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 [...]
Racing betting: Thomas Brown can cook up a storm for Harry Fry at Kempton February 25, 2016 Harry Fry has made an incredibly bright start to his training career and he returns to the scene of his first big triumph on Saturday at Kempton. It was three years ago when the seven-year-old novice Opening Batsman landed the Racing Plus Chase, beating Rolling Aces, ironically trained by Fry’s former boss Paul Nicholls. Opening Batsman [...]
Capital One Cup final betting: Liverpool to beat Manchester City to first trophy of season February 25, 2016 Liverpool and Manchester City go head to head for the first silverware of the season in the Capital One Cup final on Sunday. The match sees two managers at opposite ends of spells at their respective clubs. City boss Manuel Pellegrini has announced he will leave in the summer. After being knocked out of the FA [...]
Six Nations betting: England to keep Grand Slam dream alive against Ireland February 25, 2016 Grand Slam chasers England are two fifths of the way towards the ultimate Six Nations prize, but on Saturday they face their first real obstacle. Negotiating Scotland and Italy may not have been a given, but a loss to either would have posed real questions to Eddie Jones’s nascent tenure. Now reigning champions Ireland head to [...]
Racing betting: Trust Rigadin De Beauchene back at his beloved Haydock February 18, 2016 Ground conditions are sure to be testing at Haydock on Saturday for their Grand National Trial (2.40pm) where the ability to stay and handle heavy ground will be imperative. Market leaders Mountainous and Cloudy Too have both shown their love for quagmire-like conditions by winning the Welsh National and Peter Marsh Chase respectively on bottomless [...]