Post Christmas Coca Cola Championship betting from Victor Chandler

It is a midlands derby in the Coca Cola Championship as two of last years relegation battlers meet up with each other. It is a different story for Forest this year as they look set to be heading for automatic promotion or at least a play off place as they are currently third in the table. Coventry however are treading on familiar ground as they struggle around the bottom of the Championship currently in 16th place, a 3 game unbeaten run however has seen them jump up from the bottom where they were languishing for most of the run up to Christmas.

Nottingham Forest v Coventry match odds

• 8/15 – Nottingham Forest win
• 11/4 – Draw
• 11/2 – Coventry win

The two teams have met 80 times in the league, Forest have won 39 of those encounters and Coventry a low 14 with a boring 27 games being drawn. Their last game with each other saw Forest beat City 1-0, the first time that Forest had beaten City in their last five encounters. If however Coventry beat Forest this season it will be the first local derby that City have won.

Click here to place your Coca Cola Championship bet and claim your free £50 bet from Victor Chandler

Bet on what Jordan will get up to in 2010

It’s been a very busy year for Katie Price (Jordon) she has split up from the father of the year Peter Andre creating one of the messiest and most public break ups in history, both parties have had ITV2 shows showing what they did next. It did not take Katie long to revert back to her Jordon persona which meant staggering out of night clubs at 3am in the morning, dating people and generally being a car crash, whereas Peter manager to remain dignified saying nothing out of turn and even managed to release an album that reached a top 3 placing and a top ten single.

So what will they get up to in 2010, was the split a complete fallacy, did they have a plan to get back together, well celebrity betting specialists Paddy Power have released some odds on what Team Andre or Team Price will get up to next!

Click here to place your Peter Andre bet and claim your free £30 bet from Paddy Power

Jordan/Peter Andre – what will they do first in 2010?

• 9/4 -  Get back together
• 5/2 -  Jordan to have a boob operation
• 3/1 -  Jordon to quit the UK for the States
• 4/1 – Jordan to have a baby
• 6/1 -  Peter to quit the UK for Oz
• 12/1 – Peter Andre to marry another girl
• 50/1 – Jordon to marry Hugh Hefner

Even thought the odds look like that the couple are set to get back together at some point in 2010, there is always the chance that Katie will start dating someone else from the celebrity world (one that she has not yet dated already would be nice!), the odds however point to an ex boyfriend or a footballer!

Jordan’s Next Boyfriend

• 3/1 – Peter Andre
• 4/1 – Jermain Defoe
• 5/1 – Dane Bowers
• 6/1 – Calum Best
• 12/1 – Steve Jones
• 12/1 – Teddy Sheringham
• 14/1 – Olly Murs
• 14/1 – Cristiano Ronaldo
• 20/1 – Frank Lampard

Click here to place your Jordon bet and claim your free £30 bet from Paddy Power

Antepost betting odds for the 2010 Queen Mother Champion Chase

The bookies Stan James have released their ante post betting odds for the exciting Queen Mother Champion Chase which takes place as part of the Cheltenham Festival in March next year. The race is one of the most anticipated races of the racing calendar as it could mean a 3rd win in a row for Master Minded and champion jockey Ruby Walsh along with the trainer Paul Nicholls.

Master Minded is of course the early favourite for this race but a win for Petit Robin in the grade 2 Desert Orchid Chase at Kempton Park has seen his odds come from 25/1 to just 10/1, the Freebetsblog.com tip however is the 10/1 Forpadydeplasterer and our horse betting senses are telling us to put a sneaky £1 bet on Chapoturgeon at 50/1 which could see a great surprise top place finish for the outsider.

If Forpadydeplasterer manages to win the Queen Mother Champion Chase then bookmaker Victor Chandler will double your losing win stakes to use as a free bet.

Click here to claim your free £50 bet from Victor Chandler

Queen Mother Champion Chase outright odds

• 6/4 – Master Minded
• 6/1 – Twist Magic
• 7/1 – Kalahari King
• 8/1 – Big Zeb
• 10/1 – Forpadydeplasterer
• 10/1 – Petit Robin
• 14/1 – Well Chief
• 14/1 – Barker
• 14/1 – Golden Silver
• 25/1 – Planet Of Sound
• 33/1 – Tidal Bay
• 50/1 – Chapoturgeon
• 50/1 - Made In Taipan

Click here to claim your £25 free bet with Stan James

Cheryl Cole leads celebrity Mum betting odds

The bookmaker Paddy Power Paddy Power have sensationally slashed the odds on X Factor host Cheryl Cole announcing the her pregnancy by footballer husband Ashley Cole following a slurry of bets and new accounts being opened from the Newcastle area, the odds from Paddypower have been reduced from 8/1 to just 6/5.

Close behind the celebrity couple are Hollywoods triple A lister couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt who appear to have children for fun, but it may be a bit too soon after the birth of her twins. One couple to look out for are the US singers Beyonce and Jay Z who make good odds at 14/1.

A spokesman for Paddy Power said: “If the betting is correct it looks like Ashley is in for a very special Christmas gift from Cheryl this year. The gamble today has been significant and a pregnancy announcement from Cheryl now looks imminent!”

First celebrity couple to  to announce they are having a baby

• 6/5 – Ashley & Cheryl Cole
• 6/1 – Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt
• 7/1 – Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes
• 9/1 – Posh & Becks
• 12/1 – Elton John & David Furnish
• 12/1 – Abbey Clancy & Peter Crouch
• 12/1 – Louise Redknapp & Jamie Redknapp
• 14/1 – Beyonce & Jay-Z
• 14/1 – Chris Martin & Gwyneth Paltrow
• 16/1 – Demi Moore & Ashton Kutcher
• 16/1 – Liam Gallagher & Nicole Appleton
• 20/1 – Kate Moss & Jamie Hince
• 33/1 – Ronnie Wood & Ekaterina Ivanova

Click here to place your celebrity baby bet and claim your free £30 bet from Paddy Power

Cash back offer on the 2.55 Handicap Chase from Leapordstown

The 2.55 race coming from Leapordstown Racecourse is billed as the Paddypowerpoker.com Handicap Chase, this race is set to feature 15 runners covering a distance of 2 miles and 1 furlong, the going for the track in Ireland is set to yielding to soft.

Paddy Power have another Christmas Eve cash back offer, this time its on the 2.55 from Leapordstown. If your chosen horses finishes in second place to the current favourite in the race then they will refund your losing single bet.

Click here to claim your free £30 bet from Paddy Power

Boxing day cash back bet available on Liverpool v Wolves

On Boxing day Wolves travel up the M6 (hopefully not sliding all the way up) to play Liverpool at Anfield for a 17.30 kickoff.  Liverpool need to shake things around if they don’t want to slide further down the Premier League table, the once top four side find themselves lingering in 8th place following their 2-0 defeat at Portsmouth on Saturday. Losing against Wolves could see them slip to 9th, a win on the other hand could see them go 6th (depending on results).

Liverpool find themselves out of this years Champions League and at their current quality levels they will not qualify for next season’s tournament, the Reds have managed to win just three times out of the last 12 games. Whisperings of manager Rafa Benitez imminent sacking have been circulating in the press for weeks to the extent that Torres mentioned in an interview that sacking the manager would be the wrong thing to do.

Liverpool v Wolves match odds

• 1/4 – Liverpool win
• 9/2 – Draw
• 11/1 – Wolverhampton Wanderers win

If Liverpool’s super striker Fernando Torres scores the last goal in this game then Paddy Power will refund all losing first and last goal scorer bets, correct scores and scorecast singles that have been made on the match.

Liverpool v Wolves goal scorer odds

Player	First goal scorer	Anytime goal scorer	Last goal scorer
Fernando Torres	3/1	8/13	3/1
Steven Gerrard	4/1	10/10	4/1
Dirk Kuyt	9/2	11/10	9/2
David N’Gog	9/2	11/10	9/2
Yossi Benayoun	7/1	21/10	7/1
Sylvan Ebanks-Blake	11/1	7/2	11/1
Kevin Doyle	11/1	7/2	11/1
Chris Iwelumo	14/1	9/2	14/1
Stefan Maierhofer	14/1	9/2	14/1
Nenad Milijas	16/1	5/1	16/1

Click here to place your Premier League bet and claim your free £30 bet from Paddy Power

2009 Leopardstown Lexus Chase Betting

The Lexus Chase on Monday 28th December is the feature race of the four day Christmas Festival at Leopardstown Racecourse and the betting for the 2009 race looks like finding the winner is going to to be a tough assignment for even the most knowledgeable of form students. Irish Bookmaker, Paddy Power, go odds of 3/1 the field with just four points in the betting separating the top  five in the market.

Get a £50 free bet when you join Paddy Power today

The joint favourites for the race are the Paul Nolan trained Joncol and the Jim Dreaper trained Notre Pere. With the former a slight favourite at quote of 5/2 and 11/4 with other bookies. Joncol comes in to the race on the back of an impressive win at Punchestown earlier in December which followed a solid second to Tranquil Sea in October, who is well regarded and followed up that defeat of Joncol with victory at Cheltenham’s Open meeting. Notre Pere was the impressive winner of the Welsh National last Christmas in what turned out to be a excellent season for the Kilsallaghan based runner. His campaign this season started unluckily when falling when looking the most likely to win at Down Royal on his reappearance before being found wanting in the Betfair Chase at Haydock. He will need to bounce back from that disappointment if he is to win the Lexus Chase and confirm his credentials as a realistic Cheltenham Gold Cup hope.

What a Friend represents the best English hope in the race and his trainer will be looking to add to his tally following Denman’s win here in 2007. The Sir Alex Ferguson owned runner was an impressive second to the aforementioned and stablemate in his last run, The Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury, where, despite coming up short of the winner, was  far from disgraced and this six year old could have the makings of a very useful performer and is sure to be well backed at 5/1 by the growing band of punters who follow Paul Nicholls given his success rate at the top level of chasing. However, What a Friend will have to prove he has improved enough to reverse the form of his 30 length Royal and Sun Alliance Chase defeat at Cheltenham in march, at the hands of Cooldine who also runs in the Lexus Chase.

Cooldine was a mightily impressive Novice Chaser last term where he was soon touted as the one to challenge Kauto Star and Denman’s monopoly on the Gold Cup, however, doubts were cast when he was a disappointing odds on favourite on his final start at Punchestown in April. If you are willing to risk ignoring that blip, together with this being his first run in eight months then the 11/2 on offer could be cracking value about a horse clearly stacked with ability and is our tip for the race.

The other huge danger in the race is Voy Por Ustedes, who like What a Friend, heads over the Irish Sea for trainer Alan King. A solid performer who is never disgraced and proven at Grade One level looks over priced at 8/1 but the bookmakers clearly think that some of the younger horses in the race may have a bit too much for this runner but don’t forget, he has no fewer than five Grade One wins to his name.

Lexus Chase Tip
Cooldine to win @ 11/2

Lexus Chase Betting Odds – 2:35 Leopardstown, Monday 28th December 2009
Joncol 11/4
Notre Pere 11/4
What a Friend 5/1
Cooldine 11/2
Voy Por Ustedes 8/1
In Compliance 12/1
Money Trix 12/1
Schindlers Hunt 14/1
Aran Concerto 16/1
Cloudy Lane 25/1
Jy Vole 33/1
Cane Brake 50/1
Odds courtesy of Victor Chandler

2009 Welsh Grand National Odds

The Welsh Grand National is one of the feature races of a hectic schedule of horse racing fixtures in Britain and Ireland and runs at Chepstow racecourse on Monday 28th December. Always guaranteed to be a competitive field, this year’s renewal looks no different and the bookmakers are betting 6/1 the field.

Le Beau Bai heads the field after seemingly looking thrown in at the weights following his recent win at the course after the weights for the race were announced. He romped to a 21 length victory earlier this month off a mark of 139 and is still rated just 143 in this field and is sure to run a big race as the 6/1 favourite with bet365, provided he avoids trouble in running.

£200 free bet when you join Bet365 today

Paul Nicholls will be looking to continue his great run of form in big races this season and add a third Welsh National in six years to his growing list of achievements with The Tother One, who, despite two seconds  from two starts this season looks to be on an upward curve and should give a good account of himself.

Our Monty represents the best Irish hope in the race and his trainer Willie Mullins will be looking to emulate last year’s winner and fellow Irish Raider Notre Pere. He is a horse finding improvement with every run and stamina should be no problem around the Welsh track’s test conditions.

Welsh National – 2:10 Chepstow, Monday 28th December
Le Beau Bai 6/1
The Tother One 7/1
Our Monty 10/1
Halcon Genelardais 12/1
Beroni 10/1
Flintoff 12/1
Companero 12/1
Silver by Nature 12/1
Operation Houdini 14/1
Gone to Lunch 16/1
Old Benny 16/1
Coe 16/1
Koranti Kid 16/1
Equus Maximus 20/1
L’aventure 20/1
Abbeybraney 20/1
25/1 Bar
Odds courtesy of Bet365

Kauto Star Odds on to win fourth King George VI Chase

All eyes will be on Kempton Park Racecourse on Boxing Day (Saturday 26th December) as the odds on favourite, Kauto Star, aims to win the King George VI Chase for a record fourth consecutive time. Only the great Desert Orchid won the race on four occasions but only managed three back-to-back, a feat achieved by Kauto Star last year and a win in the 2009 renewal of the race would firmly establish the Paul Nicholls trained nine year old as contender for the greatest steeple chaser of all time and when you consider that two of Desert Orchid’s four triumphs in the race came aged 10 and 11, it only adds to the excitement surrounding the two times Cheltenham Gold Cup winner.

Coral are the bookmaker offering the biggest price about Kauto Star with a quote of 8/13, which goes some way to reflecting his chances of victory but it’s a price that, whilst likely return a profit, is only attractive to big hitting punters! However, it is very difficult to advise backing against Kauto Star, with all rivals seemingly having plenty to find.

Open an account with Coral today to get a free £10 bet

Imperial Commander is the 5/1 second favourite behind Kauto Star following his second to the King George favourite, beaten only by a nose, in the Betfair Chase at Haydock last month. However, it is expected that Kauto Star will improve following that first run of the season and when you consider the distance between the two in this race last year was 76 lengths, it is hard to see the Nigel Twiston-Davies causing an upset.

The David Pipe trained Madison Du Berlais finished third in the Betfair Chase and should improve for that run and has form for causing an upset at Kempton after beating Paul Nicholls’ other stable star, Denman, at the Middlesex track in February and is sure to have his backers at 8/1. However, it could be the improving Deep Purple who represents excellent each way value at 12/1. Following a solid Novice campaign last year, the Evan Williams trained runner has started the season with two wins and is open to further improvement and whilst it may not be enough to reel in kauto Star, it should at least see him in the top three.

King George VI Chase Odds
Kauto Star 8/13
Imperial Commander 5/1
Madison Du Berlais 8/1
Deep Purple 12/1
Nacarat 14/1
Barbers Shop 16/1
Albertas Run 20/1
Tartak 33/1
Our Vic 25/1
Master Medic 40/1
Racing Demon 50/1
Roll Along 50/1
Ollie Magern 100/1
Sandymac 500/1

Next Premier League manager sacking odds

Who will be the next manager to go following the (not so) shocking news that Manchester City have relieved Mark Hughes from his position of manager at the weekend, he only found out himself after the exciting 4 – 3 win over Sunderland at the weekend. City have replaced Hughes with the former Inter Milan manager Roberto Mancini obviously not trusting Hughes to spend any more money.

The Premier League sack race now looks like it will be turning to Gary Megson whose position at Bolton looks like it is hanging by a thread, he may have received a reprieve as his sides game against Wigan tonight was postponed due to dangerous driving condition near the DW Stadium (the new name for the JJB stadium) so at least he can stay in his job until Boxing day.

Next Premier League manager to get the sack

• 11/4 – Gary Megson
• 7/2 – Phil Brown
• 11/2 - Gianfranco Zola
• 13/2 – Rafa Benitez
• 12/1 - Roberto Mancini
• 16/1 – Sam Allardyce
• 16/1 – David Moyes
• 18/1 – Mick McCarthy
• 18/1 – Roberto Martinez
• 25/1 – Avram Grant
• 25/1 – Owen Coyle
• 28/1 – Tony Pulis
• 28/1 – Steve Bruce
• 33/1 – Harry Redknapp
• 33/1 – Alex McLeish
• 40/1 – Carlo Ancelotti
• 50/1 – Roy Hodgson
• 50/1 – Alex Ferguson
• 66/1 – Arsene Wenger
• 66/1 – Martin O’Neill

Click here to claim your free £30 bet from Paddy Power

Next Page »