News and Opinion
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New Stories
In the hours before the 2007 Carling Cup final was about to kick-off a 'dead cert' laying scheme was discovered. Was it too good to be true..?
We heard, on the BBC News website, of a new political party being set up called Animals Count. It seems that they want to give animals rights...
Having never owned a racehorse before, you can imagine how excited and proud we all were on seeing our filly “Style Princess” saddled and ready for racing at York on Sunday. As the jockey mounted everything seemed so right...
Updates
LuvBet
It is not a surprise to see that the LuvBet site has vanished off the internet...
Integra Club
The name of the person behind Integra Racing has been revealed on BBC television...
Articles
The Injured Jockeys' Fund
One of the more worthwhile charities connected with racing is the Injured Jockeys' Fund...
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Betfair moves to take on Treasury - From The Guardian
Betfair, the leading internet betting exchange, has received a licence to operate in Malta that could eventually lead to the company moving its hugely successful business offshore...
Gambling For A Living - From the BBC's Magazine
Forget those ideas about card sharps and hustlers, a new breed of white-collar gambler is using statistics and the power of the internet to turn a profit. Welcome to gambling as a career option...
Cheltenham 2005
Fathoming the winner of the Queen Mother Champion Chase is simple...
It's Better To Back Drifters
Backing horses who drift in the market is more profitable than backing those whose odds shorten, according to Betfair...
Taxing Online Betting?
Gordon Brown is to clamp down on internet betting exchanges and will demand that they pay more duty...
Speed Sensors To Be Compulsory
Horses are to be required to carry approved speed sensing equipment in those races where its use is specified in the race conditions in the Racing Calendar...
New Betfair Security Procedures
The following was taken from the Betfair site (28th September, 2004) and should be read by anyone who uses Betfair or any of the betting exchanges such as Sporting Options, BetDaq and the rest...
New Confidence Trick (aka scam) discovered
We suspect that a new scam is being run in the same vein as the Integra Racing scam and so we're warning you all of this one. This time there is no need to give the name of the people who are running it because...
Vanishing From A Screen Near You
On the stroke of midnight, before the 30th of March 2003 the AtTheRaces consortium will no longer provide racing...
UK Horse Racing receives a four star review
The first edition of Racing Ahead contains a review of three sites on the internet which offer comprehensive ratings. UK Horse Racing was one of those three sites and we received a rating of Four Stars....
Scam Warning!
Let us begin by making a simple and well known fact clear; that there is no such thing as 'money for nothing' in racing....
Cumberland Thoroughbred Services
We have just been alerted that there is another Oakwood Racing type scam in operation...
Sanity breaks out at the BHB!
At last. A rare incidence of sanity has broken out at the British Horseracing Board. Not content with tackling the...
Newmarket 22nd May 2004
Following our ratings one of our readers pulled off a massive £1,613 Exacta in the 3:25 at Newmarket...
Goodwood 19th May 2004
The nineteenth of May was, perhaps, not the greatest day to be betting on the Tote. Look at this result for the 3:45:
AtTheRaces
On the stroke of midnight, before the 30th of March 2003 the AtTheRaces consortium will no longer provide...
First Post
A recent mailshot from First Post Racing was recently seen and a quick search on Google shows that they have had somewhat adverse publicity in the past...
Oakwood Racing
A confidence trick, which is being investigated by the police, is being run by Oakwood Racing...
Tipping Services
Sometimes the antics of a tipping service enters the news for one reason or another...