Irish champion trainer Aidan O’Brien has the Bookmakers running scared at Royal Ascot yet again. O’Brien has a wonderful record at the Royal meeting having been champion trainer on nine occasions – three more than his closest rival Sir Michael Stoute. Stoute still holds the record for most winners at Epsom with 79, but O’Brien […] Read the full story

The Derby – the most expensive horse race in Britain – takes place at Epsom Downs this weekend. One of the biggest sporting events in the country, it is often referred to as the Blue Riband event of all horse racing. Coming into this weekend’s 240th running of the event and there is a clear […] Read the full story

Tiger Roll claimed his place in Horse Racing history as he become the first horse this century to defend his Grand National crown. The nine-year-old Irish-born star romped to victory at Aintree, coming in at 4/1 – which made him one of the shortest priced winners of all time. Shortest price National Winners 1919 Poethlyn […] Read the full story

Tiger Roll will start the Grand National as one of the shortest price favourites in the history of the race as he looks to make history by being the first horse this century to win the race in successive years. Only five times has a horse won the National in consecutive years, dating back to […] Read the full story

Tiger Roll is set to start the Grand National as the shortest price favourite ever. The nine-year-old Irish star is returning to Aintree as the defending champion and is looking to become the first horse since the legend Red Rum in 1974 to win back-to-back Grand Nationals. The Gordon Elliot-trained gelding is currently rated at […] Read the full story

Bookmakers are not expecting anything other than Irish dominance in Cheltenham week. Ireland are favourites to win the Champion Trainer, Champion Jockey, top owner and the Prestbury Cup – which is the direct competition with the Great Britain over who has the most winners. Gordon Elliot is 5/4 to make a it a third successive […] Read the full story

We go into the 2019 Cheltenham Festival looking at the Bankers of the meeting again, and who – if any – will bring home the money. Any horse odds-on in the betting is considered a ‘Banker’ but thay does not always mean a winner will come. OddsMonkey has looked back over the last decade to […] Read the full story

As the old Apple slogan goes, “there’s an app for that”. That’s definitely the case when it comes to matched betting, as there are lots of handy betting apps which make things more convenient. We’ve compiled a list of the 7 best betting apps UK based matched bettors can use to make life a little […] Read the full story

Royal Ascot starts this week but Bookmakers are expecting more of the same with continued domination from Irish stable Ballydoyle. Superstar trainer Aidan O’Brien has won best trainer for the last three years, and he is odds-on to do it again. Likewise, Ballydoyle’s number jockey Ryan Moore is conversely odds-on to take the top-jockey prize, […] Read the full story

The Derby – the most renowned race in racing – is a breeding ground for world class horses, but in terms of odds-on winners, you won’t find many. In the last 50-years, there have only been three odds-on winners on Epson Downs. Going back to 1968 Sir Ivor came in at 4/5, before the most […] Read the full story