All posts tagged "Betting"
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Paul Jacobs
/ 1 year agoCUAL-ITY CAN TELL: Paul Jacobs runs a shrewd eye over the month’s big-race betting prospects
For most pundits and punters alike October may be a make or break month for punting at the back end of...
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Racing Ahead
/ 1 year agoEYES FIXED FOR THE LATE SHOW: Robert Cooper focuses on track action with help from his optician
One Monday a month I dedicate a fair chunk of the day to composing this column; you will already be aware...
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Big Interview
/ 1 year agoSTREETWISE TO TRACK SAVVY: Alan Hurndall recalls dark days and joy in the 1960s betting world
Author and journalist Alan Hurndall grew up in a shadowy world of wheeling, dealing and street punting, loving his trips to...
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Tales from the Betting Ring
/ 1 year agoBETTER THAN PROPER JOB: Simon Nott takes ‘work’ to the beach and Ireland’s Laytown Races
It’s been 12 months, this meeting last year since I was racing in Ireland which is far too long given how...
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Andy Newton
/ 1 year agoCLASS AND A LUCKY DRAW: Andy Newton looks for the key factors in winning Europe’s richest race
Europe’s richest Flat race on the turf also takes place this month – as it’s off to France for the Prix...
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Racing Ahead
/ 1 year agoTRAPPING A WINNER: Francis Fitzgerald offers a basic guide to picking out a top dog at the track
A night at the dogs is fast, loud, exciting and full of adrenaline. Greyhound racing is simple on the face of...
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Racing Ahead
/ 1 year ago‘LIGHT BRIGADE IN BLACK OUT’: Rolf Johnson fears tax protest has merely added to muddle in funding fight
RACING’S Light Brigade – but is anybody in charge? Unity against tax rises on betting is all very well. But the...
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Andy Newton
/ 1 year agoWEIGHT FOR THE CHANCE: Andy Newton picks out key stats ahead of Newmarket’s autumn treat
Wow – it’s October folks, which means the new jumps season proper is almost here and it also won’t be long...
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News
/ 1 year agoBen Morgan’s Saturday tips – Ayr & Newbury – Silver Cup could be sweet like Candy
Racing Ahead’s resident tipster Ben Morgan selects his best bets for this weekend’s action at Ayr & Newbury.
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News
/ 1 year agoBHA announces changes to upcoming National Hunt programme
The British Horseracing Authority has announced a number of changes to the programme for the upcoming National Hunt season, including a...
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Andy Newton
/ 1 year ago2025/26 Jumpers To Follow by Paul Ferguson *£3 Discount* With Promo Code ‘TPJTF2526’
Now in its 19th year of publication Jumpers To Follow is an essential tool to guide you through the entire National...
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Racing Festivals
/ 1 year agoAyr Gold Cup Festival 2025: Ayr Gold Cup analysis and preview
One of Europe’s most valuable sprint handicaps will take place this weekend, as the 2025 Ayr Gold Cup Festival gets underway.
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Racing Festivals
/ 1 year agoTom Marquand excited to be riding St Leger favourite Scandinavia
Five years on from landing the Betfred St Leger for Joseph O’Brien on Galileo Chrome, Tom Marquand will team up with...
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Racing Festivals
/ 1 year agoIrish Champions Festival 2025: Irish Champion Stakes analysis and preview
The 2025 Irish Champions Festival is almost upon us, with Leopardstown and The Curragh staging the two-day event this weekend.
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Racing Festivals
/ 1 year agoSt Leger Festival 2025: Doncaster Cup analysis and preview
One of the final elite flat meetings of the 2025 season takes place this week, as Doncaster stages the St Leger...
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Racing Festivals
/ 1 year agoIrish St Leger Festival 2025: Irish St Leger analysis and preview
The Curragh will stage the final Irish Classic race of the season, as the 2025 Irish Champions Festival gets underway in...
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Racing Festivals
/ 1 year agoSt Leger Festival 2025: St Leger analysis and preview
The final British Classic race of the 2025/26 season is almost upon on, as Doncaster racecourse stages the 2025 St Leger...
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Guest Blogs
/ 1 year agoHistory of the Greyhound Derby: The Early Years to Towcester
The inaugural English Greyhound Derby was held at White City Stadium in London back in 1927. It’s now firmly established as...
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Racing Ahead
/ 1 year agoWinners played ‘life’s handicap’: Rolf Johnson tribute to Antony Winlaw – ‘with apologies to Kipling’
Antony Roger Sebastian de Winton Winlaw; most associates knew him as ‘Winlaw’ (time was when surnames were the norm as the...
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Racing Ahead
/ 1 year agoWhen Simon called Holt: ‘Voice of the Racecourse’ talking to Star Sports at Bath Racecourse
Simon Holt, one of Britain’s top horse racing commentators, has been a familiar voice on racecourses and national television since the...
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Tales from the Betting Ring
/ 1 year agoBright start for big finish: Simon Nott has been out following the money at Brighton and Ascot
I rarely get to Brighton, it’s a fair schlep from the Shire, but I do enjoy the racing there when the...
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Racing Ahead
/ 1 year agoA Song to remember: Graham Buddry recalls the thrilling pace of brilliant miler Soviet Song
This month we revisit another of those superstars of the turf who has generally slipped from the mass consciousness but should...
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Racing Ahead
/ 1 year agoSaddle stars off the leash: Horse racing legends set to boost Lambourn whippet charity race day
Bragging rights in the horse racing industry will be on the line this month as some of the sport’s most recognisable...
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Racing Ahead
/ 1 year agoNight at the dogs: Frankie Fitzgerald laps up the thrills, fun and food at Romford stadium
Ever since two people stood in a field and one boasted that their greyhound was faster than the other, a sport...
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Andy Newton
/ 1 year agoYouth is Key to Old Race: Andy Newton examines betting facts for Cambridgeshire Handicap
Andy Newton examines the crucial betting facts for Newmarket highlight One of the big Flat racing handicaps each season is the...
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Andy Newton
/ 1 year agoHistory Makers: Andy Newton picks out key facts of the Ayr Gold Cup
Andy Newton picks out key facts and stats around the Scottish showpiece Away from the Scottish Grand National, one of the...
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Talking Two-Year-Olds
/ 1 year agoTrue Love in a power cut: Ian Heitman sees Murray and Egan rise from Ballydoyle’s Phoenix misery
The intended clash between two of Aidan O’Brien’s Royal Ascot winners - Gstaad, winner of the Coventry Stakes, and True Love,...
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Featured
/ 1 year agoEbor Festival 2025: Ebor Handicap analysis and preview
The 2025 Ebor Festival will capture the eyes of the racing world this week, as York racecourse’s premier meeting gets underway. ...
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Racing Festivals
/ 1 year agoEbor Festival 2025: Juddmonte International Stakes analysis and preview
The 2025 Ebor Festival gets underway next week, with York set to stage four days of prestigious racing action. Four Group...
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Glorious Goodwood
/ 1 year agoGlorious Goodwood 2025: Nassau Stakes preview and analysis
The 2025 flat season continues with one of the premier festivals of the year, as Glorious Goodwood gets underway. Sixteen Group...
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