Horse Racing

In sensational scenes not witnessed in more than a century, British horse racing is to go on strike in a protest against the government’s planned tax hike. On September 10, all racing scheduled to take place on British soil will be cancelled, with tracks at Kempton, Carlisle, Lingfield and Uttoxeter to keep their doors closed. […]

Imagine the scene: you’ve placed a £25 each way double on two longshot horses at odds of 80/1 and 125/1 respectively… and they both go on to win. Your return would be a cool £257,000; a life changing sum of money by anybody’s measure. Well, that would have been your return… had Ladbrokes, with whom […]

Some sporting events are so beloved that they ascent into the consciousness of even non-sports fans. The football World Cup, the Ashes and Wimbledon are just three such examples, while from a betting perspective the Grand National takes some beating. The steeplechase is expected to turnover more than £200 million in betting revenue this weekend, […]

There’s no such thing as a betting ‘banker’ in any sport; and especially not at the ever-chaotic Cheltenham Festival. But the 2025 edition of the four-day meeting has been a spectacular failure for short price backers, with an unprecedented five odds-on chances all losing out. And while the bookies are still totting up their earnings […]

The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has released their annual report for 2024… and the findings are stark both for the sport and the UK gambling industry as a whole. The total betting turnover for horse racing was down by 6.8% last year compared to 2023… and a full 16.5% when compared to 2022. There was […]