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Grand National Blogs

admin — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:29:30 +0000

It’s about this time of year when the entries for the 2010 Grand National start to take shape. Ante post markets have already formed and there’s a few contenders already worth a second look. If you want to check out some big priced runners for the annual Aintree race then try these blogs. The first blog to try is Grand National Tumblr, with updated stories on the new runners and a guide to form it’s a good place to start. Another one to try is the Grand National Hubpage, hubpages are a great way to get detailed information on virtually any subject, especially horse racing and betting systems. The last one is Grand National Posterous, this is a new blog but already it’s shaping up to be a good read on all things Grand National related.

Weakening When Hit Streaker!

admin — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:30:31 +0000

The race horse ‘Boxing Match’ picked up one of the strangest entries into the form guide when racing at Fontwell in May 1995. The entry simply reads ‘Weakening when hit streaker, pulled up’. Jockey Rodney Farrant hit the streaker (Stephen Brighton) who had undressed and ran onto the Fontwell course. Apart from being really dumb, running in front of a horse during a race is potentially fatal for all parties!

We couldn’t find a picture of the Fontwell incident but here’s one from Australia, remember that action like this can void at race result, so even if you escape injury from the horses, the crowd will probably lynch you!

Each Way Betting

admin — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:47:39 +0000

The Each Way bet is ideal if you fancy a horse to do well, but not necessarily to win. When you bet ‘Each Way’ you are actually having two bets in one, the first bet is that your horse will win, the second bet is that your horse will be placed 2nd, 3rd or in fields of 16+ runners, even a 4th place will win you money. You can’t bet on a horse each way if the race has less than 5 runners and a race with 5 ~ 7 runners will only pay out on a 2nd place.

It’s also worth noting that if your horse doesn’t win but is placed (usually 2nd, 3rd) you will only get 1/4 or 1/5 of the quoted odds. Which means you shouldn’t back a horse each way unless it’s odds are over 5-1, because you could never win enough to cover your original stake at odds of 5-1 or shorter.

You can back ‘Each Way’ with all online bookmakers, if you want to know how to fill in a betting slip for an each way bet you can click the small thumbnail in this paragraph. It shows you the correct way to fill in the bookmakers slip for each way betting.

Remember that an each way bet is actually made up of two bets, so if you bet £5 each way, your total bet cost will be £10 (£5 on the win and £5 on the place)