Henderson’s Punjabi is Champion pick at 8/1 March 15, 2010 THERE may only be 12 runners in this afternoon’s Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle, but the feature race on the opening day of the Festival looks one of the most open of the week. Irish raiders Go Native and Solwhit are justifiably market leaders, but the value call at this stage looks to be last year’s [...]
Get Me Out Of Here can get Festival off to a flyer March 15, 2010 WILLIAM Hill are as short as 4/6 about Irish raider Dunguib in the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle, the opening contest of the four day meeting. Last year’s Champion Bumper winner could well be something special, but that is more than reflected in his price. I think he will probably win, but certainly wouldn’t be backing him [...]
IN-RUNNING TRADING HINTS March 15, 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. The feature race from a trading point of view on the opening day is the Champion Hurdle. There is usually no hiding [...]
the INSIDER March 15, 2010 Take a leaf out of poker legend Chris Ferguson’s book and make sure you bet within your bankroll at Cheltenham this week. It is very easy to get carried away in all the excitement but it is worth remembering that there are plenty of races to win or lose your money on. Don’t go broke. [...]
Championship races may be tighter fought affairs than Sporting predict March 15, 2010 Sporting Index have produced a host of special bets for this year’s Festival and are predicting that the aggregate winning distances for the 26 races over the next four days will be between 96 and 104 lengths. However, I’m more keen on their quote for aggregate winning distances for the four Championship races. They are [...]
BECKHAM’S WORLD CUP DREAM OVER March 14, 2010 DAVID BECKHAM’S World Cup dream was shattered in Milan last night after suffering a horrific Achilles tendon injury which could keep him out for six months. The 34-year-old had to be stretchered off after collapsing in agony without any contact during AC Milan’s game with Chievo. He will now fly out to Finland this morning [...]
Alonso powers home as Ferrari show intent March 14, 2010 FERNANDO ALONSO enjoyed the perfect debut for Ferrari after he led team-mate Felipe Massa to a stunning one-two in a thrilling season opener in Bahrain. The Ferrari pair coasted by the Red Bull of pole-setter Sebastian Vettel after the German suffered a spark plug failure in the latter stages. Britain’s Lewis Hamilton also took advantage [...]
Now go and top Ronaldo’s feat, Ferguson tells Rooney March 14, 2010 MANCHESTER UTD (3) v/s FULHAM (0) SIR ALEX FERGUSON is backing Wayne Rooney to match Cristiano Ronaldo’s record of 42 goals in a season after bagging an impressive double at Old Trafford. Red-hot Rooney struck a second-half brace to ensure United leapfrogged Chelsea and Arsenal to go back to the top of the table. It [...]
Kauto on top but don’t rule out Denman March 14, 2010 Paul Nicholls started training in 1991 after injury brought to an end a career in the saddle that saw him ride back-to-back Hennessy Gold Cups on Playschool in 1986 and Broadheath in 1987. He only managed to fill eight of the 28 boxes in his first season at Manor Farm Stables in Somerset, but it’s [...]
Bookies predict £600m Cheltenham bonanza March 14, 2010 BOOKMAKERS predict that punters will go on a recession-busting betting spree at Cheltenham this week. William Hill believe around £150m to be staked on each of the Festival’s four days – an average of £24m per race for the 26 races. And they are also predicting a £40m climax for Friday’s Gold Cup rematch between [...]