Rob Wright has won the Racing Post’s National Press Challenge for a record-extending sixth time. The competition records the selections of tipsters for every one of the year’s near-10,000 races. Wright scored by a wide margin in 2024, extending his lead on the final day of the competition with winners on Tuesday that included A Path To Ronda (16-1) and Ideallko (14-1). Racing Post Ratings, the flagship tipster for the trade paper, finished a distant second.
While betting on every race of the year would not show a profit, Wright’s daily naps for 2024 were in the black by £39.13 to a £1 stake. His winners included a remarkable run of eight successive naps in November, while other notable winning tips through the year included