The best two-mile chasers are set to take centre stage again at Sandown this coming Saturday in the Grade-1 Tingle Creek Chase. Only eight have been declared at this early stage, with Arkle winner DOUVAN left in for Willie Mullins and Rich Ricci. He’s 5/1, and that’s a price well worth taking given…
Category: Ante-Post Tips
1pt win Blaklion @12/1 ante-post, Hennessy Gold Cup, 15:10 Newbury, Saturday
The Hennessy Gold Cup has been kind to second-season chasers in recent times, and there are a few decent-looking prospects in this race intending to confirm their graduation from Novice class. At the current prices, Native River (5/1 generally) and Un Temps Pour Tout (8/1 generally) are less enticing betting…
1pt ante-post win Shalaa @15/2, 13:20 Ascot, Saturday
Britain’s flat season effectively comes to a close on Saturday as champion jockeys and trainers are officially crowned at Ascot’s Champions Day, which features four Group One races. This year’s card is shaping up to be arguably the best we’ve seen, with so many of the stars of this flat season…
1pt ante-post win Goldream @14/1, Nunthorpe Stakes, York, Friday
A big week of racing ahead with York hosting the Ebor Festival and its series of major Group One races. Friday’s Nunthorpe Stakes is often the best betting heat with a big field usually confirmed to fly down the flat five-furlong sprint track, and last year’s heroine Mecca’s Angel is…
1.5pt win Amazing Maria @12/1, 16:15 Newmarket, Friday
At 12/1 AMAZING MARIA is once again a ridiculous price to land back-to-back victories in the Group One Falmouth Stakes at Newmarket on Friday. She won the race last year also at 12/1 – our first-ever winner at 2pts win – so clearly has the class and it looks like she’ll…
1pt win Thomas Hobson @16/1, Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle, Cheltenham 18th March
You won’t see many Willie Mullins-trained pink-silked Grade-1 runners during Festival week going off double-digit odds, but THOMAS HOBSON looks likely to buck the trend in the Albert Bartlett. Well-fancied stablemates Vautour, Douvan, Djakadam, Min, Limini, Annie Power and Vroum Vroum Mag are all skinny prices for their respective assignments, and…
Cheltenham Festival Ante-Post Update, 1st March
A lot has happened since our last update, and the media clues are in full flow. Let’s get the bad news out the way first, as there’s plenty of good. Simonsig, Killultagh Vic, Faugheen and, most painfully, Ar Mad are all out through injury. Rotten luck, as it can happen to…
0.5pt each-way Camping Ground @25/1 NRNB (various), Champion Hurdle
Injuries to Faugheen and Arctic Fire and the retirement of dual-winner Hurricane Fly means none of the placed horses in last year’s Champion Hurdle will re-compete. In fact, the only likely runner from last year’s race is The New One, whose trainer Nigel Twiston-Davies has been in bullish mood in recent weeks…
0.5pt win West Approach @100/1, Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle, Cheltenham 18th March
We’ve been closely following Colin Tizzard’s WEST APPROACH this season, twice backing him at Cheltenham with exactly nothing returned. It’s his breeding that appeals, as he’s by the same sire as reigning World Hurdle champ Cole Harden and out of the same dam as the ante-post favourite for his crown, Thistlecrack.…
25/1 Black Hercules to win the RSA Chase
It’s less than a month until jump racing’s biggest week, the Cheltenham Festival, and most of the betting markets have taken shape. Many horses remain in multiple races and there’s often plenty of value in guessing where they end up, as that uncertainty keeps the prices out. Some punters avoid the fancy…