Punchestown preview: Mon Lino appeals each-way in Irish Grand National Trial
Horse Racing
A typically wide-open renewal of the 3m 4f Grade B Irish Grand National Trial headlines the rearranged February 9 card at Punchestown (14:45) on Tuesday, and Mon Lino appeals each-way. Trained by Paul Nolan, this eight-year-old is one of five entered for leading owner JP McManus. Mon Lino is only one from 12 over fences but ran a huge race in defeat on his last start in this sphere. T...
Read moreNavan preview: Tiger ready to Roll in repeat Boyne Hurdle bid
Horse Racing
Tiger Roll and Magic Of Light meet again in the 2m 5f Grade 2 Boyne Hurdle at Navan on Sunday (13:50). Last year’s Grand National one-two are both using this race on their road back to Merseyside. Without the unique Aintree fences to jump, Tiger Roll is 1lb better off at the weights with Magic Of Light. On that basis, Gordon Elliott’s beloved 10-year-old has to be fancied to confir...
Read moreGowran Park preview: Chris’s a Dream for punters in Red Mills Chase
Horse Racing
Trials Day at Gowran Park has the 2m 4f Grade 2 Red Mills Chase as its feature race on Saturday (14:54). As trainer Henry De Bromhead has won two of the last four renewals, Chris’s Dream appeals most on the very soft surface. The trip is going to take some getting if the meeting survives Storm Dennis. In Chris’s Dream, connections have an eight-year-old with a 50 per cent strike rate ...
Read moreBet of the Day: Haaland-led Dortmund to win against Frankfurt in Bundesliga classic
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It’s likely to be an enthralling contest this evening in front of Dortmund’s famous “Yellow Wall” at the Westfalenstadion, with Frankfurt needing the points to have any real chance of an assault on the European places while the hosts - once league leaders, but now four points back after a poor return from the winter break - really need the win to avoid falling further behind Bayern Munich. ...
Read moreHaydock preview: Sir Psycho can rise to Victor Ludorum challenge
Horse Racing
Sir Psycho looks worth siding with at 11/8 with Betway to provide trainer Paul Nicholls with back-to-back successes in the Victor Ludorum Juvenile Hurdle at Haydock on Saturday (14:40). The Ditcheat handler saddled Quel Destin to land the spoils 12 months ago and, like that one, Sir Psycho carries the well-known green and red colours of owner Martin Broughton. This four-year-old also ...
Read moreOpenOdds Darts Round Up – 14th February
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Welcome back to the OpenOdds Darts Round Up, in which we will take a look at the first two weeks’ action in the PDC Premier League, and look ahead to Night Three at Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena. How have the challengers so far - John Henderson and Fallon Sherrock - performed, and who is making the early running in this year’s title race? We’ll also have a look at the rest of the darts news...
Read moreKingwell Hurdle preview: Ch’tibello worth a wager in Wincanton feature
Horse Racing
The feature race at Wincanton on Saturday is the 2m Grade 2 Kingwell Hurdle (14:45). Ch'tibello has some strong form in the book, so now dropping down from the highest level looks decent value to land the spoils. This Harry Skelton trained nine-year-old finished a 2 1/2 lengths runner-up to Elgin in the 2018 renewal. Following a spell in the wilderness, he enjoyed his finest hour a...
Read moreAscot preview: Progressive Pym the Reynoldstown punt
Horse Racing
Trainer Nicky Henderson is in red-hot form at present, so Pym looks to hold leading claims of providing him with another winner in the 3m Grade 2 Reynoldstown Novices' Chase at Ascot on Saturday (13:50). This seven-year-old was a smart hurdler who has quickly made up into an even better chaser in winning two of his three starts. After shaping with promise on debut over the larger obst...
Read moreJane Seymour Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle preview: Rosie And Millie makes plenty of appeal at Sandown
Horse Racing
The progressive Rosie And Millie looks decent value to land the spoils in the feature race at Sandown on Friday, the extended 2m 3f Grade 2 Jane Seymour Mares’ Novices' Hurdle (14:25). Trained by Michael Scudamore, this seven-year-old has some fair form in bumpers and showed improved form in all three of her starts over hurdles this season. In the first of those at Ffos Las, the daugh...
Read moreGrand National Trial preview: Yala Enki the one to be on in Haydock staying feature
Horse Racing
Yala Enki has a good record at Haydock, so looks worth a punt to further enhance it with victory in the feature race there on Saturday, the 3m 4f Grade 3 Grand National Trial (15:15). This Paul Nicholls trained 10-year-old has won twice and been placed once in six starts at the Merseyside venue. Those successes included a five-length drubbing of Blaklion in the 2018 renewal of this on...
Read moreBet of the Day: Milan and Juve to draw in Coppa Italia
Bet of the day
With the Coppa Italia at the semi-final stage, two of Italy’s largest and most prestigious sides set down to do battle this evening, both with sobering defeats at the weekend to digest. Milan, whose derby with Inter began so well and ended so badly, could really do with inflicting a loss on champions Juventus here. La Vecchia Signora, for their part, are hurting after an entirely avoidable ...
Read moreAscot Chase preview: Riders Onthe Storm value to upset Cyrname
Horse Racing
The 2m 5f Grade 1 Ascot Chase headlines Saturday’s card at that venue (15:35). On paper, this looks like a match between last year’s winner Cyrname and Riders Onthe Storm. At odds of 3/1 on offer with Unibet, a chance is taken on the latter who has won both his starts since joining current trainer Nigel Twiston-Davies. Riders Onthe Storm is a seven-year-old Irish import that was a fin...
Read moreBet of the Day: Harbour Breeze value to resume winning ways at Kempton
Bet of the day
Now returned to an artificial surface, Harbour Breeze looks decent value to land the spoils at 11/2 with BetVictor in the mile handicap at Kempton on Wednesday (19:00). This Lucy Wadham trained five-year-old is lightly-raced for his age after just nine starts - winning twice and making the frame on two occasions. Both those successes have come on the all-weather. After beating Addis A...
Read more2020 Grand National weights: Tiger Roll compressed just 1lb by handicapper for Aintree hat-trick
Horse Racing
The 2020 Grand National weights were revealed in Liverpool at a special lunch and Tiger Roll has been cut very little slack by the handicapper. It was inevitable that the dual winner of the Aintree showpiece would carry top weight if returning to Merseyside for a third bid. However, when framing the Grand National weights, BHA assessors usually compress the handicap in order to attrac...
Read moreBet of the Day: US Elections Democratic Party Primaries – New Hampshire Special
Bet of the day
The Democratic selection process for a Presidential candidate is now fully underway, although even seasoned politics-watchers will have had some difficulty unpicking a process that - in the end - gave up-and-comer Pete Buttigieg a marginal advantage in the delegate count, with 14 ahead of the 12 hoovered up by Bernie Sanders. The Iowa caucus was a messy affair, as the phone app designed to ...
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