If you want to bet on horse racing, but don’t have the time to dive into the form book and do the research yourself, then fear not, as you can get tips and bets thanks to several industry experts.
In this article, we’re going to look at what some of the experts at the main UK bookmakers offer in terms of horse racing betting tips today.
Visit the desktop sites or the mobile betting apps of many sportsbooks and you’ll be sure to find some horse racing tips today, usually in the form of tips from racing pundits, racing journalists, racing analysts and even trainers and jockeys.
Here is how to find tips from different bookmakers:
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There’s plenty for horse racing bettors to get stuck into at Ladbrokes, including a handy horse racing news and blog section, which often contains tips from the experts.
From the Ladbrokes main page, click on ‘Sports’ in the top left, then from the sub sports menu just below, click on ‘News & Blogs’. This will open up a new page.
From the ‘News & Blogs’ page select the ‘Horse Racing’ tab. In this section, you will find articles and blogs from experts such as jockey Paul Townend, who often details his best chance from his rides on a given day. You will also find tips for Racing Post journalists in this section, especially for meetings that are shown live on ITV Racing. Renowned trainer Dan Skelton also pens his horse racing tips for Ladbrokes in this section.
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The racecards at Coral are packed with little pieces of tipping info to help sports bettors. From the main horse racing section, which can be found on the main menu at the top of the page, or by browsing the sports menu on the left hand side, simply click on any race and open up the racecard.
Every racecard comes complete with the Racing Post Verdict, which is a concise snippet detailing the most likely winner of the race according to their experts.
Below the RP Verdict, you’ll see the ‘Most Tipped’ section, which shows which horse has been tipped the most by the racing experts in each of the UK’s main newspapers. Better still, you can see the ‘Racing Post Star Rating’, which rates the top three horses in the race.
There’s also a handy blog section at Coral, where jockeys such as Tom Scudamore provide tips and insights, while Coral experts also provide analysis and horse racing tips in this section too.
William Hill has quite an impressive horse racing section on its website, featuring plenty, such as extra places, enhanced odds and bet boosts.
What is also available at William Hill is the ‘Top Bets’ section, which serves as a type of wisdom-of-the-crowd tip section. In this area, you will find all of the most popular horse racing bets. Essentially, these are the horses that have been bet on the most. Simply go to the horse racing section, and from the sub menu, find ‘Top Bets’.
On top of this, there’s the ‘Naps Table’, where you can see the best tip from every William Hill tipster/analyst for that particular day. You can also see who has the best record for the season. The recent record for each tipster’s tips is shown too. To find the ‘Naps Table’ locate ‘Horse Racing’ from the main sports menu, then click on ‘Naps Table’ from the horse racing sub menu.
Bet365 ranks as one of the most popular online betting brands, especially when it comes to horse racing, and although their racecards don’t feature tips in the way that some other bookmakers’ cards do, they provide their players with some excellent tipping content in the ‘Sports & Betting News’ section.
Simply scroll to the bottom of any page on the bet365 website and click on ‘Sports & Betting News’ which is under the ‘Form & Stats’ heading.
From this section, if you click on the ‘Racing’ tab, you’ll see lots of tips and articles. For example, there’s a preview for each week called ‘Racing – the week ahead’, while horse racing experts such as Keith Melrose, Phill Anderson and Graeme Rodway often pen betting tips for this section.
Betfred also provides customers with a few insights, and these can be found on the racecards. There is the ‘Racing Post Verdict’, which is now used by a few UK bookmakers. This verdict comes from RP journalists and horse racing experts and essentially details what’s likely to happen.
If you also scroll to the bottom of the racecard, you can see a list of tips. In this list, you will see the most likely winner of the race according to various sources such as Racing Post Ratings, Topspeed, Postdata, as well as national newspapers.
In addition, there’s also the handy tool known as ‘Betfinder’. From the main horse racing page, if you click the green ‘Betfinder’ button, you can create a checklist of things that you’re looking for, such as ‘Course Winner’, ‘Going Winner’, and ‘Trainer in Form’, to try and find the best bet. This is a helpful tool for those who don’t want to dive too deep but still want to put a little work in.
