Horse Racing: Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe tips and odds
5 August, 2024
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Dec 22 Horse Racing Betting Tips & Predictions
Get ready for the Dec 22 Horse Racing betting tips. It’s the final Saturday of horse racing before Christmas and we can allow ourselves a brief look back on what has been another incredible season, with high drama, controversy and plenty of big priced winners. One more chance to ensure bookies pay for our festive period and we’re determined to make it happen for followers.
There’s plenty for horse racing enthusiasts to enjoy this weekend with ITV, ATR and Racing UK providing the live coverage. Bookmakers have, as you would expect, put in the work to make a bet more attractive and they have every major race covered, including each leg on what promises to be a cracker at Ascot.
Long Walk Hurdle
The Long Walk Hurdle is a Grade 1 National Hunt hurdle race decided over a distance of 3m 1f on the turf of the world-famous Ascot racecourse in Berkshire. With a history tracking back to 1965, it has become one of the favourites of punters and a real sign we are fast-approaching a jam-packed festive period. Christmas is on the horizon but there’s still time to bank the proceeds of a nice priced winner before the big day.
The first instalment of this thriller was won by St Patrick’s Blue who etched his name into the history books when scoring under the ride of Bill Smith for trainer David Tatlow. He was the first of two six-year-olds to win this race in each of the first two runnings, the other being Highland Abbe for Les Kennard 12 months later.
The recent version of this intriguing G1 offers a whopping £100,000 worth of prize money with the bulk of that, £56,950, paid out to the winner. Sam Spinner banked the cheque for connections last year when becoming the latest in a long line of champions. Ridden by Joe Colliver, the gelding took the title previously owned by UnowhatImeanharry, holding runner-up L’Ami Serge by just shy of three lengths. A full deserving winner and backers cheered him home at a starting price of 9/2. Defending champion, and pre-race favourite, UnowhatImeanharry could do no better than third.
