• Cheltenham Head-to-Heads: World Hurdle

    Big Buck’s is the talking horse in the World Hurdle betting and while one of our men likes his chatter, another is prepared to take him on “I wouldn’t discourage a bet at 9.2 as a trading option, but surely if you wanted one horse on your side in a battle against Big Buck’s, it wouldn’t be the awkward, head-in-the-air, too-clever-for-his-own-good Tidal Bay,” Will Hayler on Howard Johnson’s World Hurdle hope Graham Cunningham : I like Big Buck’s and I cannot lie. But I don’t like him enough to take 1.7 about a repeat success in this day three showpiece and Tidal Bay looks a likely candidate to trouble him now that he has found his way back to hurdling again. The problem with taking tight odds about Big Buck’s before any of his races is that you always have a strong suspicion that his tendency to idle for a brief spell as the pace increases will see him lengthen to a certain degree in the in-play market. Simon Rowlands made this point forcefully on betting.betfair.com last month and punters have various options at their disposal to try and capitalise. L

  • Cheltenham Head-to-Heads: The Champion Bumper

    Neither of our men has a strong shout on the winner of the Champion Bumper but once again they’re looking to Ireland for their likely bets “I would have to be interested in laying Al Ferof win and place at 11.5 and 4.5 . Reading between the lines of Paul Nicholls’ recent comments at the preview evenings, I get the feeling this race is being taken in at the wishes of owner John Hales rather than the trainer,” Will Hayler on his Bumper bets Graham Cunningham : The good news is that I have a very rewarding system to pass on as regards the Festival Bumper. But the bad news is that it will only bear fruit for those able to grab a good spot against the paddock rail in order to inspect some of the finest jumping prospects from both sides of the Irish Sea. Year after year this eagerly-awaited contest unveils a string of young hopefuls who have everything it takes to make the grade over hurdles and last year’s renewal featured a stellar selection headed by Dunguib and backed up by a supporting cast including Rite Of Passage, Quel Esprit, Morning Supreme and Shinrock Paddy.

  • Six Nations Betting Preview: Scotland v England

    As two hapless England coaches – one former, one current – come face to face for this weekend’s Calcutta Cup clash, Geoffrey Riddle urges punters to consider Betfair’s points and tries markets. “This match is only going to be of interest to gamblers and the tribalism of English and Scottish rugby fans. For everyone else, it is likely to be an extremely dull arm-wrestle of a match.” Sir Thomas Browne , the Restoration writer and physician, wrote in his Religio Medici that ‘obstinacy in a bad cause, is but constancy in a good.’ It is a mantra that hovers over both Andy Robinson and Martin Johnson, the stubborn coaches of Scotland and England, as they prepare their charges for this weekend’s Calcutta Cup match in Edinburgh

  • IPL Betting: Deccan Chargers v Kolkata Knight Riders

    The IPL gets underway on Friday and, once the interminable opening ceremony has been dispensed with, we can get down to the serious business. First up, its Deccan Chargers against last year’s flops Kolkata Knight Riders. Andrew Hughes preview the opening fixture of IPL 2010 . “The shorter the format, the more volatile the outcome and in this particular tournament, with so much at stake, teams are constantly seeking improvement.” Venue and conditions The Dr DY Patil Sports Academy ground is one of the newest in India, completed in time to host four games of the inaugural IPL, including the final. The highest team score achieved in those games was 164, not all that high by Indian standards and there were two cases of teams bowled out inside the twenty overs.

  • Europa League Betting: Juventus v Fulham

    Juve are not at their strongest and the Cottagers could get a result from the biggest game in their European history, Richard Aikman tells you why “Fulham’s best chance to sneak a very attractively priced away win 7.0 is likely to come from set-pieces as goalkeeper Alex Manninger is still prone to fumbling crosses and the likes of Brad Hangeland could take advantage of the brittle Bianconeri rearguard.” In a contest between two wily old coaches entertainment goals are likely to be at a premium when Juventus and Fulham clash at the Stadio Olimpico. Having had the misfortune to witness at first hand one of the most uneventful matches in European football in Turin last week, there is little to convince this writer that Fulham’s trip to northern Italy will be much different to that goalless draw between Juve and Ajax. Bianconeri coach Alberto Zaccheroni and opposite number Roy Hodgson know each other well from the latter’s Serie A days and age has not dimmed either elder statesman’s pragmatic approach.

Europa League Betting: Lille v Liverpool

Rudi Garcia’s side boast one of the strongest home records in European football and Rafa’s Reds may encounter the second tricky away match of
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Champions League Betting: Real Madrid v Lyon

Many were surprised by Real’s demise at the hands of Lyon in the first leg and the French outfit know that an away goal
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Champions League Betting: Manchester United v AC Milan

AC Milan have a mountain to climb in the second leg after their 2-3 reversal at the San Siro and despite the fact that
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Ante-Post Betting: Cheltenham Festival lay special

Brondesbury has a trio of lay tactics for next week’s Cheltenham Festival “Once again I can envisage Schindlers Hunt strolling to the home turn
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  • IRELAND’S EYE on Thursday

    Thursday 11 March IRELAND'S EYE With three competitive jumping cards at Wincanton, Carlisle and Clonmel today we have plenty of betting opportunities whilst in addition Southwell (afternoon) and Wolverhampton (evening) supplies the action on the all weather. A former

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  • DAQMAN on Thursday

    Thursday 11 March DAQMAN? SEVEN LAYS OUT OF EIGHT: Daqman’s current sequence of seven lays out of eight (10 from the last 12) is on the line today as he opposes three paper favourites across the cards at Carlisle,

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  • DAQMAN on Wednesday

    Wednesday 10 March DAQMAN? GOING FOR GOLD AT CHELTENHAM: As the going changes, Daqman is firming up his Cheltenham bets with an eye to value from fancied horses that will be favoured by the ground. DAY OF ‘DUCK-EGGS’ THAT

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  • Timeform 1-2-3: March 12th

    Four jumps meetings, but two of Jimmy Cooper’s three fancies come on the polytrack at Wolverhampton. “It’s significant George Baker takes over now that Drum Major is back up in trip, and he’s off a mark fully 10 lb

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  • Timeform Daily: Friday, Ayr 3:55

    The Ayr card is highlighted by a competitive looking nine-runner handicap chase… “ Fiftyfive Degrees posted his third win in all over fences when collecting here last time. That was a career-best run and since he stays this far

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  • The Cheltenham Festival: Successful Sires

    Timeform take a look at a handful of stallions whose progeny have produced the goods over the years at Cheltenham… “One French stallion whose progeny always merit respect on these shores is Cadoudal , best known as the sire

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