Horse Racing Betting Tips: Bye Bye Hong Kong, Hello Epsom Downs May 31, 2019 ANDREW Balding and Silvestre de Sousa have some very big fish to fry for King Power Racing this weekend, notably Bangkok in the Derby, but I expect them to be celebrating after BYE BYE HONG KONG wins the Investec Diomed Stakes. The Kingsclere-based handler has won this prize a joint record three times with Tullius, [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Nerium will send punters into delirium in Princess Elizabeth May 31, 2019 THERE was a sense of what might have been for those punters who backed ANNA NERIUM in last year’s Princess Elizabeth Stakes. Richard Hannon’s four-year-old was drawn wide and forced to sit out the back for the majority of the race, only really getting going when the eventual winner Wilamina was away and gone. She [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Politicise can get things off to a flyer for the in-form Haggas May 31, 2019 THERE hasn’t been a winning favourite of the Investec Private Banking Handicap in the last decade and I expect that to continue this afternoon. The Andrew Balding-trained Le Don De Vie and Mark Johnston’s Nayef Road are the two currently vying for favouritism and you can see why they will have their supporters. The latter [...]
England show all the strings to their bow as they open the World Cup with dominant win over South Africa May 30, 2019 They waited a long time for the tournament to start, but when it finally did England did not disappoint. The hosts may not have produced their trademark – the gigantic total compiled through aggressive, explosive batting – yet, in a way, this was better. As the world’s best one-day international side for some time, we [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Stop fooling around and stick with Sir Dragonet in the Investec Derby May 30, 2019 ONCE again, trainer Aidan O’Brien appears to hold all the aces when it comes to tomorrow’s Investec Derby (4.30pm) as he bids to land the world’s most famous Flat race for a seventh time. The likes of Japan, Anthony Van Dyck and BROOME have all held prominent positions in the ante-post lists over the winter, [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Rab looks like Havlin the time of his life after Mehdaayih wins May 30, 2019 DECISIONS, decisions, decisions. At Epsom’s Breakfast With The Stars event last week, Frankie Dettori said he would wait for as long as he could before deciding who he would ride in today’s Investec Oaks (4.30pm). Earlier this month, in the Cheshire Oaks, the Italian partnered Fanny Logan over stablemate MEHDAAYIH, but he was left toiling [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Back Spencer to Jaz things up for O’Keefe in handicap May 30, 2019 EPSOM handicaps are notoriously difficult puzzles to solve and today’s Investec Wealth & Investment Handicap (3.45pm) is no different. Roger Varian has landed two of the last five renewals and his Mountain Angel is bound to be popular having won over course and distance back in April. He is respected but is now up to [...]
Anthony Joshua looking to build his US profile with Andy Ruiz fight in Madison Square Garden debut May 30, 2019 If Anthony Joshua already needed to deliver an impressive performance on his American debut then that has been made all the more important by the replacement of his initial opponent, Jarrell Miller, with Andy Ruiz Jr. Ruiz has had significantly less time to prepare so there can be no excuses for Joshua, who takes to [...]
Jurgen Klopp’s reliance on home advantage could cost Liverpool the Champions League May 30, 2019 If Anfield has become synonymous with magical European nights, then Jurgen Klopp is similarly linked to falling at the final hurdle. The stark fact is that, for all the entertaining football Liverpool have produced, they remain trophyless in his almost four-year tenure. The German has lost six successive finals – three at Liverpool, three at [...]
Trevor Steven: Tottenham have more to gain from Champions League win but Liverpool’s need is greater May 30, 2019 I couldn’t be any more excited about the prospect of a Champions League final between two English teams who possess all of the ingredients for wonderful, dynamic, modern football. Liverpool have stepped up another level again this season, as their astronomical Premier League points tally of 97 shows, steamrolling almost everyone in their path. They [...]