WINNER THIS WEEK: Paul Monaghan Last week I asked you to guess the three Sporting Venues my son and I were photographed at for the chance to win the profits from a Lucky 15 bet I placed with William Hill. The vast majority of the guesses were correct (Anfield, Yankee Stadium and Newbury) and the[…]
FESTIVAL TRENDS AUTUMN & WINTER SCHEDULE This Winter, Festival Trends will be covering the big meetings in full each weekend. Every race from each of the 11 meetings… Silver Trophy Meeting – Chepstow (8th-9th October) Cheltenham Opening Meeting – Cheltenham (22nd-23rd October) Charlie Hall Chase Day – Wetherby (30th October) Badger Beers Chase Day –[…]
Call me mad but this weekend I’m going to attempt the impossible treble! 6 x 1pt EW Singles 12 x 1/4pt EW Doubles 8 x 1/4pt EW Trebles These are my Ayr Gold, Silver and Bronze Cup selections (2x2x2)… BRONZE CUP (Friday 3.20pm) SHOW ME SHOW ME 33/1 (6 places) MARK’S CHOICE 9/1 (6 places) SILVER CUP[…]
Now starting January 2022! It’s open to anyone, of any sex, from anywhere in the world as long as you are aged 18 or over (proof of age may be required). It is 100% FREE to enter Check out Full Rules, Prizes and Entry HERE To register your interest for Tip Idol III simply email gavin@tipidol.co.uk with your name[…]
In the absence of the Tip Idol tips this week I thought I’d step in and share my three best bets for today including a horse at Chester that I am really confident about and is a rare 5 star bet for me… 3.20 Chester – CAIRN ISLAND 3/1 Why am I so confident about[…]
Saturday 22nd May RAATEA 1.55 Haydock ZIP 2.05 York BATTLEGROUND 3.20 Curragh DRAGON SYMBOL 3.35 Haydock York – Friday 14th May (-10.48pts) CRAZYLAND 1.40 York PLACED 7/2 LOVE IS YOU 2.10 York LOST PIVOINE 2.40 York PLACED 28/1 SHAWAAMEKH 3.10 York LOST York – Thursday 13th May (-5.46pts) COPPER KNIGHT 1.40 York WON 7/1 OUZO 2.40[…]
The Flat season officially begins today (Yay!) with the Lincoln Handicap. Traditionally a big betting race with some strong trends associated with it, the typical Lincoln winner looks a little like this…. TRENDS (since track renovation 2008 – 2019) Every winner this century was aged 4-6yo All of the last 12 winners had their last UK start in[…]
I have very exciting news for NagNagNag Blog readers with the announcement that recent Tip Idol Winner Jack Cousin will be providing a FREE Daily Tips service for everyone. He’s kindly agreed to waive the first prize of the recent competition to carry on giving out his Tips for FREE! This brand new service will[…]
STAKED £245 RETURNED £248.32 The £million Lucky 15 CHAMPION CHASE: ROUGE VIF 20/1 – The rain that fell last night in the Cheltenham area won’t have been welcomed by connections of the Good ground loving Rouge Vif but weather conditions are forecast to be dry and windy for the start of the week at least which[…]
After an incredibly exciting last Saturday with more twists and turns than an M Night Shyamalan movie we finally found out our Tip Idol Finalists. We had a flurry of winners throughout the afternoon to completely re-arrange the Leaderboard and leave those at the top eagerly watching results from Newcastle as they sweated on their final 3 positions.[…]
2020 has been a real shocker hasn’t it? …A REAL ANNUS HORRIBILIS The misery that is 2020 showed early indications of the year that was to come as after 4 glorious, bountiful Seasons with amazing profits and big priced winners it all came crashing down for the, up to then, ultra reliable, unbeaten Route 66 as[…]
I have revisited the Cheltenham Festival for Festival Trends subscribers to compile a list of horses to follow this Season. I spent may afternoons during lockdown going through the meeting, mainly to see where it all went wrong, but also to spot the horses that ran well and are worth looking out for this Winter.[…]
It seems that All Weather Racing isn’t everyone’s ‘cup of tea’ Incredible as it sounds some people would actually prefer to watch horses plod around a field for miles and miles jumping over obstacles. So for those with a particular affection for the Jumps Season I present a Systems Guide that’s not for the AW but for National Hunt[…]
Let’s be honest, 2020 has been a little bit shit, hasn’t it? Back at the start of the year before Covid, Matt Hancock, Lockdowns, Mask Wearing and people knowing what Furlough even meant, everything was just….. well….. BETTER! Boy, what a difference 9 months can make. Back then Clan Des Obeaux had just absolutely carted up[…]