Irish Flat Racing Notes, Leopardstown, 28th March
More from Irish flat racing expert, Tony Keenan, as he goes through the fallout from last Wednesday’s Leopardstown card, and offers his horses to follow / swerve. I’ll add in the previous runners to the bottom of each piece, so you can check ‘at a glance’ those on the yes/no lists! Leopardstown – March [...]
In the first of a new series, Tony Keenan, fan of Irish flat racing (“and not the good stuff either”), shares his notes on the week’s flat fare passed. At the end are his horses to follow/swerve, and it will be fascinating (and, we hope, profitable) to see how these nags go. Over to Tony… [...]
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By Hayley O’Connor, Ladbrokes.com Large Handicaps are usually not quite my cup of tea. Too much is left to chance, anything can happen and if I am being totally honest, it involves quite a bit of homework if you’re taking it seriously. How and ever, we have two that I am looking forward to this weekend, [...]
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A short time ago, I was approached by a US trainer with a story to tell. His name is Glenn Thompson and he trains horses mostly out of Monmouth Park, New Jersey, on the East Coast. But Thompson has a mission. He wants to publicise the use of ‘raceday medication’ at Monmouth and lots of [...]
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The Galway Festival 2011 starts today, and below are some course notes that should serve you well if kept close to hand. Galway is a unique track, and places demands on horses that no other racecourse in the world can rival. It is also, of course, a place of ribald revelry and marathon drinking and [...]
Continue reading …Now that the English Guineas are behind us (or should I say the French Guineas?!), the flat season is in full cry. So, what better time to offer ten horses to follow this season. These are not my ten. Rather, they’re from a very sharp chap called Richard Stoddart, who runs a long odds betting [...]
Continue reading …Three ‘Live’ Outsiders For The Stan James 2000 Guineas… The flat season is now well and truly underway with both Newmarket’s Craven meeting and Newbury’s Greenham Stakes having taken place this past week. The Craven resulted in an emphatic victory for the John Dunlop trained Elusive Pimpernel, who looked in trouble briefly, but picked up [...]
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What many punters fail to realise is just how different Cheltenham and Aintree are in nature. Despite both being left-handed and extremely difficult to win at, the two courses have absolutely no similarities. In addition, Aintree comes just a few weeks after the Festival itself – and it’s very rare that a horse will recover [...]
Continue reading …Connor Gallagher is a horse racing bettor, form enthusiast and stats analyst. He currently offers a free weekly e-letter providing in-depth analysis of big races, and detailing profitable betting trends. You can sign-up for free here. Introduction Welcome to your exclusive Cheltenham Festival betting guide, and congratulations for taking action and getting involved. For you [...]
Continue reading …The Power of 14: How to get classy handicap fields down to a manageable and quality shortlist This is a rule which applies to races which are handicaps of Class 2 or better, especially major handicaps. You’ll be pleasantly surprised at how much this rule can help you get the field down to a manageable [...]
Continue reading …It’s that time of year again ladies and gentlemen. Yep, the Grand National weights were published today, and the press have conveniently latched on to Tricky Trickster’s win in the Aon Chase at the weekend by hyping up yet another… wait for it… Paul Nicholls-trained runner. Take my advice and ignore all the hype surrounding [...]
Continue reading …Cheltenham Festival – The Irish Scene… Festival trials are pretty much coming to an end now, and aside from the novices many of the Irish contenders have now had their final preparations. The 26 races staged between the 16th and 20th March aren’t traditionally races for favourites – a huge 77% of them have been [...]
Continue reading …Profitable Trainer Statistics, by Connor Gallagher Paul Nicholls has reigned supreme in the trainers’ championship over the past few years, but the official figures suggest we should be looking towards the less publicised yards when it comes to sourcing a profit from trainer stats. I don’t know about you, but I’m of the opinion that [...]
Continue reading …The Champion Hurdle Picture… Wow, things are really starting to heat up with regards to the Cheltenham Festival in March. The thing that really starts to frustrate punters at this time of year, though, is the endless hype regarding the more high-profile entries… Whenever a horse wins or is beaten in a “trial” you can [...]
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Continue reading …Today I added another VERY cool feature to “Horse-Racing.ie” that I’m sure will prove very useful to you! This is nothing new to…
Continue reading …One of the most useful features we’ve added to the new “Horse-Racing.ie” website is a commenting/feedback system for WordPress (the software we use to manage the site) called Disqus. Rather than relying on the inbuilt commenting system in WordPress, which is kind of limited when you have a site that’s attracted literally thousands of comments [...]
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