Get the latest golf betting tips for the upcoming Valero Texas Open & LIV Golf Miami, as James Mason and Steve Palmer take a look at this week’s tournaments. The team also take a look back at the Houston Open and Indian Open from last week, analysing who stood out, as well as who underperformed. Steve gives us his best predictions for this week's tournaments, including other selections who could be worth backing in the markets.
Apr 02, 2024•38 min•Ep. 156
Reflections on a huge day of top international competition, analysis of grim financial figures for British racing and discussions on three important regulatory decisions are on the table in this week's edition of The Front Page. Scott Burton is back home after working at Meydan, where there were some stunning winning performances on World Cup night but also another case of Auguste Rodin completely failing to fire. The panel looks at what that means for his reputation and what lessons can be lear...
Apr 01, 2024•45 min•Ep. 155
Join Jack Reeve and Mark Langdon as they return for the latest episode of Bets Club, giving you the best bets and predictions for this week's Premier League fixtures and more. The international break is behind us & the run in starts now as the team kick off by previewing the big match, Manchester City vs Arsenal. Can Arsenal finally turn the tide at the Etihad? Mark then gives his best bets in all of this weekend’s Premier League fixtures, including Aston Villa hosting local rivals Wolves.. ...
Mar 29, 2024•45 min•Ep. 154
Sam Hart is joined by David Jennings, Graeme Rodway and Unibet's Ed Nicholson to preview the action at Musselburgh and Haydock this weekend. In the first part of the show the panel analyses Musselburgh's opening flat meeting of the season. The competitive Queen's Cup is the feature, and David Jennings is strong on the chances of one of the runners. The second part of the show switches attention back to the jumps at Haydock, where there are three competitive contests to get stuck into, including ...
Mar 28, 2024•52 min•Ep. 153
Further reflections on the sport's top jumps meeting, first thoughts on the new Flat season and a footballer no longer wanted on Britain's racecourses are the stories up for discussion in this week's edition of The Front Page. Jonathan Harding looks at Chris Cook's special report on a Cheltenham Festival that delivered plenty of excellent racing but also considerable criticism and shrunken attendances. The panel discusses what went wrong and where improvements could be made. Lee Mottershead exam...
Mar 25, 2024•39 min•Ep. 152
Sam Hart is joined by Keith Melrose, Jonny Pearson and Unibet's Brett Williams to preview the action at Doncaster and Newbury this weekend. In the first part of the show the panel assesses the first British Flat turf meeting of 2024 at Doncaster. The Lincoln is the feature and a strong field, including the winners of the last two runnings, has been assembled. The second part of the show switches attention back to the jumps action at Newbury, with three competitive races to get stuck into. To fin...
Mar 21, 2024•49 min•Ep. 151
The Cheltenham Festival takes the spotlight on this week's show with James Stevens, Paul Kealy and David Jennings reviewing all the big events of the week. The panel analyse the big performances of the week from Galopin Des Champs, Ballyburn and Lossiemouth and assess their futures. Cheltenham's crowd dropped during the week and David and Paul share their suggestions on how to improve the meeting. The dominance of Willie Mullins was a big talking point and David charts his rise to the pinnacle o...
Mar 18, 2024•54 min•Ep. 150
Sam Hart is joined by Graeme Rodway, Robbie Wilders and Unibet's Ed Nicholson to provide their best bets for the 2024 Cheltenham Festival Let us know in the comments who your best bet is for the Cheltenham Festival 2024.
Mar 11, 2024•23 min•Ep. 149
Sam Hart is joined by Keith Melrose, Tom Park and Unibet's Ed Nicholson to preview the action at Sandown and Wolverhampton this weekend. In the first part of the show, the team preview the action at Sandown. The highlight on the card at the Esher track is the Imperial Cup. Will Bad finally get his head in front in one of these big handicap hurdles? The second part of the show analyses the card at Wolverhampton. The Flat season is just around the corner, and the Lincoln Trial Handicap could give ...
Mar 07, 2024•48 min•Ep. 148
Join the Front Page panel for a gallop through all the big talking points ahead of the Cheltenham Festival, including the breaking news that Constitution Hill will miss the Champion Hudle. Tom Kerr, Maddy Playle and Peter Scargill also discuss the fallout from last week's key parliamentary debate on affordability checks, and the news of redundancies at Saeed Bin Suroor's Newmarket stables. ------- 🚨 FREE ACCESS EVENT 🚨 Log in to your Racing Post account to access free premium tips, news and ra...
Mar 04, 2024•44 min•Ep. 147
Sam Hart is joined by David Jennings, Maddy Playle and Unibet's Ed Nicholson to preview the action at Newbury, Doncaster & Kelso this weekend. In the first part of the show, the team preview the action at Newbury and Doncaster. Newbury hosts the Greatwood Gold Cup, while up at Doncaster there is a competitive mares' Novice hurdle to dissect. The second part of the show analyses the card at Kelso. The Morebattle Hurdle is one of the highlights on the card up in Scotland where Nicky Henderson ...
Feb 29, 2024•40 min•Ep. 146
In this special edition of The Front Page we reveal how we exposed an illegal bookmaker operating in British racing that claims over 1,000 customers and is getting set for a "ridiculously busy" Cheltenham Festival. Lee Mottershead tells Tom Kerr how he spoke to the bookmaker's 'commercial manager', posing as a prospective customer, and heard how affordability checks and account restrictions were causing the illegal operator's business to boom. They're joined by Jon Harding and Maddy Playle to di...
Feb 26, 2024•30 min•Ep. 145
Sam Hart is joined by Robbie Wilders, Jonny Pearson and Unibet's Brett Williams to preview the action at Kempton, Newcastle and Southwell this weekend. The first part of the show analyses the card at Kempton. Grade 2 galore on the card at Kempton with the Adonis Juvenile Hurdle, Pendil Novices' Chase and the Dovecote Novices' Hurdle. We also have the competitive Coral Trophy Handicap Chase to get stuck into. In the second part of the show, the team preview the action at Newcastle and Southwell. ...
Feb 22, 2024•40 min•Ep. 144
Tickets that are selling slower than usual, races being run faster than usual and a European snub for York and Ascot are the subjects up for debate in this week’s edition of The Front Page. James Stevens asks why the Cheltenham Festival is proving a harder sell than in previous years, with Gold Cup day not yet sold out and the meeting’s first three days in danger of suffering another attendance drop. Lee Mottershead looks at claims made by Harry Fry and Aidan Coleman that British jumps races are...
Feb 19, 2024•41 min•Ep. 142
Sam Hart is joined by David Jennings, Matt Gardner and Unibet's Ed Nicholson to preview the action at Ascot, Haydock and Wincanton this weekend. The first part of the show analyses the card at Ascot. L'Homme Presse, one of the leading British contenders for the Cheltenham Gold Cup, heads the market for the Grade 1 Ascot Chase, but does Venetia Williams current form worry the panel? In the second part of the show, the team preview the action at Haydock and Wincanton. Haydock hosts its Grand Natio...
Feb 15, 2024•51 min•Ep. 143
Two huge punting festivals and two huge issues for punters exercise the panel on this week's edition of The Front Page. Maddy Playle gets the ball rolling by assessing the weekend's top performances and particularly Shishkin's Newbury success. Can he now win the Cheltenham Gold Cup? And why were only 5,000 people at Newbury? Both questions are tackled in depth. Lee Mottershead then highlights his latest Monday column, which criticised overzealous bookmaker restrictions. He argues these must be s...
Feb 12, 2024•40 min•Ep. 142
Sam Hart is joined by Keith Melrose, Jonny Pearson and Unibet's Ed Nicholson to preview the action at Newbury and Warwick this weekend. The first part of the show analyses the card at Newbury. The highlight there is the Betfair Hurdle, which is as competitive as it gets. Keith Melrose gives an excellent analysis of the Willie Mullins French recruit Ocastle De Mottes, who has been well supported all week into favoritism. In the second part of the show, the team preview the action at Warwick which...
Feb 08, 2024•55 min•Ep. 141
This week on the Front Page the panel of Tom Kerr, Chris Cook, Bill Barber and James Stevens is focused on the Dublin Racing Festival and Willie Mullins' extraordinary eight-Grade 1 haul at the festival. The panel also debates what makes the DRF so popular with racegoers and what other tracks can do to draw in more proper racing fans. Bill, the Racing Post's industry editor, gives the latest on the affordability checks debate scheduled for later this year. You can send your MP a letter urging th...
Feb 05, 2024•46 min•Ep. 140
James Stevens is joined by Keith Melrose, Jonny Pearson and Unibet's Brett Williams to preview the action at Sandown, Musselburgh and Leopardstown this weekend. The first part of the show analyses the card at Sandown, where the highlight is the Grade 1 Scilly Isles Novices' Chase. Unibet have Hermes Allen, who was last seen finishing behind the magnificent Il Est Francais at Kempton, as their hot favourite. In the second part of the show, the team preview the action in Scotland at Musselburgh wi...
Feb 02, 2024•50 min•Ep. 139
Sam Hart is joined by Keith Melrose, James Stevens and Unibet's Brett Williams to preview the action at Cheltenham and Doncaster this weekend. The first part of the show studies Saturday's superb card at Cheltenham card, where there are sure to be some major festival clues. We also get the bonus of seeing the rearranged Clarence House Chase after Ascot was frozen off last week. In the second part of the show, the team takes a look at Doncaster's ITV card. Willie Mullins sends over classy mares A...
Jan 25, 2024•56 min•Ep. 138
Join James Stevens, Jonathan Harding and Richard Forristal for a look back on the big news stories from the racing world. James reflects on Lingfield's Winter Million meeting and its switch to Windsor in 2025 and the panel discuss whether L'Homme Presse is a leading Cheltenham Gold Cup contender. Jonathan assesses the latest racecourse attendance figures and what could improve crowds on British racecourses. After a thought-provoking column, Richard calls for donations for Graham Lee and Richard ...
Jan 22, 2024•34 min•Ep. 137
Sam Hart is joined by Robbie Wilders, Tom Park and Unibet's Brett Williams to preview the action at Lingfield this weekend. Jumps action in Britain has been wiped out so Lingfield is the port of call for ITV's coverage. Ryan Moore heads there for four rides on the all-weather and should be popular with punters, but the panel are taking him on in the highlight on the card, the Winter Oaks Fillies' Handicap. On Sunday, we hope to have jump racing back at Lingfield for the final day of the Winter M...
Jan 19, 2024•46 min•Ep. 136
British racing does not have enough high-class jumpers and the best of the lot is not being tested in the way one former legend of the sport would like. Those two subjects and a blockbuster interview are the hot topics in this week's edition of The Front Page. In a programme recorded before it was announced Constitution Hill will not run at Cheltenham next week, Maddy Playle focuses on criticism from David Elsworth and the Racing Post's Richard Forristal about the Champion Hurdle winner being ca...
Jan 15, 2024•41 min•Ep. 135
Sam Hart is joined by Keith Melrose, Jonny Pearson and Unibet's Brett Williams to preview the action at Kempton, Warwick and Wetherby this weekend. The first part of the show looks at Warwick. There are two competitive handicap chases being covered from the Midlands track. The first being the Classic Chase, which is followed by the rearranged Unibet Veterans' Chase. Can the panel solve these tricky puzzles? In the second part of the show, the team look at Kempton and Wetherby's Saturday cards. T...
Jan 11, 2024•52 min•Ep. 134
Racing Post editor Tom Kerr is joined by West Country correspondent James Stevens and deputy industry editor Peter Scargill for the first Front Page of 2024. The panel discusses the mixed reception for the launch of Premier racing, the sport's big new plan to boost interest in the sport, and the trial of Sunday evening all-weather action. Also on the agenda is a look ahead at the Cheltenham Festival after entries for several key races were published last week, including a record low number for t...
Jan 08, 2024•33 min•Ep. 133
Sam Hart is joined by Robbie Wilders, Matt Gardner and Unibet's Ed Nicholson to preview the action at Wincanton and Newcastle this weekend. The first part of the show looks at Wincanton. Paul Nicholls has an excellent strike-rate at the Somerset track, and the panel is keen on a couple of his runners. In the second part of the show, the team look at Newcastle's Saturday card, which is a late addition to the ITV Saturday schedule following Sandown's abandonment. There is the potential to see two ...
Jan 05, 2024•34 min•Ep. 132
Sam Hart is joined by Graeme Rodway, Jonny Pearson and Unibet's Ed Nicholson to preview the action at Newbury, Haydock & Taunton this weekend. The first part of the show looks at Newbury, with the main focus being the Grade 1 Challow Novices' Hurdle featuring some top-class novices. Paul Nicholls has won the race recently with the likes of Hermes Allen, Bravemansgame and Stage Star. Could his leading runner, Captain Teague, lower the colours of Willmount? In the second part of the show, the ...
Dec 29, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 131
It's the Front Page end of year special and panellists Tom Kerr, Maddy Playle, David Jennings and Lee Mottershead take you on a whistle-stop tour of the year's biggest stories and use that as a springboard to preview the stories and questions that are going to dominate 2024. Will we finally find out what's happening with affordability checks? Is the Irish gambling bill a threat to the future of the sport? Who's the next Frankie Dettori - and will the man himself be back in 2024? Is Premier racin...
Dec 28, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 130
Sam Hart is joined by David Jennings, Tom Park and Unibet's Ed Nicholson to preview the action at Ascot and Haydock this weekend. The first part of the show is on Ascot, with the main focus being the Grade 1 Long Walk Hurdle featuring some legends of the National Hunt game such as Champ, Paisley Park and Dashel Drasher. Will the panel be taking on some of these old-timers? In the second part of the show, the team look at Haydock's Saturday card, on which there is an agreement on an 8-1 selection...
Dec 21, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 129
Sam Hart is joined by Maddy Playle, James Stevens and Unibet's Ed Nicholson to preview the action at Cheltenham and Doncaster this weekend. The first part of the show focuses on Cheltenham where there are some incredibly competitive handicaps taking place. The December Gold Cup looks a strong race as always, and the panel provide their tips the big race. In the second part, the team look at Doncaster's Saturday card, on which there is an agreement on a 9/1 selection in the final race. To finish,...
Dec 14, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 128
