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Ciaran has been through the big races on day 1 of the 2025 Punchestown Festival and picked his best bets as well as a quick look at the handicaps. As we examine the cards for the last spring festival of…

1:50 Sandown The 1:50 from Sandown is a trappy 2m4f handicap chase. I’d be happy to stick with RISKINTHEGROUND (NB) 4/1 here, who comes into this race on a real roll for the Dan Skelton yard. He bolted up at Ayr…

1:50 Musselburgh  The opener in Scotland is the trappy Royal Mile handicap. It is hard to get away from WILTSHIRE LAD (11/4) here for the in-form Andrew Balding yard. The yard can do little wrong this week, this horse has strong…

1:10 Ayr The first race from Ayr is a handicap chase over an extended 2 mile trip. I’d be happy to chance ETALON (11/2) to return to form, given a mark of 135 is very lenient if he runs anywhere near…

The modern Grand National bears little resemblance to the race of old, but from a punting point of view, it has actually become easier to pick a winner. If we take out the 50/1 2022 winner, Noble Yeats, the average…

Our four betting tips for Grand National day at Aintree start with the 1.55pm race and concludes with a selection in the big one itself at 4pm. Some of the bookies sign-up offers will not be available for today but…

13.20 – William Hill Top Price Guarantee Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) A very competitive handicap to kick off Grand National Day but one I think will go to one of the market principles in Act of Authority. The Olly Murphy…

Aintree’s Grand National rolls into day 2 and once again we have Ciaran Murphy to run through the card and pick out his best Ladies Day betting tips for Friday 4th April. The action gets underway at 1.45pm on Friday…

Our lucky 15 tip for day 2 of the Grand National Festival at Aintree covers four of the live ITV races and includes a 10/1 shot. A £1 lucky 15 on these four selections returns over £4000 if all four…

Intense Raffles looks set to start the 2025 Grand National as the favourite but all eyes will be on the 2024 Grand National winner, I Am Maximus as he looks to make history and win back-to-back Aintree Grand Nationals. Last…