back a mudlark at Haydock

After a week of rain, the official ground conditions for tomorrow’s cards at Newmarket and Haydock both have ‘heavy’ in the description, with a...

27.09.2024 2

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Racing tips / Two bets for the Ayr Gold Cup tomorrow

It’s been all of 49 years since a horse trained in Scotland won the Virgin Bet Ayr Gold Cup, one of the classiest sprint handicaps of the season....

20.09.2024 1

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Racing tips / Three bets for the Doncaster St Leger card

Only seven runners are due to line up for the final Classic of the flat season, the Group 1 Betfred St Leger. Unsurprisingly, the small field at...

13.09.2024 2

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A tip for my favourite flat handicap of the season

My favourite flat handicap of the season is the Club Godolphin Cesarewitch at Newmarket on 12 October. I have a good betting record in the race but...

06.09.2024 2

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Racing tips / Bets for Sandown and Chester

Tamfana is just the sort of short-priced favourite that I love to take on. Yes, of course she might win tomorrow’s Sky Bet Atalanta Stakes (Sandown,...

30.08.2024 3

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Four bets for York’s Ebor meeting

Like most fathers, I occasionally offer words of advice to my children even if they choose not to take them. Over the years, I have often told my...

23.08.2024 2

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Two tips for Ripon and Newbury

The William Hill Great St Wilfrid Handicap at Ripon tomorrow (3.20 p.m.) is always a difficult puzzle for punters to unravel. Run over six furlongs...

16.08.2024 1

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A tip for Britain’s richest flat handicap

York’s famous Ebor meeting will be here before we know it and trainer William Haggas will be attempting to plunder many of its top races with his...

09.08.2024 3

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Four tips for Glorious Goodwood

Glorious Goodwood has hopefully saved the best until last with two fabulous days of racing still to come. The detractors will point out that too...

02.08.2024 2

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Age is just a number for 25-1 Ascot tip

Take a bow, SUMMERGHAND. Trainer David O’Meara’s gallant old warrior will be participating in his 100th race tomorrow when he contests the Moet &...

26.07.2024 3

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