Newbury welcomes the Betfair Hurdle next weekend (February the 11th). The big Betfair Hurdle betting news is that Recession Proof will not defend his title at Newbury. According to the training camp, Recession Proof “just isn’t ready” to race in the Grade 3 (2M 110Y) race.

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You can’t beat Boxing Day horse racing, it’s the perfect way to overcome the previous day’s festivities. One such race to make any punter forget their xmas hangover is the Grade 1 National Hunt spectacular – The King George VI Chase – run over 3 mile at Kempton Park.

The big two on show in the King George VI Chase betting stakes are Long Run and Kauto Star.

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This Saturday (10th of December) will see Cheltenham’s December Gold Cup renamed as the ‘Spinal Research The Atlantic 4 Gold Cup‘ to help raise awareness for the Spinal Research charity team who are aiming to row across the Atlantic. Because of the high profile, the December Gold Cup now carries, it’s hoped they’ll raise over £150,000 for the charity from the race alone.

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The National Hunt Chase season rolls into Sandown Park this weekend for the Tingle Creek Christmas Festival with most punters getting ready for the Tingle Creek Chase betting on Saturday.

Last year, the Tingle Creek Chase betting, suffered as the beginning of a very severe winter crippled the National Hunt Chase season, with eventually the race taking place at Cheltenham a couple of weeks later. However, this year, the weather has been rather mild (if a bit wet) and will not interrupt the 2Mile, 13 fence, 2011 Tingle Creek Chase.

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As November comes to a halt, the attention of most of horse racing betting fans turns to the Hennessy Gold Cup this weekend. This Grade 3 National Hunt chase will be run over 3 miles and historically normally suits horses around the 7 year age mark.

Current pre-race Hennessy Gold Cup betting odds favour Aiteen Thirtythree, trained by Paul Nicholls and ridden by Ruby Walsh. This 7 year old came 2nd out of three last month when he finished behind Somersby in the Betfair Graduation Chase (2m 4f) despite leading three quarters of the race lacked the pace to finish with 4 jumps left.

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It’s another busy November weekend in the National Hunt horse racing betting season. This weekend we turn our focus to Haydock and the Betfair Chase. The runners for this year’s Betfair Chase have been named and it is a high quality field indeed that will contest the 3 mile race.

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This Saturday we herald the Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham in what is shaping up to be a competitive racecard for a new National Hunt season. Ante-post favourite in the Paddy Power Gold Cup betting stakes is Mon Parrain the stablemate of Kauto Star.

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Churchill Downs, better known as home of The Kentucky Derby, will host the 2011 Breeder’s Cup World Championships for the second year in a row. This famous event brings together the best of the Thoroughbred horse races over two days and has race purses from $500,000 to $5 Million.

The spectacular two day Breeders Cup betting accumulates with the third richest horse race in The World – The Breeders Cup Classic – on Saturday the 5th of November! This Grade 1 Thoroughbred race for 3 year olds carries a $5 Million purse and is run over 1¼ miles.

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As we say goodbye to a wonderful turf flat season here in the UK this weekend, horse racing betting fans will be turning their attention to the overseas market with two massive international racing events starting next week. First up we have the 2011 Melbourne Cup betting quickly followed by the Breeders Cup betting.

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It’s the richest race in the European Horse Racing betting calendar, known as The Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe – or just the ‘Arc‘ and it takes place this weekend.

This Sunday (2nd October 2011) at Longchamp the premier horse racing event will get under starters orders. Workforce, last year’s winner, is once again amongst the bookies L’Arc de Triomphe Betting favourites. However, it is last year’s third placed horse, Sarafina, who will start the race as the ante-post favourite.

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