Tuesday January 18, 2011 00:49
Posted by slipperytoad as Racing
HISTORY was made at Plumpton on Monday when Here's The Key finished third in a novice hurdle to become the first horse in Britain to be returned at odds of 13-5. The price is among 11 new fractional odds with which punters and bookmakers will need to...
Thursday September 2, 2010 22:23
Posted by slipperytoad as Racing
While searching for some pace info on Dundalk Racecourse, found some very useful comments on the Irish Boards Forum
1. Treat Southwell form in isolation.
Remember that Southwell form is the only all weather track that has a Fibresand surface and...
Saturday December 26, 2009 18:29
Posted by slipperytoad as Racing
I was not planning to have a flutter today. Typically racing is too competitive during the festive period. However, I was prompted to try a sneaky treble via a Betfair promotion on Kauto Star.
So, Kauto as the banker in a £12 treble...
Thursday May 21, 2009 13:55
Posted by slipperytoad as Racing
"If racing were a publicly quoted company, after that announcement the share price would have fallen 30 per cent."
Been meaning to write-up my thoughts on this subject for a while now. Motivated into action as a result of reading this article and...
Great Leighs could be under new ownership by the end of next week after the joint administrators confirmed a buyer for the track has been found.
Further details cane be found here..
Hold your horses though; the course still requires a licence from...
It’s a rare event for me to watch “The Morning Line” on Channel 4 for reasons I won’t go into here. During the program, the ex Ballydoyle stable jockey Kieran Fallon was interviewed and asked to comment on today’s 2000 Guineas.
Given his...
Friday February 6, 2009 12:07
Posted by slipperytoad as Racing
"The clerk of the course states that the going has changed to powdered with 10 feet snow drifts on the stands rail"
Even the so called “All Weather” tracks are having a hard time of coping with the cold snap and recent deluge of snow.
I bet...