Would be some achievement to be champion trainer in the UK and today's result gives him a favourites chance .I think the good Doctor Newland won't be happy after his cribbing about Irish horses running and winning a lot across the water ..read more

Some light reading over a cuppa….. AINTREE FESTIVAL GRADE 1’s There have been 66 Grade 1 races at the last six Aintree Grand National Festivals Producing… 66 winners & 167 Win & Place Horses From 572 runners The Stats… 65 of 66 winners recorded a top 2 finish on 1 of their last 3 starts – Horses that didn’t meet this returned… 1/49, 5p – 69% below expected 65 of 66 winners were TOP-RATED or rated no more than 17lbs below top-rated (on official ratings) – Horses that didn’t meet this returned… 1/109, 9p – 78% below expected 64 of 66 winners started at an SP of 16/1 or less – Horses tha ..read more

1.30 FURZIG e/w 18/1 3.00 HODDS GIRL e/w 10/1 4.10 STAR HARBOUR e/w 20/1 4.40 ZEALOT e/w 20/1 ..read more

March 6th: Placed an antepost bet with Betfair involving Ten Lengths Tom in the 14:25 at Sandown March 9th. Later noticed that Bet365, among others, were not quoting the horse for the race. Emailed Weatherbys and discovered that the horse was not qualified for the race and would have been withdrawn on March 4th with a press release on March 5th. Contacted BETUNFAIR and they have declared it a loser- case closed! Go figure ..read more

Won a small bet last week. €50 3/1 Paddy Power "congratulated" me on winning €200. But I did not win €200, I won €150 and also got my stake back. I don't bet often. This was from a tip and decided to give it a whirl. The "congrats" message just caught my eye and frankly thought it was blatant misrepresentation and false. Would probably give some people a false feeling of being more "successful" at betting than they are ..read more

Gold Cup Day E/W Highwind Absurde Monkfish No Ordinary Joe ..read more

How many winners will Mullins have? E/W Chantry House Capodanno Sir Gerhard Arctic Bresil ..read more

The Queen mother chase today had 6 runners. El fabiolo was the 2/9 favourite in this race. Thousands of punters had him in as part of multiple bets and had he won this 6 runner race the bookies would have lost millions! He made a jumping error in mid race, it happens, but was pulled up . The horse who was alongside him when he was pulled up ,a 16/ 1 shot ran on to be second. El fabiolo thankfully suffered no ill effects and walked off the track in perfect condition. I don't know but something strange happened there today ..read more

1:30: Ballyburn 4/11 2:10: Stay Away Fay 3/1  2:50: Might I 14/1 3:30: El Fabiolo 4/9 4:10: Minella Indo 3/1 4:50: Madara 7/1 5:30: Teeshan 12/1 I’ve put Ballyburn to win by 5 lengths or more and El Fabiolo in a double — the way WPM’s favourites won’t today, you’d just have to fancy these two massively. 2:10: It’s hard to bet against Willie Mullins favourites if yesterday’s evidence was anything to go by. Maybe Fact to File will go on and justify his short price, but I feel STAY AWAY FAY has a bit more solid form in the book. Albert Bartlett winner last year ticks the Festival form, and ..read more

Just looking for advice as heading to Cheltenham for Tuesday and Wednesday. it’s a gift for the auld lad for Xmas. i wouldn’t be a massive racing fan, only have a passing interest. just wondering about the betting end of it as I don’t have an online account for betting and don’t want one either. is it possible to make bets in a betting shop , like a paddy power in the town of Cheltenham the morning of. I know you can bet on course but id imagine queues are busy. any tips would be welcome. thanks ..read more