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…
Thursday 18 April Horse Racing Betting Tips & Predictions
We have arrived at the third and final day of this year’s Newmarket The Craven meeting. Fans can look back on what was a thrilling renewal, with some of the top horses in the business showcased, as well as a generous helping of nice priced winners for punters. We’re not done yet, though, and there’s still a chance to come out of the three-day meet with a profit in your pocket. Here are our Thursday 18 April Horse Racing betting tips.
Thursday’s card gets going at 1.50pm with a competitive Maiden Stakes and the card takes us through to a 5.20pm finish, when a punchy Handicap brings the curtain down for another year. The Group 3 Earl of Sefton Stakes is billed as the day’s main attraction and our team return to help you boost your betting balance with a winner.
There’s plenty to hold your interest on what’s sure to be another glorious day of British horse racing and if you can’t make it along to HQ, you will be delighted to learn you can follow the action live, thanks to ITV’s expert and in-depth racing coverage. Those not at home can keep their eye on bets through one of the many betting apps offered by bookmakers, with the likes of bet365 and Ladbrokes beaming the races live to your mobile or handset through a faultless, HD quality stream.
Having trawled through the runners and riders of note on Thursday at Newmarket, we have to admit nothing gets close to overshadowing the main event, so we concentrate fully on the Earl of Sefton Stakes, where there looks to be a bet worth having at generous odds.
Earl of Sefton Stakes – 4.10pm Newmarket
This Group 3 race will be decided over the 1m 1f trip and with almost £35,000 paid to the winner, it’s no surprise to see a strong field in attendance, with 11 expected to run. The going will be ideal for a race of this nature and there will be a real buzz in the air as onlookers feel the promise of summer in the air as we move away from what has been a gruelling National Hunt campaign. Get set for short, snappy flat races in the sun, where the speedsters will be rewarded.
This race was first run back in 1971 and has gone on to become a real fans’ favourite in the years that have passed since, with some memorable renewals of famous winners. Pembroke Castle was the first of them when scoring for Geoff Lewis and Noel Murless and some of the best early winners to join the list were Scottish Rifle, Gunner B, Kalaglow, Terimon, Indian Lodge, Notnowcato and Phoenix Tower.
History
Flicking through the stats of this race, we find two horses rank as most successful in the contest, with Terimon – winner in 1990 and again in 1992 – joined by Mull of Killough – scoring in 2013 and a year later. No horse has been able to complete the hat-trick, as of yet, and it’ll be a while before we see one good enough to claim a treble.
That hasn’t been a problem for jockeys, however, and we find no less than seven riders locked on three wins. Some of the names included in that list are Pat Eddery, Michael Kinane and Kieren Fallon. The latter rode Ali-Royal in 1997, Shiva 1999 and Olden Times to success in 2003.
Tight, but there’s no doubting who the daddy of the trainers is, with Henry Cecil banking an incredible seven wins to date. He got off the mark when helping Gunner B to glory back in 1978 and was last seen in the winner’s enclosure in 2008 when Phoenix Tower did the business for connections. That mark will take some beating.
