Whether a casual punter of a seasoned gambler, the Grand National is a huge and unique event. In a field of 40 runners, a lot very well matched in can be hard even for experts to pick a winner. So you may wondering what are the different types of bets you can have on [...]

We are frequently asked questions like: How many racecourses are there in the UK? What are the names of all the UK racecourses? Usually we are then asked “do you have any tips?” There are 60 racecourses operating in the British Isles. Below is a comprehensive list of all British race courses that are currently [...]

Betting terminology unjargonified for you – now we do the old classic confuser – “Each Way”. Each Way bets are actually (uncommon for horse racing) surprisingly simple to understand. When you make a bet each-way, this means that you are (with horses) having the bet in two ways (or both ways, hence the “each”) – [...]

We’re talking Betting Terminology again as we look to clarify some more racing jargon. This time we’re explaining “Anti-Post”. Anti-post bets are those struck before the race day. For example, I want to have a bet on next year’s Grand National, that bet would be described as an ‘anti-post bet’, the market would be an [...]

Yet again, we clarify Betting Terminology for you, our favourite readers. SP stands for Starting Price, or the odds of a horse at the start of the race.

Another piece of Betting Terminology jargon blasted, this time it is “Tricast”. A tricast is similar to a forecast, except (as the name suggests) instead of selecting the first two horses home in a given race, you have to pick the first three – in the correct order.

To celebrate the launch of our new “Betting Terminology” category – where we hope to do some jargon busting for novice or first time punters – we’re kicking off with an explanation of the strange sounding “Reverse Forecast”.