Ante-post expertise: 'He's 20-1 for that, which is twice as big as it should be'
David Jennings and Johnny Dineen, from the Racing Post’s popular YouTube show Upping The Ante, chew over the action to come . . .
Our latest series of Upping The Ante returns on November 8 with legendary punter Johnny Dineen joining David Jennings at the helm. Johnny is a former racecourse bookmaker who stood at the Cheltenham Festival but is even better known within the industry as a feared gambler himself. He will bring a lifetime of punting experience to the revamped show, not to mention the requisite passion for those four days in the Cotswolds in March, and he will also write a column that you can read every Saturday in the Racing Post.
How on earth are Constitution Hill and Galopin Des Champs shorter than Honeysuckle and A Plus Tard at Cheltenham? Will people ever learn – absolutely mad!
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