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Best of SkyBlueKangaroo 2011

The Best of SkyBlueKangaroo 2011

By on December 30, 2011 in The SkyBlueKangaroo Blog

We’re big on tradition here at SkyBlueKangaroo. And I’m not just talking about Dad’s tired old joke where he trudges back up the stairs to the kids’ bedrooms on Christmas morning, to announce (again) that unfortunately Santa hasn’t been yet, and there’s no presents under the tree. They haven’t bought that particular chestnut for three [...]

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Cheltenham Festival Review

By on March 21, 2011 in The SkyBlueKangaroo Blog

I don’t think I’m being overly dramatic when I describe last week’s Cheltenham Festival as being one of the best ever. “Best ever” is usually reserved for the media hyperbole and the bookmaker marketing buzz we have to endure as we approach arguably the climax of the National Hunt season. But this year I am of [...]

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Guide to Jumps Racing: The Festivals

By on January 13, 2011 in Podcasts, The SkyBlueKangaroo Blog, Tutorials

Guide to jumps racing: The Festivals Today I’m going to give a brief introduction to the two main jumps racing festivals, which take place at Cheltenham and at Aintree each year. This is the first in a short series of tutorials which I’m going to produce as an introduction to jumps racing in the UK, also [...]

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Preview of Cheltenham New Years Day meeting

By on December 31, 2010 in The SkyBlueKangaroo Blog

Well it’s my last post of the year, and I am going to preview this weekends racing, and specifically the New Years Day meeting at Cheltenham. The feature races are the Dipper Novices Chase and the Victorchandler.com Handicap Chase, both Grade One fare. So today I am going to search my catalogue of micro-niche betting [...]

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Twenty six ways to make money in Festival week

By on March 15, 2010 in The SkyBlueKangaroo Blog

By this time next week, fellow TIP’s, I will probably be Public Enemy #1 (in my home town of Tring at least). Either that, or I’ll have a fistful of free Guinness vouchers to exchange over the bar at The Robin Hood. You see, on Saturday night, whilst frequenting the aforementioned watering hole with a [...]

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Once upon a time I was certain of everything…

By on March 8, 2010 in The SkyBlueKangaroo Blog

But now I’m not so sure. With the Cheltenham Festival just two short weeks away, I have to confess I find myself a-dithering. I want to jump off, but someone must have just painted this fence I am sitting on, because I appear to be stuck. I find myself perched, my fellow TIP’s, upon the horns of [...]

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