The UEFA Champions League final sees Real Madrid take on Atletico de Madrid for the biggest honour in European club football in Lisbon on May 24th. This will be the first time since 2008 when both finalists have qualified from the same nation, with Real and Atletico being cross-town rivals at the Spanish capital city […]
With the 2014 flat season now gathering momentum, attention focuses on the forthcoming classics and the reappearance of some of the older horses who have remained in training. Several ten to follow lists include the likes of Kingman, Australia, Rizeena and the veteran Cirrus Des Aigles but there are other perhaps less well known racehorses […]
Can Wawrinka make it four titles this year? The 2014 ATP Madrid Masters kicks off from Monday and 14 of the top 16 players in the world will be in action, fighting for the prized points and more than four and half million euros in money. What makes it interesting is that no one player […]
Newmarket Guineas weekend is that part of the horse racing calendar when the flat season begins in earnest as the national hunt equivalent draws to a close in the UK. Both the 2,000 Guineas and 1,000 Guineas usually define the best of the three year old milers for the remainder of the season whereas some of […]
Compare latest betting odds on the Bet365 Gold Cup The Bet365 Gold Cup scheduled for Saturday is the last of the valuable steeplechases to be staged during the national hunt season and the 3 miles 5 furlong distance usually requires a horse needing pace with an abundant supply of stamina to win the race. Formerly known as […]
From the 76 teams who kick-started in this season’s Champions League and a good 120 games later, it’s down to the last four, and the business end of the tournament begins from 22nd April 2014. In action will be the defending champion Bayern Munich, the 2011-12 winners Chelsea, nine-time title-snatchers Real Madrid and the current […]
Compare betting odds on the Scottish Grand National After an eighth fence mishap in the Aintree Grand National, trainer Paul Nicholls is analysing further options for veteran chaser Tidal Bay with the Scottish equivalent at Ayr currently being favoured instead of encountering potentially drier ground in the Sandown Bet365 Chase later in the month. TIDAL BAY has been allocated a top weight […]
For many horse racing fans, the Grand National is just a more difficult event from which to tip the winner but the race also tends to attract numerous once a year punters attracted by the large field and terrestrial television coverage. 40 horses look set to appear in the 2014 renewal but with the modification […]
Compare latest betting odds on the Lincoln With the ending of the Cheltenham Festival, horse racing attention now switches to the new flat season and the Spring Double comprising the Lincoln Handicap and Grand National. Both races are notoriously difficult to predict with the one mile Lincoln race at Doncaster often won by in-form stables. Yet there […]
The Nicky Henderson-trained Triolo D’Allene might not have lived up to expectations in the recent thrilling renewal of the Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup but connections remain optimistic that the progressive staying chaser will give a very good account of himself at Aintree on April 5 in the £1 million Crabbie’s Grand National. Along with stable […]