UK Horse Racing Tips

It’s time once again to focus on racing festivals, in this case the prestigeous Ebor Festival which takes place from the 17th to the 20th August. The four day race meeting isn’t quite the jewel in the crown of the flat racing season, but at the same time is steeped in history, dating back to 1843 in the form of the Ebor Handicap.

Much like other racing festivals, each day of the Ebor festival has feature races and a theme:

Wednesday – Juddmonte International Day
Thursday – Ladies’ Day
Friday – Nunthorpe Day
Saturday – Ebor Day

Some of the highlight races over these four days include the Great Voltigeur Stakes and Acomb Stakes on Wednesday, the Yorkshire Oaks on Thursday, the Nunthorpe Stakes, Gimcrack Stakes and Lonsdale Cup on Friday, and last but certainly not least the Ebor Handicap on Saturday.

The much anticipated Ebor Handicap is run over a distance of 1 mile and 6 furlongs and has been won by a couple of decent priced winners in recent years. In 2014 Mutual Regard, ridden by Louis Steward and trained by Johnny Murtagh came in at an impressive 20-1. Last year those odds were overshadowed by the Joseph Tuite trained Litigant, winning at 33-1 with bookmakers. Of course both of these pale into insigifance if we go back to 2006, when Mudawin ridden by John Egan made a lucky few punters extremely happy by delivering them with a 100-1 winner.

As with any race with history to it noteworthy records stand out. In the case of the Ebor Handicap the leading jockey over the history of the race is Lester Piggot with five wins between 1958 (Gladness) and 1983 (Jupiter Island). Leading trainer is Tom Dawson, also with five wins. The Lonsdale Cup, also held on the penultimate day of the Ebor Festival, is another race that gets punters excited. It’s a group two race run over a distance of 2 miles and 88 yards. The most successful jockey over the course is Pat Eddery, riding five horses to victory between 1983 and 1999, and the leading trainer John Dunlop with five wins between 1987 and 2012.

I, along with many punters, will no doubt be having a flutter this time around too. I’m liking the look of Amour de Nuit in the Ebor Heritage handicap but will make a final betting decision on the day. I’ll try not to go too crazy mind you as I’m off to Great Yarmouth next month for three days of racing, and will pop into the casino while I’m there too. Roulette is my game of choice since the odds are comparatively good compared to most other casino games. I had a little flutter on the premier roulette game on M88 earlier to get in the swing of things. I tend to stick with a single number and hope for the best, rather than go for an (almost) even money option of red and black, or odd and even. My approach also brings with it the chance of a bigger win if my luck is in! A bit of an all or nothing attitude!

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