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It was a day for short price winners in the Tipster Challenge, sponsored by Betting Gods. The six races at Haydock produced winners at 1/14, Evens and 7/4.
Unfortunately for our experts, which this week included LeoVegas Sportsbook Manager Edward Rycroft, none of them had predicted victories for the day’s slightly longer odds successes – 3/1 Chti Balko, 7/2 Sammy B and 7/1 Purcell’s Bridge.
Rycroft’s 1.82 points from two race wins put him 19th in the table. Meanwhile, bettingexpert’s Stephen Harris and Timeform held their starting positions of 6th and 15th respectively.
Race Winners at Haydock:
- Chti Balko – 3/1
- The Nipper – 1/14
- Buttercup – 7/4
- Sammy B – 7/2
- Purcell’s Bridge – 7/1
- Johanos – Evens
Tipster Challenge 2016/17 Leaderboard
| Rank | Tipster | Race Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sarah Shannon - AppBet | 3 | 13.69 |
| 2 | Alan Alger - Betway | 3 | 11.41 |
| 3 | Jacob Johns - Easyodds | 3 | 7.72 |
| 4 | Phillip Anderson - Before The Off | 3 | 6.17 |
| 5 | Ciaran O'Brien - William Hill | 3 | 5.29 |
| 6 | bettingexpert | 1.64 | 4.61 |
| 7 | Ben Cleminson - Square in the Air | 1 | 4.50 |
| 8 | John Hill - Coral | 2 | 4.25 |
| 9 | Alex Donohue - Ladbrokes | 2 | 4.11 |
| 10 | Michael Shinners - Sky Bet | 2 | 4.00 |
| 11 | Stuart Tilly - Argyll Entertainment | 1 | 4.00 |
| 12 | Darren Moore - Betting Gods | 2 | 3.66 |
| 13 | Trevor Keane - Sportego | 2 | 3.50 |
| 14 | Harry Lang - Pinnacle | 1 | 3.50 |
| 15 | Timeform | 1.82 | 3.35 |
| 16 | Matthew Hulmes - Betfred | 2 | 3.25 |
| 17 | Paddy Power | 1 | 3.00 |
| 18 | Russell Yershon | 1 | 1.88 |
| 19 | Edward Rycroft - LeoVegas | 2 | 1.82 |
| 20 | Charlie McCann - BetVictor | 1 | 1.75 |
| 21 | Stephen Power - @racingblogger | 2 | 1.69 |
| 22 | John Cruces - Dafabet | 1 | 1.25 |
| 23 | Michael Whittle - Team FA | 1 | 0.91 |
| 24 | Ed Nicholson - Unibet | 1 | 0.73 |
- bettingexpert, Timeform and a rotation of guests will be providing expert tips for a specific Wednesday race meet.
- We will keep record of points won each week and the number of race wins for each.
- The guests will compete individually, with their points going up against the average totals for bettingexpert and Timeform.
- The new tips will be published on Wednesday ahead of the race meet, and the results will be available on Thursday.
- For the competition, we will assume that all selections are backed with 1 point.
- Lost tips will count as 0 and won bets will be added to the leaderboard at SP value.
- For example, if bettingexpert backs a winning horse at 8/1, they will get 8 points.
