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Racing Tips: 2022 Clarence House Chase Tips, Preview & Predictions – Shishkin & Energumene in Epic Ascot Clash
Two of the most exciting two-milers in training collide in the feature race at Ascot on Saturday, 22 January, the Grade 1 Clarence House Chase (3:35). This year’s renewal is all about the clash between Irish raider Energumene and Shishkin. Better late than never as many hoped for it last season. Who do our experts side with? Read our Clarence House Chase tips below. But first, the stats and trends. Since this race became a conditions contest, 12 of the 14 winners were aged between seven and nine. Both of the market principals sit slap bang in the middle of that profile as eight-year-olds. Recent renewals also show it takes at least one previous run in the campaign to win this. Favourites have an excellent record too. Nine of the last 12 Clarence House Chase winners were the market leader, ...
ITV Racing Tips for 18 December – See Saturday Selections & Pundit Picks from Ascot & Haydock
Another set of ITV Racing tips is there for punters this Saturday, 18 December with six races broadcast live on TV. Coverage comes from both Ascot and Haydock Park during the last major meetings before Christmas. Check out who industry insiders and pundits in the sport of kings like across these two cards. Despite the loss of ante post favourite Buzz due to injury, the Grade 1 Long Walk Hurdle headlines the show. ITV Racing tipsters probably had to have a rethink about their fancies in that 3m feature contest (2:25). That is the second of four races from Ascot taking place during the broadcast following a 2m 3f handicap chase (1:50). Later on at the Berkshire track, the Listed 3m Silver Cup (3:00) is the big handicap chase where Matt Chapman tips differ from the picks of former top jockeys...
Racing Tips: 2021 Long Walk Hurdle Tips & Preview – Buzz Tries Trip at Ascot for First Time
The 3m Grade 1 Long Walk Hurdle is the feature race at Ascot on Saturday, 18 December (2:25). One of the top staying hurdles in the British Isles, it has an illustrious roll of honour. Equine greats like Lanzarote, Royal Athlete, Baracouda, Big Buck’s and Reve De Sivola have all won it before. Check out the latest Long Walk Hurdle tips from our experts here. As ever, there are some key stats and trends that can help punters find the winner. Typically for a Grade 1 contest, it invariably takes a class horse to win it. All but one of the last dozen successful in the Long Walk had an official rating of over 150. Favourites, meanwhile, have a 50 per cent strike rate in the 12 most recent renewals. It takes a race-fit horse to win this contest. All of those successful in the same timeframe did ...
Racing Tips: 2021 Betfair Exchange Trophy Tips & Preview – Bookies Believe Cheltenham Form Key to Ascot Handicap
The extended 1m 7f Grade 3 Betfair Exchange Trophy Handicap Hurdle at Ascot on Saturday, 18 December (3:35) has often been sponsored by bookmakers. This race is perhaps best known as the Ladbroke Hurdle. There were 16 runners left in this early-closing contest at the five-day stage, so SportsLens experts give their Betfair Exchange Trophy tips and analysis. Among the entries are the last three winners of the December Handicap Hurdle at Sandown Park. There is also the first, third and fifth from the Greatwood Hurdle during Cheltenham’s November Meeting who could meet again. Winners of the Gerry Feilden at Newbury and London Handicap Hurdle over course and distance, plus Chepstow’s Persian War runner-up are in the mix too. This is why a race like the Betfair Exchange Trophy proves tough for ...
Did New Cheltenham Gold Cup Favourite A Plus Tard Beat Much in the Betfair Chase?
Hindsight is a wonderful thing but there have been tougher renewals of the Betfair Chase than the one A Plus Tard bolted up in at Haydock Park. No Irish trained racehorse had ever won this leg of the Stayers Chase Triple Crown until now. The well-backed 11/10 favourite on horse racing betting sites jumped for fun under Rachael Blackmore and never had a nervous moment on Merseyside. Content to let three-time Betfair Chase winner Bristol De Mai and January’s Peter Marsh victor Royale Pagaille take each other on up front, A Plus Tard simply waited in the wings under his jockey. Some call it a patient ride. Who needs patience when you win in facile fashion? A good leap four out helped Blackmore’s mount cruise into contention. By next the fence, they were disputing the lead. Bristol De Mai weak...
2021 Coral Hurdle Preview, Predictions & Betting Tips – Buzz All the Rage at Ascot
One of two feature races at Ascot’s two-day November racing weekend on Saturday, 20 November is the 2m 3f Grade 2 Coral Hurdle (2:40). Registered as the Ascot Hurdle, some top horses have won this. Dawn Run first announced herself in this contest with victory in 1983 before scaling the heights of both hurdling and steeplechasing. Other notable Ascot Hurdle winners include Morley Street, Baracouda and Hardy Eustace who all landed consecutive renewals. Paul Nicholls would be the trainer to follow with a record seven wins but doesn’t have a runner this year. Coming into the race fresh has paid off in recent years with six of the last nine Ascot Hurdle winners victorious on reappearance. Horses aged five, six and seven are the most successful group. That doesn’t rule out any of this year...
ITV Racing Tips for 20 November – Get Expert Selections for Ascot & Haydock
There is another massive Saturday of horse racing from Ascot and Haydock, so of course ITV Racing tips from your favourite pundits are available. What do big names in the sport of kings fancy? SportsLens has a neat summary for all seven terrestrial races broadcast on ITV on 20 November. It is 1965 Chase and Coral Hurdle day at Ascot. While some of the field sizes are small, that probably helps the ITV Racing tipsters with their quest for winners. Three races, also including the Hurst Park Handicap Chase, are part of Saturday’s TV coverage from the Berkshire track. Up at Haydock Park on Merseyside, meanwhile, it’s the Betfair Chase card with the first Grade 1 of the British jumps season taking centre stage there. The other four races, including the Grade 3 Stayers’ Handicap Hurdle won in re...
Lucky 15 Tips – Saturday’s 1052/1 Lucky 15 from Ascot & Haydock
There are more Lucky 15 tips from SportsLens experts on Betfair Chase Day, 20 November, this Saturday from both Ascot and Haydock. The supporting cards have plenty of punts that look worth a wager. With combined odds of a massive 1052/1, our latest Lucky 15 bet needs a closer look. Join William Hill, using promo code M40, and try this Lucky 15 for size after you wager £10 and get £40 – £30 in free bets for the sportsbook, plus a £10 casino bonus. If each selection from the Lucky 15 tipster wins, a £1 unit stake returns £1,053 which includes a 429/1 fourfold. That is the kind of Lucky 15 accumulator we can all get behind! All prices quoted were correct at the time of writing, but odds do fluctuate and change. Here are our Lucky 15 tips for 20 November one leg at a time: Lucky 15 Tips Leg 1 ...
Saturday’s Horse Racing Live Streaming – Watch British Champions Day from Ascot Live + Get a Free Bet
Don’t miss out on a superb Saturday of horse racing live streaming online for free at QuinnBet. It’s British Champions Day at Ascot, one of seven meetings in the UK and Ireland on 16 October. Watch and bet on horse racing over jumps and on the Flat all day long. New QuinnBet customers get a £25 risk free bet upon signing up to the sportsbook too. Saturdays are always action-packed when it comes to live horse racing streaming options. It’s no different today on QuinnBet where punters have countless opportunities to watch and bet on horse racing in style. Streaming the races doesn’t cost a penny either. Today’s horse racing live streaming includes jumps cards from Market Rasen, Ffos Las and Stratford. That should keeps fans of British National Hunt horse racing occupied all af...
QIPCO Champion Stakes 2021 Preview, Predictions & Betting Tips – Mishriff & Adayar Meet Again
On British Champions Day at Ascot on Saturday, 16 October, the 1m 2f QIPCO Champions Stakes is the headline middle-distance race (3:50). It is also the penultimate event on a stellar card of Flat horse racing. Frankel, Cracksman and Magical are all recent Champion Stakes winners. Transferred to Ascot from Newmarket in 2011, older horses have done so well in the race lately. In fact, only two three-year-old have won this since 2008. Horses prominent in the Champion Stakes betting have a great record. Of the last nine victors, none were bigger than 10/1. Four of the last five favourites obliged too. All but one the previous 10 Champion Stakes winners had an official rating of 120 or higher. These are the very best Flat turf horses in training over 10 furlongs winning this, then. The dra...
QIPCO British Champions Day Betting Tips – Who to Back in Ascot Champions Day Supporting Races
QIPCO British Champions Day is one of the biggest Flat horse racing meetings in the UK. The Balmoral Handicap apart, the other five races on the card bring the British Champions Series to an end. By far the most prestigious Ascot Champions Day races are the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes for milers (3:10) and the QIPCO Champion Stakes (3:50). The first of those events pits Palace Pier against three-year-old challengers Baaeed and Alcohol Free. In the 1m 2f Champion Stakes afterwards, Mishriff tackles Adayar in another battle between generations. This lies at the heart of all Flat turf horse racing in Britain. Here, the SportsLens experts look at the QIPCO British Champions Day supporting card with selections for three other Group races. QIPCO British Champions Long Distance Cup (1:25) A mu...
Frankie Dettori Rides for Ascot Champions Day – Find Out His Horses for QIPCO British Champions Day
Casual horse racing punters always want to know what Frankie Dettori rides at major meetings. This Saturday, 16 October, it’s the Ascot Champions Day card. The “Frankie factor” has long been an influence on the best betting sites and markets. Ascot is the scene of his legendary Magnificent 7, where Dettori went through the card winning all races 25 years ago. QIPCO British Champions Day is one of the last big meetings of the UK Flat turf season with trainers scrambling to book the charismatic Italian jockey. Even though he turned 50 this year, Frankie Dettori rides still have extra special attention on them. At the time of writing, he has four mounts for Ascot Champions Day 2021. These are subject to final declarations that take place 48 hours before the meeting. Since QIPCO British Champi...
