Horse Racing Tips by Always Back Winners:- 18th April 2026

The turf starts in earnest today with meetings at Thirsk, Nottingham and Newbury.

With some cracking fields, paying the extra places, our horse racing tips today come from the meet over in Yorkshire. 🫎🫎

BOL (Best Of Luck!) with any of your betting selections today.

Back in the morning around 8.30 am.

Gary

2025/26 £1k to £10k Challenge bank ended at £1529.59 with a 36% win/place rate.

2026/27 £1k to £10k Challenge bank stands at £890.66 with a 45% win/place rate and full stakes at £11.13EW

2026/27 Turf bank stands at -8.80 pts to 1pt EW stakes with over a 33% win/place rate.

2025/26 AW bank stands at +62.6 pts to 1pt EW stakes with over a 39% win/place rate.

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Today's Horse Racing Tips

Thirsk 15.23

Lord Abama should give it a good go at wipes yer face prices in a wide open race, however, closely matched with that one will look at one who has done it for us in the past.

HURT YOU NEVER saw his form tail off towards the back end of the season, however, ran head to head with that one last week and gets a 1lb pull for that.

Will look to make the running again and was in it at the death till fitness told LTO. This is a slight ease in grade and goes from 2lb less.

Young Jack Nicholls knows him well and may just find one of these FIVE paying places and the 22/1 on offer

Thirsk 14 .47 Hurt You Never Full Stakes Challenge)

Thirsk 15.23

Melvin Udall looks a decent shout at wipes yer face prices. Grace Harris' charge is 5-2-4 on the flat and scored on his stable debut last time at Doncaster in a 15-runner Class 4. Similar conditions with in-form jockey Jason Hart aboard, without a penalty, looks to hold solid claims again.

At a bigger price going to look at Ruth Carr's WOODSTOCK.

Winless for a while, shaped with plenty of promise on several occasions late last season as his mark continued to fall.

Indeed hit out tracker early season when finishing behind Cruyff Turn and well clear of 3rd at Redcar. Generally comes to hand early and returning on a career-low rating could outrun the current decent odds.

Joanna Mason does the steering and priced with 16/1 and the FOUR paying places this morning.

Thirsk 15.23 - Woodstock Full Stakes Challenge)

Today's Bets........

Good luck with any of your EW selections today.

Thirsk 14 .47 Hurt You Never Full Stakes Challenge)

Thirsk 15.23 - Woodstock Full Stakes Challenge)

BOL (Best Of Luck!)

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