All posts tagged "Betting"
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News
/ 2 days ago2025 Fighting Fifth Hurdle: Race analysis and preview
The 2025/26 national hunt season is now well underway, with the Fighting Fifth Hurdle soon to welcome the presence of racing’s...
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Racing Ahead
/ 2 days agoBOMBS, TRAGEDY AND AN ELEPHANT
Alan Hurndall with episode three of his South East London memories Alan Hurndall, having made his break into journalism finds himself...
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Robert Cooper
/ 2 days agoPIGS IN BLANKETS lining up a dinner COUP
Robert Cooper eyes grim prospects for turkeys, sprouts and betting shops Constitution Hill ridden by Nico de Boinville As Bing Crosby...
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Racing Ahead
/ 2 days agoSHISH UP AND SHISH DOWN
Graham Buddry charts the roller-coaster career of Hendo’s enigmatic star Nico de Boinville celebrates following victory in the the Sky Bet...
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Tales from the Betting Ring
/ 2 days agoBACK ON THE TICTAC SCENE
Simon Nott in nostalgic mood - but ‘the game’s still great, just different’ Business was brisk for the bookies on Haldon...
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Racing Ahead
/ 2 days agoALL BETS ARE OFF
Rolf Johnson cites Aintree legend Manifesto as omen for racing’s battle Horses and riders leap over the water jump on the...
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Racing Ahead
/ 2 days agoFESTIVE TREAT’S RIGHT ON TREND
Andy Newton sifts through the numbers ahead of punters’ Welsh highlight Val Dancer ridden by Charlie Hammond winning at Chepstow last...
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Racing Ahead
/ 2 days agoBOXING CLEVER
Andy Newton gives stats lowdown on Kempton’s festive season highlight Banbridge (right) It’s that time of the year again folks when...
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Talking Two-Year-Olds
/ 2 days agoAIDAN SMASHES OWN RECORD
Ian Heitman highlights O’Brien’s sensational youngsters’ winning spree Hawk Mountain and Ronan Whelan win final Group1 of British Flat year at...
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Racing Ahead
/ 2 days agoSeven up!
READERS’ LETTERS Please keep your letters coming -write to: Readers’ Letters, Racing Ahead, Tuition House, St George’s Road, Wimbledon, SW19 4EU,...
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Racing Ahead
/ 2 days agoSIZING UP THE TRACK AHEAD
Nick Townsend talks to Johnny Burke about his love of ALL racing Crambo and Johnny Burke fall in at Cheltenham in...
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News
/ 1 week agoPunchestown Premiere Weekend 2025: Morgiana Hurdle race analysis and preview
Saturday November 22 will see some of Ireland’s elite hurdlers in action, as the 2025 Morgiana Hurdle gets underway.
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News
/ 2 weeks agoBen Morgan’s Cheltenham weekend tips – Ship set to sail despite stormy seas
Racing Ahead’s resident tipster Ben Morgan selects his best bets for the weekend’s action at Cheltenham.
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Racing Festivals
/ 2 weeks agoThe Final Furlong Podcast – Listen to the latest editions here
The Final Furlong Podcast is the ultimate destination for horse racing fans – where passion, analysis, and personality combine to celebrate...
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News
/ 2 weeks agoCheltenham November Meeting 2025: Greatwood Handicap Hurdle race analysis and preview
Cheltenham will take centre stage this weekend, as racing’s elite flock to the Gloucestershire hills for the 2025 November meeting.
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News
/ 2 weeks agoCheltenham November Meeting 2025: Shloer Chase race analysis and preview
Racing’s elite will return to the Gloucestershire countryside this weekend, as Cheltenham’s 2025 November meeting gets underway.
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News
/ 3 weeks agoBen Morgan’s Saturday tips – Aintree – Lee Edwards to take the Glory
Racing Ahead’s resident tipster Ben Morgan selects his best bets for Saturday’s action at Aintree.
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News
/ 3 weeks agoCheltenham November Meeting 2025: PaddyPower Gold Cup analysis and preview
The 2025 Cheltenham November meeting is almost upon us and with it comes the running of one of the biggest Handicap...
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News
/ 4 weeks agoBreeders’ Cup 2025: Breeders’ Cup Classic analysis and preview
The 2025 Breeders’ Cup gets underway this weekend and with it comes the running of America’s most valuable race – the...
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Racing Ahead
/ 1 month agoIF SHERLOCK HAD BEEN A TIPSTER: Rolf Johnson blasts ‘after thinkers’ – but sees the logic in Daryz Arc glory
Sherlock Holmes didn’t do ‘after timing’: the world’s most famous detective was always ahead of the game; the police plodded on....
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Out in the Sticks
/ 1 month agoKELI’S EYE ON LONGER TRIP
Jeremy Grayson gets out and about checking talent on the country tracks FAKENHAM, October 17 (Good) 2m3yds (+136yds) Novices’ Hurdle (class...
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Racing Ahead
/ 1 month agoSERIOUSLY ALL FOR THE CRAIC: Xander Brett gets taste of Listowel’s fierce passion for fun – and winners
I had no lead-up at Listowel. Stepping off the bus, which had slowly filled with racegoers as it trundled south, I...
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Andy Newton
/ 1 month agoLOW DRAW FOR SHOES TO SHINE: Andy Newton on raiders’ best chances in Race That Stops a Nation
As we hot-foot into November, as we all know the Flat action starts to wind down in the UK and the...
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Andy Newton
/ 1 month agoRACE FOR A BIG RETURN: Andy Newton weighs up the chances of Chasing a comeback at Haydock
As we head into November, despite the Breeders’ Cup in the US and a sprinkling of domestic Flat meetings left –...
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Picks from the Paddock
/ 1 month agoAPOLLO’S FIT TO LAND ONE: Andy Ayres highlights his eyecatchers from this month’s track action
KEMPTON October 1 (standard to slow) 1m handicap (Class 4) Fair form OLYMPIC CANDLE (Saeed Bin Suroor) was heavily punted (6s...
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Racing Ahead
/ 1 month agoRAIN’S A JOY FOR MACHIN: Ben Morgan offers his ‘ten to follow’ across the November track action
Joyeux Machin Given the dry Summer/Autumn that we have had, you would expect there to be an absolute deluge of rain...
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Racing Ahead
/ 1 month agoDOGS LIFE’S LOOKING UP: Jonathan Hobbs sees bright future in changing world of greyhound racing
IF a week is a long time in politics, a month in greyhound racing is a lifetime. Pictures: Gary Garner But...
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Big Interview
/ 1 month agoODDS AND ENDS: Alan Hurndall reveals more about the edgy young life that got him started
In a second instalment of his memoirs, journalist Alan Hurndall tells more about the tough life in 1960s South London and...
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Talking Two-Year-Olds
/ 1 month agoAID AIM IS TRUE AND SO PRECISE: Ian Heitman sees O’Brien zoom in on Group 1 win record… and Del Mar
Aidan O’Brien is on the way to breaking his own record of 28 Group 1 wins in a year with 22...
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Racing Ahead
/ 1 month agoFLY IN THE OINTMENT: Graham Buddry recalls how brilliant Solwhit beat the odds to shine bright
In the presence of legendary supremacy other brilliance can be easily overlooked until a change of course allows the lesser of...





