Horse Racing News

While many people are familiar with various forms of sports betting such as betting on horse racing, soccer, baseball, and many other sports, most of those people are only familiar with physical betting. That is, they place bets by going to a betting center, walking up to the counter, placing a bet, and paying the cashier money for the bet. In this day and age, however, soccer betting, or football betting, has incorporated technology just like every other aspect of modern living. ...
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Of all champion jockeys of modern times, Richard Dunwoody has achieved the most outstanding record in the Grand National. When you look at his background his achievements are not hugely surprising - he was bred to be a winner. Born in January 1964 into a racing family in County Antrim, his father George, had run away from home as a teenager to work with horses and became a jockey-turned-trainer, while his grandfather on his mother's side was Epsom trainer Dick Thrale, who amongst his many ...
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All of us who love sports are usually familiar with betting in some fashion or the other. Several of us may have tried their hands at it too. Some popular sports where betting is big game are soccer, football, basket ball, baseball, hockey, horse racing and of course, boxing. Sportsbooks offer an excellent avenue for us to place wagers or bets on the sports that we are interested in. When you place a wager, the service charges a certain fee which is traditionally 10% of the wager. Therefore, to ...
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Are you a sports lover? Do you like money growing? How about gambling or speculating a bit? If your answers are positive, then you would love reduced juice sportsbooks! First things first, what is a sportsbook? A sportsbook is an avenue for gamblers to wager on different types of sports competitions such as football, golf, soccer, hockey, baseball, basket ball, boxing and horse racing. A sportsbook is also popularly known as a race or sports book or just "book". Interestingly, sportsbooks are ...
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Every year the focus and media attention is put squarely on the shoulders of Tony McCoy in a 'Will he, won't he' debate as to whether he can finally win a Grand National after 14 attempts but back in the shadows stands Tom Scudamore, an equally prolific jockey who will be riding in the 2010 Grand National for the ninth time, without a win under his belt. He made his debut in the Grand National in 2001, at just 18 years of age, riding Northern Starlight where he was unseated at the sixth fence. ...
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Anyone who follows horse racing and, in particular the Grand National, will know that french bred horses are notorious for their poor performances. In fact it had been so long since one won the actual race that most people discounted them in 2009.But in April 2009 we saw three of them finish in the top 5 spots and My Will, ridden by Ruby Walsh came very close to stealing the thunder from Mon Mome but ultimately ended up in third place with Cerium, another 100/1 outsider coming in fifth. Owned ...
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Born in Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, AP McCoy is undisputedly the best jump jockey of all time. On 27th of August 2002, when victory on Mighty Montefalco in a three mile hurdle at Uttoxeter gave him his 1,700th winner, passing the three year old record total of Richard Dunwoody, his name went into the record books.This achievement, at the age of 28, means that A.P. McCoy has set a standard that is unlikely to ever be surpassed. He was 18 years old when he started on the path to ...
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Have you ever watched the Grand National horse race and wondered why some of the runners wear blinkers, if you have stop wondering! The main reason for wearing them is to keep the horse focused on the race and limit his peripheral vision to avoid distractions. Most people can appreciate that horses without blinkers are more likely to be distracted and this is very dangerous at the fast speeds horses run during a race like the Grand National.Blinkers go back a lot further than most people might ...
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Picking a sportsbook is important because you want to be with a trustworthy sportsbook that can give you what you need, customer service, quick payouts and perks! Bangthebook has made it easy to find a great sportsbook with a top ten list! They have updated the list and here are some of the highlights! 10. CaribSports - Caribsports has been around since 1993, is well established in the Internet Gaming industry. Players around the world enjoy a safe and state of the art betting atmosphere 9. ...
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The Emirates Racing Authority was founded in 1990 and on the first running of the Dubai World Cup in 1996 an amazing new track, created on the plans of the Maktoum family was unveiled at Nad Al Sheba. The dream was to build a state-of-the-art racecourse in Dubai which would attract the world's best racehorses, and this dream most definitely came to pass.The Dubai World Cup is run every March in Dubai, and is a racing challenge, run over ten furlongs, and has the biggest prizes to match. The ...
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