By: Frank Dalleres

Sports Editor Frank Dalleres is Sports Editor of City AM. He has almost two decades' experience covering the business of sport and has reported from Olympic Games and major international football, rugby union, tennis and golf competitions, both at home and abroad. Get in touch with stories and tip-offs and follow him on X at @frankdalleres

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Cheltenham Festival 2016 betting: Douvan looks too good in the Arkle but Sizing John can get the better of Vaniteux

March 14, 2016

Bookmakers dodged one almighty bullet 12 months ago when Annie Power fell at the last in the Mares’ Hurdle. But one year on they face another potential monster pay-out if the four Willie Mullins-Susannah Ricci horses find their way to the winners’ enclosure on Tuesday. Without doubt, of the opening day’s four hot-pots, Douvan is the [...]
Cheltenham Festival 2016: Annie Power can make it third time lucky at Cheltenham and win Champion Hurdle

March 14, 2016

With both Faugheen and Arctic Fire, last year’s one-two, ruled out through injury, Tuesday’s Champion Hurdle (3.30pm) has lost a little of its star quality. The New One is the only survivor of the 2015 renewal and Nigel Twiston-Davies seems very keen on his chances. Having been available at 20/1 a few weeks ago, he [...]
Cheltenham Festival 2016 betting: Vroum Vroum Mag to speed away from Mares’ Hurdle rivals

March 14, 2016

Since Whiteoak landed the inaugural running of the OLBG Mares’ Hurdle (4.10pm) back in 2008, Willie Mullins has saddled the winner every year since. Quevega famously won the race for six consecutive seasons, while Glens Melody picked up the pieces after Annie Power’s final flight spill 12 months ago. Sadly, as hard as I’ve tried to [...]
Cheltenham Festival 2016 betting: Southfield and Master look the best bets in the Ultima Handicap Chase

March 14, 2016

Trainer Jonjo O’Neill has won three of the last seven runnings of the Ultima Handicap Chase (2.50pm) and has every chance of adding to his impressive record with the well-handicapped Holywell. The nine-year-old has a great Festival record, securing wins in the 2013 Pertemps Final and this very race a year later. He then finished [...]
Cheltenham Festival 2016 betting: Ruby Walsh and Willie Mullins to enjoy more Supreme success with Min

March 14, 2016

We are just a few hours away from that famous Cheltenham roar when the tapes go up for the start of the Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle (1.30pm). It is the defining sound of the Festival. However, in recent years an even more deafening noise has erupted around four minutes later. Willie Mullins and Ruby [...]
Jordan Spieth shows human side with reaction to Twitter critic but pre-Masters form is a concern

March 14, 2016

As hard as it is to get to No1 in the world rankings, it’s even more difficult to stay there, and that’s something that Jordan Spieth appears to be learning first-hand at the moment. The prolific 22-year-old’s difficult spell continued at the weekend when he only just made the cut at the Valspar Championship and [...]
Manchester United 1, West Ham United 1: Dimitri Payet wondergoal not enough for Hammers but Slaven Bilic backs them to win FA Cup quarter-final replay

March 13, 2016

Manchester United 1, West Ham United 1 West Ham manager Slaven Bilic has warned Manchester United to expect an FA Cup replay defeat in east London after Anthony Martial’s late equaliser denied the Hammers a famous victory at Old Trafford on Sunday. Playmaker Dimitri Payet set the visitors on course for a spot in the [...]
Arsenal 1, Watford 2: Arsene Wenger fears for home form after Odion Ighalo and Adlene Guedioura dump Gunners out of FA Cup

March 13, 2016

Arsenal 1, Watford 2 Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger admits he is worried by his faltering team’s home form after Watford sent the FA Cup holders crashing out of the quarter-finals. Substitute Danny Welbeck gave the Gunners hope with a late strike, after Odion Oghalo and Adlene Guedioura had given the Hornets a shock lead, but [...]
Cheltenham Festival 2016: Davy Russell gunning for more glory

March 13, 2016

As tension builds on the eve of the Cheltenham Festival, one man who is remaining ice cool is former Irish champion jockey Davy Russell. “There’s no point going into the Festival with your hopes too high – if you do, you’re in for a rude awakening. “If you fancy one horse too much, you’ll end up [...]
Cheltenham Festival 2016: Experts share their tips with racing-mad City audience

March 13, 2016

Ruby Walsh plans to leave the decision on which horse he rides in Friday’s Cheltenham Gold Cup until Wednesday morning, but John Francome, who won chasing’s most coveted crown on Midnight Court in 1978, has no doubt that he will side with Djakadam. Having been entertained by the legendary champion jockey amongst other sporting luminaries [...]

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