Sandown preview: Vinndication heads classy Scilly Isles field
Horse Racing
Wintry weather threatens the Saturday card at Sandown, but the sight of some top novice chasers and the Champion Hurdle favourite Buveur D’Air in action if the meeting does go ahead can warm punters. The main event is the Grade 1 Scilly Isles Novices’ Chase over 2m 4f (14:25), and the unbeaten Vinndication heads the betting. Trainer Kim Bailey and connections have been targeting this rac...
Read moreBet of the Day: Wales to beat spread, and France, in Six Nations opener
The Six Nations gets underway tonight in Paris, with Warren Gatland beginning his final tilt at the title and nursing a realistic hope of winning the tournament. With Ireland and England both having to visit Cardiff before the tournament is out, a win tonight will put Wales in a very solid position with regard to eventual Six Nations glory, but the visitors know that France ...
Read moreDublin Racing Festival day 2 preview: Irish Gold Cup heads four Grade 1s at Leopardstown
Horse Racing
Another stellar Sunday of jumps horse racing in Ireland takes centre stage this weekend at Leopardstown. The Dublin Racing Festival has no concerns about wintry weather and goes ahead with a vintage renewal of the Irish Gold Cup the main event (15:35). This 3m steeplechase can provide punters with clues for the Cheltenham equivalent in six weeks’ time, and the betting is headed by rating...
Read moreDublin Racing Festival day 1 preview: Min and Apple’s Jade among headline acts at Leopardstown
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The second Dublin Racing Festival looks set to beat the weather and go ahead at Leopardstown this weekend. Cheltenham Festival clues for the Champion Chase and Ryanair Chase may be found in the Dublin Chase, while the Irish equivalent of the Champion Hurdle also takes place on a stellar Saturday card. Min may defend his Dublin Chase crown (15:10), but don’t read too much into the Willie ...
Read moreBet of the Day: Arsenal to be busy on Transfer Deadline Day
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That special day which comes around twice a year, and has inexplicably made a national celebrity out of Jim White, is here again. As January burns through its final hours, teams who have had since mid-August to identify the gaping holes in their squads are realising that they’d really better get a move on now, like the panicked shopper staggering around Asda in a daze at 10pm on t...
Read moreBet of the Day: Liverpool to beat Leicester and both teams to score
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Liverpool find themselves in a hugely advantageous position as they seek to win the league for the first time in 29 years. After Manchester City’s costly loss - a Gerrard-esque slip, you might call it - at Newcastle, the Reds are now four points clear in the title race with a game in hand. Even better news is that the game in question is against Leicester City, who began January b...
Read moreOpenOdds’ Six Nations 2019 Preview
The Six Nations always throws up a few questions among rugby fans in a certain part of Europe. Who will win the competition? Who will become Player of the Tournament? Which France team will turn up? To which the answers are, of course: “probably Ireland, probably Conor Murray and I don’t know, but most likely a bad one”. With the tournament getting underway this weekend, it’s t...
Read moreBet of the Day: Man City to win to nil at Newcastle in Premier League
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A midweek round of Premier League fixtures sees reigning champions Manchester City on the road and on TV at Newcastle United this Tuesday (kick-off 20:00 GMT). The transfer window has almost gone by without the relegation-threatened Magpies getting the squad reinforcements Rafa Benitez needs to be more competitive. Fresh from being dumped out of the FA Cup at home to Watford, the Toon...
Read moreBet of the Day: Brentford to beat Barnet & over 3.5 goals in FA Cup game
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Another London derby rounds off the FA Cup fourth round football action on Monday night (kick-off 19:45 GMT) as National League side Barnet host Championship club Brentford. This battle of the Bees could have a sting in the tail as far as the home team are concerned, because regular Barnet goalie Mark Cousins was sent off last time out. While caretaker Darren Currie has got the gig at...
Read moreBet of the Day: Arsenal to Beat Manchester United in FA Cup Thriller
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Our Bet of the Day for Friday involves an FA Cup Fourth Round match between two clubs who dearly wish it were still the late 90s or early 00s. Arsenal and Manchester United, and the battle between the two, dominated English football between 1997 and 2004. These days, one or the other might take the fourth Champions League spot in the Premier League - and there is the chance of glo...
Read moreSky Bet Handicap Chase preview: Dingo Dollar fancied to cash in during Doncaster feature
Horse Racing
Doncaster hosts a quality card as a northern alternative to Cheltenham’s Festival Trials Day this Saturday, and the feature race is the Listed 3m Sky Bet Handicap Chase (15:15). Dingo Dollar heads the betting as a warm favourite now dropping back in trip and down in grade. Trained by Alan King, who saddled Ziga Boy to back-to-back successes of this in 2016 and 2017, the seven-year-old ha...
Read moreBet of the Day: Chelsea to Beat Spurs & Both Teams to Score in EFL Cup
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An injury crisis in attack for Tottenham has put their hopes of making the EFL Cup final in jeopardy despite holding a 1-0 aggregate advantage over fellow London outfit Chelsea going into their semi-final second leg on Thursday (kick-off 19::45 GMT). Mauricio Pochettino's men are without top scorer Harry Kane through injury and fellow forward Son Heung-Min who is on international footbal...
Read moreGowran Park Preview: Cheltenham Festival and Grand National clues through Thyestes Chase and Galmoy Hurdle
Horse Racing
A seven-race card at Gowran Park this Thursday is one of those key Irish jumps meetings for the spring festivals. This County Kilkenny course some 80 miles southwest of Dublin is where Presenting Percy makes his eagerly anticipated reappearance in the Grade 2 Galmoy Hurdle over 3m (13:50). While that might seem an unusual prep race for the Cheltenham Gold Cup, Ireland’s leading contender...
Read moreBet of the Day: Man City to Beat Burton by Four or More Goals in EFL Cup Semi Second Leg
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The EFL Cup semi-final tie between Burton Albion and Manchester City is to all intents and purposes already over even before the second leg kicks off on Wednesday (19:45 GMT). This is because Pep Guardiola’s Sky Blues put nine past the Brewers at the Etihad. There is clearly a huge gulf in class between the two sides and Nigel Clough’s plucky underdogs just can’t bridge it. Given City co...
Read moreCleeve Hurdle Preview: Young stayers out to prove Cheltenham Festival claims
Horse Racing
Two progressive, up-and-coming stayers head the betting for the Grade 2 Cleeve Hurdle over 3m at Cheltenham on Festival Trials Day this Saturday (15:35). Paisley Park brings Grade 1 form into what looks an exciting renewal for Wiltshire handler Emma Lavelle, but is challenged by Midnight Shadow, who represents the in-form Sue Smith. The former followed in the hoofprints of Sam Spinner by...
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