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 [...]
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 [...]
Racing betting: Art Mauresque can land another Greatwood at Newbury for in-form Paul Nicholls March 3, 2016 Second-guessing the weather in this country is a dangerous pursuit, but if it stays dry then I’m confident that Paul Nicholls can add to his already impressive record in the Greatwood Gold Cup (3.25pm) at Newbury Saturday. The champion trainer has won a staggering seven of the 13 renewals of the 2m 3f Chase run [...]
Racing betting: Progressive Le Prezien to justify 800-mile round trip to Kelso March 3, 2016 Kelso's richest day’s racing has attracted some interesting runners to the Scottish Borders on Saturday with the most eye-catching being Paul Nicholls’ LE PREZIEN in the Grade Two Premier Kelso Hurdle (3.15pm). This is the first time that Nicholls has fielded a runner in this race and he doesn’t send his horses to Kelso for a [...]
Football betting: Tottenham and Arsenal title challenges on the line in nervy north London derby March 3, 2016 Since 1995, Tottenham have finished above every single club in the Premier League in one season or another – except Arsenal. Sat three points above their old rivals ahead of Saturday's north London derby with only 10 games left, they will fancy their chances of altering that statistic. In doing so they may even scratch [...]
Football betting: Slaven Bilic to mastermind end to West Ham’s Goodison blues at former club Everton March 3, 2016 West Ham boss Slaven Bilic returns to Everton on Saturday hoping to end his team’s remarkable and unwanted run against their opponents. Since Bobby Zamora’s winner in a 1-0 win in April 2007, the Hammers have gone 18 matches without a win over the Merseysiders . However, with his side flying high in sixth place, [...]
Racing betting: Well-handicapped Ericht to bounce back for Henderson February 25, 2016 Kempton is the last big trials day before Cheltenham and it’s normally the Adonis and Dovecote Hurdles that punters associate with potential Festival winners. There are some promising horses in both of those races on Saturday, but in the past four years the winner of the 2m4½f handicap chase (4.45pm) has gone on to land [...]