Blogs: Horse Racing

The purpose of this blog is to provide readers with some guidelines on assessing value wagers during the Cheltenham National Hunt Racing Festival. There are few events in the sporting calendar that offer as many betting opportunities as the Cheltenham Festival

In these days of mobile phones and the internet,on course bookmakers being kept in the dark by a man monopolising a telephone box at a racecourse sounds almost like make believe, but on 26th June 1975 it happened.

Many people go to these top class meetings and often think they canback every winner in every race, most of us go there with theintention of not backing in every race as we know it's almostimpossible to go through the

In the first part of thisblog I set out the argument which is often given why bookmakersshouldn't close accounts; that argument goes that bookmakers canmake money with the help of winning punters, because winningpunters teach bookmakers where their odds are

Much has been written about the closure ofaccounts by bookmakers recently, a good example is Jim Brown'sexcellent blog on this site. The issue was also covered on theradio by Five Live Investigates recently and is discussed at lengthin the final

She's got a lovely head hasn't she? The trainer Jamie says, Iassume rhetorically. I squint at the mare in front of me, pokingits head out of the stable ruminating thoughtfully, put my head onone side and think of a few

SATURDAY 4th JULY 2015CORAL ECLIPSE DAYGRANDSTAND ENCLOSURE (tatts)ENTRANCE £28RACECARD £5VISITED WITH WIFEThe racecourse itself is well signposted from the M25, but thesigns for the parking aren't quite as good. There's a car park justpast the entrance to the enclosures which

SUNDAY 28th JUNE 2015PREMIER ENCLOSURE (members)ENTRANCE £22RACECARD £3VISITED WITH WIFEThe course at Uttoxeter is easy to find as it is in the townitself, next to the railway station and is well signposted from themain roads. It does take quite a

Well, it is the time of year when I break left from the chargingherd and run towards the same target from a different direction. Inthe wilds of the betting jungle, maybe that leaves me vulnerable toa predator. Maybe, I am

When it comes to either backing or laying horses one area that is often ignored is the competitiveness of the race. This competitiveness I feel is key to successful betting, when you choose a horse that you like.