Month: December 2024

Over the festive period we were able to witness some of the top horses in National Hunt Racing strut their stuff and that meant that some of the ante-post markets had some shifts.  There were some great matchups that we will review and also update you with some Betting Markets for the 2025 Cheltenham Festival. Sir Gino scored on chasing debut beating Ballyburn convincingly…

With games coming up in quick concession around the festive period and also reaching the midway stage of the season you get a good idea of teams looking to escape the drop.  Leicester called for the services of Ruud Van Nistelrooy after a successful interim position at Manchester United but can he save them from relegation.  The Foxes had been sitting above the bottom…

With the New Year fast approaching we are spoilt for choice with nine meetings due to take place in Britain unless bad weather puts a halt to any.  In this blog we will wet your appetite and go through some of what the day has to offer. Whether that’s a day on the sofa or a day out at the races for you. First…

Racing fans are extremely lucky to be able to look forward to a great bunch of horses going down the novice chase route. With the festival now changing the two and a half mile Turners novice into a handicap the two Grade Ones will be run over two miles and one furlong (Arkle) and three miles (Brown Advisory) so one emphasizing on speed and…

Oleksandr Usyk won this long awaited rematch with Tyson Fury in Riyadh Saturday night as he retained his three world titles and his unbeaten record. The two heavyweights fought a tough battle in Saudi Arabia, but it was not revenge in the eyes of the judges.  The Ukrainian came into the match up with the WBA, WBC and WBO belts after winning the first…

With the Christmas period just around the corner it means there’s lots of presents for Horse Racing fans as many of the top NH trainers run their best horses with lots of Graded Races up for grabs in both England and Ireland.  Without question Cheltenham Festival is the pinnacle of National Hunt Racing so this period gives trainers a chance to put their top…

We have five Premiership games to look at with you Sunday with the first being Everton hosting Chelsea at Goodison Park. Chelsea could temporarily move top of the table with a win here. Enzo Maresca’s side have five successive league wins in a row which has seen them cut the gap between themselves and Liverpool at the top of the tree. With Slots side…

Kicking off the last Premiership fixtures before Christmas is Aston Villa who are hosting Manchester City at Villa Park. Man City are currently 5th in the league two points ahead of Villa in 7th. Aston Villa are restoring some form following a blip earlier in the season and the hosts are unbeaten in their last four home games, following two consecutive victories over Southampton…

This week’s midweek action comes courtesy of the last eight of the League Cup with three games tomorrow evening starting with a London Derby,  Arsenal at home to Crystal Palace. Arsenal have won their last four league contests home and away against their opponents and as we know Cup games can bring out some shocks but Arsenal are expected to put a strong team…

Long Walk Hurdle Saturday 21st December  The Grade 1 of the weekend comes from Ascot where the Howden Long Walk Hurdle takes place over 3 miles with just over 70k to the winner of the contest which we will preview.  Heading the betting for the 12 strong field is Strong Leader 9/4 for Olly Murphy and Sean Bowen is due to take the ride.…