Newspaper Racing Tips - Fair Taxes and Absurde a popular double on day two at Chester

Jon Vine

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Last updated: 08 May 2025

Jon Vine 08 May 2025

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Free round-up of the Newspaper racing tips on May 8th
Chester and Huntingdon feature on the ITV Racing schedule
Fair Taxes and Absurde are popular picks with the tipsters

Ryan Moore riding Minnie Hauk (purple/white) on their way to winning The Boodles Chester Vase Stakes. (Getty)

Newspaper Tips

ITV Racing Schedule
ITV Racing Tips - Newspaper Tips Round-Up
Tom Segal Tips (Pricewise Tips)
Paul Kealy Tips (Racing Post)
Tom Collins Tips (AtTheRaces)
Hugh Taylor Tips (AtTheRaces)
Timeform Tips
Matt Chapman Tips (ITV Racing)
Jason Weaver Tips (ITV Racing)
Sam Turner Tips (Betfair Blog)
Katie Midwinter Tips (Betfair Blog)
James Mackie Tips (Betfair Blog)
Rob Wright Tips (The Times)
Steve Ryder Tips (Robin Goodfellow Tips)
Templegate Tips (The Sun)
David Yeats (Newsboy Tips)
Greg Wood Tips (The Guardian)

Chester's May Festival continues on Thursday and ITV Racing will be showing five more live races from the Roodee, plus one from Huntingdon. I've taken a look through the world of horse racing media to find out which horses the major media tipsters in today's ITV Races.

ITV Racing Schedule

Time	Track	Title
1:30pm	Chester	CAA Stellar Handicap (Class 2) 5f
1:45pm	Huntingdon	pricedup.bet Mares' Handicap Hurdle (Class 4) 2m3½f
2:05pm	Chester	British Stallion Studs EBF Maiden Stakes (Class 2) 5½f
2:35pm	Chester	Boodles Raindance Dee Stakes (Listed Race) 1m2½f
3:05pm	Chester	Ladbrokes Big-Value You Can Bet On Ormonde Stakes (Group 3) 1m5½f
3:40pm	Chester	Louise Keegan Handicap (Class 2) 7½f

ITV Racing Tips - Newspaper Tips Round-Up

Tom Segal Tips (Pricewise Tips)

Chester

1.30 Jer Batt

2.35 Great David

3.40 God Of War

Paul Kealy Tips (Racing Post)

Chester

1.30 Fair Taxes & Copper Knight

3.05 Absurde

Tom Collins Tips (AtTheRaces)

Chester

2.35 Mount Kilimanjaro

Hugh Taylor Tips (AtTheRaces)

Chester
2.05 Go Victor

Timeform Tips

Chester

1.30 Jer Batt

2.05 Luminare

2.35 Mount Kilimanjaro

3.05 Absurde

3.40 El Burhan

Huntingdon

1.45 Of Course You Can

Matt Chapman Tips (ITV Racing)

Chester

1.30 Angel Shared

2.05 Tricky Tel

2.35 Mount Kilimanjaro

3.05 Illinois

3.40 El Burhan

Huntingdon

1.45 Ile De Jersey

Jason Weaver Tips (ITV Racing)

Chester

1.30 Fair Taxes

2.05 Tricky Tel

2.35 High Stock

3.05 Illinois

3.40 God Of War

Sam Turner Tips (Betfair Blog)

Chester

1.30 Fair Taxes

3.05 Al Qareem

4.10 Austrian Theory

Katie Midwinter Tips (Betfair Blog)

Chester

1.30 Copper Knight & Balon D'or

2.35 Great David

3.40 Our Mighty Mo

James Mackie Tips (Betfair Blog)

Chester

1.30 Fair Taxes

3.05 Absurde

Rob Wright Tips (The Times)

Chester

1.30 Fair Taxes

2.05 NR

2.35 High Stock

3.05 Mount Atlas

3.40 Miami Matrix

Huntingdon

1.45 Of Course You Can

Steve Ryder Tips (Robin Goodfellow Tips)

Chester

1.30 Copper Knight

2.05 Tricky Tel

2.35 Mount Kilimanjaro

3.05 Illinois

3.40 Sex On Fire

Huntingdon

1.45 Of Course You Can

Templegate Tips (The Sun)

Chester

1.30 Jer Batt

2.05 Dubai Time

2.35 Mount Kilimanjaro

3.05 Absurde

3.40 El Burhan

Huntingdon

1.45 Of Course You Can

David Yeats (Newsboy Tips)

Chester

1.30 Fair Taxes

2.05 Luminare

2.35 High Stock

3.05 Absurde

3.40 Sex Of Fire

Huntingdon

1.45 Ile De Jersey

Greg Wood Tips (The Guardian)

Chester

1.30 Fair Taxes

2.05 Dubai Time

2.35 Calla Lagoon

3.05 Absurde

3.40 Sex On Fire

Huntingdon

1.45 Taxus Baccata

Verdict

Top Newspaper Tips:

Fair Taxes

1:30pm Chester

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