Salutation can get in-form Johnston off to a flyer at his beloved Glorious Goodwood July 28, 2014 BILL ESDAILE PREVIEWS DAY ONE OF GLORIOUS GOODWOOD THE opening handicap of Glorious Goodwood, the bet365.com Stakes (1.55pm), has not been the most friendly for punters in recent years. No favourite has won in the past decade and it was Richard Hughes who took the first of his nine wins 12 months ago, but with [...]
Flintshire can finally realise promise in the King George July 24, 2014 BILL ESDAILE PREVIEWS THE BEST OF SATURDAY’S RACING AND WILLIAM CHRIMES LOOKS AT ENGLAND’S THIRD TEST AGAINST INDIA TOMORROW’S King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (3.50pm) was given a huge boost 10 days ago with the news that unbeaten Oaks winner Taghrooda would bypass a trip to The Curragh for the Irish Oaks and [...]
World Cup final to go right down to the wire July 10, 2014 BEN CLEMINSON PREVIEWS THE WORLD CUP FINAL AND BILL ESDAILE LOOKS AT NEWMARKET’S JULY MEETING AN ARGENTINA victory on Sunday night in the Maracana over Germany would be the final insult for a Brazilian nation left battered and bruised after the 7-1 drubbing they took at the hands of the Germans on Tuesday. Argentina were [...]
France and Germany set for stalemate at the Maracana July 3, 2014 BEN CLEMINSON PREVIEWS TODAY’S WORLD CUP QUARTER-FINALS AND BILL ESDAILE WITH SATURDAY’S BEST RACING BETS WE’VE enjoyed a veritable feast of football excitement this summer, and many are predicting that Brazil 2014’s goal tally, currently standing at 154, will break France 1998’s record of 171. But with eight games to come, I’m not quite so [...]
Colombia good value to knock out toothless Uruguay June 26, 2014 BEN CLEMINSON PREVIEWS THE WORLD CUP SECOND ROUND AND BILL ESDAILE SHARES HIS BEST RACING TIPS THE WORLD Cup reaches the business end tomorrow with the first of the second round games. Unsurprisingly for many of us, England won’t be there. That 2-1 defeat to Uruguay ended their hopes, but that late Luis Suarez winner [...]
