QIPCO British Champions Day at Ascot preview: Jack Hobbs to give Gosden yet another big win October 16, 2015 What a season it’s been for John Gosden. The master of Clarehaven has plundered big prizes almost on a weekly basis and the trainers’ championship is now in the bag. He’d love to end the campaign on a high and he has a massive chance of winning his first QIPCO Champion Stakes tomorrow (3.05pm). [...]
Spurs can wipe the slate clean against bogey boys Liverpool October 16, 2015 Ben Cleminson gives his best bets for this weekend’s Premier League action HARRY Kane reckons Jurgen Klopp’s arrival could give Liverpool an extra 5% when they visit White Hart Lane tomorrow – but it’s his side that needs the boost in this fixture. Liverpool have had the upper hand against Tottenham in recent years. They [...]
End of the road for battered and bruised Welsh October 16, 2015 Graham Reid with top tips for two titanic RWC quarter-finals THE RUGBY World Cup enters the quarter-final stage this weekend with four mouth-watering matches lying in wait. New Zealand look set for a strong win against France and, with a similar outcome expected for Australia against Scotland, it’s the other two fixtures that are attracting [...]
Unbeaten Twilight Son to be crowned king of the sprinters for Candy October 15, 2015 The story of this year’s Flat season has undoubtedly been the dominance of the three-year-olds in the big sprints. They have simply taken their elders to the cleaners. And if the betting market is right, the younger generation are going to plunder tomorrow’s British Champions Sprint (1.20pm) as well. Muhaarar took the Commonwealth [...]
Pipe’s Low Key approach will pay off in Ces October 9, 2015 Finding the winner of tomorrow’s 34-runner Cesarewitch (3.50pm) is no easy task when you consider that in the last seven years alone we have had two 66/1 winners and a 50/1 shot thrown in for good measure. National Hunt trainers have saddled seven of the last 15 winners and the Pipe family have been [...]
England v Estonia Euro 2016 qualifying fixtures preview: Unbeaten Lions to claw out win October 9, 2015 After English rugby hit an all-time low in the World Cup last weekend, international football returns to raise spirits. We hope. In marked contrast to the rugby, England’s footballers keep on winning and will be looking to extend their 100 per cent Euro 2016 qualifying record tonight. Their opponents, Estonia, will offer a [...]
Ascription can bounce back to form for red hot Palmer and Smullen October 8, 2015 Trainer Hugo Palmer had a weekend to remember last week, winning two massive prizes, and he can land more success at headquarters this afternoon with ASCRIPTION, available at 7/1 with Betway in the Dubai Challenge Stakes (2.40pm). Palmer saddled Sunday’s Prix de l’Opera winner Covert Love in Paris less than 24 hours after Gifted [...]
Wales v Australia Rugby World Cup 2015: Battle of the turnovers will go way of waltzing Wallabies October 8, 2015 A week is a long time in sport and, for Australia and Wales, the joys of dumping England out of their own competition will be well forgotten. Now the focus turns to an enthralling battle to top Pool A. The winners will dodge an improving South African side, with Scotland the likely quarter-final opponents. [...]
Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe 2015 odds: Treve all set to rewrite history books in Paris October 2, 2015 No horse has ever won the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (2.55pm) more than twice in the race’s 95-year history, but wonder-mare TREVE looks impossible to oppose in her hat-trick bid on Sunday. The daughter of Motivator became the first since Tantieme (1951) to land back-to-back runnings 12 months ago and can be backed [...]
Manchester United can win again and keep their good Emirates run going October 2, 2015 Sometimes the price alone is enough to make a bet worth placing. That’s the case when top-of-the-table Manchester United – 11/4 shots with Sportingbet – head to the Emirates on Sunday. It helps that they are unbeaten there in over four years, of course. They won 2-1 in November last season, drew [...]