The Tote small stake, big win bet is the Jackpot. Aptly named, as if you win it – you win big!

So you are heading to the races, and having a bet is part of the enjoyment of the day, adding excitement, and hopefully a few quid to the pocket too! You can’t beat that feeling of seeing your horse crossing the line first, but remember the winner buys the drinks!

Could Big Buck's be Cheltenham’s biggest certainty?

On all known form, Big Buck’s looks to be the biggest certainty of the Cheltenham Festival (13–16 March), having won the £150,000 Ladbrokes World Hurdle race for the past three years and clocked up 15 consecutive victories since 2009.

Royal Ascot has, for a long time, been established as one of the most important and distinguished dates on the Horse Racing Calendar, having been established by Queen Anne in 1711.

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More than 100 on-course bookmakers have already signed up for a new 'Customer Charter' that will require them to adhere to standard each-way betting terms, and deal with customers in a polite and helpful manner.

The 15 November 2008 was an interesting punting day for your columnist. I’ve punted £48 Million in my life but one needs to keep on learning in order to stay in the game. Heard of the “Bookies in Rollers punters on bicycles” one………? 

With the falling of the autumn leaves come the passing of one Flat racing season and the start of the National Hunt season. The National Hunt season has been going for a few months but the better horses do not tend to come out until November.

The yearling sales are the breeders’ harvest. Breeders come in many forms. They are either self-made business people who love to keep a few mares at their country home or are commercial stud owners who may have other people’s mares boarding.