OLBG Community News

We have plenty of trend blogs on OLBG available most weekends. To make it easier to see which races are covered, we will put the upcoming races here with links.

These blogs (all times are GMT) can help you find race selections when adding your horse racing tips. Races marked in bold mean the trend shortlists are available.

Thursday 10th July

• 13:50 at Newmarket - Bahrain Trophy Stakes
• 14:25 at Newmarket - July Stakes
• 15:00 at Newmarket - bet365 Sprint Handicap
• 15:35 at Newmarket - Princess of Wales's Stakes

Friday 11th July

• 13:50 at Newmarket - bet365 Handicap
• 14:25 at Newmarket - Duchess of Cambridge Stakes
• 15:00 at Newmarket - bet365 Trophy Heritage Handicap
• 15:35 at Newmarket - Falmouth Stakes
• 19:30 at Kilbeggan - Kilbeggan Midlands National

Saturday 12th July

• 16:50 at Ascot - Ascot Heritage Handicap Sprint
• 14:22 at Ascot - Summer Mile Stakes
• 14:50 at Newmarket - Bunbury Cup
• 15:10 at York - John Smith's Cup
• 15:25 at Newmarket - bet365 Mile Handicap
• 16:00 at Newmarket - Superlative Stakes
• 16:35 at Newmarket - July Cup

Sunday 13th July

• Longchamp - Grand Prix de Paris

Here are some of the sporting highlights for the week ahead. Live TV events are usually popular, so why not share your tips to help those who want to bet on them?

Monday 7th July 2025

• [Football] CONCACAF Gold Cup 2025 Final - USA v Mexico (Premier Sports)
• [Tennis] Wimbledon - Gentlemen and Ladies Fourth Round (BBC1, BBC2)
• [Cycling] UCI Tour de France - Stage 3 - Valenciennes to Dunkirk (TNT Sports 1)

Tuesday 8th July 2025

• [Cricket] One Day International - Sri Lanka v Bangladesh (TNT Sports 3, Discovery+)
• [Tennis] Wimbledon - Gentlemen and Ladies Quarter-finals (BBC1, BBC2)
• [Cycling] UCI Tour de France - Stage 4 - Amiens to Rouen (TNT Sports 1)
• [Cricket] Vitality Blast Women - Somerset Women v Essex Women (Sky Sports Main Event)
• [Cricket] Vitality Blast - Somerset v Essex (Sky Sports Main Event)
• [Football] FIFA Club World Cup 2025 Semi-Final - Fluminense v Chelsea (DAZN)

Wednesday 9th July 2025

• [Rugby Union] British & Irish Lions Tour (Warm Up Match) - Brumbies v British and Irish Lions (Sky Sports Main Event)
• [Tennis] Wimbledon - Gentlemen and Ladies Quarter-finals (BBC1, BBC2)
• [Cycling] UCI Tour de France - Stage 5 - Caen to Caen (TNT Sports 1)
• [Cricket] Women's T20 - England Women v India Women (Sky Sports Main Event)
• [Cricket] Vitality Blast - Sussex v Kent (Sky Sports+)
• [Football] UEFA Champions League First Qualifying Round First Leg - Shelbourne v Linfield (Premier Sports)
• [Football] FIFA Club World Cup 2025 Semi-Final - PSG v Real Madrid (5, DAZN)

Thursday 10th July 2025

• [Golf] PGA Tour - Genesis Scottish Open (Sky Sports Golf) (Ongoing till 13-Jul)
• [Golf] PGA Tour - ISCO Championship (Sky Sports Golf) (Ongoing till 13-Jul)
• [Tennis] Wimbledon - Gentlemen and Ladies Semi-finals (BBC1, BBC2)
• [Cricket] Test Match Cricket (Day 1) - England v India (Sky Sports Main Event)
• [Cycling] UCI Tour de France - Stage 6 - Bayeux to Vire Normandie (TNT Sports 1)
• [Horse Racing] Live Racing - Live racing from Newmarket (ITV1)
• [Cricket] Twenty20 International - Sri Lanka v Bangladesh (TNT Sports 2)
• [Cricket] Vitality Blast - Derbyshire v Worcestershire (Sky Sports Main Event)
• [Rugby League] Super League - Hull FC v Wakefield Trinity (Sky Sports Action)

Friday 11th July 2025

• [Darts] Baltic Sea Darts Open (ET9) - (PDCTV) (Ongoing till 13-Jul)
• [Tennis] Wimbledon - Gentlemens and Ladies Semi-finals (BBC1, BBC2)
• [Cycling] UCI Tour de France - Stage 7 - Saint-Malo to Mûr-de-Bretagne Guerlédan (TNT Sports 1)
• [Horse Racing] Live Racing - Live racing from Newmarket and York (ITV1)
• [Cricket] Vitality Blast - Lancashire v Yorkshire (Sky Sports Cricket)
• [Rugby League] Super League - Leeds Rhinos v St Helens (Sky Sports Main Event)
• [Rugby League] Super League - Wigan Warriors v Huddersfield Giants (Sky Sports+)

Saturday 12th July 2025

• [Boxing] Live Boxing - Taylor vs Serrano III (Netflix)
• [Rugby Union] British & Irish Lions Tour (Warm Up Match) - Invitational AU and NZ v British and Irish Lions (Sky Sports Main Event)
• [Cycling] UCI Tour de France - Stage 8 - Saint-Méen-le-Grand to Laval (TNT Sports 1)
• [Horse Racing] UK Race Meeting - Live racing from Newmarket, York and Ascot (ITV1)
• [Rugby League] Super League - Leigh Leopards v Hull KR (Sky Sports+)
• [Tennis] Wimbledon - Ladies Singles Final (BBC)
• [Rugby League] Super League - Catalans Dragons v Warrington Wolves (Sky Sports (TBC))
• [Cricket] Womens T20 - England Womens v India Women (Sky Sports Main Event)
• [Cricket] Test Match Cricket (Day 1) - West Indies v Australia (TNT Sports 2)
• [Rugby Union] Rugby Union International (Summer Internationals) - Argentina v England (Sky Sports Main Event)

Sunday 13th July 2025

• [Boxing] Live Boxing - Berlanga vs Sheeraz (DAZN)
• [UFC] UFC Fight Night - Derrick Lewis vs Tallison Teixeira (TNT Sports 1)
• [Cycling] UCI Tour de France - Stage 9 - Chinon to Châteauroux (TNT Sports 1)
• [Cricket] Twenty20 International - Sri Lanka v Bangladesh (TNT Sports 3, Discovery+)
• [Rugby League] Super League - Salford Red Devils v Castleford Tigers (Sky Sports (TBC))
• [Tennis] Wimbledon - Gentlemens Singles Final (BBC)

First of all, thank you to everyone who got involved with the Royal Ascot tipster competition; it was five days of great racing.

The winner of the top prize of £200 is dmburgess85, who finished the competition with a +57.74 LSP from 61 tips placed and 13 profitable.

It was the fourth event competition that he has won, and the second time he has won the Royal Ascot competition!

• Cheltenham Festival 2019
• Aintree 2021
• Royal Ascot 2023
• Royal Ascot 2025

RAGS2RICH with an LSP of +50.58 (14 profitable tips from 40) picked up the £100 runner-up prize and c4stle won the £50 third placed prize with an LSP of +34.08 with 12 profitable tips from 26.

Here are the top five tipsters for Royal Ascot:

1. dmburgess85 (+57.74)
2. RAGS2RICH (+50.58)
3. c4stle (+34.08)
4. Pippedatthepostagain (+30.12)
5. rockabilly kat (+27.42)

The following tipsters win £10:

6th-18th: lankylad, kenny1504, meoldmate, griffin6, Scurlogue, igorukr, bravestes, Parrstreet, iontheball, bowhillbear, IVHorseRacing (£30 Super Elite), Slugsy & The Johno.

Once again, thank you to everyone who put up comments during Ascot, you can view the final table here: https://www.olbg.com/tipsters/tables?id=e-1

Did you know you can earn crowns which you can then spend on merchandise in the OLBG store in many ways, just by using your OLBG account? 

You can earn OLBG crowns for use in the store by doing any of the following with your OLBG account:

• Add tips - via your dashboard task menu to receive crowns and new tasks added regularly.

• Hit A Winning Streak - Place at least one winning tip on consecutive days and build a winning streak earning crowns as your streak progresses.

• Have Profitable Days - Have at least 5 winning tips (with comments) on a sport and finish in profit on any given day to win 500 crowns!

• Settle Tips - Enter results and scores for completed events on a number of sports to receive crowns.

• Surveys - complete topical surveys via your "Explore And Earn" section on your dashboard to receive crowns.

• Bookie Reviews - Add useful bookie reviews to help users and receive crowns. New reviews are added regularly to your dashboard tasks.

Take a look in the store, there are lots of OLBG goodies to pick from ranging from Umbrellas, Bobble Hats, Caps, Water Bottles, Coasters, Notebooks, Playing Cards, Pens and digital items for the tipsters amongst you who like to keep track of stats and figures for the year.