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George Elek is joined by Andy Holding to preview day three at Royal Ascot, with the Ascot Gold Cup taking centre stage at 4.20 as the combination of Stradivarius and Frankie Dettori look to make it a fourth win in the race.

The day kicks off with the Norfolk Stakes, Walbank is a best price of 2/1 favourite to win the Group 2 race with Andy having been keen on him for quite a while, tipping him up in previous columns.

Next up it's the King George V Stakes, Andy likes the look of Deauville Legend in this one at a chunky price.

At 3.40 it's the Ribblesdale Stakes, no Emily Upjohn in the field and Andy fancies the favourite to do the job at a best price of 15/8.

The aforementioned Ascot Gold Cup is next with Stradivarius up against the likes of Kyprios and Trueshan who has been declared despite concerns over the ground.

It's a big field in two of the last three races with the Britannia Stakes and Buckingham Palace Stakes either side of the Hampton Court Stakes where the Ryan Moore ridden Reach For The Moon is a 4/7 favourite.

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George Elek is once again joined by Andy Holding and Johnny Ward to look ahead to Wednesday's card at Royal Ascot.

The action kicks off with the Queen Mary Stakes. Wesley Ward has raved about his runner Love Reigns in this one but our panel are sceptical about his qualities and look to take on the favourite as well as the second favourite.

The day's Group 1 is the Prince Of Wales's Stakes at 16.20. Ryan Moore rides Bay Bridge in this one as he bids to become top jockey at Royal Ascot this year.

All seven races on the card are covered in number two of five preview pods.

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George Elek is joined by Andy Holding and Johnny Ward to preview the first day of Royal Ascot 2022.

The week kicks off with Baaeed a massive favourite in the Queen Anne Stakes. Andy Holding describes it as potentially the second procession of the week.

The second Group 1 of the day is the King's Stand Stakes run over five furlongs with Golden Pal the favourite at a best price of 9/4. Andy is looking for e/w value in this one.

Coroebus is the market leader for the third Group 1 of the card in the St James' Palace Stakes. The Guineas winner will be looking to follow up his success at Newmarket.

They full days' card is previewed with tips and insight for each race, as well as a look at the markets for top jockey and top trainer. All five days of racing will be previewed on YouTube!

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Host Danny Archer is joined by oddschecker columnist Andy Holding and racing broadcaster Ed Quigley to preview The Epsom Derby Festival including the Coronation Cup and The Oaks on Friday and of course Derby Day’s card.

Last year saw Adayar take the honours in the world’s greatest Flat race with 2022 favourite Desert Crown much fancied and currently as short as 6/4 in the betting to win for Sir Michael Stoute

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The second major of the year is upon us and George Elek is joined by Niall Lyons to preview this week's USPGA Championship at Southern Hills in Oklahoma.

After a whirlwind 2022 and a first major success at Augusta, Scottie Scheffler heads the betting once more with most bookmakers, although he's almost neck-and-neck in the books with Jon Rahm, who bids to win his second major after success at last year's US Open.

Rory McIlroy is once again prominent in the betting despite going eight years without a major, he'll be in confident mood following a fantastic last round at Augusta which saw him finish in second place. The Irishman is one of six players Niall is backing this week, with punts between 16/1 and 175/1

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With the flat season in full swing, George Elek is joined by Andy Holding to give us his 12 horses to follow for the season.

Most horses have now had at least one run this season, and Andy has a mixture of sprinters, middle distance horses and some promising two year old's to talk about on this week's episode of the Betting Show.

As well as taking a look at the horses themselves, Andy talks us through the system he uses to analyse horses, specifically looking at the time figures.

A number of the horses selected will hold entries at Royal Ascot as well as other meetings over the course of the summer, Andy and George try to narrow down the possible destinations for the horses mentioned.

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George Elek is joined by Andy Holding to preview Saturday's card at Ascot with the wide open Tote Victoria Cup the highlight on the card at 16:05.

The day's action kicks off at 13:45 with again, a wide open looking handicap. At the time of writing 17 are declared with Flyin Solo and Screaming Petrus heading up the early market at 6/1.  

Next up it's the Buckhounds Stakes, after withdrawing from running in the Huxley Stakes at Chester on Friday, Al Aasy is the 7/4 favourite to win this one under the ride of Dane O'Neil. 

The British EBF Fillies' Handicap comes just before the feature at 3.30pm, Strawberri, drawn in stall 1 under Andrea Atzeni is the current 10/3 favourite to win the 3YO+ race over a mile.

Dark Shift is the favourite to win the big one on the day, the Tote Victoria Cup. Last year's race was won by River Nymph. It's another favourite in this instance on the day for Andrea Atzeni onboard Dark Shift, whilst Franke Dettori rides Magical Morning, looking to win the race for the first time since 2003. 

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George Elek is joined by Andy Holding to preview Saturday's cards at Newmarket ahead of the 1000 and 2000 Guineas.

The guys kick off the Fillies' and Mares' race at 1.15 on Saturday, all eyes will be on odds-on favourite Flotus in this one who Andy thinks could go on to run in the Commonwealth Cup. He's keen on her to win the opener. The Heritage Handicap is covered which looks a really open looking race, Asjad currently heads the market at 15/2, Jumby is the one Andy likes the look of with William Buick onboard.

At 15:40 it's the big one, the Qipco 2000 Guineas. Native Trail is the hot favourite to win this year's renewal for William Buick and Charlie Appleby, Andy has his eyes on Eydon and Luxembourg at E/W prices with Native Trail currently a best price of 5/4. To wrap us Saturday's selections Andy likes Contact in the handicap at 16:15 and Manaccan in the final race of the day.

On to Sunday and Andy think Red Verdon could provide some value in the Heritage Handicap at a current best price of 25/1, but thinks favourite Valleu Forge could well be the one to be on.

Tenebrism currently holds favouritism in the 1000 Guineas on Sunday in what looks like a high standard of renewal this year. Frankie Dettori rides Tuesday with man of the moment William Buick on Wild Beauty. Andy is keen on two runners at e/w for the showpiece event, Malavath and Ameynah.

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George Elek is once again joined by Ed Quigley and Johnny Ward to preview days four and fiveof the Punchestown Festival. We kick off with Ed giving his choice for the Novice Handicap Chase on Friday, his biggest fancy on the penultimate day's card.

Next up the panel talk through the Mares' Chase with Ed and Johnny both strong on Elimay.

As well as talking through the remainder on Friday's card, the guys touch on the decision of Nicky Henderson not to send Constitution Hill to Punchestown to face Honeysuckle.

The second Grade 1 on Friday is the Novice Hurdle, State Man heads the betting for this one ahead of Three Stripe Life.

Saturday's card is also briefly previewed to wrap up this week's set of Punchestown previews on The Betting Show.

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George Elek is joined by Ed Quigley and Johnny Ward to preview day three of the Punchestown Festival. Ed gives his thoughts on the festival as a whole and talks about how he treads carefully with the end of season meeting.

The panel look back at the opening day's action and the performances of Energumene, Bob Olinger and Sir Gerhard.

On day three at the festival the opener is a 28 runner handicap and Johnny is keen on Walnut Beach for this one having previously tipped him up at Naas. Next up it's the Handicap Chase with Johnny keen on an 11/4 shot in this one.

The Cross Country sees Ed Quigley's first tip of the day running, on a track the horse usually "comes alive". The first Grade 1 on day three is the Stayers' Hurdle, Klassical Dream is the hot favourite to win it at a best price of 13/8, a price that the panel think is on the short side.

The guys also talk through the Handicap Hurdle and the Grade 1 Novice Chase.

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