St Nicholas Can Confirm his place at the head of the 2010 Derby Odds with Racing Post Trophy Win
October 23, 2009
The Aidan O’Brien trained St Nicholas Abbey is a best priced 2/1 favourite for Saturday’s Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster, a Group One race for two year olds that is synonymous with providing future Derby prospects. The race has thrown up three Derby winners in the past ten years and the Ballydoyle representative could well add to that statistic if the betting for the 2010 Derby is anything to go by.
St Nicholas Abbey already heads the betting for next year’s Epsom Classic after two wins from two starts, the latter of which was the Beresford Stakes at the Curragh last month, the same race Sea the Stars won last season. The 8/1 quote in next year’s Derby suggests big things are expected for the son of Montjeu and he is half of the odds of his closest rival, Coordinated Cat, who also takes his chance in the Racing Post Trophy.
There are big risks associated with backing two year olds antepost for any of the Classics but after tomorrow’s race, the 8/1 on offer with Bet365 could look like exceptional value. However, the same could be said about several other of the runners in the Racing Post Trophy, the majority of whom also hold entries in the Guineas and Derby and with nine of the twelve runners having only seen a racecourse on three or fewer occasions, further improvement can be expected from most.
Last year’s winner of this race was Crowded House a result which saw him sit aloft of both the Guineas and Derby betting throughout the winter before disappointing runs in just his two starts this term. Trainer Brian Meehan will be hoping that his entry in Saturday’s renewal, Dancing David, is not to go the same way. The unbeaten duo of Elusive Pimppernel and Al Zir sit behind St Nicholas Abbey in the bookmakers lists, with the latter of the pair a convincing winner at Doncaster last time out and trained by Godolphin who are showing signs of returning to Flat Racing’s top table in 2010 with several exciting prospects in training.
With so little form to go on for the Racing Post Trophy, much has to be relied on reputation and excpecation and nobody can cast doubt Aidan O’Brien’s credentials wehn it coems to trainer top class Colts over 1 mile and 1 mile 4 furlongs and with St Nicholas Abbey seemingly the stable’s next superstar, it will take a brave man to oppose the favourite with any confidence.
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Racing Post Trophy Tip
St Nicholas Abbey 2/1 with Ladbrokes
Racing Post Trophy Betting – 3:30, Doncaster, Saturday 24th October 2009
St Nicholas Abbey 2/1
Elusive Pimpernel 7/2
Al Zir 9/2
Coordinated Cat 6/1
Shakespearan 14/1
Dancing David 16/1
Morana 16/1
Mussafer 20/1
Al Ghazal 25/1
Elusive Award 33/1
Hanson’D 40/1
Big Audio 50/1
Perla Beltran leads the betting but freebets is backing Ivana to win Miss World 2009
October 22, 2009
The much anticipated Miss World beauty pageant this year again take place in Johannesburg, South Africa on December 12th 2009. South Africa really has become the place to hold international events and competitions of late most notability in the sports world with the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and next year the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Leading the pack is Miss Mexico Perla Beltran who has seen her odds slashed and they are now showing at just 6/1, followed closely by the South African Tatum Keshwar. However after studying the entrants for 2009 long and hard we at Freebetsblog.com have deiced to put our money where our mouth is and have backed the stunning Croatian Ivana Vasilj at odds of 16/1 to win the competition.
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Miss World 2009 Outright Winner
Here is our selection of the most outstanding entrants for the Miss World 2009 beauty competition.
- 6/1 – Perla Beltran (Mexico)
- 8/1- Tatum Keshwar (South Africa)
- 16/1 – Ivana Vasilj (Croatia)
- 18/1 – Pooja Chopra (India)
- 18/1 – Eurela Hoxha (Albania)
- 18/1 – Nuraisa Lispier (Aruba)
- 18/1 – Luciana Reis (Brazil)
- 20/1 – Happie Ntelamo (Namibia)
- 20/1 – Barbora Franekova (Slovakia)
- 20/1 – Marie Ann Umali (Philippines)
- 20/1 – Kerenina Halim (Indonesia)
- 20/1 – Carmen Fernndez (Spain)
- 20/1 – Jennifer Colon (Puerto Rico)
- 20/1 – Chrystalia Tsiali (Cyprus)
- 20/1 – Cherie Gardiner (Northern Ireland)
Miss World 2008
The winner of Miss World 2008 was of course the Russian Ksenia Sukhinova who was presented with the Miss World Crown in Johannesburg, South Africa, she of then went on to solve world hunger and created peace in our time, she now breeds puppies which she gives free to Romanian orphans. (Citation needed)
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Odds are that Benitez could be on his way out of Liverpool
October 22, 2009
This weekend could see one of the biggest games of Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez’s Anfield career, he has received the deadly public backing that his position is safe from Liverpool co-owner George Gillett, in footballing terms this usually only means one thing, time to start reading the situations vacant and wondering what Grimsby is like this time of year, he is currently at odds of just 3/1 to be the next manager to lose his job but with him having just recently signed a 5 year contract it would be a costly affair for Liverpool.
Liverpool have suffered an unfortunate time in recent games, losing in the Champions League at home against Lyon mid week and last weekends beach ball goal that cost them the game sees them languishing in 8th place in the Barclays Premier League. This weekend they take on the league leaders Manchester United, a win for Liverpool would lift team spirits, save Rafa (for now) and dependant on results put them back in the top four.
Liverpool v Man Utd Match Odds
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Liverpool Beach Ball Goal
If you happened to miss the unfortunate incident, here it is for your enjoyment, Liverpool fans please look away now.
Paddy Power are running a cash back offer if the former Liverpool star Michael Owen scores the last goal of the game against his former team, if he does then they will refund all losing first and last goalscorer bets as well as correct score and scorecast singles that have been made on the match. He is currently at odds of 7/1 to be the first or last goal scorer and 5/2 to score anytime during the game.
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Strachan leads the pack in Middlesbrough manager betting
October 21, 2009
In a move that has surprised football fans across the country the former Middlesbrough player Gareth Southgate who became their manager in 2006 has been sacked from his position of manager by Chairman Steve Gibson. The sacking came after the team managed by Southgate beat Derby convincingly 2-0 at the Riverside Stadium.
Middlesbrough were relegated from the Barclays Premiership last season but kept Southgate on and he has managed to keep his team in fourth place and 1 point off the top of the Coca Cola Championship table. The manager in the spotlight to take over at Middlesbrough is Gordon Strachan who has seen himself linked with almost every vacant managers job lately.
The reasoning behind the dismissal of Southgate according to Gibson was that Southgate no longer fitted in with the long term goals of the club, Gibson released a statement saying “We had a strategy for Gareth’s replacement. Timing was determined by the implementation of that strategy.”
Next Permanent Middlesbrough Manager Odds
- 9/2 – Gordon Strachan
- 5/1 – Irvine
- 7/1 – Alan Curbishley
- 8/1 – Steve Coppell
- 10/1 – Pearson
- 10/1 – Paul Ince
- 12/1 – Iain Dowie
- 12/1 – Gus Poyet
- 12/1 – Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
- 12/1 – Glenn Hoddle
- 12/1 – Grahame Souness
- 16/1 - D O’Leary
- 20/1 – Tony Adams
- 20/1 – Slaven Bilic
- 33/1 – Bryan Robson
- 33/1 – Dean Windass
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CSKA Moscow v Manchester United odds
October 21, 2009
The current Barclays Premier League leaders Manchester United have traveled to Russia for tonight’s Champions League match against CSKA Moscow but they will be without Ryan Giggs and Wayne Rooney, Rooney picked up a calf injury during the recent England v Ukraine World Cup Qualifier.
United are currently top of Group 8 after winning their first 2 matches in the group and will be looking to make it three in a row tonight.
CSKA Moscow v Manchester United match odds
- 5/2 – CSKA Moscow
- 9/4 – Draw
- 11/10 – Manchester United
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Denton ahead in betting stakes for the 5.00 from Bath
October 21, 2009
The 5.00 race from Bath Racecourse is a handicap race that will feature 16 runners over a distance of 1 mile, 3 furlongs and 144 yards. The going for the race has been set to good to firm and it is a class 4 race for horses aged 3 years and over.
Paddy Power are running another horse racing cash back offer today and they have chosen this race. The offer is if your horse finishes in second place to the starting price favourite then they will refund your losing single stake.
The current favourite for the race is according to Paddy Power is Denton at odds of 4/1, the second favourite is Solar Graphite who is showing at odds of 5/1. The freebetsblog.com tip for this race is Rockfella at relative outsider at odds of 16/1 but should be very good for an each way bet.
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My Les showing as favourite for the 5.30 from Lingfield
October 20, 2009
The 5.30 from Lingfield Racecourse is a handicap race that will cover a distance of 1 mile and four furlongs. It is a class 6 race for horses aged 3 years and over and it is set to feature 15 runners with the going for the course set as standard with some light rain expected.
The bookies Paddy Power are running a cash back offer on this race if your horse finishes in second place My Les in the race then they will refund your losing single stake.
The favourite for this race is of course My Les ridden by Paul Doe who has odds of 9/4, the second favourite is Giant Sequoia ridden by Eddie Ahern who is currently at odds of 7/2, the Freebetsblog.com tip for today is the ridden Catherine Gannon Its Josr at 9/1 good for either a straight win or an each way bet.
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Rachel Adedeji is bookies favourite to be eliminated next on the X Factor
October 20, 2009
Well miracles have indeed happened and the Troublesome Twins John and Edward have managed to survive yet another week in the X Factor, this week the unlucky finalist that was booted out of the competition was Rikky Loney who had previously entered the competition on three separate occasions. Most punters had anticipated that the twins would be booted off following last weeks performance but there has been a resurgence of interest in them with viewers wanting to keep them in for the novelty effect, several facebook groups have been created to convince people to keep John and Edward in the competition.
A contestant who must be worried is Rachel Adedeji mentored by Dannii Minogue who has now appeared in the bottom two of the first two live finals, she has been saved by the judges on two occasions now and would surely not survive a third attempt subsequently she has the highest odds of 9/5 to be chucked out of the next live final.
X Factor 2009 – Next Elimination
- 9/5 - Rachel Adedeji
- 15/8 – John & Edward Grimes
- 12/5 – Miss Frank
- 7/1 - Lloyd Daniels
- 16/1 – Olly Murs
- 25/1 - Jamie Archer
- 25/1 – Lucie Jones
- 40/1 – Stacey Solomon
- 50/1 - Joe McElderry
- 50/1 – Danyl Johnson
John and Edwards Video Diary
If you did not love/hate them enough already here is more footage of the boys doing their exclusive online video diary for ITV.
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Liverpool have best odds to win Champions League match against Lyon
October 19, 2009
Liverpool’s season took another false start at the weekend as they suffered a 1-0 defeat against Sunderland which meant that Sunderland leapfrogged them in the Barclays Premier League table as Liverpool now languish in eighth place in the Premiership.
However they will have to pick themselves up pretty sharpish for their UEFA Champions League group match against the French side Lyon on Tuesday evening, Liverpool are the favourite to win the match against Group leaders Lyon, a win will be needed for Benetiz’s side to ensure they progress to the next stage of the competition.
Liverpool v Lyon match odds
8/11 – Liverpool
12/5 – Draw
4/1 – Lyon
Paddy Power are running a cash back offer on the game if Lyon’s Argentinean international Lisandro Lopez scores the last goal of the game then they will refund all losing first and last goal scorer, correct score and scorecast singles made on the match.
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Bookies open betting on England squads facial hair status
October 19, 2009
Women football fans all over the world gave a scream of terror when David Beckham unleashed his new beard upon the world. The fashion icon decided to unveil his new Peter Sutcliffe look at the England versus Belarus game, the reasoning behind his look is not known perhaps its time to negotiate a contract with Gillette just in time for the World Cup.
There is talk that the whole England side may be starting to grow beards until they lose a game as several other players such as Peter Crouch, Michael Owen and Joe Cole have been spotted showing off the early signs of the Grizzly Adams look.
Hairy football stars?
How many of the England starting 11 in the first game at the South Africa World Cup will be sporting a beard?
David Beckham Hair Top Trumps
As well has his facial hair his hairstyles have always courted controversy from when he starting dating Posh Spice it became apparent that she would influence his look from his shaved head to his Mohican and who could forget his corn rows?
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