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Richard Dunwoody - Winning Tips From a CHAMPION
(Published: 31 Jul 10)
Richard Dunwoody - Winning Tips From a CHAMPION
By Richard Dunwoody
SATURDAY sees the close of Glorious Goodwood 2010 and there will be few more popular wi... more »
Richard Dunwoody - Winning Tips From a CHAMPION
(Published: 24 Jul 10)
Richard Dunwoody - Winning Tips From a CHAMPION
By Richard Dunwoody
SIR MICHAEL STOUTE saddled an impressive 1-2-3 in last year's running of the King Geor... more »
Richard Dunwoody - Winning Tips From a CHAMPION
(Published: 16 Jul 10)
Richard Dunwoody - Winning Tips From a CHAMPION
By Richard Dunwoody
Richard Hannon will be looking forward to another glorious day with his two-year-olds... more »
Richard Dunwoody - Winning Tips From a CHAMPION
(Published: 10 Jul 10)
Richard Dunwoody - Winning Tips From a CHAMPION
By Richard Dunwoody
SATURDAY's racing doesn't get any less competitive and it's hard to know where to start but... more »
Steve Smith-Eccles - 'The Eck' puts you straight!
(Published: 09 Jul 10)
Steve Smith-Eccles - 'The Eck' puts you straight!
By Steve Smith-Eccles
Short and sweet this week as I have been ultra busy with the hospitality boxes and giving out plenty of winners to the cor... more »
Richard Dunwoody - Winning Tips From a CHAMPION
(Published: 03 Jul 10)
Richard Dunwoody - Winning Tips From a CHAMPION
By Richard Dunwoody
The 2010 Coral-Eclipse looks like being another top-class renewal on Saturday and with Joh... more »
Steve Smith-Eccles - 'The Eck' puts you straight!
(Published: 02 Jul 10)
Steve Smith-Eccles - 'The Eck' puts you straight!
By Steve Smith-Eccles
Short and sweet this week with Sandown the only place worthy of a serious mention with the Coral Eclipse at 3.10 the race... more »
Richard Dunwoody - Winning Tips From a CHAMPION
(Published: 26 Jun 10)
Richard Dunwoody - Winning Tips From a CHAMPION
By Richard Dunwoody
SATURDAY'S racing is very competitive indeed, exemplified by the 2010 renewal of the Northum... more »
Steve Smith-Eccles - 'The Eck' puts you straight!
(Published: 25 Jun 10)
Steve Smith-Eccles - 'The Eck' puts you straight!
By Steve Smith-Eccles
Looking ahead to the racing this weekend and the Irish Derby is the big race this weekend. Aiden O'Brien holds a large pro... more »
Richard Dunwoody - Winning Tips From a CHAMPION
(Published: 19 Jun 10)
Richard Dunwoody - Winning Tips From a CHAMPION
By Richard Dunwoody
IT has been a fantastic season for the nearly all-conquering Richard Hannon and the Everleigh... more »
Richard Dunwoody - Winning Tips From a CHAMPION
(Published: 12 Jun 10)
Richard Dunwoody - Winning Tips From a CHAMPION
By Richard Dunwoody
With Royal Ascot on the horizon, Saturday's racing is far from vintage but the man of the moment... more »
Steve Smith-Eccles - 'The Eck' puts you straight!
(Published: 11 Jun 10)
Steve Smith-Eccles - 'The Eck' puts you straight!
By Steve Smith-Eccles
It was pretty obvious to all and sundry that I would be asked/volunteered to write an article on Epsom but after the resu... more »
Richard Dunwoody - Winning Tips From a CHAMPION
(Published: 05 Jun 10)
Richard Dunwoody - Winning Tips From a CHAMPION
By Richard Dunwoody
IT is a great shame that St Nicholas Abbey will miss the Derby but the stable still has a great ch... more »
Steve Smith-Eccles - 'The Eck' puts you straight!
(Published: 04 Jun 10)
Steve Smith-Eccles - 'The Eck' puts you straight!
By Steve Smith-Eccles
Despite a sport that always gives me plenty to write about there can only be one subject of choice this week as we look t... more »
The Epsom Derby
(Published: 04 Jun 10)
The Epsom Derby
By Secreto
Secreto takes a light-hearted look at the value for this year's Epsom Derby...
When St Nicholas Abbey bolted up in the Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster last Octo... more »
Richard Dunwoody - Winning Tips From a CHAMPION
(Published: 29 May 10)
Richard Dunwoody - Winning Tips From a CHAMPION
By Richard Dunwoody
Saturday's racing is as competitive as ever but ALRASM (Newmarket, 14:15) looks up to winning the op... more »
Steve Smith-Eccles - 'The Eck' puts you straight!
(Published: 28 May 10)
Steve Smith-Eccles - 'The Eck' puts you straight!
By Steve Smith-Eccles
Well what can we say about this week apart from the story of the Guineas meeting from The Curragh for starters? We stole/... more »
Richard Dunwoody - Winning Tips From a CHAMPION
(Published: 22 May 10)
Richard Dunwoody - Winning Tips From a CHAMPION
By Richard Dunwoody
AIDAN O'BRIEN has been successful in the last two runnings of the Irish 2000 Guineas but Richard Hannon i... more »
Steve Smith-Eccles - 'The Eck' puts you straight!
(Published: 21 May 10)
Steve Smith-Eccles - 'The Eck' puts you straight!
By Steve Smith-Eccles
Now if anyone had walked in to a bookmakers (William Hill?) and asked our friend Graham Sharp for odds of any filly winnin... more »
Richard Dunwoody - Winning Tips From a CHAMPION
(Published: 15 May 10)
Richard Dunwoody - Winning Tips From a CHAMPION
By Richard Dunwoody
IT is another excellent day's racing on Saturday and VERDANT (Newbury, 14:30) can be another winner for the... more »
Steve Smith-Eccles - 'The Eck' puts you straight!
(Published: 14 May 10)
Steve Smith-Eccles - 'The Eck' puts you straight!
By Steve Smith-Eccles
Wasn't it wonderful to see young David Bass (nicknamed 'Sea Bass' in the yard, much to his annoyance) cementing his relat... more »
Richard Dunwoody - Winning Tips From a CHAMPION
(Published: 08 May 10)
Richard Dunwoody - Winning Tips From a CHAMPION
By Richard Dunwoody
SATURDAY'S racing is as competitive as ever with the Victoria Cup at Ascot a fiendish puzzle for punters to s... more »
Steve Smith-Eccles - 'The Eck' puts you straight!
(Published: 07 May 10)
Steve Smith-Eccles - 'The Eck' puts you straight!
By Steve Smith-Eccles
Despite my love of all things racing at all standards and from all courses you cannot beat racing at the best level and l... more »
Richard Dunwoody - Winning Tips From a CHAMPION
(Published: 01 May 10)
Richard Dunwoody - Winning Tips From a CHAMPION
By Richard Dunwoody
SATURDAY sees the 202nd running of the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket, with the market led by a very short-priced f... more »
Steve Smith-Eccles - 'The Eck' puts you straight!
(Published: 30 Apr 10)
Steve Smith-Eccles - 'The Eck' puts you straight!
By Steve Smith-Eccles
Well there is only one place to be this weekend as the flat racing season gets in to top gear with the first two classics... more »
Richard Dunwoody - Winning Tips From a CHAMPION
(Published: 24 Apr 10)
Richard Dunwoody - Winning Tips From a CHAMPION
By Richard Dunwoody
BARRY HILLS has won two of the last four runnings of the Listed Leicestershire Stakes and ALYARF (Leicester,... more »
Steve Smith-Eccles - 'The Eck' puts you straight!
(Published: 23 Apr 10)
Steve Smith-Eccles - 'The Eck' puts you straight!
By Steve Smith-Eccles
Another week in the world of racing has simply flown by and with the first Classics sneaking up on us next weekend there i... more »
Steve Smith-Eccles - 'The Eck' puts you straight!
(Published: 16 Apr 10)
Steve Smith-Eccles - 'The Eck' puts you straight!
By Steve Smith-Eccles
Hot off the press this morning and I can tell you that SETA, the Luca Cumani filly and third favourite for the 1000 Guinea... more »
Richard Dunwoody - Winning Tips From a CHAMPION
(Published: 10 Apr 10)
Richard Dunwoody - Winning Tips From a CHAMPION
By Richard Dunwoody
THE GRAND NATIONAL is still the greatest test of a horse and jockey, with two full circuits of a unique two and a... more »
Steve Smith-Eccles - 'The Eck' puts you straight!
(Published: 09 Apr 10)
Steve Smith-Eccles - 'The Eck' puts you straight!
By Steve Smith-Eccles
Steve Smith-Eccles Grand National Preview and other bets....
Its not often that I am lost for words but it has been a... more »
Steve Smith-Eccles - "The Eck" puts you straight!
(Published: 26 Mar 10)
Steve Smith-Eccles - "The Eck" puts you straight!
By Steve Smith-Eccles
Well as you can imagine once we sort of finished with Cheltenham last week the racing has been mediocre so we ne... more »
Steve Smith-Eccles Week in Racing
(Published: 19 Mar 10)
Steve Smith-Eccles Week in Racing... Champion hurdle winning jockey and renowned tipster.
By Steve Smith-Eccles
There really is no place I can start with the exception of Cheltenham and the bull... more »
Richard Dunwoody - Winning Tips From a CHAMPION
(Published: 13 Mar 10)
Richard Dunwoody - Winning Tips From a CHAMPION
By Richard Dunwoody
RUBY WALSH is as good an odds-on shot as you will find next week. Rather than siphoning through the form of a never-endi... more »
Steve Smith-Eccles Week in Racing....
(Published: 12 Mar 10)
Steve Smith-Eccles Week in Racing....
By Steve Smith-Eccles
In this age of cameras everywhere, from CCTV to the hundreds of satellite channels invading our every waking moment it seems almost e... more »
Richard Dunwoody - Winning Tips From a CHAMPION
(Published: 06 Mar 10)
Richard Dunwoody - Winning Tips From a CHAMPION
By Richard Dunwoody
THIS winter has been an incredibly testing time for owners and trainers. There are so many horses that have been unable... more »
Steve Smith-Eccles Week in Racing....
(Published: 05 Mar 10)
Steve Smith-Eccles Week in Racing....
By Steve Smith-Eccles
Well the really bad news this week, hot off the press so to speak, has to be the injury to Taranis who now misses both the Gold Cup a... more »
Richard Dunwoody - Winning Tips From a CHAMPION
(Published: 27 Feb 10)
Richard Dunwoody - Winning Tips From a CHAMPION
By Richard Dunwoody
THE King George VI Chase produced one of the best performances from a horse in living memory. Kauto Star's 36-length romp wa... more »
Steve Smith-Eccles Week in Racing....
(Published: 26 Feb 10)
Steve Smith-Eccles Week in Racing....
By Steve Smith-Eccles
Its been an interesting week meeting some interesting characters, some who remembered me from what they called the good old days (wha... more »
Richard Dunwoody - Winning Tips From a CHAMPION
(Published: 20 Feb 10)
Richard Dunwoody - Winning Tips From a CHAMPION
By Richard Dunwoody
DESPITE results heavily favouring the bookmakers at what was a tremendous Coral Welsh National meeting over Christmas, the... more »
Steve Smith-Eccles Week in Racing....
(Published: 19 Feb 10)
Steve Smith-Eccles Week in Racing....
By Steve Smith-Eccles
Well as far as I am concerned there is only one place I can possibly start this week and that just has to be the fiasco that took plac... more »
Richard Dunwoody - Winning Tips From a CHAMPION
(Published: 13 Feb 10)
Richard Dunwoody - Winning Tips From a CHAMPION
By Richard Dunwoody
THE Totesport Trophy has always been a big betting race. Ever since the race's inception in 1963, it has been associated with... more »
Steve Smith-Eccles Week in Racing....
(Published: 12 Feb 10)
Steve Smith-Eccles Week in Racing....
By Steve Smith-Eccles
It wasn't very long ago I wrote about a certain well know jumps jockey returning after a ban for failing a breath test and lo and beho... more »
Steve Smith-Eccles Week in Racing....
(Published: 05 Feb 10)
Steve Smith-Eccles Week in Racing....
By Steve Smith-Eccles
Well no sooner do I write about the fact that Mille Chief is not necessarily home and hosed for the Triumph hurdle because a certain N... more »
The Racing Week
(Published: 02 Feb 10)
The Racing Week
By Ian Henderson
Times are hard and sadly they are going to get harder. I have run a tipping service for twenty-five years and I have had a fight on my hands to keep the membersh... more »
Gamble Landed
(Published: 01 Feb 10)
Gamble Landed
By Wily Fox
It was a wintry day back in the early eighties that a monster gamble was to be landed at a sparsely attended Wolverhampton racecourse. The exciting thing I was to be in... more »
The Steve Smith-Eccles Column
(Published: 22 Jan 10)
The Steve Smith-Eccles Column
By Steve Smith-Eccles
Well the big news today (Thursday) is that Newmarket trainer John Gosden has not renewed his association with stable jockey Jimmy Fortune and... more »
The Steve Smith-Eccles Column
(Published: 15 Jan 10)
The Steve Smith-Eccles Column
By Steve Smith-Eccles
Well that was the week that was as they used to say, and not a great deal happening to talk about to be honest with all-weather the one and o... more »
Punting to a Profit
(Published: 13 Jan 10)
Punting to a Profit
By Rob De Bookie
To the uneducated man in the street, horse racing appears to be an easy game...'Pick the favourite, they win more times than the rest, that's the only way y... more »
The Racing Week
(Published: 11 Jan 10)
The Racing Week
By Ian Henderson
The weather is nothing compared to what we had in 1947 but thank God for All Weather racing. Today in the paper there was an article about Global cooling. We hav... more »
The Steve Smith-Eccles Column
(Published: 08 Jan 10)
The Steve Smith-Eccles Column
By Steve Smith-Eccles
First things first this week and the atrocious weather has left us racing pundits scratching our bums and wondering where the next half decent... more »
The Racing Week
(Published: 04 Jan 10)
The Racing Week
By Ian Henderson
It would be so easy to write a doom laden article so I refuse to do that and in this wonderful world will try to highlight the things that we should be pleased a... more »
The Steve Smith-Eccles Column
(Published: 18 Dec 09)
The Steve Smith-Eccles Column
By Steve Smith-Eccles
I just love this sport because there is just always something to talk about and this week we need to start with young jockey Danny Cook who w... more »
The Racing Week
(Published: 14 Dec 09)
The Racing Week
By Ian Henderson
I don't understand why gamblers in a betting office are reviled and bankers who do the same job are revered. The only difference that I can see is the fact that... more »
The Steve Smith-Eccles Column
(Published: 12 Dec 09)
The Steve Smith-Eccles Column
By Steve Smith-Eccles
As an ex jockey of some distinction (others words, not mine), I am often asked about various backing and laying systems and their chances of... more »
The Steve Smith-Eccles Column
(Published: 04 Dec 09)
The Steve Smith-Eccles Column
By Steve Smith-Eccles
The feature race this weekend is The Tingle Creek Trophy from Sandown, named after the horse responsible for putting yours truly on the racing... more »
The Racing Week
(Published: 23 Nov 09)
The Racing Week
By Ian Henderson
Is there some way to get an 11 month year? Can we cancel November? I ask this because every year my betting goes to hell in a handcart because we have the change... more »
The Steve Smith-Eccles Column
(Published: 20 Nov 09)
The Steve Smith-Eccles Column
By Steve Smith-Eccles
Well I don't like the phrase one law for the rich and another for the poor but that's the way it seems to have panned out for suspended jo... more »
The Racing Week
(Published: 16 Nov 09)
The Racing Week
By Ian Henderson
This is a very difficult time for punters and has been difficult for a few weeks now. The failure of a number of hot favourites over the weekend only highlights... more »
The Racing Week
(Published: 09 Nov 09)
The Racing Week
By Ian Henderson
So the Racing Post decided to go in for full colour but what I would like to know is, what idiot decided that yellow print on white paper is readable? I realise... more »
The Steve Smith-Eccles Column
(Published: 06 Nov 09)
The Steve Smith-Eccles Column
By Steve Smith-Eccles
Well racing is never dull and this week has been no exception with jockeys taking the headlines for al the wrong reasons. Barry Geraghty take... more »
The Racing Week
(Published: 02 Nov 09)
The Racing Week
By Ian Henderson
On Thursday I went to Lingfield races where they were celebrating twenty years of All Weather. I must say that it was a wonderful day out and the course executi... more »
The Steve Smith-Eccles Column
(Published: 30 Oct 09)
The Steve Smith-Eccles Column
By Steve Smith-Eccles
Well my title today has to be 'Brad Is Back' as my old mate Graham Bradley has finally finished his ban from the sport for passing on inform... more »
The Racing Week
(Published: 26 Oct 09)
The Racing Week
By Ian Henderson
Last week I observed that there are fewer and fewer non handicap races on the programme. You know, those races where the punter has a distinct advantage due to... more »
The Steve Smith-Eccles Column
(Published: 23 Oct 09)
The Steve Smith-Eccles Column
By Steve Smith-Eccles
Well as it was not the most inspiring week last week in the world of racing and I can't and won't make it up, we will look to the future ins... more »
The Racing Week
(Published: 19 Oct 09)
The Racing Week
By Ian Henderson
As this is my first article I should tell you a bit about my ideas when it comes to racing. There is a big debate at the moment about improving the image of rac... more »
The Steve Smith-Eccles Column
(Published: 16 Oct 09)
The Steve Smith-Eccles Column
By Steve Smith-Eccles
Well I am back in one piece if a bit sore after a lively weekend in the Czech Republic and as always in the wonderful world of horse racing w... more »
The Steve Smith-Eccles Column
(Published: 09 Oct 09)
The Steve Smith-Eccles Column
By Steve Smith-Eccles
Steve Smith-Eccles reports from the wonderful world of horse racing and beyond........
This Sunday sees the most important race in the C... more »
