oddschecker Betting Show

George Elek is joined by Andy Holding and Ed Quigley to look ahead to this weekend's racing from Sandown, headlined by the Tingle Creek. Shishkin has been declared to run alongside five rivals including last year's winner Greaneteen as well as Dunvegan, Edwardstone, Funambule Sivola and Gentleman De Mee. At the time of writing Shishkin is a best price of 11/10 compared to worst odds of EVS. The gu...

George Elek is joined by Andy Holding to look ahead to this weekend's Winter Carnival at Newbury, as well as a look at the Fighting Fifth at Newcastle. Not the most eye-catching race on the card but Andy is keen on one in the Handicap Chase at 12.45 on Friday where Balco Coastal heads the betting at a current best price of 7/4. Friday's Graded action starts at 13:55 with the Coral Racing Club Novi...

George Elek is joined by Andy Holding and The Betting Show debutant Paddy Aspell to preview this weekend's racing, headlined by the Betfair Chase at Haydock. The guys start by taking a look at the racing from Ascot with two Grade 2s on the card including the Coral Hurdle where Constitution Hill will grace us with his presence for the first time this season. The pod starts with a look at the 1965 C...

The guys take a deep dive into all eight groups, analysing the runners and riders, with the likes of England, France, Brazil, Argentina and Portugal all expected to win their groups. Spain and Germany will face each other in the group stage whilst Belgium and Croatia face off too. Will Gareth Southgate's England have another successful tournament after a semi-final and final in their last two? The...

Danny Archer is joined by Andy Holding to preview this weekend's racing from Cheltenham's November Meeting. With the National Hunt season back in full flow the guys are looking forward to getting an early look at the likes of Edwardstone, Three Stripe Life and more. The highlight on Friday's card looks to be the Ballymore Novices' Hurdle where Hubrisko now heads the market. Hermes Allen is an inte...

George Elek is joined by Andy Holding and Ed Quigley to preview Saturday's card at the Cheltenham Showcase. The day kicks off with the Novice's Hurdle and a typically open looking contest. 8 go to post at present opening up some good each way opportunities, Rexem is the 3/1 favourite with Shearer and St Palais not far behind. Next up it's the Handicap Chase and another open looking race. The Hollo...

George Elek is joined by Andy Holding to preview Champions Day from Ascot. With four Group 1s on the card it looks set to be a great afternoon's racing, headlined by Baaeed's final run in the Champions Stakes. The card kicks off with the Long Distance Cup. Trueshan is currently a best price of 15/8 to win the Group 2 race, but St Leger winner Eldar Eldarov is sure to provide a stern challenge and...

The National Hunt season is back! With a packed winter schedule fast-approaching, we’re looking at ten potential horses to follow for the 22/23 season. Host George Elek is joined by oddschecker tipster Andy Holding, and racing journalist Ed Quigley who both pick five horses to keep an eye on, with many potentially aiming at some of this season's biggest meetings. Our two experts pick out five hors...

George Elek is joined by Andy Holding and Danny Archer to look ahead to one of the season's best flat races, the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. After speculation over a potential entry - Baaeed's connections chose to go for the Champion Stakes at Ascot, pushing Luxembourg to the top of the market where he remains, currently heading the betting at a best price of 7/2. Last year's winner Torquator Tasso...

George Elek is joined by oddschecker tipster Andy Holding to preview Friday and Saturday's racing from the Cambridgeshire Meeting at Newmarket. Starting with Friday, Andy takes a look at the opening four races on the card, kicking off with the Fillies' and Mares listed stakes. Roger Varian is bang in form of late but Andy looks to take Zanbaq on here with Crystal Caprice. Another Fillies' and Mare...

George Elek is joined by Andy Holding to look ahead to another weekend's flat racing with the Ayr Gold Cup and a nice looking card at Newbury ahead. Following the declarations for the feature of the week at Ayr, Khanjar heads the betting at 4/1 with the rest of the 25 runner field all 10/1 bar. Andy thinks the favourite is a group horse in the making and could well prove to be good value at the pr...

George Elek is joined by Andy Holding and Danny Archer to preview the 2022 St Leger at Doncaster. At the time of writing New London heads the betting at a best price of EVS compared to a worst of 5/6. William Buick is on board and he looks to win the race for a fourth time, with his most recent win coming last year on board Hurricane Lane. The biggest dangers according to the betting are Eldar Eld...

George Elek is joined by oddschecker tipster Andy Holding to look ahead to Saturday's card at Haydock, including the Group 1 Betfair Sprint Cup and discuss the world’s best horse Baaeed and his potential run at the Arc. Saturday's racing begins with the Listed Ascendant stakes in which the in-form William Buick rides odds-on favourite Naval Power. The second race of the day is the Group 3 Superior...

George Elek is joined by oddschecker tipster Andy Holding and racing broadcaster Ed Quigley to look ahead to the weekend's action on Ebor week at York. Starting with Friday's card the guys take a look at the opening handicap with 19 set to go to post at the time of writing. An open field as you'd expect Juan De Montalban heads the betting at a best price of 8/1 alongside Cormier at the same price....

Host George Elek is joined by former WBO super featherweight champion and BBC boxing commentator Barry Jones and co-host of the George Groves Boxing Club podcast, Declan Jones to preview the rematch between Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk. We begin by analysing the first fight at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium before predicting how AJ v Usyk 2 will pan out in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The ring walks...

George Elek is joined by Mark O'Haire, Jack Wright and David Preece to preview the 2022/23 Premier League new season. Mark and Jack provide their betting insight to pick out some value in the outright markets, whilst David Preece gives his view on the various runners and riders and gives us a view from a player's and coaches point of view. Champions Manchester City once again head the betting at a...

Danny Archer is joined by Ed Quigley and Johnny Ward to look at this weekend's card from Ascot, previewing both Friday's and Saturday's action. The guys start with a look at the John Guest Racing Brown Jack Handicap on Friday with both Johnny and Ed strong on Speedo Boy for Richard Kingscote here. Ryan Moore is onboard The Whipmaster in the 3.40 which is sure to go off favourite, neither of our ti...

George Elek is joined by Niall Lyons to preview the year's fourth and final major, The Open Championship. The Open returns to St Andrews for the 150th edition of the the tournament. Rory McIlroy is favourite to win this week at a best price of 10/1. McIlroy who hasn't won a major since 2014 has finished in the top ten of all three previous majors this year. Second favourite is Niall's headline tip...

Ahead of the final day at the July Festival George Elek is once again joined by Andy Holding. The guys start with the Fillies Handicap, second on the card. The unbeaten Kidwah is the 6/4 favourite for William Haggas, Andy is keen on Silken Petals however. Next up it's the Bet 365 Mile Handicap and Andy's banker of the meeting. He likes the look of Jimi Hendrix at a best price of 4/1 at present. On...

George Elek is once again joined by Andy Holding to preview day two of the July Festival at Newmarket. The guys jump straight into the second race on the card, the bet365 Heritage Handicap. 12 runners are lined up for this one as it stands with New London the 10/3 favourite. Andy gives us his tale of woe having backed New London last time out but thinks he could improve here especially with the dr...

George Elek is joined by Andy Holding to look ahead to day one of the July Festival at Newmarket. 2.37: The opening race of the week is the Maiden Fillies' Stakes run over six furlongs. Ivory Madonna appears to set the standard here after her run in the Albany Stakes and she'll have Hollie Doyle on board. Andy thinks she looks a worthy favourite in a tricky to call contest with over half the field...

George Elek is joined by tipsters Thomas Pearson and Ryan Summerfield to preview Saturday's Coral Eclipse from Sandown. Thomas and Ryan discuss their approach to tipping in general and how they're approaching the day's racing at Sandown. The meeting kicks off with the Coral Charge at 1.50. Raasel and Mitbaahy head the betting with the former the 11/4 favourite with James Doyle on board, a generous...

George Elek is joined by Andy Holding and Johnny Ward as they look ahead to the Irish Derby at the Curragh. The guys also take a look at Saturday's card from Newcastle where the Northumberland Plate takes centre stage. Westover had been favourite for this weekend's classic, with Johnny eyeing him up as a good thing at the start of the week when the race was previewed on Racing Weekly. Since then A...

In the last of our Royal Ascot 2022 previews, George Elek is once again joined by Andy Holding and Johnny to run through Saturday's card. Alfred Munnings is the current even money favourite for the Chesham Stakes but our panel think there's vulnerability in him based on the time figures he's run to date. The Jersey Stakes comes next at 3.05 and Andy has a "strong" fancy in this one with him not be...

Andy Holding and Johnny Ward join host George Elek to run through the Friday card at Royal Ascot 2022. Friday sees the penultimate afternoon of action from Royal Ascot and it’s a double-helping of Group 1 races as the Commonwealth Cup and Coronation Stakes headline the card. First up the chaps discuss the Albany Stakes with the Aidan O'Brien trained Meditate leading the market ahead of Mawj for Sa...