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'Sir Michael Stoute told me the best two-year-old in his stable'

You may know a decent tipster but we know someone who knows better. 

It's obvious really. The horse trainer. 

They often buy horses, train them, know their potential and when they are likely to win. Imagine if you could tap into this information. A horse that is held in such high regard isn't a secret to you.

Group Horse gives readers a new angle to discover the best horses in training. This insight is something that horse owners are privy. 

Would you question Sir Michael Stoute if he whispered: 

''This is my best two-year-old in the stable and it's running today.'' 

What would you think? How confident would you feel? I imagine you would bet good money. You'd be confident in the information you had received.

Our readers have experienced this privileged information and we are extending this invitation to you. 

Group Horse is all about giving value, building trust, and working with integrity. That's why we love to prove our worth. In fact, we will do that by giving every subscriber 10 Dark Horses. We deal specifically with two-year-old horse racing, tapping into this inside information. It's a fact that trainers would rather keep this information to themselves. However, we know how to access these top-class horses before the crowd.   

Just imagine if you could see through a trainer's eyes. A list of horse trainers including the biggest names: Charlie Appleby, Richard Hannon, Saeed bin Suroor, Andrew Balding, Paul Cole, Roger Charlton... Last year we detailed the best horses from over 100 stables.  

It sounds a crazy notion but it's 100% true. 

Imagine knowing top-class two-year-old horses before they set foot on course. Subscribe free to www.grouphorse.co.uk and receive 10 Dark Horses emailed to you over this Flat turf season.

Cheltenham Festival - David Nicholson Mares' Hurdle

Cheltenham Festival enlists several races for female horses only. Among them is the David Nicholson Hurdles race that is run on the opening day of the four-day festival. It has proven to be a popular competition for mares seeking to go against the boys in subsequent competitions.

Mares must have attained the age of four years to become eligible for the David Nicholson Hurdle. They take to the Old course looking to complete a two miles and four furlongs distance (4005 m) with a £110,000 purse at stake. The winner takes around £60000 of this amount.

The race will be crossing its decade mark in the 2018 festival as it continues to build history for itself. Quevega remains the race’s most dominant horse having won six consecutive outings between 2009 and 2014. She was ridden by Ruby Walsh and trained by Willie Mullins the entire time. The duo enjoy a record six and seven wins respectively which they will look to extend at the 2018 event.

Cheltenham Festival - Close Brothers Novices' Handicap Chase

This chase race is a listed competition that marks the close of the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival. It is often referred to by its official name- the Centenary Novices’ handicap Chase. It has been held here on every occasion since 2005.

Horses of five years and over line up to compete over a distance of two miles and four-and-a-half furlongs (4124 m) and 16 fences dotting the path. The handicap balancing makes the competition even for horses taking part on the Old Course of the venue. A £60,000 purse is available for division among participants, more than half of which goes to the first-place finisher.

Six and seven year olds tend to have great runs in this race. The reigning champion is Tully East, who was even years old when he took first position in 2017. No single horse has been able to win the race twice, and the record for both jockeys and winners (two for both) is just as scanty.

Deplotting Shed is tipped favourite to finish in first position in the 2018 event.

Cheltenham Festival - Champion Hurdle

This is another top-rated grade one race slotted for the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival. It admits horses of a minimum four years of get to compete over a distance of two miles and a furlong (3298 m) on the Old Course of the British racing venue.

Horses have galloped in this race since 1927, earning it a place among the longest running events at the festival. The racing association ranks the Champion Hurdle as easily the best race of the opening day. Every time it is run, the viewing stands fill up despite being an opening day fixture.

The record of wins stands at three for an individual horse which is shared by five horses. All record holders swept first honours in consecutive years, with Persian War (68, 69, 70) being the most popular among them. Tim Molony and Ruby Walsh hold a joint jockey record of four wins while Nicky Henderson is the king of trainers with six wins.

Show Us Your Tips!

Whether you just occasionally offer tips to a few mates, run your own betting blog, or are a member of one of the miriad of tipping services out there, it can be hard to get heard over the noise of other tipsters. Sure there are a few long term tips services out there but there's plenty of unsung heroes too, or those just starting out after years of punting on their lonesome.

It can of course be daunting to make the transition from soley considering your own betting bank, to offering betting tips to others. The criticism can come in thick and fast if people start following your selections during a dry spell. Some expect something more akin to Mystic Meg, when in reality the success, or othewise of picking winners, is something that is only fairly ascertained over time. Consistency over weeks and months rather than days is key!

With that in mind, we're going to be taking a fairly positive and productive approach to highlighting tipsters on this blog. Whether a service is new or old, we're happy to give it a look, and to hear from you in your own words. Maybe your tipping tends to focus on value bets, or short odds, or outsiders, accumulators, it's all of interest. We want to hear from you about your own tipping service and will link to your online presence too to that others can get in on the action (whether that's OLBG, Tipstrr or even a blog or private service of your own).

Once you're on our radar, we'll be sure to take a look at your service  or site from time to time and feature updates of your progress. Again, this is going to be a fairly proactive and positive place and so we'll tend to focus on what is going well and for whom, rather than who's 'having a mare'.

So if you'd like your tipster service highlighted on the Tipster Profiles blog, feel free to send a 300- 400 word write up, describing your approach to tipping, what sparked your interest in sports betting, some of the highlights of your betting career (big winners, running runs etc) as well as a link to where people can find out more about your selections! Not only will others have the chance to read up on your approach to racing tips, but as I say we'll be checking in from time to time and updating on your progress.  You can even drop us the odd tip if you're feeling brave or confident with an explanation of why you've chosen it, to give readers a taste of what to expect from you! Cheers!