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The Daily Dial

Every selection posted before the off, with the reasoning, the angle and the form reading behind it.

Daily Dial #71 – Aintree Grand National and One Bet at Bellewstown
Sat 11 Apr 2026 Daily Dial

Daily Dial #71 – Aintree Grand National and One Bet at Bellewstown

Grand National day at Aintree, and for the first time in many years I've been absolutely set in a selection from a long way out, and I'm staggered he is still such a big price. Hard to say you're confident about a bet in the Grand National at the best of times, let alone on such a quiet run we're experiencing, but I'm adamant he will be bang there with a clear round. Added to the one bet at Aintree is one from the Tracker at Bellewstown, who was a huge eyecatcher last time out.

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Daily Dial #68 – One Standout Bet at Kempton
Mon 6 Apr 2026 Daily Dial

Daily Dial #68 – One Standout Bet at Kempton

It's Irish Grand National Day at Fairyhouse... The National's are not ones I look at as betting opportunities whatsoever, but they're always ones I enjoy watching. Ben Pauling's The Jukebox Kid is at the top of the betting and looks a live chance, and if Jonjo O'Neill's Monbeg Genius puts it together he too could have a seriously live chance. It would be great to see the British win the Irish National back-to-back, after Rebecca Curtis trained Haiti Couleurs success last year. They're the two I'll be egging on, but my main focus today will be on our one bet at Kempton.

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Daily Dial #65 – Kicking Off April at Kempton
Wed 1 Apr 2026 Daily Dial

Daily Dial #65 – Kicking Off April at Kempton

Not a bad day of racing to have a study of, as there was plenty that peaked my interest, but I've come out of it with just the one bet, again on account of not being able to justify the prices. This is becoming a recurring theme, and I swear it is only getting harder and harder, which is unfortunately a testement to the bookmakers. They are definitely making the game harder and harder to beat. That said, there is one at Kempton I'm staggered to be getting such a price on, though it is in large part down to a morning drift in the betting.

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Daily Dial #63 – One Bet at Wolverhampton
Mon 30 Mar 2026 Daily Dial

Daily Dial #63 – One Bet at Wolverhampton

Not the worst of days racing on the cards for this Monday afternoon and evening. With a flurry of cards, I found it fairly easy to be knocking a fair list of interest together, but I just couldn't make most of them work for a bet for one reason or another. We go with one from a list of five, under a rider who is looking likely to be a cash machine in these races in particular.

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