SD's Lunchtime horse racing tip – Thursday January 8th 2025

After a brief festive hiatus, Odds Now are delighted to team back up with Races Now's punting extraordinaire SD for an exclusive Lunchtime Tip – posted first every Monday-Friday right here on OddsNow.com!

SD has shot to fame on social media over the last 18 months thanks to a combination of forthright racing opinions, pioneering content from inside the UK's betting rings and, most impressively, a truly stellar tipping record.

Offering up free daily tips at 8AM each morning over on the Races Now X page and weekly insight on Races Now's regular betting shows, his figures speak for themselves – and what's more, every single selection is posted for free!

So, let's see what the tipping king has for us today...

SD's Lunchtime tip – Thursday January 8th, 2025

1pt win - 1.40pm Ffos Las - Largy Belter - 4/1 (Bet365)

"Hello there, I hope you're enjoying your lunch.

"In the 1.40pm at Dross Las, Largy Belter is interesting. I thought this was a horse who has been ridden somewhat conservatively in novice chase starts to date and should go very, very well on handicap debut.

"The horse was bought for a not insignificant sum and clearly handicaps have been the idea here for some time.

"Juby Ball, the favourite, wasn't terribly impressive last time at Carlisle, for all that the distance may have been a mitigating factor.

"All told, I think the Skelton chance has a pretty good chance here so have 1pt win on Largy Belter."

Price correct as of publish time, 12.05pm on Thursday January 8th 2025.

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What is SD's Lunchtime Tip?

You can catch SD's Lunchtime Tip first here on OddsNow.com, where it will be posted around 12.30pm each weekday. It will subsequently be shared on the Races Now X page too!

SD's Daily Tips (posted 8am each morning on the Races Now X page) and his YouTube tips (offered up across regular Monday and Thursday betting shows) will remain as normal, having enjoyed huge success.

In the recently concluded UK flat season, SD's Daily Tips posted a 68.81pt profit to a level stake (677.55 staked, 746.36 returned). Things were even more impressive on the YouTube front, with a 90.43pt profit across the campaign (255.87pts staked, 346.31pts returned).

Speaking about the new Lunchtime Tip, SD said: "In view of the changing betting markets and the fact that I realise a lot of you can get the square root of balls all on at 8AM, we are going introduce a Lunchtime Tip.

"You can enjoy it whilst having your Heinz Chicken Soup or whatever you choose to eat. 8AM tips will remain as normal but hopefully this will help some of you out.

"We are dealing with that wretched woman Rachel Reeves and as a result, some bookmakers are going to react with their prices!"

You simply won't find better free horse racing betting insight anywhere – and we're delighted to bring even more SD insight to the table here at Odds Now!