Entertaining Wales are on the right path under Wayne Pivac despite three straight Six Nations defeats March 12, 2020 Coronavirus has begun to have a huge impact across the sporting calendar, but for now the Six Nations has one of its three fixtures going ahead this weekend. While England’s trip to play Italy in Rome and Ireland’s visit to Paris to face France have been postponed due to the outbreak, Wales are still set [...]
David Pipe looks ahead to his runners on the final day of the Cheltenham Festival March 12, 2020 WEDNESDAY was definitely a game of two halves for us as NIGHT EDITION ran so well to be second in the Boodles Juvenile Handicap but our two Champion Bumper horses ISRAEL CHAMP and PANIC ATTACK disappointed. Starting off with Night Edition, he came there strongly after the last but hats off to the winner Aramax [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Truckers looks McFabulous bet for Nicholls at Uttoxeter March 12, 2020 THERE has to be a doubt that sporting events go ahead this weekend due to the coronavirus, but if they do racing punters have competitive cards at Kempton and Uttoxeter to get stuck into after the Cheltenham Festival. The highlight at the Staffordshire track is the Marston’s 61 Deep Midlands Grand National (3.35pm) where I [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Santini all set to grab Gold Cup for Henderson March 12, 2020 THERE may only be 12 runners in this afternoon’s Magners Cheltenham Gold Cup, but it’s very hard to rule any of the dozen out of contention. The obvious starting point is last season’s winner Al Boum Photo who has had an identical preparation to 12 months ago with the one prep race at Tramore. He [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Ilikedwayurthinkin looks the Chosen one in the lucky last March 12, 2020 THEY say you should always save the best till last and that may well be the case when it comes to the final race of the meeting, the Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle (5.30pm). Owner JP McManus has had an extraordinary week already and holds strong claims with the Joseph O’Brien-trained favourite Front View. [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Fury Road can force Bartlett rivals to throw in the towel March 12, 2020 NOT MANY people have backed the winner of the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle (2.50pm) in recent years. A staggering seven of the last 10 winners have returned double-figure prices, including three 33/1-shots and last year’s shock 50/1 victor Minella Indo. On a couple of occasions the cream has risen to the top, with former Gold [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips:Good Gosh this horse could be very special in Triumph Hurdle March 12, 2020 GOLD Cup day kicks off with what looks like an outstanding renewal of the JCB Triumph Hurdle (1.30pm). Paul Nicholls last won this race in 2011 with Zarkandar who arrived here having won the Adonis Hurdle at Kempton a few weeks earlier on his first start for the yard. The 11-time champion trainer will be [...]
Putting Six Nations behind a paywall would be ‘dreadful’, says BBC boss March 12, 2020 Any deal to put the Six Nations behind a paywall would be “dreadful” for both audiences and the sport, the BBC director general has said. The tender process for the rugby tournament’s next broadcasting contract is set to wrap up this weekend, but current holders BBC and ITV have been shut out of the bidding. [...]
Liverpool 2-3 Atletico Madrid: Llorente the unlikely assassin as Oblak stands tall and Adrian flops to send Reds out of the Champions League March 11, 2020 When Marcos Llorente came off the bench in the 56th minute of Liverpool’s Champions League last-16 tie against Atletico Madrid last night those watching on barely noticed. Despite play stopping and the fourth official’s board going up to facilitate his arrival, the Atletico midfielder practically snuck onto the Anfield pitch. Diego Costa’s grumpy exit drew [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: In the money, money, money if backing Aba and Bob March 11, 2020 TODAY’s action concludes with the Kim Muir Amateur Riders’ Handicap Chase (5.30pm) and as has become customary in these races, it often pays to follow both Jamie Codd and Derek O’Connor. Both are superb pilots, as shown by Codd’s brilliant ride on Ravenhill in Tuesday’s National Hunt Chase and they are unsurprisingly riding the top-two [...]