All posts tagged "odds"
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Racing Ahead
/ 3 days agoMYSTIC LOOKS A DARK HORSE
Karl Hedley shines spotlight on rising stars from across the Irish Sea With the new year upon us, many horses will...
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Tales from the Betting Ring
/ 3 days agoBETS FLYING SOWERE WINNERS
Simon Nott shares betting ring tales from Cheltenham Christmas meeting Alan Potts with Lofty and Tony It was pouring with rain...
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Racing Ahead
/ 3 days agoREADERS’ LETTERS
Please keep your letters coming - write to: Readers’ Letters, Racing Ahead, Tuition House, St George’s Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4EU, or...
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Andy Newton
/ 6 days agoThe Final Furlong Podcast – Listen to the latest editions here
The Final Furlong Podcast is the ultimate destination for horse racing fans – where passion, analysis, and personality combine to celebrate...
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Featured
/ 1 week agoHong Kong International 2025 review: Sosie shines and Romantic Warrior dominates
My intentions today were the same this year as every other year – go to the races, talk about the surroundings,...
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Racing Ahead
/ 2 weeks agoHong Kong International races preview: Romantic Warrior headlines world-class card
As some of you will know, I am lucky enough to head East most years to take in both the Japan...
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News
/ 2 weeks agoChristmas Festival 2025: Dates, how to watch on TV, trainers and jockeys to watch
Winter jumps racing will reach its climax at the end of December, as the 2025 Christmas Festival gets underway at Kempton.
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Racing Ahead
/ 4 weeks agoJapan Cup 2025 preview: Calandagan leads European charge
Whether we like to admit it – or not – we now live in a big, wide world in all respects,...
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News
/ 1 month ago2025 Fighting Fifth Hurdle: Race analysis and preview
The 2025/26 national hunt season is now well underway, with the Fighting Fifth Hurdle soon to welcome the presence of racing’s...
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Racing Ahead
/ 1 month agoGET UP EARLY FOR A START! Francis Fitzgerald offers his best greyhound racing tips
Greyhound racing can look fast, noisy and confusing when you first start watching it. Early speed at Romford Greyhound Stadium The...
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Out in the Sticks
/ 1 month agoTHIEF READY TO STEAL IN: Jeremy Grayson on the country track action
Jeremy Grayson has been keeping eyes focused on the country track action. Kayley Woollacott, trainer FONTWELL, November 16 (Good to soft,...
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Irish Racing
/ 1 month agoSONG HITS THE WINNING NOTE: Karl Hedley sees some drama at last fence for Henry’s maiden ex-pointer
The Henry de Bromhead trained Some Song made a winning Rules debut in rather fortunate circumstances when left clear at the...
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Tales from the Betting Ring
/ 1 month agoBACK ON THE TICTAC SCENE
Simon Nott in nostalgic mood - but ‘the game’s still great, just different’ Business was brisk for the bookies on Haldon...
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Racing Ahead
/ 1 month agoWATCH OUT FOR XMAS MADNESS: Andy Ayres shares notes on eye-catchers poised to warm the winter action
Andy Ayres shares notes on eye-catchers poised to warm the winter action
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Big Interview
/ 2 months agoODDS AND ENDS: Alan Hurndall reveals more about the edgy young life that got him started
In a second instalment of his memoirs, journalist Alan Hurndall tells more about the tough life in 1960s South London and...
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Racing Ahead
/ 2 months agoGREAT SPOT BUT HALDON TO HATS: Simon Nott brings us the bookmaking gossip from a damp day at Exeter
It must have been a day like today and not when there’s freezing horizonal rain that some forward thinking soul back...
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Racing Ahead
/ 2 months agoREADERS’ LETTERS
Please keep your letters coming -write to: Readers’ Letters, Racing Ahead, Tuition House, St George’s Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4EU, or email...
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Racing Ahead
/ 2 months agoMOR MERRIER FOR MULLINS: Karl Hedley jumps in with eyecatchers as Ireland’s new season gets going
The nights are drawing in now and the Flat season across Ireland is in its concluding stages. Attention is now switching...
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News
/ 2 months agoAidan O’Brien declares big two for Futurity Trophy Stakes clash at Doncaster
Aidan O’Brien has declared both Benvenuto Cellini and Hawk Mountain for the final Group One of the season in Britain on...
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Irish Racing
/ 3 months agoNELSON SAILS TO FIRST WIN: Karl Hedley is ready to leap into the Irish jumps season
Summer is now fading fast, and the focus rightly begins to shine on the national hunt season proper in Ireland. I...
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Irish Racing
/ 3 months agoReaders’ Letters: Holding the folding
PLACEPOT PETE FUNNY how things stick in your head, in racing as well as everywhere else. I can still picture as...
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Tales from the Betting Ring
/ 3 months 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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Racing Ahead
/ 3 months 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
/ 3 months 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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News
/ 3 months 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
/ 3 months agoBen Morgan’s Saturday tips – Chester, Doncaster & Leopardstown – January to be Hottest on record
Racing Ahead's resident tipster Ben Morgan selects his best bets for this weekend's action at Chester, Doncaster and Leopardstown.
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Guest Blogs
/ 4 months 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
/ 4 months 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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Irish Racing
/ 4 months agoDavy keeps it in family: Karl Hedley focuses on the eye-catchers from Ballybrit summer highlight
The Galway Festival was the main centrepiece of the Irish summer and I have selected a few eye catchers from that...
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Andy Newton
/ 4 months 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...





