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It’s Hennessy Gold Cup weekend and we have a feast of quality jumps action and we have a feast of quality jumps racing to get our teeth into. At Newbury, as well as the Hennessy itself, there is also the Long Distance Hurdle and over at Newcastle there should be some Champion Hurdle clues from the Fighting Fifth.

Saturday’s action comes from Fairyhouse, Kempton, Newbury, Newcastle, Towcester, Wexford and there is an evening meeting at Wolverhampton.

There are 7 live races on Channel 4, the 2.05, 2.40, 3.15 and 3.45 from Newbury, the 3.00 and 3.30 from Newcastle, and the 4.00 from Kempton.

If you back the winner of a live Channel 4 race at 4/1 or bigger, Bet365 will give you a free bet of up to £50 on the following Channel 4 race. This is a great offer for all you Saturday armchair punters.

The Hennessy Gold Cup is obviously the highlight of the day with Old Roan Chase winner Knowhere taking on the likes of Air Force One and Big Bucks. It looks a very wide open contest but I’ll be siding with Tom George’s Island Flyer getting lumps of weight from most of the fancied runners.

Just as interesting a contest is the Long Distance Hurdle which sees Cheltenham hero Inglis Drever make his seasonal reappearance. He faces old rival Blazing Bailey as well as the unbeaten Pettifour. I’d struggle to split the 3 of them, Inglis could find it hard to dominated the way he has in previous years, Blazing Bailey is difficult to get a handle on and throws in the odd poor performance for no apparent reason and Pettifour has a bit to find but is open to improvement. Probably a race to sit back and enjoy unless you have a strong opinion.

Scoop 6 News

The Scoop 6 was finally won last week by a syndicate headed by racing pundit Peter Naughton. There were 8 winning tickets in total and this week the winners go for the £1,529,525 bonus fund. It’s back to a regular pool this week but it may be bigger than normal off the back of the publicty gained over the last few weeks.

The Scoop 6 races are as follows;
2.05 Newbury
2.25 Newcastle
2.40 Newbury
3.00 Newcastle
3.15 Newbury
3.45 Newbury

You can normally get 10% cashback on your Scoop 6 bets with both Skybet and BlueSq. Both bookmakers also offer new clients a free bet. The Tote are offering 5% cashback.

Weekend Bookmaker Offers
VC Bet
Applies to the Hennessy Gold Cup, 2.40pm Saturday at Newbury

If your selection FALLS , VCbet will refund your losing stake as a free bet on Sunday’s racing!

Sportingbet
If your horse falls in any C4 televised race -
We’ll refund your stake!

Weekend Horse Racing Resources
Horse Racing Tips - Get all the hottest tips on the Hennessy and the Long Distance Hurdle from our horse racing tips forum.

Scoop 6 - Use our Scoop 6 guide to win a life changing amount of money!

Hennessy Gold Cup Free Bet - Get a £25 free bet on the Hennessy Gold Cup from Ladbrokes

Good luck and Happy Punting,

Mabbs

Some top class racing this Saturday which includes Kauto Star’s bid for a third successive Betfair Chase at Haydock, but all eyes will again be on the Scoop 6. It looks like it must be won this week but will it be one of the big syndicates or a single £2 punter?

Saturday’s action comes from Ascot, Gowran Park, Haydock, Huntingdon, Lingfield as well as an evening meeting from Wolverhampton.

There are 12 live races on terrestrial TV. The BBC are showing the 1.05, 1.40 and 2.15 from Haydock and the 1.20 and 1.55 from Ascot. Channel 4 are showing the 2.10, 3.20 and 3.50 from Lingfield, the 2.25 and 3.30 from Huntingdon, the 2.45 from Haydock and the 3.05 at Ascot.

If you back the winner of a live Channel 4 race at 4/1 or bigger, Bet365 will give you a free bet of up to £50 on the following Channel 4 race. This is a great offer for all you Saturday armchair punters.

The big race of the day is Haydock’s 2.15 the Betfair Chase. Paul Nicholls’ Kauto Star is a very short priced favourite to complete a hat trick of wins in this race. He won as he liked at Down Royal last time and only looks to have Exotic Dancer to beat. It’s a very poor turn out considering the prize money on offer.

For fans of the flat, there are a couple of good Listed races taking place at Lingfield with Peter Makin’s Harvest Queen looking an interesting contender in the 3.20.

Scoop 6 News
The Scoop 6 is going to reach new heights this week. The win fund currently stands at £2,037,527 and could easily double by race time. The bet costs just £2 and even if you can find 6 horses to place, you could be looking at a very nice payout indeed.

The Scoop 6 races are as follows;
2.10 Lingfield
2.40 Lingfield
2.45 Haydock
3.20 Lingfield
3.30 Huntingdon
3.50 Lingfield

You can normally get 10% cashback on your Scoop 6 bets with both Skybet and BlueSq. Both bookmakers also offer new clients a free bet. Totesport are offering 5% cashback.

Saturday’s Bookmaker Offers
Sportingbet
If your selection falls, unseats or is brought down at Haydock or Ascot this Saturday-
We’ll REFUND your stake!

Our faller promotion has become massively popular in the last few weeks with a host of punters getting their cash back after seeing their selection fall. Last weekend we refunded fallers on all three days of the Open meeting at Cheltenham much to the delight of our customers and the annoyance of our traders.

We’re not running scared this weekend though, instead we’ll double the risk by doing the same for Saturday’s meetings from Haydock and Ascot!

Be sure to visit our horse racing tips forum for all the hottest tips on the weekends action.

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Mabbs

Day 2 of the Cheltenham Open meeting features the Paddy Power Gold Cup and we are also looking at one of the biggest Scoop 6 payouts ever.

Saturday’s action comes from Cheltenham, Great Leighs, Punchestown, Uttoxeter and an evening meeting from Wolverhampton.

There are six live races on Channel 4. They are as follows; 2.00, 2.35, 3.10 and 3.45 from Cheltenham and the 2.55 and 3.25 from Wetherby.

If you back the winner of a live Channel 4 race at 4/1 or bigger, Bet365 will give you a free bet of up to £50 on the following Channel 4 race. This is a great offer for all you Saturday armchair punters.

The big race of the day is Cheltenham’s 2.35 the Paddy Power Gold Cup. Paul Nicholls’ Silverburn heads the betting at 3/1. He showed good form in novice chases last season culminating in a 4th placed finish in the Royal & SunAlliance Chase at the Cheltenham Festival.

Nicky Henderson’s Barbers Shop could prove tough opposition however. His stable is firing on all cylinders and Barbers Shop was one of the top novice chasers last season. He’s open to any amount of improvement and at 7/1 could really give Silverburn something to think about.

£2m Scoop 6
The Scoop 6 is predicted to hit the £2m mark this week. Check out our Scoop 6 Guide and Scoop 6 Tips to help you on your way to the jackpot!

The Scoop 6 races are as follows;
2.00 Cheltenham
2.35 Cheltenham
2.55 Wetherby
3.10 Cheltenham
3.25 Wetherby
3.45 Cheltenham

You can normally get 10% cashback on your Scoop 6 bets with both Skybet and BlueSq. Both bookmakers also offer new clients a free bet.

Weekend Bookmaker Offers
VC Bet
Free Fall…

All races at Cheltenham (Saturday & Sunday)

If your selection FALLS, VCbet will refund your losing stake as a free bet on the following day’s racing!

Sportingbet
This weekend we’re going the whole hog and refunding fallers on all Channel 4 races at Cheltenham’s Open meeting between Friday and Sunday.

Be sure to visit our horse racing tips forum for all the hottest tips on the weekends action.

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Mabbs

There are six meetings this Saturday with action from Doncaster, Kelso, Naas, Sandown, Wincanton and Wolverhampton. Wolves is an evening meeting, a seven race card from 6.20 through till 9.20.

There are 7 races live on Channel 4. The 2.05, 2.35, 3.10 and 3.45 from Doncaster, and the 2.20, 2.50 and 3.25 from Wincanton.

If you back the winner of a live Channel 4 race at 4/1 or bigger, Bet365 will give you a free bet of up to £50 on the following Channel 4 race. This is a great offer for all you Saturday armchair punters.

The November Handicap is Saturday’s big race and signals the end of the flat season. It doesn’t seem like a year since Seb Sanders and Jamie Spencer shared the Jockey’s Championship but it is!

Luca Cumani’s Presvis heads the weights and the betting for the November Handicap under this year’s champion jockey Ryan Moore. It would be a fitting end to the season were Presvis to win but I’m not sure if 7/2 is value for a horse that has gone up 14lbs in the handicap. Another negative for this one’s chances is the fact no favourite has won in the last ten years.

Night Crescendo is an interesting contender from Amanda Perrett’s yard. He’s won 2 decent handicaps in succession and because he didn’t do it in the style of Presvis, he’s only gone up 2lbs in the handicap on the back of his victory in the ladbrokes.com Stakes at Ascot last month.

Trainer Brain Ellison has won the November Handicap twice in the last ten years. He send three runners to post, Dunaskin, Carte Diamond and Ladies Best. They are all 25/1 or bigger so are probably worth some consideration from a value point of view with Ellison’s record.

November Handicap Odds (from Bet365)
Presvis 9/2
Electrolyser 5/1
The Betchworth Kid 9/1
Menwaal 11/1
Tastahil 12/1
First Avenue 12/1
Magicalmysterytour 12/1
Night Crescendo 14/1
18/1 Bar

You can get all the latest tips and news on the weekend’s racing from the EBA Forum.

Scoop 6 News
I know this is getting boring now but the Scoop 6 wasn’t won again last week. The win fund is now £952,114 and is sure to go well over the £1,000,000. The bet only costs £2 and there’s the chance to become a millionaire! The place dividend last week paid £332.10.

Check out our Scoop 6 guide if you want to know exactly how the popular Tote bet works.

All the Scoop 6 races are live on Channel 4. The races are as follows;

1.30 Doncaster
2.05 Doncaster
2.35 Doncaster
3.10 Doncaster
3.25 Wincanton
3.45 Doncaster

Saturday’s Bookmaker Offers
BG Bet
If your horse gets beat by a Short Head or Nose in the Manchester November Handicap at Doncaster at 3:10pm on Saturday, BGbet will refund your win stakes in the form of free bets.

Sportingbet
If your selection takes a fall at Wincanton or Sandown this Saturday - We’ll REFUND your stake! (max £100)

Skybet
Skybet are paying the 1st 5 places on the November Handicap at Doncaster.

There are six meetings this Saturday with action from Ascot, Ayr, Down Royal, Great Leighs, Newmarket and Wetherby. Great Leighs is an evening meeting, a seven race card from 6.20 through till 9.20.

There are 8 races live on Channel 4. The 2.10, 2.45, 3.20 and 3.55 from Newmarket, the 2.20, 3.00 and 3.35 from Wetherby and the 2.30 from Down Royal make up their coverage. BBC1 are showing 3 races from Ascot, the 1.05, 1.35 and the 2.05.

If you back the winner of a live Channel 4 race at 4/1 or bigger, Bet365 will give you a free bet of up to £50 on the following Channel 4 race. This is a great offer for all you Saturday armchair punters.

The race of the day is the Charlie Hall Chase from Wetherby at 3.35. The field is headed by last year’s winner Ollie Magern. Nigel Twiston Davies charge looks like one of the best chasers in the country on his day but his form is a bit patchy. I think he might be best fresh so there is no reason why he can’t repeat last year’s win but I think the horse to beat could well be the Evan Williams trained State Of Play. He was beaten 1 ¾ lengths by Ollie Magern in last year’s race but is now 16lbs better off.

Monkerhostin came 3rd in the Charlie Hall Chase in 2007. He’s better off at the weights with Ollie Magern but a lot worse off with State Of Play. He might just need this run.

Snoopy Loopy has been in cracking form recently and ran the race of his life last Sunday when finishing 3rd behind Knowhere in the Old Rowan Chase at Aintree. I’m not sure if this race might be coming a bit soon after that effort but he deserves to take his chance.

Kauto Star makes his seasonal debut at Down Royal in the jnwine.com Champion Chase. He only faces 4 rivals and it should be a fairly straightforward task for Paul Nicholls’ superstar.

You can get all the latest tips and news on the weekend’s racing from the EBA Forum.

Scoop 6 News
Thanks to a few big priced winners, the Scoop 6 wasn’t won yet again. The win fund is now £712,057 and is sure to go over the £1,000,000 mark tomorrow. It’s worth £2 of anyone’s money. The place dividend last week paid £1,362.80 and didn’t look especially hard to find.

Check out our Scoop 6 guide if you want to know exactly how the popular Tote bet works.

Watch your bets this week as it kicks off a bit earlier than usual.

The first 2 Scoop 6 races are live on BBC1, the other 4 are on Channel 4. The races are as follows;

1.35 Ascot
2.05 Ascot
2.10 Newmarket
3.00 Wetherby
3.10 Newmarket
3.55 Newmarket

Saturday’s Bookmaker Offers

BG Bet
If your horse gets beat by a Short Head or Nose in the Bet365 James Seymour Stakes at 14.45 at Newmarket on Saturday, BGbet will refund your win stakes in the form of free bets.

VC Bet
FIRST OR LAST FREE FALL …

Applies to all races at Ascot & Wetherby on Saturday

If your selection FALLS at the FIRST fence or the LAST fence, VCbet will refund your losing stake as a free bet on Saturday’s racing!

The big meeting of the weekend takes place at Santa Anita but there is still some decent action in the UK with the highlight being the Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster. There are seven meetings in all; Aintree, Chepstow, Doncaster, Naas, Newbury, Stratford and Wolverhampton. Wolverhampton provides the evening entertainment from 6.15pm but is somewhat overshadowed by the Breeders Cup card which begins at 6.10pm. Both meetings are live on At The Races.

There are 12 races on terrestrial TV this Saturday, 5 on BBC1 and 7 on Channel 4. The BBC are showing; 1.05 Aintree, 1.20 Chepstow, 1.35 Aintree, 1.50 Chepstow and the 2.05 Aintree. Live on Channel 4 are; 2.10 Newbury, 2.25 Doncaster, 2.45 Newbury, 3.00 Doncaster, 3.20 Newbury, 3.35 Doncaster and the 3.55 Newbury.

If you back the winner of a live Channel 4 race at 4/1 or bigger, Bet365 will give you a free bet of up to £50 on the following Channel 4 race.

The race of the day is the Group 1 Racing Post Trophy, the 3.35 Doncaster. Current favourite is Aidan O’Brien’s charge Masterofthehorse at a best priced 10/3 with Coral. Mark Johnston’s impressive winner of the Juddmonte Royal Lodge Stakes at Ascot is 2nd favourite at 7/2 generally. Aidan O’Brien has won 3 of the last 10 renewals but Peter Chapple-Hyam also likes to target this race so it could be folly to underestimate his runner Gibb River. The horse is a 50/1 shot with William Hill and Stan James but I think he could be better than his 8th placed finish at Newbury last time suggests.

The 3 races I’m most looking forward to are the Breeders Cup Mile, Breeders Cup Turf and of course the Breeders Cup Classic. The European’s look to have strong claims particularly in the Turf. Aidan O’Brien sounds quietly confident over the chances of Duke Of Marmalade and he could upset the favourite Curlin in the Classic. He’s currently a 12/1 chance with BlueSq to do just that.

You can get all the latest tips and news on the weekend’s racing from our horse racing forum.

Scoop 6 News
Incredibly, the Scoop 6 rolled over for yet another week. The win fund is now £523,649 and the bonus fund is £255,622. Although there are bound to be a lot of the big syndicates playing this week, the Scoop 6 is often won by a punter with a single line. All that cash could be your for just £2!

Check out our Scoop 6 guide if you want to know exactly how the popular Tote bet works.

The Scoop 6 races are all live on Channel 4, they are as follows;

2.10 Newbury
2.25 Doncaster
3.00 Doncaster
3.20 Newbury
3.35 Doncaster
3.55 Newbury

Saturday’s Bookmaker Offers

BlueSq
BlueSq are going ¼ the odds a place on all 14 Breeders Cup World Championship races.

Betfred
£100 in Free Bets – Betfred are offering all new client £100 in free bets. To get your first free bet of up to £50, all you need to do is open an account, place your first bet of £5 or more and Betfred will give you a free bet to the same value, up to a maximum of £50.

To get your second bet of £50, place your next five bets each with a stake of £10 or more - and they will then give you another £50 free bet!

There are six meetings this Saturday with action from Catterick, Cheltenham, Cork, Kelso, Newmarket and Wolverhampton. Wolves is an evening meeting, a seven race card from 6.20 through till 9.20.

There are 7 races live on Channel 4. The 2.05, 2.35, 3.10 and 3.50 from Newmarket, the 2.20 and 3.25 from Cheltenham and the 3.35 from Catterick make up their coverage.

If you back the winner of a live Channel 4 race at 4/1 or bigger, Bet365 will give you a free bet of up to £50 on the following Channel 4 race. This is a great offer for all you Saturday armchair punters.

The race of the day is the Group 1 Emirates Airline Champion Stakes. 11 runners go to post for what looks a fascinating renewal. The last two Champion Stakes have been won by French trained runners. This year they are represented by Russian Cross and Full Of Gold. Russian Cross has been supplemented for the race at a cost of £30,000 and has the man that always seems to come up trumps in the big races Olivier Peslier on board. Andre Fabre’s chance is a 9/2 chance to make it a three timer for France.

New Approach currently heads the 2008 Champion Stakes betting at 11/8 and it’s very hard to pick holes in his form. Against him is the fact only one favourite has been successful in the last ten years. Can New Approach buck the trend?

The day’s other big race is the totesport.com Cesarewitch, a Class 2 Heritage Handicap. The betting is currently headed by the super progressive Askar Tau who looks a Group horse in the making and should prove hard to beat if getting the trip. The 5/1 on offer could look like a steal at 4.00pm.

Another interesting contender is Mamlook from the David Pipe stable. The yard obviously mean business having booked Ryan Moore for the ride. He ran a massive race at Ascot in the Ascot Stakes Handicap and is sure to be thereabouts. Mamlook is a 9/1 chance with William Hill.

You can get all the latest tips and news on the weekend’s racing from our horse racing tips forum.

Bumper Scoop 6

I know it sounds like I’m repeating myself every week but honestly, nobody managed to find the winners of the Scoop 6 for what feels like the 100th successive week! The win fund is now £386,105 and is sure to go over the £500,000 mark tomorrow. It’s worth £2 of anyone’s money. The place dividend last week paid £1,645.90 and didn’t look especially hard to find.

Check out our Scoop 6 guide if you want to know exactly how the popular Tote bet works.

The Scoop 6 races are all live on Channel 4, they are as follows;

2.05 Newmarket
2.20 Cheltenham
2.35 Newmarket
3.25 Cheltenham
3.35 Catterick
3.50 Newmarket

Saturday’s Bookmaker Offers

BGBet
If your horse gets beat by a Short Head or Nose in the Totesport.com Cesarewitch Heritage Handicap at 15.50 Newmarket on Saturday, BGbet will refund your win stakes in the form of free bets.

VCBet
VCbet are offering 1/4 odds 1-2-3-4-5 on the Totesport.com Cesarewitch Heritage Handicap at 15.50 Newmarket on Saturday.

Free Fall…
Place a bet at Cheltenham on Friday or Saturday, and if your selection FALLS, VCbet will refund all losing stakes as a free bet on the following days racing!

VCbet are offering 1/4 odds 1-2-3 on the Victor Chandler Challenge Stakes on 2.05pm at Newmarket on Saturday.

New 2009 Grand National Content
We have put together some new Grand National Guides for 2009, check them out as well as our other Horse Racing Guides.

Saturday’s Racing
This Saturday brings us seven meetings in total with action from Ascot, Bangor-On-Dee, Chepstow, Fairyhouse, Hexham, Musselburgh and Wolverhampton. Wolves is an evening meeting, kicking off at 6.50pm and is live on At The Races. There are five live races on BBC1 and eight live on Channel 4, so plenty of action for the armchair punter to get their teeth into.

The race of the day is the ladbrokes.com Stakes at Ascot. This Class 2 Heritage Handicap has over £46,000 on offer to the winner and sees a host of this season’s top handicappers go to post including Young Mick, Drill Sergeant and Allied Powers.

You can get all the latest tips and news on the weekend’s racing from our horse racing forum.

Scoop 6
The Scoop 6 wasn’t won yet again last Saturday. The win fund stood at £279,530 last week so will be huge tomorrow. Save your lottery money and have £2 on this instead. Check out our Scoop 6 guide if you want to know exactly how the popular Tote bet works.

The Scoop 6 races are all live on Channel 4 apart from the 2.20 at Ascot which is on BBC1. The races are as follows;

2.10 Musselburgh
2.20 Ascot
2.25 Bangor
3.15 Musselburgh
3.30 Ascot
4.05 Ascot

Weekend Bookmaker Concessions

BG Bet
SHORT-HEAD OR NOSE PROMOTION…
If your horse gets beaten by a short-head or nose in the Heritage Handicap at Ascot on Saturday (2.20pm), BGbet will refund your stake in the form of free bets.

Skybet
1% a Runner: Great Value Odds
At Sky Bet we’re always giving our punters extra value for their stakes. We’re offering more great value this Saturday with 1% a runner on 5 races. Look out for this offer on the 1.10, 1.45, 2.20 & 4.05 races at Ascot as well as the 3.15 at Musselburgh.

The back end of the flat season sees huge action including the Group 1 Kingdom of Bahrain Sun Chariot Stakes and the Totesport Cambridgeshire from Newmarket on Saturday, and the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe from Longchamp on Sunday.

Saturday’s other action comes from Fontwell, Kempton, Redcar and an evening meeting at Wolverhampton. There is also Irish racing from Gowran park and a very good card with plenty of Group races at Longchamp.

The Cambridgeshire betting is currently headed by the Luca Cumani trained Swop but the field looks especially strong for this renewal, 10/1 the field would be about right in my book! Sir Mark Prescott goes to war with Caravel and his main hope, Master Of Arts. Darryl Holland deputises on board this one for the injured Seb Sanders. Can Prescott work his magic and stretch the Master’s impressive winning to seven victories on the bounce.

Skybet are paying 6 places on tomorrow’s big race and Boylesports are going 5 places.

You can get all the latest tips and news on the weekend’s racing from the EBA Forum.

The Scoop 6 wasn’t won again last week so there will be a big pot on offer for anyone brave enough to risk their £2! Check out our Scoop 6 guide if you want to know exactly how the popular Tote bet works.