There are no guarantees with any bet on the gee-gees, but there are horse racing betting strategies you can use so that when you’re picking from a race card, you’re making an informed decision.
Within these guides to horse racing betting, we’re going to discuss the variables savvy bettors weigh up when seeking value from the horse racing betting markets.
In horse racing, yielding is a term used to describe the ground condition of a racecourse. You will come across this description at turf courses where the ground can either be firm or soft, depending on the amount of rain. Yielding is described when the ground is softer than ‘Good’ but it is not soft…
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The Cheltenham Festival is one of the biggest events on the racing calendar. Each year, thousands of horse racing fanatics flock to the Gloucestershire venue to take in the atmosphere and watch some world-class racing. At the start of the first race of the Cheltenham Festival, over 70,000 fans at the racecourse let out a…
When Queen Elizabeth II sadly passed away in 2022, she of course bequeathed the throne to her son, the now King Charles III. He inherited her various estates and interests; one of which was horse racing, which Elizabeth and her ancestors were fervent fans of. She won more than £8 million in prize money from…
When you place a bet on a horse, you take odds that are correct at that particular moment in time. But what happens if another horse in the field is withdrawn as a non-runner? The betting odds for that race have to be recalculated, with your potential payout likely to be altered as a result….
If you’ve ever watched a track race at the Olympics or World Athletics Championships, you’ll notice that those athletes that qualify for the final in the quickest time get drawn in the middle lanes. Conversely, those with slower times are posted in the outside lanes. Why is this? There is empirical evidence that suggests that…
It’s no coincidence that the top horse racing trainers compete for the sport’s richest prizes year after year – they have a wealth of experience in winning top-tier races, which leads to the richest owners and breeders sending their finest horses to the most decorated trainers… and the cycle continues. Whether contesting the National Hunt…
It doesn’t matter whether you’re planning to bet on the Cheltenham Festival, the Grand National or a weekday racecard at Newton Abbot, it’s important to know all the horse racing betting terms used by the sport and bookmakers so you’re better informed. Below, we’ve put together an A-Z of the horse racing terminology to add…
There have been some magical racehorses to grace our racecourses throughout the generations. None more so than this crop of ten contenders who could each be named the best racehorse in the world. From Secretariat and Red Rum to Kauto Star and Seabiscuit, these names are forever etched in the memory of horse racing fans…