Racing fans have all experienced the rumble of hooves on the track, the roar of the crowd cheering on their favourites and the excitement as the winner is led back into a raucous parade ring to take its place in the number one spot. Imagine […]
Twice a Champion Hurdle winner and with just one defeat out of seventeen starts, Honeysuckle is one of the greatest mares to grace the National Hunt racing sphere. Trained in Ireland by Henry de Bromhead, the now eight-year-0ld was on course for a hat-trick bid at Cheltenham this […]
Having written my ideas of the likeliest winners for the Hong Kong International races day, this is your follow up article where I gloat if I get things right (rarely if ever) and make feeble excuses for where it all went wrong (far more likely). […]
It is difficult to pinpoint the exact date of the first horse race but horse racing dates back to BCE. Horse racing was part of the early Olympic Games. Now, the sport takes place daily across the world, with the United Kingdom, Ireland, United States, […]
The 2023 Cheltenham Festival is still four months away, but there has already been plenty of debate about which horses will win the top races. The four-day meeting is the highlight of the National Hunt season in the United Kingdom and provides punters with a […]
If you’ve had some experience in horse racing betting already, then we’re pretty sure you’ve already heard about the term “false favourite.” It’s quite a common term, especially in talks about strategies and systems. With that in mind, determining a false favourite is essential if […]
The Melbourne Cup is a 3,200-meter horse race held annually in Melbourne, Australia on the first Tuesday of November. It is known as the richest “two-mile” handicap to take place across the world, while it is also known to be one of the richest turf […]
If you are interested in horse racing, you may wonder if it is hard to take up as a sport. The answer is that it depends on your experience level and how much work you are willing to put in. In this blog post, we […]