by author | Jul 7, 2017 | Latest Thoughts
Coral Challenge Handicap 2:25 Sandown What type of horse does it take to win this race? Having watched the last 10 replays of the race I am of the opinion that this race goes to a horse who sits midfield to the back of the field. Pretty much every year the race has...
by author | Apr 28, 2017 | Weekly Preview
The final weekend of the jumps season and this race will take some getting, a stiff 3m4f around Sandown and many of the runners will have been prepared for this race by connections. It’s been a truly memorable jumps season, let’s hope we out with a bang!...
by author | Jan 13, 2017 | Latest Thoughts
The Racing world was rocked this week with the news that Kempton Racecourse will be closing no later than 2021 with the famous Boxing Day King George moving to Sandown. A new all-weather venue, likely to be located at Newmarket, would be built as part of the plans to...
by author | Jan 6, 2017 | FREE Saturday Tip
Time for another free tip and we head to Sandown this weekend! Good luck 2:25 Sandown I have been following FINIANS OSCAR since Alan Potts paid £250k for the horse, after he won a point to point back in October. He beat a horse called Mr Clarkson that day and that...
by author | Jan 6, 2017 | Weekly Preview
Big Race Preview with The Jumps Punter This week’s feature race is the Grade One Tolworth Novice Hurdle at Sandown run over a distance of 1m 7f 216y. While we only have a small field this looks to be an exciting race with four of the six runners winning last...
by author | Dec 1, 2016 | Weekly Preview
The Winter months are always filled with excitement with one eye on the upcoming big weekend races and the anticipation of looking ahead to the major Spring Festivals. But there is another question that always starts along with the winter air which doesn’t stop until...
by author | Feb 11, 2016 | Weekly Preview
Betfair Hurdle – 13/02/2016 This weekends highlight is the Betfair Hurdle which is always a really competitive race usually won by an improving horse on the upgrade. Past winners include Zarkandar, My Tent Or Yours and Make A Stand amongst others. Usually one of...
by author | Dec 31, 2015 | Weekly Preview
Last year the BHA announced a new series focused on giving older horses a better chance to gain some valuable prize money that they would otherwise find hard to come by. This created the Veterans Series, worth £400,000 in prize money across 11 races and in general was...
