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The ability to bet on horse racing is made easier through the number of bookmakers who want to appease their many customers. After choosing which bookie you want to place most of your horse racing bets with, the obstacle you will come up against is working out how to heighten your bet’s chances of winning. There’s no way of guaranteeing winning bets or everyone would do it, so you have to rely on picking out a horse with the pedigree to finish first in a race that you’ve placed money on.

More experienced punters will find it easy to pick out what they see as being a winning horse racing tip from the hundreds of horses running in a single day, but for those with less practice at it, it can be like trying to find a needle in a haystack. It would help to abide by the crucial criteria used for picking likely horse racing winners, which is the same selection of boxes you need to tick when choosing a horse racing tipster to get behind, as you’ll only be able to find a winner elsewhere if the site you’re following pick their horse bets based on facts. One site we’d recommend for horse racing tips is The Winners Enclosure who offer daily betting tips for each race on daily!

What goes into winning horse racing bets?

Any horse racing tipster that has a genuine record for winning will swear by the use of thorough research in the bets they make. Without this, your horse bets will be lacking in any of the reasoning they need to stand a chance of landing in your favour, and it certainly makes it harder to back any horse that you have no reason for believing in. Even by merely looking into the current form of the horse you’re backing, their weight, record in similar races, and their superiority over other horses in the race, you’ll stand a chance of landing your bet.

Even if you’ve decided to refrain from using a horse racing tipster, you can still use a few to compare the bet you’ve created. If they were to have the same bet as you, it could be a sign that you’re on the right track, but if they don’t, it’s not a sign that you’ve wasted your time as long as you try to find out what you’re missing from your horse tip. When you’re finally ready to back any horse tips you’ve come up with, it would be advised to shop around for the best price on bookmaker websites, with some offering stronger odds by backing the horse early, and others boosting the price on selected favourites nearer the time.

The life of a jockey can have many ups and downs and especially in the early days of establishing yourself, it can be a real slog. There are many stories of the determination, effort and endless hours involved in getting to the standard required to take on the cream of the crop, and impress horse trainers and owners with no shortage of options to choose from.

It’s always interesting to hear the stories of where someones career started and the path that led them to success. Sure some in racing have family connections or a ‘leg up’ in some regard, but others have no family background in the sport at all and forged a path through their love of the sport. Nowadays programs like Brixton’s Ebony Horse Club offer disadvantaged inner city kids a chance to get into the sport, so there are definitely opportunities where you wouldn’t always expect to find them.

Fast forwarding to the point of success, one sure fire way to go to the next level and truly make a name for yourself in horse racing is by breaking records or achieving a ‘one off’ of some form or another. Just look at Frankie Dettori’s ‘Magnificent Seven’, it was front page news at the time and is still clearly remembered, due the nature of the achievement (winning all seven races on the Ascot racecard in September 1996) , the fact that some punters were richly rewarded for following Frankie on the day (to the handsome tune of £500,000 in one case – at cumulative odds of 25,051-1) and the aspect of ‘sticking it to the bookies’.

Perhaps the primary way of immortalising yourself in racing though is by winning one of the big races. The liked of the Cheltenham Gold Cup and the cherry on the cake without a doubt, the Grand National. It’s nothing short of a one way ticket into the history books if you win the National. A combination of right horse, time, training, the going and a healthy dollop of luck on the day can dictate how it all pans out, but winning the Grand National is certainly the dream of most jockeys, trainers and owners. I’m busily keeping an eye on the latest Grand National news to see who is likely to make a name for themself this year in the 2019 Grand National!

As with many aspects of life, success breeds success. As a jockey for instance, once you’ve proved yourself and shown a battling spirit, with a few grinding big wins under your belt, you’ll get more opportunities to prove your credentials at the highest level.

Ludlow racecourse is a thoroughbred horse racing track located in Ludlow, Shropshire, England. It is owned and operated by Ludlow Race Club Ltd, and is well known for hosting National Hunt races. The racecourse is just 2 miles away from Ludlow, and is famously known as “Lovely Ludlow.” Its location is strategic, being crossed by the B4365 and other minor roads. Whenever there is a race meeting, traffic on these roads has to be put on halt so as not to interfere with the races. The course offers a calm and relaxed environment for the racegoers to enjoy watching the races from.

Racing at Ludlow is said to have taken place first in1729. The racecourse was used by Ludlow Castle soldiers who went there occasionally to match their horses against each other. The race meetings were held at Bromfield, and it was until 1750 when the meetings were recorded. However, the races did not attract a wide audience since they were less popular at the time. Cock fighting was what most people enjoyed watching. The first flat race to be staged at Ludlow took place in mid-19th century, but ceased happening in 1868. The course built a new grandstand in 1904. Today, Ludlow racecourse shares its facilities with Ludlow Golf Club. It has thrived over the years and stood the test of time unlike it’s neighboring Shrewsbury which closed its gates in 1887.

Each year, racing at Ludlow takes place in the winter, with Forbra Gold Cup being the most notable race. It is run every late February, and was named after Forbra, a winner of the 1932 Grand National race. This year, the racecourse is set to host a good number of fixtures, with gates opening two hours before the first race begins. Admission prices start from 16 Euros depending on the package that one chooses.