Dec 24, 2024
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We asked our resident Irish horse racing tipster Ciaran Murphy for his three best bets from the St Stephen’s Day racing fixture list in Ireland. A £1 bet on this lucky 15 returns upwards of £335. While those of you…
Dec 24, 2024
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12:45 Kempton The first race from Kempton is a novice handicap chase over the extended 2m4f trip. It’s RANGE (4/1) for me here for the Sam Thomas yard. A late faller when well fancied on seasonal return at Chepstow, I think…
Dec 22, 2024
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Whether you are celebrating St Stephen’s Day or Boxing Day, you have the busiest days racing of the year to look forward to with over 10 meetings taking place across Great Britain and Ireland. The King George VI Chase, run…
Dec 20, 2024
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1:50 Ascot The first of four live races from Ascot is the 1:50. Four runners go to post for the Graduation Chase over 2m5f. The one I like is JAMES DU BERLAIS (10/3). I think he’ll get his own way out in front…
Dec 13, 2024
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1:50 Cheltenham The first race on ITV is the competitive December Gold Cup. A handicap chase over the extended 2m4f trip. The one for me here is MADARA (5/1) NAP. The unexposed 5 year-old really caught the eye when coming from…
Dec 12, 2024
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1:50 Cheltenham The first of five live races from Cheltenham is a trappy handicap chase for the stayers over 3m2f. I expect CHIANTI CLASSICO (13/8) NAP to defy top weight here and continue his progression. A progressive novice chaser last season, he won…
Dec 06, 2024
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1:15 Sandown The first race live from Sandown is the 1:15, a handicap hurdle over just shy of the 3m trip. It is Pertemps Final qualifier. It is HENRI THE SECOND (5/1) I like in this. A solid novice hurdler last season,…
Nov 29, 2024
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1:54 Newbury – IMPOSE TOI (7/2) The first race live from Newbury is a handicap hurdle over the extended 2m4f trip. I like IMPOSE TOI (7/2) here for the Nicky Henderson yard. I think a mark of 134 appears well within his reach…
Nov 22, 2024
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1:15 Haydock The first race from Haydock on ITV comes up at 1:15, a 2m3f handicap hurdle. I do like top-weight STEEL ALLY (7/1) in here for the Sam Thomas stable. The progressive sort returned to action in the Welsh Champion Hurdle last…
Nov 16, 2024
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We move into the final day of the Cheltenham November meeting with six races on Sunday 17th November and Ciaran has picked out his best bets for the day including a couple of double figure prices. The action gets underway…