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The Each-Way Bet

The ‘Each Way’ bet is a little bit more complicated than the simple win bet but still fairly easy to follow. When you back a horse EachWay you are betting that your horse will finish in either the 1st,...

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Picking A National Horse

The Grand National will be with us sooner than we think and as the most popular race in the calendar it is always a good exercise to go back to basics and look at the most important factors when...

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Winner To Be Irish Trained

Not every Grand National is as predictable as the 2011 race, of course, that is assuming you took note of our tips! As the 2009 and 2010 Grand Nationals demonstrated, picking a winner can be a very...

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Clear The First Fence

Normally this is such as unlikely scenario that I’ve always advised on keeping your cash safely in your wallet. For two years running, all of the horses running in 2008 and 2009 actually cleared the...

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500K Grand National Win

Wonder horse Silverbirch helped one Irish man to a half million euro win after the 2007 Grand National. The unnamed married man staked his cash on a four horse accumulator and included the grand...

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Mullins Duo National Market Movers

With ten entries at the initial stage for the 2010 John Smith’s Grand National, leading Irish jumps trainer Willie Mullins appears to have plenty of options as he bids to follow up his 2005 success in...

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Cecil In Pole Position For Oaks Glory

Nobody was more shocked than master trainer Henry Cecil when his horse Timepiece was unable to match Dyna Waltz in the recent Lingfield Oaks Trial, writes Elliot Slater. The subsequent victory of...

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A Guide To Racing Tic Tac

Tic-Tac is a communication system used at racecourses by betting firms to signal betting moves, price changes, money to be put on, who has put it on etc…. If a very large bet is placed with one...

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Play Heading For Grand National

There’s nothing the British betting public like more than a horse who runs year after year in the John Smith’s Grand National, and the Evan Williams-trained State of Play is exactly such an animal,...

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Ground A Bonus For Surface

Should the Chris Bealby-trained Surface To Air spring a major surprise and win the John Smith’s Grand National at Aintree on April 9 it would be a due reward for the boundless patience of both the...

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Parade Ring Tips

The parade ring at a racecourse is a gold mine of information. The parade usually takes place 15-20 minutes prior to the start of the race. If you’re on-course then it’s essential that you check out...

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What Does Each Way Betting Mean?

The each way bet is the second most popular bet type in horse racing after the straight win bet. We get lots of requests from visitors who want to know ‘what does eachway betting mean?’ It’s a very...

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Pocket Money Punters

When I was ten years old it was quite normal to stick your 50p pocket money on a horse running in the Grand National, Dads would queue at the bookmakers placing bets for the whole family. I’d watch the...

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What Is Ante Post Betting?

Ante post betting is the process of betting on a major sporting event days or even weeks before the event occurs. While ante post betting is popular in football, it is most popular in horse racing....

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Who Will Win The 2012 Grand National?

Betting for the 2012 Grand National opened the moment the winning horse passed the finish line in 2011. That horse was Ballabriggs and he was quickly installed as the 16-1 favourite. Several months...

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2011 Welsh National Tips

This year we held back publishing the tips for the Coral Welsh National until the last possible minute. Our experience with the weather in 2010 meant we preferred to take a ‘wait and see approach’....

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Tweet Your Bets

The big social network story of last year was Twitter, it’s success is even threatening the dominance of Facebook. In 2011 Twitter.com toppled governments, broke super injunctions, and got us closer to...

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Strange Bets & Premonitions

Every April this unique race provides punters with an opportunity of collecting a substantial win whilst risking very little cash. The world’s favourite steeplechase attracts millions of pounds in bets...

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Who Is JP McManus?

He’s not in the Irish top ten rich lists (14th In 2012), claimed embarrassment when he received a medal from his home city, and famously took Facebook to court over a fake account scam and won. Born in...

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According To Pete National Bid

Saturday’s Peter Marsh Chase winner According To Pete could run in the Grand National later this year at Aintree in April. The Malcolm Jefferson-trained runner relished the tough conditions at Haydock...

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