Horse Racing

Day 1 got off to a spectacular start with Guitar Pete being delivered from nowhere to first by Paul Carberry in a sensational ride.  My picks Activial and Hawk High finished down the field.  Clarcam was given an honourable mention in this column and ran a blinder to finish second.  With hindsight he was probably the each-way bet of the race.  In the Betfred Bowl, First Lieutenant had every chance heading to the last flight but was beaten by better horses on the day, so no complaints from me and …

Nick Hardman is back and has cast his eye over the first day of the Liverpool meeting:

Hot on the heels of Cheltenham and the opening day of the flat season comes one of my favourite meetings of the year – the Aintree Grand National meeting.  This is always a cracking three days of racing and features a host of Graded races and top quality horses, many of whom raced at the Cheltenham festival and I will be sharing with you my picks for each and every race.  Many will lose, some might win and who …

Saturday came and went in a flash and it was a thoroughly enjoyable days’ racing.  So let’s reflect on how my wagers fared.  In the Dubai Gold Cup, Cavalryman had his run blocked not once, not twice but three times and by the time he got out and flew home he failed to catch the leader by a head.  Now I know a lot of people who backed Cavalryman may be cursing their luck or criticising the jockey, but this is racing and sometimes the cards just do not fall right.  Was he the best horse in the rac…

Nick Hardman gives us his thoughts for the first meeting of the flat season:

Some fantastic racing action on Saturday as the UK flat season kicks off with the Lincoln meeting at Doncaster.  As if that wasn’t enough, we also have the world’s richest race meeting in the Dubai World Cup.  I’ll be giving you my thoughts on the top races from these meetings together with a list of my fancies who will be burdened no doubt by carrying my wagers.

First up is the Doncaster Mile at 2.05pm and just 9 entries…

Well that’s it folks and another festival is over.  The final day was exciting but a tad disappointing from a betting perspective.  As is required by tradition, 6 of us descended on the pub right next door to our local Betfred to watch the racing and sink a few pints.  Included in this rowdy bunch were some notable attendees who have graced the pages of my weekly diary in the past.  First up we had Bryn and Steve from levelstakestips.com (LST).  Two of the canniest punters I know, both are willi…

I have managed to get through the first 3 days of the festival relatively unscathed and nicely ahead thanks to a cracking third day.  Here’s how Day 3 selections fared.  Felix Younger was a tad disappointing and finished a distant fourth in the JLT.  Fingal Bay and Jetson more than made up for it in a cracking renewal of the Pertemps.  Fingal Bay got the decision by a nose and a nice 7/1 payout.  Jetson finished 5^th but unfortunately I had been greedy and taken 16/1, 4 places instead of the wide…

Day 2 was an eventful one.  In the opener, Red Sherlock was found wanting when push came to shove and could only finish a distant 9^th.  Just like the first race on Day 1 there was no catching the Willie Mullins’ hotpot.  I enjoyed my second tragic comedy of the festival so far when my each-way shout Don Cossack fell, hampering my other each-way shout Many Clouds who shipped the rider out the side door.  Waaheb came nowhere in the Coral Cup and three races in, Day 2 was shaping up to be a poor on…

Day 1 was spectacular as expected but also tragic with the sad death of Our Conor.  The Liquidator ran well for a long way but faded at the top of the hill in the opener.  However, no one would have beaten the ultra-impressive Vautour, not even Pegasus.  Champagne Fever ran a cracker and was pipped on the run-in but at least my stake was returned.  Like a scripted comedy, Vintage Star and King Massini both fell in the 3 mile Chase, very early on as well!  Jezki left me with egg on my face as he …

What with running multiple tipping services and making my own living from betting, it's been a long. long time since I was able to devote any time to this blog. I promise I will be giving it more attention in future and, thankfully, I have one of my all time favourite MYBP writers, Nick Hardman, willing to lend a hand for the biggest jumps meeting in the world

Nick will be casting his eye over every race at the festival and letting us know both where his money will be going and what happened to i…

The final day of the competition is here and the Welsh National is the final obstacle.

In the race to the prizes NickH and Ritz74 have pulled slightly clear of a bunch in 2nd but there really is everything to play for with just just 13 points covering the top 23 entrants. Literally, anyone could win this.

Good luck to all

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