Daily expert horse racing betting tips - Friday November 28th 2025

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Butty's Bets - horse racing tips for Friday November 28th 2025

1.50pm Newbury - Wendigo - 3/1 (various)

A slightly boring but bullish choice here. For me, Wendigo is comfortably the horse with the most potential in this field.

He put in some top class performances over hurdles last term, with perhaps his second place finish behind The New Lion in the Challow Hurdle the standout single piece of form. He was only beaten 4L by the winner, who obviously went on to frank the form emphatically when winning the Turners Novices Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.

Wendigo suffered a luckless run in the Albert Bartlett at the Festival himself, making stealthy headway when sneaking up the inner before being badly hampered at the second last hurdle.

That caused him to stumble badly on landing, osting him vital momentum. It also gave the jockey little choice but to push the button sooner than he'd have liked to. He ran on well to finish fifth in the end, beaten just 8L.

He's had just one outing so far this term, where big things were expected on chase debut. Having opened up a shade of odds on though, he was weak in the betting and eventually sent off 5/4 fav.

He certainly travelled into the race like the winner, looking likely to hack up at one point.The eventual winner ,Wade Out, had other ideas when finding extra when need be to get up and beat this lad a narrow margin. The winner has franked the form since, of course, winning a listed novice chase at Cheltenham's Novemeber Meeting.

With natural improvement to come and a recent run under his belt, he should take all the beating here given his Challow Hurdle run from last year confirms he can handle this course no issues.

2.25pm Newbury - American Mike - 13/2 (various)

Another not so bold choice perhaps but I feel American Mike has got solid claims here despite the welter burden.

He was talked up as a proper horse during his time with Gordon Elliott. Jamie Codd absolutely adored him, and rated him so highly. Given some of his form for that stable, it was easy to see why.

He finished second in the 2022 running of the Champion Bumper at the Cheltenham Festival, finishing second behind Facile Vega. From there, he failed to live up to expectations over hurdle with just one win from six outings. But it always felt like chasing was going to be the preferred route for this lad.

He was sent off 9/4 second favourite for his chase debut but defied market expectations to beat the high-class Fact To File by just over 3L – the second having won five Grade 1 races since.

American Mike also added another nice win to his CV when beating last season's English Grand National victor Nick Rockett by just over 1L, before really losing his way for his old stable.

Now with Olly Murphy, a change of scenery should do him the world of good and though you are taking a chance, I feel it's more than built into this price.

He's still only 8, so not exactly a spent force. Sean Bowen picks up the ride today and if he runs even near to any of that Irish form, this would look a storming bet.

2.48pm Musselburgh - Jaminoz - 11/1 (various)

Better known for his flat exploits having won six times in that sphere, Jaminoz is preparing for just his fourth run over hurdles.

A mark of 107 looks more than fair for his handicap debut over the smaller obstacles, given the depth of his form in those previous three outings.

He finished a close up third on hurdling debut behind Ozzy Cosmo and Nab Wood, beaten just 2L by the winner. Just for context, the second is now rated 128 and the fifth in that affair is now rated 115.

We can pop a line through his second hurdles outing given he had his excuses. The vet reported he was suffering from heat-related stress. And that looks like it was the case, given his most recent run over hurdles was much better.

Again finishing in third place, this time he was behind stable mate From The Clouds and Tineggiori, going down 6L against the winner. Again, for context, his stable mate is now rated 121 and was also being ridden by a 3lbs claimer when beating today's selection.

Jaminoz ran a couple of races on the flat in September, winning after a 55-day break at Hamilton. He ran a lesser race last time out but, to be fair, has never won off a mark of 62 on the flat – so it was nothing to be overly concerned about.

Today, trainer Lucinda Russell enlists the services of 10lbs claiming jockey Greg Walkingshaw. That claim should prove very useful here given the horse's weight. I suspect he will outrun his odds here if the sudden return to hurdles doesn't inconvenience him too much.

Butty's best horse racing bets for Friday November 28th 2025

2pt win- 1.50pm Newbury - Wendigo - 3/1 (various)

1pt win - 2.25pm Newbury - American Mike - 13/2 (various)

1pt win - 2.48pm Musselburgh - Jaminoz - 11/1 (various)

Total staked - 4pts

Prices correct as of 11:15am on Friday, November 28th 2025.