UK Horse Racing Tips

We all enjoy a bit of horse humour. One liners like, “What’s a horse’s favourite TV show?” “Neighbours” often raise a chuckle. Or perhaps something with an element of silliness to it: “Which side of a horse has more hair?” “The outside”. Of course though betting on horses can be a serious business, where cold hard cash changes hands so with that in mind, a joke that tops them all would have to be “How do you make a small fortune out of horses?” “Start with a large fortune!” The tone of this strikes true for some gamblers who  chase losses to the ends of the earth! A ”I hope I break even today – I need the money” mindset. It can sometimes be hard to see the funny side of a bad bet, though on other occasions people have what we might class as the luck of the devil and/or a winning mindset!

Take Punter Fred Craggs for instance. He was never one for big horse racing bets, just a pound bet here or there. or taking advantage of the odd online free bet. In 2008 he placed a tiny 50 pence eight-horse accumulator bet featuring selections at three race meetings, both at home and abroad, namely Sandown, Wolverhampton and Dubai . To his surprise all 8 horses romped home, winning him a staggering 1 million pounds. There was no grand plan with his selections, in fact Fred often picked horses simply because he liked their names. It adds to the achievement then surely, that the very first winner trained by Jonjo O’Neill and ridden by Richie McGrath, was named “Isn’t That Lucky?” And the last you may ask, well that was called “A Dream Come True”. Quite the bet, and it almost seemed like it was written in the stars. The overall odds of this bet made it a 2,000,000/1 accumulator.

So what’s in a name I wonder, when you’re placing a bet on the horses? There was once a horse called called Lucky Strike, so following the above betting logic, I can think of worse ones to bet on! If you’re looking for funny or absurd horse names instead through, what better horse to go for than the now legendary Horsey McHorseface or what surely must be a commentators dream (or nightmare) , the horse named ARRRRRRR.

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