Currying flavour with fine wines March 17, 2010 FOR a nation that loves its booze as much as its Indian food, we have a strangely limited approach when it comes to alcoholic accompaniments for Asian cuisine. It’s not because we only like cheap wine and pints – new figures show that the UK is the biggest importer of Champagne in the world. But [...]
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 [...]
Whistleblower in Lehman fight March 16, 2010 MATTHEW Lee, the man who blew the whistle on Lehman Brothers’ controversial accounting techniques, is in a legal dispute with the collapsed firm. City A.M. has learned that Lee, who was made redundant from Lehman just six days after tipping off accountants Ernst & Young (E&Y) about his concerns, has filed a number of claims [...]
Wall Street rises as Fed holds rates March 16, 2010 THE US Federal Reserve signalled it would hold interest rates close to zero for at least six months yesterday as it gave a mixed outlook on America’s journey out of recession. Wall Street shares rose after the Fed said rates would stay in the 0-0.25 per cent range “for an extended period”, a relief to [...]
Hedgies off hook for now March 16, 2010 THERE was a last-minute reprieve for the hedge fund industry yesterday, after Gordon Brown personally intervened to delay a pan-European deal on tighter regulation. Sources close to the negotiations said Brown telephoned Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero on Monday night, to inform him that Britain could not back the Alternative Investment Fund Manager [...]
Sterling’s slump due entirely to polls March 16, 2010 POLITICS seems to have become just about the only influence on the pound in recent weeks – or so says a fascinating research note by Adam Cole of RBC Capital Markets. He plots sterling’s trade-weighted value against the Tory lead over Labour in a poll-of-polls. The trend is clear: the shrinking Tory lead is almost [...]
