Albertas Run can take another Melling Chase April 7, 2011 TONY McCoy warmed up for his Grand National success last year by taking Friday’s Grade 1 Melling Chase (3.05pm) aboard ALBERTAS RUN and I fully expect them to be in the winner’s enclosure again this afternoon. The key to Jonjo O’Neill’s high class 10-year-old is having genuine good ground and the sun on his back. [...]
BAA must sell two airports March 30, 2011 THE Competition Commission yesterday again ruled that BAA should sell Stansted and either its Edinburgh or Glasgow airports, in a decision that is sure to spark a bidding war for the airports. The decision backs one made in March 2009 which BAA successfully appealed on a technicality, but the court of appeal yesterday reinstated its [...]
Big Buck’s completes hat-trick March 17, 2011 BIG BUCK’S completed a World Hurdle hat-trick yesterday to cement his place as one of the greatest staying hurdlers of all time. Jockey Ruby Walsh guided the 10-11 favourite home to the delight of trainer Paul Nicholls and the legions of punters that backed the unbeaten star. “He is as close to unbeatable as a [...]
WORLD’S FIRST SOCIAL MEDIA HEDGE FUND TO TRADE FROM TWEETS March 17, 2011 WORD has reached The Capitalist of an unconventional new approach to trading: using Twitter to predict swings in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The method is the brainchild of 28-year-old City trader Paul Hawtin and his brother Simon, whose new hedge fund, set to launch in April as a spin-off of their family-run investment boutique [...]
Bulletproof Big Bucks looks best in the World March 16, 2011 On St Patrick’s Day there is no other place to be than Cheltenham with a drop of the black stuff. And I think we’ll be seeing a couple of Irish winners too. Poquelin will be all the rage in the Ryanair Chase after some high profile challengers dropped out but I think it might be [...]
Poquelin set to go one better than last year March 16, 2011 IT will be interesting to see how many of the 14 declared for this afternoon’s Ryanair Chase actually line-up come 2.40pm. Captain Cee Bee, Somersby and Rare Bob all look certain non-runners which means a maximum field of 11. As the ground continues to dry out, the most obvious starting point is last year’s winner [...]
Big Zeb to land another Champion for Murphy March 15, 2011 THERE is no better sight in racing than the best two mile chasers in the world running at full pelt around the unique contours of Prestbury Park. The sportingbet.com Queen Mother Champion Chase is a truly mouthwatering contest and many punters will be hoping Master Minded can replicate his astonishing performance in 2008. Then a [...]
Join Together to give Nicholls his first Albert Bartlett winner March 3, 2011 EVEN though this year’s Cheltenham Festival is within touching distance, there still seems to be some ante-post value out there. Now, the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle (run two weeks today) may not exactly be the highlight of the week, but Paul Nicholls’ JOIN TOGETHER looks to have an excellent chance and is a cracking each-way [...]
Ryanair to put targeted ads on boarding cards February 21, 2011 RYANAIR is teaming up with publisher Ink to create customised ads on home-printed boarding passes, which target fliers based on their travelling routes. The budget’s in-flight magazine publisher, is developing a system that will customise advertising for travellers, according to their route and demographic data. The ads will be printed on Ryanair boarding cards and [...]
Captain Chris set to book his ticket to Cheltenham February 3, 2011 BINOCULAR looks impossible to oppose in the Contenders Hurdle at Sandown tomorrow as Peddlers Cross is set to miss his scheduled rematch with the reigning Champion Hurdler. However, he is certain to be sent off ridiculously short and CAPTAIN CHRIS is a far more attractive betting option half an hour later at 2.25pm. Philip Hobbs’ [...]