Walsh dusts himself down to scoop record-breaking 26th Festival win March 17, 2010 JOCKEY Ruby Walsh brushed off his disappointment in the Champion Chase, as well as two earlier falls, to achieve a record-breaking 26th Cheltenham Festival winner. Walsh finally prevailed on Sanctuaire in the Juvenile Novices’ Hurdle to break Pat Taaffe’s all-time record and, with only the second win by a favourite in 12 races, hand punters [...]
Barca and Bordeaux book spots in quarter-finals March 17, 2010 BARCELONA and Bordeaux last night ensured there would be no more upsets at the Champions League’s last 16 stage, but it is still with mild relief that England’s surviving duo will regard the list of potential quarter-final opponents. Gone are the stratospherically expensive yet fallible Real Madrid, big-hitters AC Milan, and Chelsea, who ranked among [...]
Portsmouth 17 points from safety after penalty imposed March 17, 2010 PORTSMOUTH administrator Andrew Andronikou has pointed the finger at former chief executive Peter Storrie for the financial crisis that has doomed the club to relegation to the Championship. The Premier League yesterday confirmed that Pompey have been docked nine points – the standard penalty for going into administration – leaving them 17 points from safety [...]
SPORT | IN BRIEF March 17, 2010 Lloyd quits as Davis Cup skipper TENNIS: Great Britain Davis Cup captain John Lloyd last night resigned from the much-maligned role. National chiefs the Lawn Tennis Association ordered a review after Britain’s humiliating defeat to Lithuania earlier this month. They now face a play-off against Turkey in July to avoid relegation to the competition’s lowest [...]
Dowie takes reins at struggling Hull March 17, 2010 HULL chairman Adam Pearson has admitted that replacing manager Phil Brown with Iain Dowie with nine games remaining is a gamble. Dowie was yesterday presented as the new Tigers boss and Pearson said: “Everything in football is a risk to some degree but we’ve won six games out of 51. If we didn’t take a [...]
Don’t risk Big Buck’s on World Champion March 17, 2010 RUBY Walsh and Big Buck’s are a brilliant partnership – they have won eight of their nine races together and all six over hurdles. Andy Stewart’s seven-year-old has been a revelation since reverting to the smaller obstacles and that’s why William Hill are offering just 4/7 that he wins back-to-back World Hurdles this afternoon. However, [...]
IN-RUNNING TRADING HINTS March 17, 2010 Betdaq are only charging 2% commission on all winning bets placed in-running during all UK and Irish races, so make sure you log on and trade your positions during this week’s Cheltenham Festival. A number of comparisons can be drawn between Tidal Bay and Big Buck’s this time last year. The former Arkle winner had [...]
Nicholls to land double with Alfie and Poquelin March 17, 2010 PHILIP Hobbs has his string in rude health and I’ll be taking a chance on his COPPER BLEU in the opener at 16/1 with William Hill. The eight-year-old was only narrowly touched off at Aintree last year having finished fourth in the Supreme Novices at the Festival. He looks to have been campaigned with this [...]
Barbers Shop is no match for Nicholls’ Poquelin in Ryanair March 17, 2010 AGAIN, it’s certainly worth taking advantage of one of Sporting Index’s numerous match bets this afternoon. By challenging their prediction of the distance between a chosen pair of horses as they cross the line in a race, you can oppose any horse that you don’t fancy. The maximum winning distance make-up is set at 15 [...]
the INSIDER March 17, 2010 I hope you drank plenty of Guinness yesterday and you are feeling ready to take on the bookies once more today. It’s World Hurdle day at Cheltenham plus there are plenty of large fields on the supporting card. Tuesday’s results are in and based on our £1,000 bankroll, we made a profit of £377.46. We [...]