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 [...]
Racing betting: Flemenstar has the class to take Ascot Chase February 18, 2016 Saturday's Ascot Chase (3.35pm) has been won by some top class chasers over the years, including Kauto Star back in 2008. It’s a Grade One event, but this year’s renewal doesn’t look the strongest on paper. Silviniaco Conti would have been a very short price if we turned the clock back 12 months, but he [...]
Football betting: Chelsea cup win a priority against under-strength Manchester City February 18, 2016 It might be over-selling things to say that Chelsea’s season rests on Sunday’s FA Cup fifth round match against Manchester City, but it means a lot more than it would in any other year. Premier League failings and Champions League struggles means the most realistic chance of silverware for the Blues this term comes in the [...]
Football betting: up-for-the-FA Cup West Ham fancied to run riot against Blackburn February 18, 2016 West Ham boss Slaven Bilic never won the FA Cup as a player, but he’s got it firmly in his sights as a manager. The Hammers overcame Liverpool in the last round after Angelo Ogbonna’s 120th-minute winner, and Bilic has said he’d rather win the cup than qualify for the Champions League. Standing in his [...]
Football betting: Table-topping Leicester to continue to surprise against Arsenal February 11, 2016 Leicester have made a habit of proving people wrong this season. Going into last Saturday’s trip to Manchester City, there were plenty, myself included, who expected it to be the day the bubble would burst. What followed was one of the best Premier League away performances in memory, with a 3-1 win that puts them five [...]
Six Nations 2016 betting odds: England Rugby hoping to hammer Italy – but Rome wasn’t built in a day February 11, 2016 England head to the Italian capital on Sunday looking to take a second step towards World Cup redemption. Their victory against Scotland last week under new coach Eddie Jones was a case of evolution rather than revolution. Getting the win at Murrayfield was paramount, and Jones made sure of it by only making minor personnel changes in [...]