Juddmonte Lockinge Stakes: There has been a degree of uncertainty as to whether Soviet Song will be going to post for the Juddmonte Lockinge Stakes at Newbury on Saturday, but this hasn't deterred Paddy Power from installing James Fanshawe's stable star as the 9/4 favourite for the Group 1 contest. She is much the best horse...
Rugby Super League Update: Runaway Rugby Super League leaders St Helens bounced back from their defeat at the hands of Huddersfield by beating Warrington last Friday, leaving them six points in advance of second-placed Leeds, who are in turn a point ahead of last year's champions, Bradford. Despite the Saints' reverse...
Champions League final betting preview: Wednesday's Champions League final between Barcelona and Arsenal in Paris has all the requisite ingredients to be an absolute classic, and I can't envisage it failing to deliver. Arguably the best two players in the world at present will be squaring up against each other for the first time in their...
Vodafone Derby at Epsom Betting Preview (June 3rd): Presently, the ante-post market for the Vodafone Derby at Epsom on June 3 makes for a rather muddled composition. Current ante-post favourite Visindar looks set to cross the channel for Flat racing's Blue Riband next month. But it is no secret that his trainer, Andre Fabre, isn't overly fond of the...
Warwick International Handicap: A high draw isn't ideal over virtually any trip at Chester when there's at least ten runners, so the fact that Dabbers Ridge is drawn ten of ten in the Warwick International Handicap at Chester on Friday (3.20) will put some people off. However, the four-year-old possesses the requisite early pace...
Betfred Handicap Betting Preview: At this time of year it pays dividends to follow in-form sprinters on an upward curve and Judd Street, who looks overpriced to my mind at 6/1 with Bet365, can underline the point by landing the Betfred Handicap at Chester today (2.20). The Fulke Johnson Houghton-trained charge is comparatively...
Vodafone Oaks at Epsom Betting Preview: Looking ahead to the Vodafone Oaks at Epsom on Friday 2nd June, it's hard to build up a strong statistical profile which might lead us to the winner of this year's contest. Seven of the last eighteen winner of the Oaks had ran in the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket a month earlier, while four winners in...
FA Cup Final Betting Preview: Liverpool and West Ham both expect to have no injury absentees in their clash in Saturday's FA Cup final at the Millennium Stadium. The Reds' Spanish midfielder Xabi Alonso picked up an ankle injury during his side's 3-1 win at Portsmouth but an x-ray revealed that no lasting damage was done, while...
Totesport Chester Cup Betting Preview: Immediately after Newmarket's Guineas meeting, we are treated to three days of action on the Roodee at Chester, and the highlight of the popular May meeting is the totesport Chester Cup on May 10. The improving Greenwich Meantime heads the market following his sound start to the current campaign,...
UEFA Cup final Betting Preview: What a match we have in prospect for the UEFA Cup final on Wednesday evening when Middlesbrough, who have performed miracles to overcome Basle and Steaua Bucharest in the last two rounds, face a Sevilla side that lave lost just one of their last thirteen matches in all competitions, and are...