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In what can only be described as the biggest free to enter online horse racing competition, EBA have teamed up with Betdaq to give one lucky punter a £500 prize in our Betdaq Daily Naps Competition.

Simply make 1 selection per day from the UK horse racing meetings. The person with the highest level stake profit at the end of the month wins £500 courtesy of the betting exchange Betdaq. All bets will be settled as 1pt to win.

Imagine starting May with a £500 betting bank to play with. All you need to do is visit our forum and post your selections each day during April. The only requirement is that you make at least 15 selections during the month to qualify for the £500 prize.

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Choose three selections from the day’s Cheltenham races staking either 2pts win or 1pt e/w.

You must enter selections for at least three out of the four days to qualify for a prize.

There will be a thread available to post your selection on the competitions board the night before racing.

Do not edit posts. If you make a mistake, just post again rather than edit.

Selections must be posted before the first race of the day at Cheltenham.

The competition runs from March 16th to March 19th inclusive.

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The less said about last week’s attempt the better with only one winner and a non runner. There were no winners of last Saturday’s Scoop 6 but 390 people managed to land the place money, each receiving £139.40. The bonus fund was also won so now stands at £40,803.

Here are our thoughts on this week’s Scoop 6 races. It’s a slimmed down version this week which some of you may think is a good thing!

Haydock 1.55 – A huge field go to post for this grade 3 hurdle. Howard Johnson’s Caravel looks interesting now he goes handicapping having won 3 novice hurdles on the bounce. Right at the bottom of the weights, Hot Diamond could go well at a big price.

Lingfield 2.10 – This race looks as though it could be quite straightforward for the Walter Swinburn trained Laudatory. He won well last time and 83 doesn’t seem like a harsh mark to follow up from. At bigger odds, course and distance winner Kaabari makes some appeal.

Ascot 2.15 – It look like a more impossible Scoop 6 than normal with the 3rd leg, the Victoria Cup, having 29 runners. Prescription under Seb Sanders warrants respect but this filly is too short in the market for my liking on what she has achieved thus far. Mr Macattack gets in here on a nice weight and won in very impressive fashion last time albeit in a weak race. Fishforcompliments should go well under his talented apprentice after finishing 2nd to Mr Hardy last time. That horse has franked the form by winning again this week.

Nottingham 2.25 – I’m not a fan of these longer distance handicaps really. Sri Kuantan won last time but has been a bit inconsistent in previous starts and is probably worth taking on again. Silk Hall should go well even under top weight but at a bigger price, Four Miracles can bounce back to form now dropped in grade.

Haydock 3.05 – Outsider of the field Sammy The Snake was quite well supported on his first run for sometime at Kempton recently. Although he finished last of 5, he did show that he still retains a decent level of ability and is a big price for me at 20/1. Top weight Appalachian Trail won this race last year and although he has disappointed since, he’s worth chancing off this mark.

Lingfield 3.45 – A decent fillies stakes to finish this weeks Scoop 6 with £65,000 in prize money on offer. I’m very keen on the chances of the William Haggas runner Damaniyat Girl. She put up a great performance chasing home Fantasia at Newmarket last time and the Haggas stable had a decent winner at Chester on Friday.

Blue Square usually offer 10% cashback on the Scoop 6 and also give new clients a £100 free bet.

Click here to visit Blue Square and claim your £100 free bet

You can get Scoop 6 tips, analysis and strategy from our horse racing forum as well as using our Scoop 6 Guide.

We managed to find a couple of winners last week with Noble Alan winning at 17/2 and Lahaleeb at 6/1. There were no winners of the Scoop 6 this past Saturday which means the win fund now stands at £679,514 and the bonus fund is now £291,220. Last week’s place dividend paid a huge £2,965.80.

Here are our thoughts on this week’s Scoop 6 races.

Sandown 2.05 – An interesting handicap hurdle to kick off proceedings. Nicky Henderson and David Pipe both need to be respected in this race and I think the Pipe runner Seven Is My Number holds strong claims. He’s been disappointing since finishing 2nd here behind the Henderson trained Dave’s Dream. The horse was given far too much to do on that occasion and on reflection, ran a superb race to finish 2nd. Back at Sandown, I think he’ll run a big race. At the top of the handicap, French Opera would also have strong claims with his pilot claiming the 5lb. His performance back over hurdles at Aintree last time was very good and I can see this horse staying on well up the tough Sandown run in.

Ripon 2.20 – I’m not a fan of three year old handicaps and this race is no different. Coleorton Choice is a course and distance winner, has a run under his belt this season and seems to act on any going. Excellent Show is probably the most interesting horse in the field. They felt he was good enough to contest the Group 2 Queen Mary Stakes at Ascot last season and although the he disappointed he did have a poor draw and could turn out to be a bit better than these rivals.

Sandown 2.35 – As impressed as I have been by Kalahari King this season, I think he’ll find it tough against Twist Magic at the track he loves. At the tissue prices of 5/4 Kalahari King and 3/1 Twist Magic, I’d be seriously considering a single bet on the Nicholls runner. He looked like he was going to make a race of it against Master Minded in the Tingle Creek here in December before falling 2 out. Being prone to the odd error is a worry but I’d still go with Twist Magic to notch up his 2nd victory at Sandown.

Ripon 2.55 – Another poor race that has the makings of a Scoop 6 buster. Top weight Mr Wolf looks the most likely winner but I’ll be very surprised if there isn’t one lurking at the bottom of the handicap that is well in. It wouldn’t be the biggest surprise in the world to see Fantasy Believer pop up at a big price but I’m not sure his handicap mark is going down as quickly as his ability. I will go with consistent gelding Strathmore who should go well with only 8-6 on his back. He’s another who’s vunlnerable to a better handicapped horse but at least he’s likely to give us a run for our money something that is hard to be confident about most of these doing.

Sandown 3.10 – The Bet365 Gold Cup sees a quality field go to post but the worry I would have with a number of these runners is the amount of racing they have seen this season. The two that interest me most here are Carl Llewellyn’s Hennessy and the Phillip Hobbs trained Lacdoudal. McCoy is a very interesting booking on Llewellyn’s runner and he won the only time he rode the horse previously. Lacdoudal won this race in 2006 off a 12lbs higher mark and has to be respected.

Ripon 3.30 – A decent handicap to finish where likely favourite Wells Lyrical should prove hard to be. He looked to be going very much the right way last season and the step up in trip can offset his 6lb rise in the weights. Dunaskin is a course winner and might have the fitness edge over some of these rivals after his pipe opener 17 days ago. He is a solid alternative.

Blue Square usually offer 10% cashback on the Scoop 6 and also give new clients a £100 free bet.

Click here to visit Blue Square and claim your £100 free bet

You can get Scoop 6 tips, analysis and strategy from our horse racing forum as well as using our Scoop 6 Guide.

Another weekend of decent cards which should provide a few more clues for the Cheltenham Festival.

This Saturday’s action comes from Kempton, Newcastle, Chepstow, Lingfield and Fairyhouse.

There are 6 live races on Channel 4 this weekend, the 2:05, 2:35, 3:10 and 3:45 from Kempton, and the 2.20 and 3.30 from Newcastle.

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 pick of the action comes from Kempton Park. They stage the Racing Post Chase, a Grade 3 Handicap for horses aged 5 years and older.

Paul Nicholls has a strong hand in the race, with four runners representing his yard. His biggest chance rests with the Harry Findlay owned Big Fella Thanks. He put some average displays behind him with a clear cut victory in the Skybet Chase at Doncaster last time out. Harry Findlay’s been calling this horse his festival banker since before the season began and another big run is on the cards.

Scoop 6 News
Last week, one lucky punter scooped £669, 465 and this week has the opportunity of landing a further £2,755,923 by selecting the winner of the bonus race, The Racing Post Chase.

Scoop 6 races for 21/2/09
1.30 Kempton
2.20 Newcastle
2.45 Chepstow
3.10 Kempton
3.30 Newcastle
3.45 Kempton

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

Weekend Bookmaker Offers

BlueSq
We’re 1% a runner on this Saturday’s big races, the Eider and the Racing Post Chase. Essentially, that means we’re best price on at least half the runners in both races! You won’t find value like this anywhere else, so place your bets now.

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

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Mabbs

Saturday’s action comes from Lingfield, Kempton, Wetherby, Ayr and Punchestown.

There are 5 live races on Channel 4, the 2:15, 2:45, 3:15, 3:45 from Kempton, as well as the 3.20 from Lingfield.

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.

Ayr hosts the pick of the action with the Class 2 Blue Square Handicap Chase at 3.00 as well as the Class 3 Blue Square Mobile Handicap Hurdle at 3.30. Malko de Beaumont looks to have strong claims of making it 3 wins from 4 starts in the chase. His main rival should be the Keith Reveley trained Jass.

The best flat action of the day comes in the 3.20 at Lingfield. This is an £18,000 Class 2 Handicap where the Michael Jarvis runner Philatelist is fancied to bounce back to form.

 

Scoop 6 News
2.30 Ayr
3.00 Ayr
3.15 Kempton
3.30 Ayr
3.45 Kempton
4.00 Ayr

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

Sky Bet
Pricewise Guarantee

It’s really cold at the moment, so why not take advantage of our Pricewise Guarantee and have that little bit longer in bed? We’re holing our prices between 8.30am and 9am so that you have that you have extra time to grab that early morning value.

Bet £5 and get £20 of free bets from Sky Bet

 

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

Good Luck and Happy Punting

Mabbs

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.