Today's Horse Racing Betting Tips - Expert Horse Racing Picks For Wednesday 17th December

By Mark Fordham Dec 17th, 2025 4:42 AM EST

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Today's Horse Racing Betting Tips - Wednesday 17th December

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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 - 12:23 Newbury - Cayman Dancer

With the Moore stable flying at the moment, paying attention to a quality flat horse having its first go over hurdles is probably worth doing. Rated 79 on the level there is nothing in this race which has shown form which a decent prospect won’t be able to surpass. He could be a cut above these.

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Tip 2 - 12:43 Ludlow - Lightning Flash

A winner at Chepstow earlier this season, Lightning Flash nearly added to that over course and distance three weeks ago when he fell two out whilst vying for the lead. Nevertheless, it’s been a solid start to his chase career and the return of Sam Twiston-Davies to the saddle should help and shows how much is thought of this horse.

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Tip 3 - 1:58 Newbury - Lookaway

Highlands Legacy has made a decent start to life chasing, but Lookaway could be the answer here. Headed at the end to finish third by half a length on seasonal reappearance hurdling. Looked a good prospect over the bigger obstacles last year, winning first time and then finishing third to the impressive L’Eau du Sud in a Grade 2 Novice Chase. He was 12 lengths back that day, and L’Eau du Sud has since won multiple Graded affairs including thrashing the mighty Jonbon by 15 lengths and is now rated in the 160s. A mark of 135 looks within reach.

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More Information on Our Free Daily Horse Racing Tips

Each and every day on Bookies.com we provide a minimum of 3 highly researched and carefully selected tips for the UK and Irish daily racing from our team of experts. 

This daily racing tips page is updated at approximately 9.30am each morning and each selection will come with concise reasoning, key data to support the advice and a quick guide as to how the horse is expected to run and what to look out for when it comes to the race itself.

We pride ourselves on value when considering our horse racing betting advice, on Bookies.com we give you direct access to all the leading betting operators to see the market movements, daily odds at horse racing betting sites for all meetings and of course their exclusive free bet offers.

What Are the Average Advised Odds of Our Tips?

We tip a minimum of 3 horses per day across the UK and Irish racing and the average starting price of our selections is a remarkable 4/1 over hundreds and hundreds of tips this year.

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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).

Where Can I Watch the Daily Horse Racing Selections Run?

The best place is always on the racecourse but that’s not very practical so when it’s not on terrestrial TV with the likes of Sky Sports Racing and ITV (or ITV 4) then the best way to get instant access to live pictures is with a live streaming bookmaker – try these three below for the best of the bunch. We've also got a page specifically dedicated to Cheltenham Festival live streaming.

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About the Author

Mark Fordham

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Mark spent over a decade as a sports reporter and editor with Goal.com and Bleacher Report. He is now a Content Editor at Bookies.com covering all manner of sports from the Premier League and cricket to the NBA and NFL, and is our resident EPL tipster. Mark also has years of experience working with all things online casino, and knows a good one from a bad one.

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