Defending Tipster Challenge champion reduces lead at Hamilton

Defending champion Sarah Shannon (OneBet) reduced the gap at the top of the Tipster Challenge to just 0.18 points after a victory for her Nap of the Day ‘Gulf Of Poets’ at Hamilton.

Stephen Harris, the horse racing guru at bettingexpert, still holds a slender lead in the Betting Gods sponsored competition, despite landing just a single winner on Souls In The Wind.

Unfortunately for Harris, his own Nap of the Day ‘Amy Blair’ struggled to fourth place in the 3:40, while his 12/1 selection Ted’s Brother only narrowly missed out on victory in the previous race.

Race Winners at Hamilton:

1. Miss Bar Beach – 11/8
2. Souls In The Wind – 6/4
3. Mistiness – 15/8
4. Dark Crystal – 15/2
5. Gulf Of Poets – 9/2
6. Inexes – 3/1
7. Kinglami – 4/1

Tipster Challenge 2017 Leaderboard

• bettingexpert 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 total for bettingexpert.
• 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.
• Each tipster will get a ‘Nap of the Day’ each week which scores double points.
• For example, if bettingexpert’s Stephen Harris backs a winning horse at 8/1, he will get 8 points; if he has put this horse forward as his ‘Nap of the Day’, the reward is 16 points.