For our full ITV Racing guide, including the weekly schedule, pundits’ tips and how to bet, see our ITV Racing tips hub.
About ITV Racing
ITV Racing is the home of live horse racing on free-to-air television in the UK. Every Saturday during the Flat and Jump seasons, ITV1 broadcasts live coverage from the day’s top meetings – and during the major festivals, ITV’s cameras are at Cheltenham, Aintree, Royal Ascot and Goodwood for the biggest races of the year.
Every race shown live on ITV gets a tip from our racing team. We cover win bets, each-way selections and ante-post picks for the feature races, with selections published the night before or on the morning of racing so you have time to get your bets on at the best available prices.
What Our ITV Racing Tips Cover
Each ITV Racing tips post covers every race in that day’s ITV card – from the opening novice hurdle to the feature handicap. For every selection you will find the horse’s name, the reasoning behind the pick and the key form factors that make it stand out.
We focus on three types of selection:
Win bets on horses we consider the most likely winner based on current form, going conditions and course suitability.
Each-way bets on bigger-priced runners where the place terms represent value even if the horse does not win. Each-way betting is particularly useful on competitive ITV handicaps with large fields – see our each-way betting guide for more on how this works.
Value bets where we believe the available price underestimates the horse’s chance – using the principles in our understanding probability in betting guide.
How to Bet on ITV Racing
The most important thing for ITV Racing punters is to use a bookmaker offering Best Odds Guaranteed. ITV races are well-publicised and markets often shorten significantly between the morning and post time. BOG means if you take a price early and the SP is bigger on the day, you are automatically paid at the better odds. See our Best Odds Guaranteed guide for full details.
If you are new to reading a racecard, our racecard abbreviations guide explains every abbreviation you will see next to a horse’s name – including what C&D, BF and OR mean and how to read the form figures. Our full horse racing terms guide covers every piece of terminology you will encounter.
ITV Racing Free Bets
New to a bookmaker? Claiming a sign-up offer before Saturday’s ITV Racing is the best way to get a free bet on the card. See our full horse racing free bet offers page for every current sign-up offer from UKGC-licensed bookmakers.
The best current offers for ITV Racing are:
18+. New customers only. T&Cs apply on all offers.
More Horse Racing Tips
Looking for tips beyond the ITV card? Our NAP of the Day covers our tipster’s best bet from every day’s racing across all UK and Irish meetings – not just the televised races. Our Lucky 15 tips are published every day with four selections for the popular multiple bet.
For the major festivals see our Cheltenham Festival tips and Grand National tips hubs, both of which include full race-by-race coverage for ITV’s biggest racing weekends of the year.
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