New Year’s Day tips: Tipster of the year Rob Wright shares his picks

Latest tips and all the racecards from our Racing Editor and sixth-time tipster of the year
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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

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