{"id":23325,"date":"2024-12-07T15:02:10","date_gmt":"2024-12-07T15:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=23325"},"modified":"2024-12-11T12:13:12","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T12:13:12","slug":"racing-tips-andrew-mounts-sunday-picks-december-8th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/racing-tips-andrew-mounts-sunday-picks-december-8th\/","title":{"rendered":"Racing Tips: Andrew Mount&#8217;s Sunday Picks &#8211; December 8th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Leading horse racing advisor Andrew Mount contributes to various Racing Post publications including the Weekender and Racing &amp; Football Outlook, plus the GG.co.uk website. Unearthing value bets via handy systems and statistics, he shares his latest thoughts with SportsCasting readers below.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Andrew heads to the jumps meetings at Kelso and Huntingdon for his two stats-based picks on Sunday, December 8th&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>KELSO 11.55<\/h2>\n<h3>DEDICATED HERO (system \u2013 Sandy Thomson, second run over hurdles, winter)<\/h3>\n<p>Sandy Thomson\u2019s runners usually improve for their first start over hurdles and backing those having their second outing over timber, in the November to February period, would have found 13 winners from 56 bets (23.2%) for a profit of \u00a380.00 to a \u00a31 level stake at SP (expected winners = 6.21, A\/E = 2.09). <strong>DEDICATED HERO<\/strong> raced in the \u2018swamp\u2019 on the inside rail when third (4-5 favourite) at Carlisle on last month\u2019s hurdles debut and is worth another chance.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>HUNTINGDON 3.00<\/h2>\n<h3>THEYSEEKHIMTHERE (system \u2013 Warren Greatrex, chase debutants in handicaps)<\/h3>\n<p>Warren Greatrex has a good recent record with chase debutants who were pitched straight into handicap company, scoring with nine of the 43 qualifiers for a profit of \u00a35.58. Twelve of the beaten horses finished second or third and an each-way punt on <strong>THEYSEEKHIMTHERE<\/strong>, 20-1 best at the time of writing, could pay dividends. The six-year-old won first time up on soft ground last term and has had a wind operation ahead of his seasonal\/chase debut.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Check out the best <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/betting-sites\/horse-racing\/\">horse racing betting sites<\/a> in the UK right now.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Related<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>There is more from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/author\/andrewmount\/\">Andrew Mount<\/a> every day on SportsCasting<\/li>\n<li>Check out more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/horse-racing\/\">horse racing news<\/a> on the site with regular updates<\/li>\n<li>See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/author\/andynewton\/\">Andy Newton&#8217;s<\/a> profitable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/andy-newtons-lay-of-the-day-horse-racing-tip\/\">&#8216;Lay Of The Day&#8217;<\/a> daily horse racing feature<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leading horse racing advisor Andrew Mount contributes to various Racing Post publications including the Weekender and Racing &amp; Football Outlook, plus the GG.co.uk website. 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