Horse racing betting tips
Racing Tips: 2021 Matheson Hurdle Tips – No Seeing Past Sharjah for Fourth Leopardstown Win
The feature race on the fourth and final day of the Christmas Festival at Leopardstown is the 2m Grade 1 Matheson Hurdle (2:20). Two exceptional horses, Istabraq and Hurricane Fly, have won this four times before. Sharjah is all the rage to add his name to that exclusive club after landing the spoils in each of the last three seasons. Is there any case against the favourite? Read 2021 Matheson Hurdle tips from SportsLens experts to find out. Six of the last dozen favourites have won this race, although none have been successful since 2015. Nine of the 12 most recent winners had an official rating of 156 or higher, and only Sharjah ticks that box from this year’s field of six. The case already looks strong for that one. There is also a substantial history of multiple winners, starting with ...
Racing Tips: 2021 Leopardstown Christmas Hurdle Tips – Abacadabras a Festive Fancy
The feature staying hurdles race over Christmas in Ireland is the 3m Grade 1 Leopardstown Christmas Hurdle on Tuesday, 28 December (1:45). This should not be confused with the 2m race at Kempton on Boxing Day with the same name. See which horses SportsLens tipsters put on their shortlist with 2021 Leopardstown Christmas Hurdle tips here. Mares have won four of the last five renewals but three of those went to the mighty Apple’s Jade. The sole female declared this year is some way off the standards she set. Nine of the last 11 Leopardstown Christmas Hurdle winners had an official rating of 150+, so it takes a top horse and thorough stay to land this test of stamina. The contest is also usually won by a race-fit animal. Each of the last dozen scorers ran a maximum of five weeks beforehand. S...
Racing Tips – NAP of the Day: 4/1 Horse Racing Betting Tip This Bank Holiday Tuesday + a £25 Risk Free Bet
The horse racing NAP of the Day for horse racing tipsters on SportsLens this Bank Holiday Tuesday, 28 December, is Sayce Gold. She runs in the silks of the late Trevor Hemmings in the extended 2m 6f Grade 2 Dawn Run Mares Novice Chase at Limerick (1:30) today. Now stepping markedly back up in trip, this Mick Winters trained mare is the best value Bet of the Day at odds of 4/1. Get a £25 Risk Free Bet from the first day of betting at Quinnbet today! An eight-year-old daughter of Gold Well, Sayce Gold has staying chaser written all over her. She won the last of her three starts in Irish Points, then progressed to land a Grade 3 novice hurdle at Cork last winter. Sayce Gold has often been campaigned over an inadequate distance since, but the stamina test she faces here is much more like it. T...
Racing Tips – NAP of the Day: 6/4 Horse Racing Betting Tip This Bank Holiday Monday + a £25 Risk Free Bet
On Bank Holiday Monday, 27 December, the NAP of the Day with SportsLens horse racing experts is Eric Bloodaxe. He runs in the 2m 7f Grade 2 Doran’s Pride Novice Hurdle, run as the Lyons Of Limerick Jaguar Novice Hurdle, during the Christmas Festival at Limerick (2:05). This Joseph O’Brien horse is the best value Bet of the Day at odds of 6/4. Get a £25 Risk Free Bet from the first day of betting at Quinnbet today! Owned by Gigginstown House Stud, Eric Bloodaxe was a top bumper performer who, after some problems made a winning reappearance over hurdles. The six-year-old Saint Des Saints gelding now steps up in trip after placing over 2m 4f in this grade against a real Navan specialist last time out. Eric Bloodaxe rates the NAP of the Day over a distance that promises to suit. Read on f...
Racing Tips: 2021 Challow Hurdle Tips – Elliott Pair Set Strong Standard for Newbury Novice Grade 1
At Newbury on Wednesday, 29 December, the feature race is the extended 2m 4f Challow Hurdle for novices (3:05). This Grade 1 contest has a roll of honour that includes Bindaree, Denman, Wichita Lineman, Reve De Sivola, Champ and Thyme Hill. See who SportsLens experts fancy this year with 2021 Challow Hurdle tips in the offing. In all but two of the last dozen renewals, the minimum official rating of successful horses has been 143. A couple in that time didn’t have a mark but the default position with those Challow Hurdle winners has been to give them one of 150 afterwards. Course and distance success has become a recent factor with two of the last three victors scoring at Newbury before returning for this. Favourites have a strong record over the last decade. In that time, seven outright o...
Racing Tips: Bank Holiday Monday Lucky 15 Tips – 838/1 Lucky 15 from Chepstow, Kempton & Leopardstown
On Bank Holiday Monday, 27 December, SportsLens experts have Lucky 15 tips from top horse racing cards at Chepstow, Kempton and Leopardstown. Keep that festive fun going by taking a punt at total combined odds of 838/1 in our latest Lucky 15 bet over the Christmas period. Sing up to William Hill, using promo code H30, and try our Lucky 15 after betting £10 to get £30 in free bets. Should all four legs win, then it will be a late Christmas present for punters. A £1 unit stake yields maximum returns of £839 at the current odds available. This includes a 363/1 fourfold Lucky 15 accumulator. Prices are subject to change, because gambles in the market happen all the time. Let’s take a look at our Bank Holiday Monday Lucky 15 bet in detail: Lucky 15 Tips Leg 1 – Forever Blessed (1:40, Chepstow) ...
Boxing Day Racing Tips – Four Best Bets from Tipsters for 26 December Cards
Boxing Day racing tips are high on punters’ minds with festive football facing postponements. There are so many races taking place in the UK and Ireland that SportsLens experts give their best picks from the 26 December action. There is tons of horse racing throughout the British Isles on Boxing Day. Besides the King George card at Kempton, Leopardstown and Limerick also host Grade 1 action across the Irish Sea. With 11 meetings on 26 December, punters and tipsters alike have plenty of opportunities to find winners. We asked our experts for four of their best bets across this plethora of cards. These are Boxing Day racing tips that it could pay to follow. Get the lowdown on our tipsters’ fancies for 26 December, and bring a bit of fun and festive cheer in if one or more happen to win: 2021...
Racing Tips: 2021 Welsh Grand National Tips – The Big Dog Among Chepstow Fancies
The Coral Welsh Grand National over an extended 3m 6f is the big betting race on Bank Holiday Monday, 27 December (2:50). Although the showpiece Grade 3 handicap chase at Chepstow is behind closed doors, it remains a real highlight. SportsLens tipsters give their 2021 Welsh Grand National tips based on the five-day entries. As ever, the stats are our experts’ guide. One of the key Welsh Grand National trends is betting on a race-fit horse. All of the eight most recent winners had at least two previous runs in the National Hunt season under their belt. Three of the last six came to Chepstow off the back of three outings in the campaign. Look for horses who last appeared on the racecourse between three and five weeks beforehand. Favourites have a good recent record with three of the previous...
Racing Tips: 2021 Rowland Meryick Chase Tips – Empire Steel Appeals for Wetherby Boxing Day Feature
The 3m Grade 3 Rowland Meyrick Chase is the feature handicap in the north of England on Boxing Day at Wetherby (2:10). Nine of the 10 declared runners in this year’s renewal have just 9lb between them on official ratings, so it is a fiendishly competitive event. Check out the Rowland Meyrick Chase tips from SportsLens experts below… Seven-year-olds have a particularly strong recent record in this race. Since 2008 (and there have been three abandonments for frost and waterlogging in that time), seven winners came from that age bracket. The favourite has only obliged twice in nine runnings since 2011, so looking beyond the market leader on horse racing betting sites may be wise. Race-fit horses tend to win the Rowland Meyrick Chase with eight of the last nine successful coming to Wetherby of...
Racing Tips – NAP of the Day: 4/1 Horse Racing Betting Tip This Wednesday + a £25 Risk Free Bet
The NAP of the Day for SportsLens horse racing tipsters on Wednesday, 22 December is Fidelio Vallis. He can defy top weight in the 2m handicap chase at Ludlow today (1:45). Paul Nicholls’ charge appeals as the best value Bet of the Day at a fabulous 4/1 price. Get a £25 Risk Free Bet on the first net placed at Quinnbet today! Fidelio Vallis is a six-year-old Saint Des Saints gelding that showed some progressive form in handicaps in the spring. He notched a four-timer between March and May, and has since finished second in a Listed contest at Chepstow. Now back on a flatter track and going right-handed after running at Cheltenham last time out, Fidelio Vallis rates the NAP of the Day for 22 December despite a welter burden. See more reasons to back this horse, our latest Bet of the Day, bel...
Racing Tips: 2021 King George Tips – Chantry House Value for Kempton Festive Feature
The King George VI Chase is the highlight of the festive fixtures in British horse racing on Boxing Day (3:05). This year’s race at Kempton promises to be no exception. These are our experts’ 2021 King George tips for the 3m Grade 1 feature on a stellar card at the Greater London track. What do stats and trends say about this race? Well, King George VI Chase past winners in recent years have all had an official rating of 160 or higher. We are talking about the very best staying chasers in training. That doesn’t rule out many of the King George VI Chase runners with 10 left in at the five-day stage this year, though. It usually takes an exceptional horse to win this as a nine-year-old and up. Eight of the last nine King George VI Chase winners were aged six, seven or eight – a stat all hors...
Racing Tips: 2021 Kauto Star Novices Chase Tips & Preview – Bravemansgame a Strong Fancy for Kempton Grade 1
On a stellar Boxing Day card at Kempton Park, the first of three Grade 1 races is the 3m Kauto Star Novices Chase (1:55). Although guaranteed a smaller than average field, this race has launched the careers of Long Run, Coneygree and Shan Blue in recent years. See who SportsLens experts fancy to add their names to that roll of honour with their Kauto Star Novices Chase tips below. Each of the last four winners had an official rating of 150 or higher going into the contest. That tells us some of the top staying novice chasers in the UK landed the spoils. Only three of the last 10 favourites in the race that honours Kauto Star have obliged. There has been some drama, most notably Might Bite falling at the final fence when seemingly cruising to victory in 2017. Nicky Henderson has trained a r...
