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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Is York the Greatest Track in the UK?

Although it is only the third biggest racecourse in the UK in terms of prize money, and second (behind Ascot) regarding prize money per meeting, York racecourse is widely regarded as the #1 course in Britain. During the year, York hosts three Group 1 races: The Nunthorpe Stakes, the Juddmonte International Stakes, and the Yorkshire Oaks. All three take place…

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Monday’s Weekly Roundup – Horse Racing

As promised this article primarily looks at the upcoming Yorkshire Ebor Festival which starts on Wednesday. However, I will begin with a look back at last week’s racing action. Towcester must focus on the horses, not the dogs The most interesting story of the week took place off the track rather than on it with the announcement that Towcester racecourse…

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Sprinters on the Rail – Should You Back Horses Drawn Low in Short Races?

Stalls were first introduced in the United Kingdom in 1965 for Flat races. For decades, stall #1 was always furthest to the left from a jockey’s perspective. For left-handed courses, it meant #1 was by the rail while on right-handed courses, #1 was drawn widest. The BHA changed everything, however, and since March 30, 2011, the #1 stall is the…

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Who To Watch – Week Beginning 13th August

Plenty of decent action to get stuck into throughout the week with Salisbury kicking us off with Listed and Group racing on Wednesday and Thursday respectively. Saturday is a big day in Ripon’s calendar with their famous sprint handicap the Great St Wilfrid taking centre stage. Newbury is also hosting an excellent card with the Group 2 Hungerford Stakes and…

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Weekly Video Diary @ The Race Advisor with Alex Peperell

This week’s round-up shares…

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Horses New to Trainers – Who Performs Best?

Every so often, you will hear about a horse winning its first race with a new trainer. Does this mean the trainer has produced racing alchemy to boost the performance of a hitherto underwhelming horse? Perhaps the horse’s former trainer didn’t know how to get the best out of the animal. Alternatively, maybe the new trainer simply picked the right…

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Monday’s Weekly Roundup – Horse Racing

Well, this is the first of my new Monday articles.  It’s an opportunity to take a look back at some of last week’s horse racing highlights and also look forward to the week ahead in the racing world. As ever there will be plenty of stats highlighted for you. Brilliant Battaash Blitz’s Rivals I am writing this at the end…

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Weekly Video Diary @ The Race Advisor with Alex Peperell

Today’s #horseracingtips video from #theraceadvisor with horse racing expert Alex Peperell. Please Like, Share and Comment. Join our free daily newsletter and get our free 5-step betting system.

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Draw Bias at Goodwood

Of all the major festivals on the UK racing calendar, it is suggested that Glorious Goodwood has arguably the most extensive level of draw bias. It is something that has been spoken about for years. Back in 2009, Simon Rowlands of Betfair wrote about the bias for horses near the rails in the Mile Handicap; primarily due to a large…

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