A recent five length victory over 2006 Galway Hurdle winner Cuan Na Grai at Tipperary was the ideal prep run for Bahrain Storm for this year’s race, and the 2009 winner can make his presence felt this afternoon despite being a stone higher in ...Read More
It’s Plate day here in Galway and you can’t help but enjoy the atmosphere building here in Ballybrit. The big race of the day will have the crowds flocking in good and early, and although there’s less recovery time for those ...Read More
The party is well and truly underway here in Galway, but as my old mate John ‘Scouse Lobster’ Cruces of Talksport and Betfred fame will doubtless be keen to tell you (if you buy him a Guinness), it’s a marathon, ...Read More
Saturday marks the beginning of a busy spell for racing fans and professionals alike, with a number of quality cards to choose from on King George day, before the shows rolls on to Goodwood and Galway next week. With the BBC ...Read More
With Tom away on holiday, he has left this weekend’s column in the trusty hands of Betting Directory’s very own tipsters, who, on the past two occasions of standing in for him have shown a profit. Here’s hoping to a hat ...Read More
After a big week in Newmarket the show rolls on to York, Chester and Ascot today, with the Berkshire track hosting one of the key races of the summer in the form of the totesport.com Summer Mile Stakes (2.50pm Live ...Read More
The Spanish are in the ascendancy at present, but at Newmarket today it can pay to side not with Xavi and Iniesta, but with Stoute and Moore, as they team up with Spanish Moon in the feature Princess of Wales’s ...Read More
There’s huge excitement here in Newmarket about the eight filles and mares who line up in today’s Group 1 Etihad Airways Falmouth Stakes, live on C4 at 3.10pm. A clash of the generations pits Aidan O’Brien’s hugely impressive Royal Ascot winner ...Read More
A select field of six go to post for Saturday’s Group 1 Coral-Eclipse at Sandown Park (3.10pm live on Ch4), a race won in such fine fashion by Sea The Stars 12 months ago. Sea The Stars now enjoys my idea ...Read More
On a day when Andy Murray flies the flag for British hopes at Wimbledon and Ghana look to keep African interest alive in the last eight of the World Cup it can pay to oppose the crowd favourites and back Rafael ...Read More
Shareef Dancer in 1983 was the last horse to complete the King Edward VII/Irish Derby double, but hopes are high that fast improver Monterosso can improve on that statistic in this afternoon’s renewal (5.10pm, RTE1). The one factor that might derail ...Read More
What a week! Winning gambles being dropped all over Ascot like liberally sprinkled hand grenades, punters strongly in the ascendancy, just the way we like it! Fortunately those of us staggering out of the Berkshire track last night were deprived the ...Read More
The Michael Jarvis team are understandably keen on the chances of their Rainbow Peak as he lines up in the Wolferton Handicap at 4.25pm on Friday, live on BBC2. Ideally drawn in stall 16 of 16 he looks set to go ...Read More
Only an incredible burst of acceleration from Godolphin’s Invisible Man stood between readers and a bumper payout in the Royal Hunt Cup on Wednesday afternoon, but despite having to settle for second and fourth there courtesy of Riggins and Tryst ...Read More
The word from those present on day one of a fantastic Royal Meeting suggested the ground on the far side of the track on the straight course was a shade quicker than on the nearside, and that ties in nicely with both ...Read More
The times have worked out kindly and you won’t have to peel your self away from New Zealand v Slovakia for a single moment to savour the fantastic race which lies in store at 2.30pm on Tuesday as Paco Boy, ...Read More
Mexico could well put a dampener on the hosts’ party as they take on South Africa in Johannesburg in the opening match of the 2010 World Cup later today (3pm ITV). What concerns me though is the South Africans desperate will not ...Read More
Roll on 3pm on Friday 11th June! A month of pure unadulterated football gets underway with South Africa v Mexico in Johannesburg, 64 matches at punter friendly times, bliss! There are so many good sides to get excited about, but my ...Read More
I think it’s fair to say we’re all looking forward to what looks a fascinating renewal of the Epsom Derby (live on BBC1 4.00pm Saturday), even with the predictable defection of leading Ballydoyle hopes St Nicholas Abbey and Cape Blanco. Aidan ...Read More
Aidan O’Brien has enjoyed a virtual monopoly on the Coronation Cup in recent seasons, winning it in 2005, 2007 and 2008, and to my eyes it’s hard to look far beyond his 2009 Irish Derby winner Fame And Glory for ...Read More
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