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Weekly Eye-Catchers – Horse Racing

Morning all, Arthur Takes the High Road to National Glory Well, last week I gave you my five horse strong shortlist for horse racing’s greatest contest the Aintree Grand National and fortunately the winner One for Arthur was on it. This is what I wrote about the Lucinda Russell trained 8 year old back in January in this column. “There…

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The Winner of The Grand National Will Be…

With the Aintree Festival starting tomorrow, and the Grand National taking place on Saturday, it’s the beginning of what’s going to be three days of awesome racing. And at the Race Advisor, we are pretty dang excited! We’re about to witness some of the most thrilling racing of the year and, to make it even better, we’ve… Spent nearly 200…

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Weekly Eye-Catchers – Horse Racing

Tudhope Takes Brave Route For Lincoln Win Bravery, an Aiden O’Brien cast off, won first big handicap of the new flat horse racing season to give trainer David O’Meara a first win in this historic handicap. Jockey Danny Tudhope had realised that there was a draw bias at Doncaster and switched the horse from stand side draw over to the…

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Weekly Eye-catchers – Horse Racing

Morning all, As I mentioned last week I thought I would share with you an interesting micro angle to get you prepared for the start of the 2017 horse racing flat season at Doncaster this Saturday. Whilst on the subject of the start of the flat turf season I will at the end of this, shorter than normal, column take…

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Long River The Pick In The Dubai World Cup Place Market

Arrogate will become the world record prize money holder if winning the Dubai World Cup at Meydan on Saturday. Nothing is certain in racing as we know with Douvan at Cheltenham but odds of 1/3 do not reflect the dominance and advantage in the ratings held by the favourite. Arrogate can deliver for the money buyers and short priced operators…

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Weekly Eye-Catchers – Horse Racing

Morning all, Well, that’s it for another year as horse racing’s eagerly awaited Cheltenham Festival passes all too quickly into history. How was it for you? It’s wasn’t a great festival for most punters and like many I had a forgettable weeks betting. Granted it could have been worse and at least we have the start of the flat to…

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Gevrey Chambertin Can Win Another Midlands Grand National For David Pipe

The Midlands Grand National is a competitive handicap chase with a decent prize fund in its own right and not just an afterthought to the Cheltenham Festival. In Gevrey Chambertin there is a horse who can play up winnings from the jumps meeting that matters most or recoup some losses after the bookies benefit of Gold Cup day. Gevrey Chambertin…

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Take Native River To Outstay His Rivals In Open Gold Cup

Thistlecrack’s absence means this year’s Cheltenham Gold Cup is one of the most open contests in some time. Not only that, but it is also a great opportunity for one of the younger runners in the race to really establish itself as a new star in the sport. Native River is a horse who fits the profile for success in this…

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Weekly Eye-Catchers – Horse Racing

Morning all, By the time you read this the 2017 Cheltenham Festival will be underway. Well all my Cheltenham form study has been done and now it’s just a case of waiting for the race declarations to come and keeping an eye on the weather. It looks like most of the week will be dry although there seems some uncertainty…

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Short Priced Favourites at the Cheltenham Festival

Ten Year Trends The Cheltenham Festival brings together the best horses from Britain and Ireland and in terms of betting is one of the most competitive meetings of the season. Five days ahead of the 2017 showpiece only Altior (Arkle Chase) and Douvan (Champion Chase) were quoted at Even money or shorter but once running plans are confirmed Unowhatimeanharry, Limini…

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William H Bonney Can Win The Imperial Cup

It’s the calm before the storm, the starter before the main course, the race that precedes the Lord Mayor’s Show. But the Imperial Cup at Sandown carries a decent prize and an opportunity for horses not suited to Cheltenham to win a lucrative handicap hurdle. Golden Spear was the favourite for Saturday’s race and has an entry in the County…

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McManus Pair Looks Primed For Cheltenham Joy

Few racing owners are as revered as JP McManus when it comes to a willingness to put down money behind their Cheltenham Festival hopefuls. The hugely successful Irishman has long been a thorn in the side of bookmakers and, in stories that are ingrained in Cheltenham folklore, McManus has struck fear into the hearts of those on the rails with…

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Weekly Eye-catchers – Horse Racing

Morning all, As I mentioned last week this weeks article is shorter than usual but still contains the following: • Two eyecatchers from last week’s racing; • The final race from my Cheltenham Festival Briefing; • My updated Cheltenham ante-post betting list. It’s been a frustrating month or so for the service with a couple more close up seconds at…

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Weekly Eye-catchers – Horse Racing

Morning all, As I write this it’s just 15 days to the start of the Cheltenham Festival and four of the best days horse racing you will see either flat or jumps in anywhere in the world. I am sure like me you have started your form study for Cheltenham and mines coming along well and I have managed to…

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Weekly Eye-catchers – Horse Racing

Morning all, This week’s and next week’s column are slightly different to normal as I will be taking a few days of this week and next week I will be doing an in-depth analysis of the Cheltenham Festival which is now just three weeks away. Where has this winter jumps season gone? In this week’s column looking at horse racing…

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The Tortoise and the Hare

One of the most famous Aesop’s fable is the Tortoise and the Hare. It tells the story of a race between a tortoise and a hare. The hare mocks and ridicules the tortoise for moving so slowly. Comfortable in the knowledge that he will win, the hare soon leaves the tortoise behind and is so far ahead he decides to…

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Horses After A Layoff, Profitable Or Not?

“I find that horses having their first start after a layoff are worth opposing because most winners are those which raced recently therefore to accept short odds about horses who are statistically less likely to win is madness.” That was a comment left on this post by Bob the other day. This is a great comment, and I thought it…

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Confirming Your Selection For Today

Do you ever find a horse you like and then worry about whether it’s strong enough to warrant a bet? If you’re anything like me, this happens to you on almost a daily basis. In horse racing, we need to confirm your decisions. For example, today’s Free Guest Tip comes from Yard Info, and the selection is: 14:30 Plumpton –…

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