Irish Racing

Punchestown Betting: Hurricane Fly is no dead cert

Wayne Bailey / 12 November 2009 / Leave a comment

There'll be plenty of Cheltenham clues on offer in Ireland this weekend as Champion Hurdle hopefuls Hurricane Fly and Solwhit lock horns. Mullins' five-year-old oozes class, but his price is simply too short writes Wayne Bailey....Read more »

Irish Horse Racing Betting: The Down Royal November Meeting

Wayne Bailey / 05 November 2009 / Leave a comment

The JNwine.com Chase is poorer without Kauto Star, but five English raiders make up for his absence and this is one of the most competitive renewals in years....Read more »

Irish Horseracing Betting: Punchestown, Tuesday

Wayne Bailey / 26 October 2009 / Leave a comment

Wayne Bailey marks your Irish card where a few familiar faces make their reappearance, including Tony Martin's Psycho....Read more »

Three Irish novice chasers to follow for the National Hunt season

Johnny Ward / 20 October 2009 / Leave a comment

Cheltenham may seem far away but five months passes swiftly in racing: it certainly does not seem so long since Sea The Stars embarked on the first of his winning Group Ones this year in Newmarket. This blog will look at three novice chasers yet to encounter a fence and, perhaps, not in the minds of some punters despite some high-class hurdle form....Read more »

Irish Horseracing Tips: Thursday at Punchestown

Wayne Bailey / 14 October 2009 / 2 Comments

Wayne Bailey marks your card as Sizing Europe, Harchibald and Bobs Pride all make an appearance in the Buck House Novice Chase....Read more »

Irish Horseracing Betting: The Listowel Festival

Wayne Bailey / 15 September 2009 / Leave a comment

Wayne Bailey takes a look at the week-long 'harvest festival' where the highlight of the week is Wednesday's Guinness Kerry National......Read more »

Irish Field St Leger Betting: Yeats can do it again

Wayne Bailey / 08 September 2009 / Leave a comment

The 2007 winner heads the early markets and the four-time Ascot Gold Cup hero can reclaim his crown at the Curragh writes Wayne Bailey......Read more »

Timeform provisionally rate Sea The Stars on 140

Tony Calvin / 06 September 2009 / 1 Comments

Irish Champion Stakes win is joint third-best performance since 1970...Read more »

Betfair layers nursing wounds after 14.5 Sea The Stars excels

Joe Dyer / 05 September 2009 / Leave a comment

Was this the best value back bet in the history of Betfair?...Read more »

Irish Champion Stakes Odds: Stars favourite for big race glory again

Joe Dyer / 04 September 2009 / Leave a comment

Surprise inclusion of John Oxx's colt could cause ante-post pain for some layers......Read more »

Irish Champion Stakes: Sea The Stars out to 8.6 as heavy rain hits Leopardstown

Joe Dyer / 02 September 2009 / Leave a comment

Fame And Glory rapidly shortening with main rival likely to miss Saturday's showpiece...Read more »

Irish Champion Stakes Ante-Post Betting: Fame And Glory favourite for first time

Joe Dyer / 25 August 2009 / Leave a comment

Ground concerns force Sea The Stars out to [2.6] for Leopardstown Group One...Read more »

Ante-Post Betting: The Irish Champion Stakes, Leopardstown

Wayne Bailey / 20 August 2009 / Leave a comment

Wayne Bailey looks ahead to September's clash of the titans, where Sea The Stars and Fame And Glory look set to lock horns once again......Read more »

Horseracing Betting Strategy: Beaten Irish favourites

Wayne Bailey / 05 August 2009 / Leave a comment

Following the jolly when it was beaten before can often reap rewards writes Wayne Bailey......Read more »