After a winter of record breaking rainfall with the majority of race meetings subsequently being staged on testing ground conditions, drier weather is forecast for the forthcoming Cheltenham Festival. Watering is scheduled on the track which suggests that good going may be prevalent for possibly the first time this season with the form book of […]
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Compare Cheltenham Festival betting odds here With the fields for the Cheltenham Festival now beginning to take shape, there are still a few decent prizes to won before the four day Prestbury Park meeting and the BetBright Chase (formerly Racing Post Chase) at Kempton Park is one such event. Contested over three miles, the Paul Nicholls trained […]
The 2014 Betway Premier League Darts Championship is now 2 weeks in and has been notable for some tight games but it’s also left us wondering whether we are witnessing the decline of Phil Taylor. Opening fixtures against Michael van Gerwen and Adrian Lewis were never going to be the easiest but the Power lost both to wide […]
It’s fair to say that as the Six Nations reaches its half way point, the table isn’t quite as we expected. Wales had been so strong in this tournament in recent years and after providing the majority of the victorious British Lions’ squad, another title seemed likely for Alun Wyn Jones’ men. However, an unconvincing win […]
Compare latest betting odds on the Argento Chase at Cheltenham here With less than two months remaining to the beginning of the Cheltenham Festival, the racecourse stages its late January meeting at the weekend with the Argento Chase featuring as the one of the principal races on the card. Underfoot conditions are predicted to be testing […]
Welcome to the second part of our early Brazil 2014 group preview. In this part we detail the final four groups from E – H. You can read Part 1 (Groups A-D) here Group E: Switzerland, Ecuador, France, Honduras The Swiss come into the tournament as top seeds, thanks to their FIFA rankings and have […]
After a fairly wet December and with further stormy weather predicted, the Coral Welsh Grand National at Chepstow on December 28th should again be staged in very soft underfoot conditions. Heavy going often prevails during this time of the year at the track but that does not prevent a significant field usually assembling for the two lap […]
As ever at this time of the year the horse racing calendar features several prominent races, both in the UK and Ireland, with pointers for the March Cheltenham Festival very much in evidence. Taking centre stage on Boxing Day is the King George VI Chase at Kempton with Cue Card opposed by several of the rivals whom […]
After claiming victory in the Paddy Power Chase at Cheltenham in November, Johns Spirit aims for a swift double in the December Gold Cup (Stewart Family Thank You Gold Cup) over course and similar distance on December 14th. With very little rain expected in the near future, ground conditions should be similar to those experienced last month […]