Horse Racing Betting Tips: Side with a couple of long shots in the Close Brothers March 11, 2019 ONLY two favourites have been successful in the 14 renewals of this trappy 20-runner Close Brothers Novices’ Handicap Chase (4.50pm), so tread carefully. The three Irish raiders that head the betting are all hugely respected, but I’m not in a hurry to take a single-figure price in such a wide-open looking contest. Riders Onthe Storm [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Ballyward can be another star for Mullins in the four-miler March 11, 2019 HAVING a leading amateur on board your selection in the National Hunt Novices’ Chase (5.30pm) is a huge advantage and Irishman Derek O’Connor wouldn’t be out of place in among the professional ranks. He rides leading fancy Ok Corral for Nicky Henderson and has a great record in this race having won it twice in [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Don’t be a chicken and side with Lecoq in Sandown’s Imperial Cup March 7, 2019 JUST four days to go ladies and gentlemen until the best four days of the year. It perhaps shouldn’t be surprising that given the remarkably dry winter we’ve had, a recent wet spell means that the Cheltenham Festival is likely to start on fairly soft ground. Conditions are going to be testing at Sandown Park [...]
David Pipe on his runners over the weekend March 7, 2019 IAM currently looking for the first horse in our City Syndicate that we launched last week and you may well have spotted the advert in the paper. There are still some shares available and if you are interested, contact me today on 01884 840715 or email me david@davidpipe.com. Looking at today’s action, and I run [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Kildisart great value to play a big part in Thursday’s JLT March 7, 2019 FINDING value in the ante-post markets for next week’s Cheltenham Festival at this late stage isn’t that easy, but there are a couple of horses in two of the less high-profile races that catch my eye. The JLT Novices’ Chase kicks-off the third day of the meeting next Thursday with the betting currently headed by [...]
Football Betting Tips: Back Eagles to soar to victory against rivals Brighton March 7, 2019 WHEN thinking of the fiercest rivalries in modern-day football, Crystal Palace v Brighton isn’t a game that initially springs to mind. However, for fans of both clubs, tomorrow’s early kick off will mean everything. Neutrals may still need a bit of convincing before they rank this game up there with the thrills of the north [...]
Football Betting Tips: United’s European heroics could lead to league stalemate March 7, 2019 BARCELONA in 1999 and Istanbul in 2005 live long in the memory as the greatest Champions League comebacks in modern history, however we could have another contender after Manchester United’s epic night in Paris on Wednesday. The Red Devils looked dead and buried after their 2-0 first leg defeat at Old Trafford, but Marcus Rashford’s [...]
Hong Kong Horse Racing Tips: Super Turbo can get better of rivals and speed to glory March 5, 2019 THERE is no doubt the final race on the card at 2.50pm is a mouth-watering clash between some of the fastest handicap sprinters in Happy Valley. The old adage of “blink and you’ll miss it” will certainly spring to mind as a dozen of these speedsters leave the stalls at a frenetic pace and complete [...]
Hong Kong Horse Racing Tips: Punters hoping for Racing Luck at Happy Valley March 5, 2019 HAPPY Valley hosts another competitive and intriguing eight-race card today. Finding winners is never easy on the tight, turning inner city track. However, today’s winners will be even trickier to find as racing takes place on the ‘A’ course. The home straight of the ‘A’ course is just over 300 metres long, and statistics over [...]
Horse racing betting tips: Sam has perfect Profile to strike in the Ballymore March 1, 2019 WITH just over a week to go until the start of the best four days in the National Hunt racing calendar, the long-range weather forecast suggests that we may be in for a wet spell in the build up. Cheltenham’s clerk of the course Simon Claisse suggested on Wednesday that there is every chance the [...]