Horse racing betting tips: Coulis and Comedy can leave punters laughing at HQ September 26, 2019 THERE aren’t many jockeys in better form than Jamie Spencer at the moment and he could enhance his return at Newmarket in today’s Listed EBF Rosemary Stakes (1.50pm). Spencer takes the ride on CLON COULIS who looks one of the standout candidates on what is quite a trappy card. She ran a cracker earlier in [...]
RUGBY WORLD CUP BETTING TIPS: ENGLAND COULD HAVE WINGS CLIPPED BY EAGLES September 25, 2019 THERE have been some upsets in Japan so far. Uruguay’s win over Fiji yesterday followed an opening few days of predictable outcomes but closer than expected score lines. Italy were only able to overcome Namibia, who are the real minnows of this Rugby World Cup, by 25 points, just a point less than Ireland dismissed [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: So many reasons to back Moreira’s mount in the opener September 24, 2019 THERE is no doubt that the most difficult puzzle to solve on the nine race card at Happy Valley today has to be the £200,000 Heung Yip Handicap (11.45am) run over nine furlongs. There may be only seven runners, but this is a race which will have formbook students scratching their heads for hours, with [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Ting’s sprinter can Breeze to Valley victory September 24, 2019 RACING hopefully resumes at Happy Valley in Hong Kong today after last week’s card was cancelled because of political unrest in the territory. Punters arriving at the inner-city track will be hoping for some respite after Saturday’s meeting at Sha Tin threw up a sequence of surprising results. Half the winners on the 10 race [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Pondus set to enjoy Newbury Encounter with Simcock runner September 20, 2019 AFTER landing his 16th Group One of the season aboard Star Catcher in last weekend’s Prix Vermeille, the racing headlines have once again all been about Frankie Dettori. That victory equalled the 48-year-old Italian’s best ever season at the highest level and came just a day after winning the St Leger on Logician. In recent [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Battle-hardened Orlaith looks the bet in Firth Of Clyde September 20, 2019 LOOKING back at recent winners of the William Hill Firth Of Clyde Stakes (3.15pm), the majority have arrived at Ayr with plenty of experience under their belts. Last year’s heroine Queen Of Bermuda was having her eighth start of the campaign and already boasted three wins to her name. This year’s renewal features several lightly-raced [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Intisaab looks the value alternative to Buffer Zone September 20, 2019 THERE is a real sense of déjà vu about tomorrow’s William Hill Ayr Gold Cup (3.50pm). A well-handicapped, unexposed, Irish-trained four-year-old turns out quickly again under a penalty just one week on from running a career best at the Curragh. Last year it was the well-backed Son Of Rest who grabbed a share of the [...]
Hong Kong Betting Tips: Purton can soar to victory aboard Shum’s Charity Wings September 17, 2019 YOU CAN guarantee the local punters went home from Sha Tin on Sunday with a spring in their step and a fistful of dollars in their back pockets. With five of the ten market leaders obliging, and one second favourite first past the post, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand the reason for [...]
Hong Kong Betting Tips: Former champ Moreira can be King once again September 17, 2019 JOAO the ‘Magic Man’ Moreira looks the jockey to follow when racing resumes at Happy Valley in Hong Kong this afternoon. The Brazilian ace sent his thousands of supporters home happy from the inner-city track last week when landing a treble and it could be a similar scenario, or maybe even better, with a full [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Punters ready for A Momentofmadness in the Portland September 13, 2019 SINCE its establishment in 1885, the William Hill Portland Handicap (1.50pm) has only seen four back-to-back winners, with Halmahera incredibly winning the race three years on the bounce from 2002 to 2004. Such a paucity of multiple winners of the 5½f contest shows just how hard it is to win it again, but I’m hoping [...]