EP: 250 Sandown, Musselburgh & Hong Kong February 2, 2024 The Grade 1 Scilly Isles Novices’ Chase is the feature race at Sandown on Saturday afternoon with the marathon Edinburgh National highlighting the card at Musselburgh. We also look at some of this weekend’s main races at Leopardstown’s Dublin Racing Festival. Morning Wire Racing editor Bill Esdaile previews the best of this weekend’s racing action, [...]
Three winners in a week for new racing syndicate Racing Club February 2, 2024 RECENTLY launched horse racing syndicate, Racing Club, landed an incredible three winners in three days last week. Launched at the back end of 2023 with 5 racehorses to choose from and bespoke VIP options available at www.racingclub.com, things have really stepped up a gear recently. Last Friday, saw the fantastic Farceur Du Large win the prestigious [...]
Cream looks a Peachy bet at Musselburgh January 30, 2024 RACING in Britain this weekend will be largely overshadowed by the action from Leopardstown’s Dublin Racing Festival, but there are still several interesting contests at Sandown and Musselburgh that present good betting opportunities. Musselburgh hosts it’s two-day Scottish Cheltenham Trials meeting, and the big betting race on Saturday is the £100,000 bet365 Edinburgh National (2.15pm), [...]
Chianti Classico can pour on the style in the Ultima January 30, 2024 WE’RE getting to the point of the National Hunt season when Willie Mullins really begins to take a grip on the ante-post markets for the Cheltenham Festival, particularly as many of the Irish handler’s big guns are set to strut their stuff at this weekend’s Dublin Racing Festival. Given Mullins’ superiority in so many races, [...]
Zac Purton fans could Wave in another winner January 30, 2024 HAPPY VALLEY today provides a nine-race programme, featuring the Hong Kong Football Club Centenary Cup (12.10pm), a handicap for track speedsters over five furlongs. With the action taking place on the ‘A’ course, past results suggest that neither an all-important draw, nor probable track bias have played an important role in determining winners, although the [...]
Yiu runner Sure to leave you feeling Joyful at the Valley January 30, 2024 WHILE champion jockey Zac Purton was making hay in the sunshine with six wins at Sha Tin on Sunday, his arch-rival Hugh Bowman was once again having a torrid time. Bowman suffered another nasty fall early on in the card, adding to his already long catalogue of injuries and suspensions this season. Although he continued [...]
Warrior could become Fownes’ new Flagship Winner January 26, 2024 CHAMPION jockey Zac Purton may have relinquished his last four rides at Sha Tin on Wednesday due to feeling ill, but there was no way he was going to give up on a host of winning chances, including Lucky Sweynesse, on Sunday. The Zac-Man has a full book of rides on the 10-race programme, with [...]
Backing Atzeni could be Lucky For You January 26, 2024 HONG KONG racing fans are in for a treat on Sunday, when the highest-rated sprinter on the planet, Lucky Sweynesse, steps out onto the Sha Tin turf to defend his crown in the £1.3m Group One Centenary Sprint Cup (8.40pm) over six furlongs. To consider defeat for the 15-time champion should be out of the [...]
EP: 249 Cheltenham, Doncaster & Hong Kong January 26, 2024 The transferred Grade One Clarence House Chase joins a quartet of Grade 2 races on a brilliant day’s racing at Cheltenham on Saturday, accompanied by more graded jumps racing at Doncaster on the same afternoon. Morning Wire Racing editor Bill Esdaile previews the best of this weekend’s racing action, with Wally Pyrah discussing Sunday’s meeting [...]
Ridoto can strike Accord in warm up for Cheltenham January 23, 2024 PUNTERS around the country have been starved of real top-quality racing for a couple of weeks now. Freezing temperatures put paid to the fixtures at Ascot and Haydock last weekend, but with the mercury rising gradually, we should have no issues at Cheltenham and Doncaster on Saturday. I’ll start at Prestbury Park where the eight-race [...]