Horse Racing Betting: Lingfield Park September 5th 2024 Betting Tips & Prediction
4 September, 2024
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Lingfield Park hosts afternoon flat racing this Thursday 5th September. Eight races await getting underway…
Scottish National Betting Tips & Predictions
With the 2019 Aintree Grand National in the books – won by pre-race favourite Tiger Roll – we turn our attentions to an exciting few days of action north of the border as Ayr racecourse stage their ever-popular Scottish National meeting. Here are our top Scottish National betting tips and predictions.
This year’s highlight takes place on Saturday 13 April at 3.35pm. The early going is expected to be good, good to soft in places and that makes for near-perfect racing conditions. The card brings us the renewal of Scotland’s premier horse race, but it also sets out seven other races which act as support acts, the schedule including the Scottish Handicap Hurdle and Champion Novices Chase.
Bookmakers, predicting an increasing level of interest from casual punters, especially north of the border, have laid out a feast of betting opportunities and you can tuck into betting on each of the eight races, having your say on race winner, each-way, without the favourite, exciting multiples like Lucky 15 and Yankee, Tote betting, such as Placepot and Jackpot. There are more ways to bet than ever before and, if playing wisely, that means there are more ways to win.
Who should you trust with your hard-earned cash and which races are worth a financial interest? Punters adopt a variety of approaches when betting on the Scottish National, ranging from the tried and trusted to weird and wonderful. Pick through the form, figures and trends to make a well-informed pick, or simply go with a runner carrying a familiar-sounding name, or even stick a pin in the race-card and go with a pick at random.
In an attempt at helping you beat the bookies, our team worth through the Scottish National trends, looking for any hints or clues that could lead you to this year’s champion.
History
The Scottish National has a history that can be traced back to 1858 when it was called the West of Scotland Grand National, run at a course in Renfrewshire, with runners having to go over 32 stone-wall jumps. Thankfully times changed and the modern version of the race we know and love today moved to Ayr in 1966. The distance was increased to its present length with the prize money set at little over £5000.
Stats
The battle to be most successful horse in this race is currently a three-way tie between Couvrefeu on three, achieved between 1911 and 1913, Southern Hero 1934 and 1939 and Queens Taste 1953 and 1956. It should be some time before we see a horse smash through the three titles.
The leading jockey of all time is Charlie Cunningham who won on Bellman in 1881, Wild Meadow 1885, Orcadian 1887 and Deloraine 1889. Not exactly recent form that gives us anything to look for this year, so we move on.
The leading trainer at Ayr Racecourse is Ken Oliver who helped The Spaniard to success in 1970, followed by Young Ash Leaf 1971, Fighting Fit 1979 and Cockle Strand 1982. Again, we are going back too far to get anything concrete from that, so let’s take a look at more recent runnings of the Scottish National and see what comes us.
