Today's Horse Racing Betting Tips - Expert Picks For Friday 1st May
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Today's Horse Racing Betting Tips - Friday 1st May
| Horse | Race | Price | Bookmaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Bear Affair | 2:00 Ascot | 3/1 | Priced Up |
| Lake Como | 2:55 Newmarket | 4/1 | BoyleSports |
| Elarak | 4:05 Newmarket | 9/4 | William Hill |
| Combustion | 4.20 Ascot | 14/1 | Unibet |
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Our Staking Plan
Each selection is advised as a single bet, and at a straight £10 win single per horse, unless otherwise stated.
Do be aware that betting on horse racing is difficult to win consistently, that’s why we only use the best analysts and tipsters in the UK and Ireland to give their advice on this page. Previous performance is no guarantee of future success and you should only bet with what you can afford to lose.
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Tip 1 - 2:00 Ascot - A Bear Affair
After making a winning debut A Bear Affair can pick up another race after showing all the attributes you’re looking for. He looked like he knew what his job was, showed a great attitude to fend off a rival and ran through the line. He should be able to make a further step forward today and will be tough to pass if he can get to the front again here.
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Tip 2 - 2:55 Newmarket - Lake Como
After making a winning debut A Bear Affair can pick up another race after showing all the attributes you’re looking for. He looked like he knew what his job was, showed a great attitude to fend off a rival and ran through the line. He should be able to make a further step forward today and will be tough to pass if he can get to the front again here.
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Tip 3 - 4:05 Newmarket - Elarak
What to make of Elarak’s form at Newmarket? Two convincing wins and two runs where he finished a long way back. Trip at seven furlongs looks the right one, and he shaped with promise on seasonal reappearance after bolting up over seven furlongs to end his season last year. Gelding operation over the winter and having got the cobwebs out of the way at Thirsk last month, he should be a major player here.
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Tip 4 - 4:20 Ascot - Combustion
A serial winner on all-weather, Combustion goes to turf for the first time in a couple of years after picking up seven wins in his last 10 outings. His remarkable form this year alone is 1112 and though there will be questions about his ability to go on turf and indeed over 5f - a new distance for the five-year-old – his price reflects that so he’s worth a go at the odds.
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What is the Staking Plan and How Does a 1pt Win System Work?
We advise each bet as a win single or sometimes as an each way single. You can of course choose to combine the selections in a multiple bet, a Lucky 15 or a Yankee etc and that is a very popular way to follow the horses selected in this column daily.
A 1pt win per horse is advised in general and that means whatever your normal stake is for a bet is used as a point. For many this is £1 and for some this is £10 or more but it is totally relative to the individual and shouldn’t be more than you can afford to lose at any time.
For each way selections we advise a 0.5pt each way stake. So as with the win selections this would be a £1 total bet (50 pence each way) or a £10 total bet (£5 each way).
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