Lay Back

Welcome back Lay Back fans! We’ve got a special episode for you as we preview the inaugural Ultimate Driver Championship, set to take place at Albion Park on February 21st and 22nd. This brand-new event introduces a unique draft format, where syndicates will select their team of horses in a draft snake order, with each horse paired with their chosen driver to compete across the two-day championshi...

Welcome back Lay Back fans! We're so excited to kick-off Season 7 previewing the CF Orr Stakes at Caulfield this Saturday, along with select races at Randwick, headlined by the Inglis Millennium. A brand new season brings with it a brand new segment, 'The Hamburger Club'. Find out what a Hamburger bet is, and why Betfair is the only platform you can place a Hamburger bet. On this episo...

Welcome to a special episode of Lay Back on the Gold Coast for the Magic Millions. Tom Haylock is joined by John Walter to preview a couple of races on the Gold Coast, including this years Magic Millions Classic, as well as a $500k race at Wyong. To access our new 'Follow Tipsters' feature download the latest version of the Betfair app from your app store today. Follow us on social media for all t...

Tom Haylock returns this week alongside WA's finest pros in Terry Leighton and Daniel Cripps to cover the final raceday of The Pinnacles, headlined by the Group 3 The Gold Rush. It's dog walkers, rail positions, and test cricket blunders going into the Lay bin this week, before the team kick into the card at Ascot providing their tips and predictions for a great day of racing. To access our new 'F...

The Pinnacles WA Racing Carnival enters it's fourth week, with the Group 1 Northerly Stakes headlining the card at Ascot this Saturday. Karl Kaldawi is joined by two of WA's best form analyst in Terry Leighton and Daniel Cripps to provide their exchange strategies across the day's racing. This week in the Lay bin we have slow swimmers, Tom Haylock's inability to not rub it in when he has a winner,...

Welcome back to another episode of Lay Back! Pro's Terry Leighton and Daniel Cripps rejoin Tom Haylock to preview the card at Ascot this Saturday, headlined by the Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes. It's missed race calls, maidens racing outside their grade on debut, and undercooked eggs all going in the Lay bin this week, and the team discuss the recent Jockeys stand against unpaid jump outs. To access...

Welcome to a very special episode of Lay Back as we head West with Terry Leighton and Daniel Cripps to cover the WA Racing Carnival and this Saturday’s G1 Randwick Stakes at Ascot. This week the Lay bin fills up with sea breezes, bad haircuts from the AFL draftees’, and the age old trainer saying, ‘they’ll be better next year.’ On top of the feature of the day, the team cover the 9-race card at As...

This week we head back to Caulfield racecourse to end the Spring carnival with two Group 1's in the Thousand Guineas and the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes. This episode is extra special for the Lay Back team as Reece Goodwin celebrates his first-ever Group 1 nomination with Lovely Cut in Saturday's Thousand Guineas. Alongside him is Nick Foot and Tom Haylock ready to analyse races 4-10 at Caulfield, an...

The Spring racing carnival concludes this Saturday with arguably the finest day of racing on Champions Day, and here to preview the electric card at Flemington and select races at Rosehill is Nick Foot, Tom Haylock, and Liam Clancey. Champions Day, formally known as Stakes Day, throws up three group one races with the Champions Sprint, Champions Mile, and Champions Stakes, and the team are keen to...

Welcome to the 2024 edition of the Lay Back Melbourne Cup Preview Show. This year we are privileged to be joined by Form King creator David Pfundt, an industry leading horse racing data analytics platform, and 20-year veteran of the great game Adam Blencowe, who has traversed from bookmaking to building and maintaining predictive models for Racing and Sports. They'll be joined by your host and Lay...

It’s Derby Day at Flemington and the Golden Eagle at Rosehill. Returning to this week’s edition of Lay Back with Betfair, we have Nick Foot, Tom Haylock and Reece Goodwin! With the 3 Group 1's headlining the card at Flemington and plenty of action to unpack at Rosehill, the team is here to preview the top races and give insights into select races across both meetings. In the Lay Bin this week: a 9...

It's Cox Plate and Spring Champion Stakes weekend and back on the show we have Nick Foot, Tom Haylock, and everyone's favourite up and coming race-caller, Trav Noonan. The two group 1's headline the cards at The Valley and Randwick this Saturday and the team are here to preview both of them alongside select races at both racetracks. This week the Lay bin fills up with disappointing season openers,...

This Saturday marks arguably the biggest day in the Spring racing calendar with The Everest, Caulfield Cup, and King Charles Stakes across Randwick and Caulfield racecourse. Nick Foot is joined by Tom Haylock and Liam Clancey to preview a stacked list of races in Melbourne and Sydney. As always, the team kick-off the show with their Lay bins, and this week is 'choccas', as Clancey finds himself mi...

Join Nick Foot, Tom Haylock, and Reece Goodwin for a huge Caulfield Guineas edition of Lay Back with Betfair! The team dives into Group 1 action, offering expert Caulfield Guineas tips and predictions, along with insights for the Might and Power Stakes and Toorak Handicap. They’ll also share their Lay streak selections and, of course, deliver the iconic Lay Bins. Catch the full episode on YouTube...

Nick Foot returns after a big weekend off umpiring the AFL Grand Final, but he's prepped and ready to go for a huge weekend of Group 1 racing in Sydney and Melbourne alongside Tom Haylock, and Trent Crebbin from Racing and Sports. This Saturday is a smorgasbord of racing with the G1 Turnbull Stakes at Flemington, and three G1's in the Flight Stakes, Metropolitan, and Epsom at Royal Randwick. The t...

What a weekend of racing we have on our hands with the G1 Manikato Stakes at The Valley this Friday night, followed closely by the G1 Golden Rose at Rosehill on Saturday. Returning from a long and arduous sabbatical is Tom Haylock who takes the reigns of host from Nick Foot this week as he prepares to umpire his first AFL Grand Final. Congratulations Footy! Alongside him is the Equine Genius, Liam...

Nick Foot returns this week to preview the G1 Underwood Stakes alongside the Prince of Pakenham, Reece Goodwin and Betfair’s Liam Clancey. The team provide their Back and Lay strategies ahead of a stacked weekend of racing at Caulfield and Randwick. In this week’s edition of Lay Back, Nick Foot fills up the Lay bin and highlights a runner that has caught his eye. As always, the Lay Back team are h...

Racing is back at headquarters this week with the Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes the headline race on the card. Nick Foot returns this week alongside Reece Goodwin and Liam Clancey to preview the card a Flemington and a few races at Rosehill on Saturday. All your favourite segments are back with the Lay Bin, What Caught My Eye, and the Lay Streak, as the Lay Back team provide their tips and strategies...

It's the Moir Stakes Group 1 this weekend at The Valley and Nick Foot is joined by Liam Clancey, alongside special guest and Lay Back debutant Nick Noonan (yes he is the younger brother of Trav Noonan), to preview it and select races across the card, plus some at Royal Randwick as well. This week we the team kicks-off with their Lay bin's, where cobwebs, dual acceptors and kites all make a...

Nick Foot returns this week to preview the G1 Memsie Stakes alongside Lay Back debutant, Trav Noonan, and the Prince of Pakenham, Reece Goodwin. This Saturday sees the return of G1 racing in Victoria with the likes of Pride Of Jenni, Mr. Brightside, and Antino racing in the Memsie Stakes at Caulfield. Find out who the team is keen to Back and Lay this weekend. Also in thisweek’s episode, Nick thro...

The Lay Back team has returned for a new and improved sixth season, kicking off with the Group 1 Winx Stakes at Royal Randwick this Saturday. Spring is well and truly in the air as we're reunited with Nick Foot, Tom Haylock and Liam Clancey to dive into the card at Randwick, as well as some select races at The Valley. Back and better than ever is our favourite segment the 'Lay Bin', wi...

We sat down with brothers Trav and Nick Noonan who have been immersed in the racing industry since they were born. Their father, David Noonan, is a horse trainer, and their mother worked for the Greg Eurell and Pat Hyland stables, so the Noonan's are a wealth of knowledge when it comes to Australian thoroughbred racing. Trav is a form analyst and race-caller, having called his first race at th...

We recently sat down with the creator of FormKing, David Pfundt, to discuss his data analytics platform and how it is revolutionising the horse racing and wagering industries. David is an accomplished software engineer who found his love of wagering when watching the 2015 Cox Plate. From there, he realised he could use his expertise to develop a platform to help punters find an edge. This is how h...

Darren and Brett Carroll have been partners in the punting game for decades, focussing on all Harness race meets within Victoria. The brothers recorded an impressive 7.9% profit on turnover (POT) from their expert tips on the Betfair Hub last financial year, and in this episode, we sat down with them to discuss all things trots racing. From how they do form, to how they’ve come to implement data,...

The Lay Back team are back for another episode covering this Saturday's Ipswich Cup on the east coast. Nick Foot, Tom Haylock and Reece Goodwin return to the panel to dissect the quaddie legs at Ipswich, headlined by the listed Ipswich Cup, as well as the quaddie legs at Randwick this weekend. As always, the Lay bin is full this week with Footy having enough of a fruit yogurt franchise, and Re...