The 3m World Hurdle is the highlight of today’s action from the five-day festival. Top jockey Ruby Walsh joins the Paddy Power Blog team to go through his rides and give punters a helping hand. Day 3, Thursday, April 25 Marito (3.40) was staying on well when he fell in the Jewson Chase and switches back to hurdles. […]
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[video] How Ruby Walsh won £465,000 on 25/1 Blackstairmountain
The Paddy Power Blog has acquired this shaky iphone footage of Ruby Walsh’s remarkable victory on eight-year-old Blackstairmountain in the Nakayama Grand Jump in Japan on Saturday, the second most valuable jumps race in the world. The Racing Post reports that only the £975k Grand National is worth more. Ruby Walsh picked up a very […]
Walsh’s wonders: 46/1 for Ruby to place in his four races at Aintree
The streets in Aintree are still running orange with fake tan after Ladies Day yesterday, and Paddy Power is still licking his wounds after getting spectacularly cleaned out. My Tent Or Yours, Dynaste, Sprinter Sacre and At Fishers Cross all obliged on Friday leaving the traders in Power Tower running for cover. Paddy has been […]
Grand National 2013: Ruby Walsh gets ready for a family affair
By Josh Powell | Grand National 2013 Sibling rivalry is nothing new. At one end of the extreme scale, a lot of it is plastered across the Jeremy Kyle Show each morning, at the other end brother and sister go head-to-head on horse racing’s biggest stage. Ruby Walsh looks set to ride On His Own, the 15/2 […]
John Parrott Aintree Day One betting preview: Stick with AP McCoy and Oscar Whisky
Aintree 2013 | Day One preview 2pm: 2m Anniversary 4yo Hurdle Paul Nichoills’ Irish Saint wants a flat track and better ground and he gets both today. Fred Winter winner Flaxen Flare went up 14lbs for his Cheltenham win and has the blinkers on agin. I like Rolling Star who finished sixth behind Our Conor […]
[Infographic] Ruby Walsh: Horse racing’s amazing Iron Man
By Josh Powell | Aintree Grand National 2013 #IronMan Two-time Grand National winner Ruby Walsh has given the Paddy Power Blog an outline of some of his most serious injuries in his 15-year professional career. Ruby’s injuries highlight the dangers jockeys face in the sport, especially after the injuries suffered by his pal JT McNamara at […]
Grand National 2013: Ruby Walsh’s exclusive guide to the main contenders
By Josh Powell | Aintree Grand National 2013 Cheltenham hero Ruby Walsh is gunning for a third Grand National victory. The Irish Champion jockey is no stranger to success over the Aintree fences and has been casting his eye over this year’s main contenders for the Paddy Power Blog. Here are his tips for the […]
Paddy’s Alley introduced for the 2014 Grand National in sponsorship deal
By Josh Powell | Grand National Paddy Power is delighted to announce title sponsorship of the 2014 Grand National in a new five-year deal announced today. As part of the package, the bookmaker has promised to ‘shake things up’ with the introduction of a punter-friendly ‘risk / reward’ shortcut which, if safely negotiated, promises to […]
Giddy up: Paddy Power paying five places on the Grand National
Paddy Power is gearing up for the big event by offering punters five places on the Grand National at 1/4 odds. This is partly because the bank holiday booze is going to his head and partly because he pulled out Join Together in the office sweepstake so he’s giving himself a better chance. Either way […]
[video] Cheltenham Gold Cup Day – Harlem Shake edition
Show Us Your Tips | Exclusive Cheltenham video ‘Going for Gold’ TV legend Henry Kelly is getting down with the kids and doing the Harlem Shake in Paddy Power’s retro Cheltenham game show. Our experts Ruby Walsh, Barry Geraghty, John Parrott, Matt Chapman, our Secret Punter and Monkey are here for the final time as they look ahead […]
Cheltenham Cheat sheet: Kick-start the weekend with Friday’s Festival tips
#CheltFestTips | Cheltenham Festival 2013 | Friday, March 15 It’s the final day of the Cheltenham Festival and if you’ve done your conkers on the first three days there are only four people you could possibly turn too. Ruby Walsh, Barry Geraghty, Matt Chapman, and…well we’ve got John Parrott. Our four top tipsters will give you a […]
Ruby Walsh: Nothing out of the top four wins the Cheltenham Gold Cup
Champion jockey Ruby Walsh knows a thing or two about riding winners at the Cheltenham Festival. He has been the Top Festival Jockey six times in his career and has notched up 34 winners since 1998. He’s not doing too badly this year either. No surprise then that Paddy Power has got the shareholders sweating […]
[video] Show Us Your Tips: Cheltenham Day Three – Is Oscar Whisky good enough for the World Hurdle
Show Us Your Tips | Exclusive Cheltenham video ‘Going for Gold’ TV legend Henry Kelly is back for day three of Paddy Power’s retro Cheltenham game show. It is packed full of betting insight, tips and humour from our experts Ruby Walsh, Barry Geraghty, John Parrott, Matt Chapman, our Secret Punter and… Monkey! It’s day three of […]
Ruby Walsh: Sam Winner is the best bet of the Cheltenham Festival
Your best mate down the pub fancies Shutthefrontdoor. John from work reckons that Close House is a great each-way price because he heard someone on the radio say so. Even your mum keeps banging on about Close House. Everyone has an opinion on the wide open Pertemps Final at the Cheltenham Festival and champion jockey […]
Cheltenham Cheat Sheet: Tell your mates in the pub about these Thursday tips
#CheltFestTips | Cheltenham Festival 2013 | Thursday, March 14 It’s day three of the Cheltenham Festival and our tipsters are on a roll. It didn’t take a racing lover with an encyclopaedia of Cheltenham knowledge to pick out Sprinter Sacre in the Queen Mother Chase but our lads did well. Ruby Walsh picked out Back In Focus in the opener […]
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