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Constitution Hill ridden by jockey Nico de Boinville
  • Scott Allen
  • Scott Allen

Punchestown Festival day 4 racing tips: Best free bets for Friday, May 2

Just two more days to go at the Punchestown Festival and Friday is one of the biggest, can the Planet Sport tipsters find you some juicy winners on May 2?

    Thisistheway ridden by John Shinnick on their way to winning the Connolly's RED MILLS Irish EBF Auction Hurdle Series Final at the 2025 Punchestown Festival
    • Scott Allen
    • Scott Allen

    Punchestown Festival day 3 racing tips: Best free bets for Thursday, May 1

    We are in the middle of the Punchestown Festival and there's still plenty of great racing action to come. Can the Planet Sport tipsters dig up some more winners on Thursday, May 1?

      Paul Townend ridding Galopin Des Champs
      • Scott Allen
      • Scott Allen

      Punchestown Festival day 2 racing tips: Best free bets for Wednesday, April 30

      Day two of the Punchestown Festival and the Planet Sport tipsters have another fistful of top selections for all the action on Wednesday, April 30.

        Punchestown Festival racegoers
        • Scott Allen
        • Scott Allen

        Punchestown Festival day 1 racing tips: Best free bets for Tuesday, April 29

        The final big festival of the 2024/25 National Hunt season takes places at Punchestown and the Planet Sport tipsters have a full set of red-hot selections for day 1's action on Tuesday, April 29.

          Grand National sign
          • Scott Allen
          • Scott Allen

          Saturday ITV Racing Tips: Best free bets for Grand National Day at Aintree on April 5

          The biggest race of the year, the Grand National, is finally here, and the Planet Sport tipsters have some red-hot selections for the five races ITV are showing this Saturday, April 5.

            • Scott Allen
            • Scott Allen

            Friday ITV Racing Tips: Best free bets for the Grand National Festival at Aintree on April 4

            We are back at Aintree for day two of the Grand National Festival and the Planet Sport tipsters have their eyes on some big winners this Ladies' Day, Friday, April 4.

              • Scott Allen
              • Scott Allen

              Cheltenham Festival day 4 racing tips: Best free bets for Friday, March 14

              It's the final day of an amazing week at Cheltenham and we draw the curtain on this year's Festival with Gold Cup Day. Can the Planet Sport tipsters end the week on a high this Friday, March 14?

                • Scott Allen
                • Scott Allen

                Cheltenham Festival day 3 racing tips: Best free bets for Thursday, March 13

                St Patrick's Thursday at the Cheltenham Festival and the Planet Sport tipsters have some cracking day 3 selections to help you bash the bookies on March 13.

                  • Scott Allen
                  • Scott Allen

                  Cheltenham Festival day 2 racing tips: Best free bets for Wednesday, March 12

                  Day 2 of the Cheltenham Festival and the Planet Sport tipsters are ready for another rip-roaring day of action on Wednesday, March 12.

                    • Scott Allen
                    • Scott Allen

                    Cheltenham Festival Naps of the Day - Friday's best free horse racing bets from the UK's top tipsters

                    The last chance to stick it to the bookies at this year's Cheltenham Festival. We've consulted the UK's top tipsters for their naps on Friday, March 14.

                      • Scott Allen
                      • Scott Allen

                      Cheltenham Festival day 1 racing tips: Best free bets for Tuesday, March 11

                      It's finally here, day 1 of the 2025 Cheltenham Festival and the Planet Sport tipsters have a fistful of cracking selections that could give the bookies a bit of a kicking on Tuesday, March 11.

                        • Scott Allen
                        • Scott Allen

                        Cheltenham Festival 2025 guide: Day-by-day race times, how to watch, best horses, trainers, jockeys and more

                        The 2025 Cheltenham Festival is the biggest four days in National Hunt racing. Planet Sport delivers a guide to the race times, tv schedule, top horses, trainers, jockeys and more.

                          • Scott Allen
                          • Scott Allen

                          Leopardstown racing tips - Saturday's best free bets for the Dublin Festival

                          Day one of the Dublin Racing Festival at Leopardstown and the Planet Sport tipsters have a fistful of red-hot tips to blow the cloudy skies away on Saturday, February 1.

                            • Scott Allen
                            • Scott Allen

                            Saturday ITV Racing Tips: Best free bets for Sandown, Musselburgh and Leopardstown on February 1

                            Busy day of top class racing action from England, Scotland and Ireland this Saturday afternoon and we've picked out some top tips for the nine races that are being shown by ITV Racing this February 1.

                              • Scott Allen
                              • Scott Allen

                              Saturday ITV Racing Tips: Best free bets for Ascot, Haydock and Lingfield on January 18

                              The ITV cameras are at three meetings this Saturday, January 18 and the Planet Sport tipsters are on the hunt for more big winners from the eight races on show.

                                • Planet Sport writer
                                • Planet Sport writer

                                Energumene returns to winning ways at Cork

                                Just a day after Jonbon romped home in the Tingle Creek, Energumene reminded us all of his ability with a winning return in the Bar One Racing Hilly Way Chase at Cork after 20 months on the sidelines.

                                  • Planet Sport writer
                                  • Planet Sport writer

                                  State Man caps an incredible season with victory in Champion Hurdle at Punchestown.

                                  State Man claimed his 10th Grade One triumph with another straightforward success when seeing off old rival Irish Point in the Boodles Champion Hurdle at Punchestown.

                                    • Enda McElhinney
                                    • Enda McElhinney

                                    Punchestown Festival racing tips: Best bets for day 5 on Saturday, May 4

                                    The final day of the Punchestown Festival on Saturday will see the curtain coming down on the National Hunt season in Ireland on May 4.

                                      • Enda McElhinney
                                      • Enda McElhinney

                                      Punchestown Festival racing tips: Best bets for day 4 on Friday, May 3

                                      Into the home straight at the Punchestown Festival on Friday as they reach the penultimate day of the meeting on May 3.

                                        • John Fearn
                                        • John Fearn

                                        Punchestown Stayers' Hurdle best bets: Minor places up for grabs as Teahupoo set to confirm class

                                        The feature race on day three at the Punchestown Festival sees a host of familiar faces line up for a tilt at landing the biggest prize on Thursday’s card, the Champion Stayers’ Hurdle.

                                          • Enda McElhinney
                                          • Enda McElhinney

                                          Punchestown Festival racing tips: Best bets for day 3 on Thursday, May 2

                                          The Punchestown Festival speeds beyond the halfway mark on Thursday afternoon with day three set to be headlined by the Champion Stayers Hurdle as Teahupoo goes after a Cheltenham/Punchestown double.

                                            • Enda McElhinney
                                            • Enda McElhinney

                                            Punchestown Festival racing tips: Best bets for day 2 on Wednesday, May 1

                                            The second afternoon of the Punchestown Festival brings with it a stunning highlight via the Ladbrokes Punchestown Gold Cup as Galopin Des Champs looks for more big-race glory.

                                              • John Fearn
                                              • John Fearn

                                              Punchestown best bets (1800): Willie Mullins targets Festival one-two with Embassy Gardens and Sharjah

                                              It might be a quiet Tuesday at the races in the UK, but it’s a huge day over in Ireland, where this competitive novices’ chase offers one of the best contests on day one of the Punchestown Festival.

                                                • John Fearn
                                                • John Fearn

                                                Sandown best bets: Jonbon and El Fabiolo to dominate Celebration Chase in long-awaited showdown

                                                There’s a feast of National Hunt racing to enjoy at Sandown on Saturday, and the Grade 1 Celebration Chase finally gives racing fans the mouthwatering match-up they’ve been longing for.

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