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July 2007

Juddmonte International Stakes, a hot betting heat

Editor / 21 July 2007 / Leave a comment

York's Group 1 Juddmonte International Stakes, run over an extended ten furlongs, is one of the major middle-distance all-age contests of the whole racing season, and as such is always a hot betting heat. If Saeed bin Suroor's Godlphin yard have a representative in the race then the odds are that many bets will struck in its favour, as the yard has sent out the winner of this event no less than four times in the last 12 years. Their...Read more »

Phoenix Stakes betting trends

Editor / 21 July 2007 / Leave a comment

Run at the Curragh since 2002, the Group 1 Phoenix Stakes, run over six furlongs for two-year-old's, has been farmed by the brilliant Aidan O'Brien for more than a decade and proved a fabulous betting opportunity for punters who like their bets to follow the strongest of trends. O'Brien has won the race every year since 1998 (with the exception of 2004) a record that defies the odds but has had many a serious punter holding their bets through the...Read more »

Irish Champion Stakes betting

Editor / 21 July 2007 / Leave a comment

The list of winners of the ten furlong, Group 1 Irish Champion Stakes reads like a 'Who's Who' of European racing, making the event one of the centrepieces of the Irish racing calendar and one of the heaviest betting heats of the season. The odds on any representative trained by Aidan O'Brien will reflect the trainer's fine record in the race. The Ballydoyle maestro has rewarded those with bets on his runners four times in the last seven years, most...Read more »

Haydock Sprint Cup betting

Editor / 21 July 2007 / Leave a comment

The Haydock Sprint Cup, run over six furlongs, is always a hotly contested betting heat that tends to attract the cream of European sprinting talent. In 2005, Eric Alston's Reverence justified his odds when winning in fine style on rain-softened ground and landed some significant bets in the process, but there are few strong trends in a race which has proved equally lucrative for those betting on both three-year-olds and older horses....Read more »

Hackney Empire Royal Lodge Stakes betting

Editor / 21 July 2007 / Leave a comment

The Group 2 Hackney Empire Royal Lodge Stakes is an interesting betting contest which is a traditional pointer to the aspirations of relatively late maturing juvenile colts and geldings who are likely to be suited by middle distances as three-year-olds....Read more »

Cheveley Park Stakes betting

Editor / 20 July 2007 / Leave a comment

Newmarket's Cheveley Park Stakes, a Group 1 contest for two-year-old fillies run over six furlongs, is one of the betting highlights of the juvenile calendar in the latter half of the flat racing season. The race tends to provide plenty of serious betting clues and is a decent guide to the odds and expectations for fillies in the next season's 1,000 Guineas. Many ante-post betting lists can be influenced by the impressive performance (or otherwise) of the winner of the...Read more »

Totesport Ayr Gold Cup betting

Editor / 20 July 2007 / Leave a comment

The most valuable sprint handicap run in Europe, the Totesport Ayr Gold Cup is an annual cavalry charge over a straight six furlongs that has continually proved one of the hottest betting heats of the season. The race is a fiendishly difficult puzzle to solve for those having a bet but the openness of the race is reflected in big odds offered about the leading contenders....Read more »

Queen Elizabeth II Stakes betting

Editor / 20 July 2007 / Leave a comment

Ascot's Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (QEII) is internationally regarded as one of the best mile contests of the season and is invariably a lively betting heat in which many significant bets are struck. Open to three-year-old's and upwards, previous winners of the race include some of the best milers of modern times: Warning, Zilzal, Bahri, Dubai Millenium, Falbrav, Rakti, to name but a few, and the odds are that this season's winner will also come from the top...Read more »

Park Hill Stakes betting

Editor / 20 July 2007 / Leave a comment

The Park Hill Stakes run at Doncaster over the St Leger distance of one mile, six furlongs and 132 yards is a historic and cherished contest on which to enjoy a bet. Restricted to fillies and mares, the Group 2 event was first run in 1839 and is one of the oldest events on the racing calendar and very often is a hot betting heat....Read more »

Moyglare Stud Stakes betting

Editor / 20 July 2007 / Leave a comment

The Group 1 Moyglare Stud Stakes, at the Curragh in Ireland, has a reputation for producing a smart winner, likely to figure prominently in ante-post betting odds for the next season's 1,000 Guineas in England and Ireland. The seven furlongs event for two-year-old fillies can be a challenging betting hear but those with bets on Aidan O'Brien over the years have been well rewarded. The Ballydoyle maestro has dominated the Moyglare Stud Stakes betting in recent times landing four of...Read more »

Irish St Leger betting

Editor / 20 July 2007 / Leave a comment

The Group 1 Irish St Leger, run over one mile six furlongs at the Curragh racecourse has proved to be a solid betting opportunity for punters who like to tailor their bets to following trends. Since being opened up to older horses in 1983, the race has a history of multiple winners with Vintage Crop, Oscar Schindler and Kayf Tara all landing the prize twice in the 1990's before Vinnie Roe overcame all the odds to delight the betting public...Read more »

GNER Doncaster Cup betting

Editor / 20 July 2007 / Leave a comment

The final leg of the stayers 'Triple Crown', the two-and-a-quarter-mile Group 2 GNER Doncaster Cup is a race rich in tradition that always appeals to the betting public. Many punters often place their bets on long-standing favourites who compete in the race year after year, often at attractive odds....Read more »

Diadem Stakes betting

Editor / 20 July 2007 / Leave a comment

The six furlong Diadem Stakes, run at Ascot over the straight but very testing six furlongs, is an intriguing Group 2 betting contest which offers an opportunity for classy sprinters just short of the very highest grade....Read more »

New news site coming soon

Editor / 10 July 2007 / Leave a comment

We are rebuilding betting.betfair.com and will be relaunching beginning of September 07. As a result, we will only be updating certain parts of the site. Thanks The Web Team...Read more »

HORSE RACING PREVIEWS

Editor / 05 July 2007 / Leave a comment

5f 6yd Dragon Stakes (Listed). Sandown, Friday, 14.40 It will be interesting to see how the market reacts in the Listed sprint at Sandown on Friday (14.40) with Western Art a good shout for favourite, although that would make him attractive to layers. The Peter Chapple-Hyam-trained two-year-old has already been backed into favouritism - on his Leicester debut - only to be beaten by 50-1 outsider Only In Jest. Generally the form has worked out well and he did beat...Read more »

Dettori to miss July Cup

Editor / 05 July 2007 / Leave a comment

Frankie Dettori will have to sit out the Darley July Cup next Friday as it coincides with the start of a 14-day riding ban he collected on Wednesday. Dettori was forced to go before the disciplinary committee of the Horseracing Regulatory Authority over his use of the whip on Ramonti, winner of the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot. The former champion jockey struck his mount 25 times in the last two and half furlongs of the race and the...Read more »

Mahler in tune for Leger

Editor / 05 July 2007 / Leave a comment

Three horses dominate the Betfair ante-post lists for the St Leger (Doncaster, September 15) after a 40-strong entry was announced today. Soldier of Fortune (5.3) and Aqaleem (5.7) head the market, although Mahler (6.4) is perhaps a surprising frontrunner in the betting. A stable companion of Soldier of Fortune, Mahler was beaten by more than 20 lengths in Authorized's Derby, though he did go some way to refurbishing his reputation with an easy win over Veracity in the Queen's Vase...Read more »

Darwin weighted to outscore rivals

Editor / 04 July 2007 / Leave a comment

Charles Darwin has evolved into a tough sprinter and the colt looks to have been given a real chance by the handicapper as he bids to return to winning ways at Warwick (19:35). Michael Blanshard's charge has failed to score on his last ten outings but has been running with his usual enthusiasm despite being harshly handicapped. Back on a mark that is 1lb below his last winning success, the four-year-old has his best opportunity to score since landing a...Read more »

Lucarno latest Eclipse doubt

Editor / 04 July 2007 / Leave a comment

Lucarno could be latest casualty from Saturday's Eclipse after trainer John Gosden revealed the colt may take in a race in France as his next assignment. The three-year-old who has put in two creditable performances this season in the Epsom Derby and the King Edward VII Stakes at Royal Ascot has been left in the 1m 2f contest at the latest declaration stage but the Newmarket trainer is also eyeing the Juddmonte Grand Prix de Paris at Longchamp on Saturday...Read more »

Brittain confident of Kandidate's credentials

Editor / 04 July 2007 / Leave a comment

Clive Brittain believes Kandidate is worth his place in Saturday's Eclipse and that the globetrotting five-year-old is in the best form of his life. Although Authorized is a strong odds-on chance for success in the 1m 2f contest, the Newmarket handler thinks history can be against horses completing the Derby/Eclipse double. "I always think it's worth taking on the Derby winner on his first run since Epsom because it can go pear-shaped," said Brittain. "You don't win races staying in...Read more »

Buick bids for quick-fire double aboard Sendinpost

Editor / 03 July 2007 / Leave a comment

Star apprentice William Buick, who gave Sendinpost a peach of a ride when winning at Kempton last week, bids to mete out more of the same over course and distance in the 2m Handicap at 20.20. Trainer Stuart Williams is a dab hand at getting his horses to the right end of the handicap, something he's achieved with Sendinpost, who looks capable of defying his 6lbs penalty judged by the way Buick steered him to victory with plenty of petrol...Read more »

Wolf back on the prowl after Royal Ascot flop

Editor / 03 July 2007 / Leave a comment

Trainer Kevin Ryan has revealed that his star sprinter, Amadeus Wolf, is back on course for a crack at Newmarket's July Cup. Despite being a leading contender for the Royal Ascot's Golden Jubilee Stakes, Amadeus Wolf could only trail home in 11th place behind Jeremy Noseda's Soldier's Tale last month. However, it later transpired the four-year-old had mucus in his lungs after the race. "He came back from Royal Ascot fine, but we scoped him and he just had a...Read more »