Horse Racing Betting Tips: King Power can get off to a flyer with Sovereign and Chairman June 19, 2019 KING Power Racing were so close to landing an emotional first Group One on Tuesday with Beat The Bank’s excellent second in the Queen Anne, but today could be a massive day for the growing operation. They have some serious chances and SUNDAY SOVEREIGN is going to be very hard to beat in the opening [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Waldgeist can land the second day feature for magical Fabre June 18, 2019 IT SHOULD be all about glorious sunshine and fashion at Royal Ascot, but if some weather forecasts are to be believed racegoers could be scrambling for shelter with plenty of rain about. The challenge for us tipsters is to anticipate how much, if any, will actually fall and what impact it will have on the [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Dettori can strike in the Duke of Cambridge with Rawdaa June 18, 2019 WITHOUT sounding like a broken record, the amount of rain that falls overnight will have a huge impact on all of this afternoon’s races, but arguably none more so than the Duke of Cambridge Stakes (4.20pm). The mile contest for fillies and mares is packed full of decent ground performers with only a handful who [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Raise the stakes with Sand and Chilean in the Royal Hunt Cup June 18, 2019 ROYAL Ascot features a number of big field competitive handicaps and the most infamous of them is today’s Royal Hunt Cup (5.00pm), a 30-runner cavalry charge over the straight mile. This is one of the biggest betting contests of the whole season and plenty of gambles have been landed over the years, though some have [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Back Suroor’s Final Song to deny speedy American rivals June 18, 2019 SOME of the fillies that US trainer Wesley Ward has fielded in the Queen Mary Stakes (2.30pm) at Royal Ascot in recent years have been absolute monsters. The likes of Lady Aurelia and Acapulco, who both won this race in devastating fashion, have built Ward a reputation for his muscly sprinters and both Anna’s Fast [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Jalmoud can put you in the mood in Queen’s Vase June 18, 2019 FOR MANY, the highlight of the five days at Royal Ascot is tomorrow’s Gold Cup, but if you’re looking for a future Gold Cup winner it may well be running in this afternoon’s Queen’s Vase (3.05pm). The last two victors of this Group Two contest, Kew Gardens and Stradivarius, have gone on to bigger and [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Brilliant Battaash to keep his cool and claim King’s Stand crown June 17, 2019 DESPITE all the rain that has fallen at Ascot over the last seven days, there will still be no hanging about when the stalls open for this afternoon’s King’s Stand Stakes (3.40pm) over five furlongs. This time last year I was extremely confident that Charlie Hills’ BATTAASH would land this Group One prize, only to [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Take on the top ones with Olmedo and Accidental Agent June 17, 2019 FRANKEL, Goldikova, Canford Cliffs, Paco Boy; the list of top class horses who have won Royal Ascot’s opening Queen Anne Stakes (2.30pm) is quite staggering. That period from 2009 to 2012 really was a golden generation for the milers, and it’s fair to say that the current crop isn’t anything like as strong. Aidan O’Brien’s [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Dettori to prove Too Darn Hot at Ascot once again June 17, 2019 PATIENCE is one of the most important traits for any trainer to have and it is something John Gosden has always been blessed with. He doesn’t rush his horses, always trying to think long term rather than quick win, but even he can make mistakes. The two-time champion trainer has been self-critical of his handling [...]
Cricket Betting Tips: Runs to flow for England’s openers despite Roy’s absence June 17, 2019 England fans will have feared the worst after seeing Jason Roy clutch his hamstring on Friday. His brutal 153 against Bangladesh earlier in the tournament was a reminder of his ability to win games on his own and his opening partnership with Jonny Bairstow has been one of the major reasons for England’s rise in [...]