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  • Sep- 2018 -
    26 September

    Claiming Jockeys – Does the Weight Off a Make a Difference?

    There are an estimated 750 jockeys in the United Kingdom. You may be surprised to learn that approximately 300 of them are amateurs while the other 450 are professionals. At the start of their career, all professionals are licensed as either Conditional (National Hunt) or Apprentice (Flat and All-Weather racing) jockeys.  Initially, inexperienced jockeys receive a helping hand in the…

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  • 24 September

    Weekly Horse Racing Roundup

    This week I will be taking my usual look back at the weekend’s horse racing action, as well as highlighting a couple of trainers whose runners are worth noting at the Cambridgeshire Newmarket Meeting. Honours Shared in Ayr Gold Cup You could have cut the tension with a knife at Ayr, as punters awaited the result of the photo finish…

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  • 24 September

    Who To Watch – Week Beginning 24th September

    One of my favourite meetings takes place at Newmarket, Thursday through to Saturday is the Cambridgeshire meeting and has a great variety of races. The race the festival is named after is a huge 35 runner contest on Saturday which is supported by a pair of juvenile Group 1’s. The Middle Park and Cheveley Park Stakes are often key pointers…

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  • 20 September

    Weekly Video Diary @ The Race Advisor with Alex Peperell

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  • 19 September

    Winning the Lottery – How Can You Pick A Winner of the Ayr Gold Cup?

    It is no exaggeration to suggest that picking the winner of the Ayr Gold Cup is almost as tough as predicting the Grand National winner at Aintree! Just one favourite has won since 1996, and only two have emerged victorious since the 1970s! To be fair, the race is priced accordingly, and all but two winners since 1996 have done…

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  • 18 September

    Weekly Diary

    First, to Doncaster for St Leger Day, and I can’t say it was a brilliant one from a punting perspective. Although I was surprised by the drift on Kew Gardens, who was being offered at 7/2 in places in the ring on Saturday. It would have been churlish not to have taken advantage of the bookmaker’s generosity. Apart from that,…

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  • 17 September

    Who To Watch – Week Beginning 17th September

    The big race of the week comes from Scotland and the cavalry charge of the 25 runner Ayr Gold Cup on Saturday. All bar one of the races on the card are handicaps so it’ll be competitive and potentially a tough one on the punting front. Newbury also host a very good card with a pair of Group 3’s and…

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  • 13 September

    Weekly Video Diary @ The Race Advisor with Alex Peperell

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  • 12 September

    The St. Leger Stakes – Britain’s Oldest Classic

    Autumn is truly a wonderful time of year for racing fans in the North of England. There is little time to rest after the excitement of the Ebor Festival at York, because the last of the Classics, the St. Leger Stakes, is upon us! It is part of a four-day festival which takes place at Doncaster Racecourse from 12-15 September.…

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  • 10 September

    The Monday Diary

    Good Monday Morning to you! After some fairly low-key racing last week. This week’s sport steps up a couple of notches. Yesterday saw the start of a week’s racing at Listowel Harvest Festival. This Wednesday sees the start of four days’ racing on Town Moor with the Doncaster St Leger Festival. If that wasn’t enough for racegoers, next Saturday &…

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  • 10 September

    Who To Watch – Week Beginning 10th September

    We’re set fair for a bumper week of flat racing with the St Leger Festival beginning on Wednesday at Doncaster for four days with the final and oldest Classic of the season the highlight, on Saturday. Irish Champions Weekend features 6 Group 1’s across Saturday and Sunday, with the first day at Leopardstown and the second at the Curragh. There…

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  • 6 September

    Weekly Video Diary @ The Race Advisor with Alex Peperell

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  • 5 September

    32 Red Sprint Cup at Haydock

    The 3-day Sprint Cup Festival takes place from September 6 – 8 this year at Haydock Park, long regarded as one of Britain’s most attractive racecourses. The feature race, the Group 1 Sprint Cup, is the last top-level sprint race of the year and the 6-furlong dash normally brings a world-class field with Championship honours at stake. It is one…

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  • 3 September

    An Angel on Your Shoulder?

    It was very much a case of ‘after the Lord Mayor’s show’ with last week’s horse racing. This week begins on a fairly low-key note, but it picks-up on Thursday, when we have then first of three days action at Haydock, culminating in the latest renewal of the Group 1 32Red Sprint Cup on Saturday. Ascot hosts two days of…

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  • 3 September

    Who To Watch – Week Beginning 3rd September

    On Thursday, Salisbury host the Group 3 Dick Poole Fillies Stakes, won last year by subsequent Free Handicap winner Anna Nerium. There is also the unique fixture at Laytown on the same day, where horses race on the beach for what is a brilliant spectacle of horse racing. Saturday is a day for comebacks with Harry Angel making his return…

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  • Aug- 2018 -
    30 August

    Weekly Video Diary @ The Race Advisor with Alex Peperell

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  • 29 August

    Should You Go Dutch? A Guide to ‘Dutching’ in Horse Racing

    Legend has it that the term ‘dutching’ comes from the mobster Arthur Simon Flegenheimer, better known as Dutch Schultz. He was Al Capone’s accountant and was involved in various rackets including a racetrack. Schultz is credited with coming up with the idea of dutching in the 1920s.  It is a system of betting used mainly in horse racing and football.…

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  • 28 August

    Tipster Portfolios – FREE for a whole month!

    I understand why some people are scared of betting with tipsters. Some of them claim to be the kings of horseracing. When in fact they could just as easily be the bloke next door. That’s why so many people trust Tipster Portfolios. It tells you EXACTLY how much profit you could be making. Before you even spend a single penny.…

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  • 27 August

    Teasing the tail…

    York Ebor Festival Reflections It’s not often that a summer racing festival lives up to pre-meeting expectations. However, York always seems to deliver – year on year. There were plenty of good performances and stories, and the narratives’ flow continued through the four days. This flat season has been a bit of a slow burner, with the classic generation only…

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  • 27 August

    Who To Watch – Week Beginning 27th August

    After what can only be described as a sensational week at York for the Ebor Festival, things slow down a touch this week. But we start off with a Listed race at Ripon on Bank Holiday Monday before getting September underway on Saturday. The weekend highlights are the Beverley Bullet, Chester Stakes and also the Solario Stakes at Sandown, won…

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