Thenameescapesme is favourite for the 5.10 from Worcester Racecourse
June 30, 2010
The 5.10 race from Worcester Racecourse is the final race from the course and is a class 4 race for horses aged 5 years and over. The going for the course has been set to good to firm and there are due to be 11 runners in the race that will be covering a distance of 2 miles and 7 furlongs.
Once again the bookmakers Paddy Power have pulled out the stops and have released another of their famous cash back betting offers. For this race if you bet on a horse that is leading upon landing at the final jump of the race but then fails to win the race then the nice guys at Paddypower will refund your losing single stake back into your online account.
The favourite for this race is the 4/1 Thenameescapesme who is ridden today by jockey Sean Quinlan, the second favourite is Rifleman ridden by Tom Scudamore who is showing at odds of 9/2. The freeebetsblog.com tip for this race is the Christian Williams ridden Sarahs Gift who should feature in the top 3 and as such is at odds of just 5/1 but well worth backing.
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Is Matt Smith going to be replaced as the Doctor?
June 30, 2010
Rumblings in the television world are hinting that the BBC are not completely happy with the performance of the latest series of cult science fiction series Dr. Who and could be looking to replace Matt Smith with a bigger named actor. Viewing figures for the latest series of Who averaged around 5 million views and the series epic finale “The Big Bang” pulled in a total of 5.09 million viewer down by 5 million on that of the rebooted shows 10.81 million opening “Rose” episode. However it may not be completely bad news for the shows current chief Steven Moffat as he was up against a World Cup match on ITV and the way that viewers watch TV has changed dramatically over the last few years. Many viewers no longer watch the program “live” so extra viewers come in from the likes of BBC iplayer and PVR devices such as Sky+.
When newcomer Matt Smith was cast as the Doctor there was quite a lot of speculation that he would only last the series but despite the lower overnight viewing figures he seems to have been accepted by the Who faithful and internet chatter about him not being as good as David Tennant have subsided. Bookmakers William Hill are placing Matt Smith on odds of 1/8 for Smith to play the Doctor for a second series and 9/2 to be ousted from the role.
Next Doctor Who odds
Odds are supplied by William Hill, the list has the all the usual suspects we would discount Robert Carlyle as he is currently in his own Stargate Universe television show, we doubt a female would be cast and at 12/1 James Nesbitt could be a good place to look.
- 4/1 – David Morrissey
- 5/1 – Chiwetel Ejiofor
- 8/1 – Next Doctor To Be Female
- 10/1 – Patterson Joseph
- 12/1 – James Nesbitt
- 14/1 – Robert Carlyle
- 14/1 – David Walliams
- 14/1 – Richard Coyle
- 14/1 – Tom Ellis
- 20/1 – John Simm
- 20/1 – Rhys Ifans
- 20/1 – Anthony Head
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If Capello is to leave the England job who should replace him as head coach?
June 29, 2010
Now that the England team have returned to home soil the post tournament autopsy is being continued, Capello is being accused of making poor decisions over team selection and tired old formations during the actual tournament, however people were not that vocal when he was winning matches on the lead up to the competition. He played the so called Golden Generation of players who must know that their days of playing for England are numbered as their age and younger players catching up with them. It will be the last World Cup for the likes of John Terry, Rio Ferdinand and David James with newer faces starting to emerge like Glen Johnson and James Milner.
Capello will be facing flak for not including in the squad the younger players such as Theo Walcott and Leighton Baines and relying on old “past it players” like Jamie Carragher and Emile Heskey, of late Japan have scored more goals for England than Heskey has.
The names being banded about to replace Capello are surprising name that have been associated with England on past occasion but were deemed to be too old school, men like Harry Redknapp and Roy Hodgson are two of those in past years they have been put aside for flashy foreign manager and could be that the Football Association look towards placing an Englishman as head of the national team.
Next England Manager odds
With the back pages dominated by hacks wanting Fabio Capello to be replaced and to have a new manager in place for England’s next tie who will be be brought in to replace him should he go? All odds have been supplied by Sky Bet.
- 7/4 – Harry Redknapp
- 11/4 – Roy Hodgson
- 11/2 – Martin O’Neill
- 10/1 – Sam Allardyce
- 10/1 – David Beckham
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Higuain leading the pack to be the World Cup top goal scorer
June 29, 2010
All over England betting slips lay torn up and discarded on the floors of betting shops and punters have seen their sure fire certs go by the wayside as the hundreds of thousands of pounds that backed England striker to win the World Cup Golden Boot now line the accounts of the bookmakers. In what should have been the football equivalent of shooting fish in a barrel Wayne Rooney failed to score a solitary goal for his England side.
However if you were wise enough to look past the England squad and looked at the South American players early on in the tournament you may have struck a bargain as the current leading goal scorer at the tournament is Argentinean Gonzalo Higuain who was well over odds of 50/1 to be top goal scorer and Germany’s Thomas Mueller was not in the top ten to gain the golden boot.
World Cup top goal scorer odds
Odds are supplied by Paddy Power and the goal scorers current tally is listed in brackets.
- 9/4 – Gonzalo Higuain(4 goals)
- 22/1 – Thomas Mueller (3 goals)
- 3/1- David Villa (3 goals)
- 10/3 – Luis Fabiano (3 goals)
- 14/1 – Luis Suarez (3 goals)
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Brazil are the favourites to progress to the next around in tie against Chile
June 28, 2010
With all the commotion over the World Cup sure to be reduced over the next few days now that England have been unceremoniously dumped out the of the tournament by a superior German side the punters out there are looking to more reliable teams to wager on. One of those teams that have not yet disappointed (well other than that abysmal draw against Portugal) and they are set to play Chile in their round of 16 match tonight from Ellis Park stadium in Johannesburg.
This fixture should be a standard affair for the stars of Brazil, the two sides have met each other on 65 previous occasions with Brazil only losing 7 of these fixtures and have won their last seven games against Chile scoring 26 goals in the process whilst only conceding 3 goals.
The bookmaker Bet Fred are running another of their now famous World Cup cash back offers. If Brazil’s Robinho’s can score the last goal of the game then they will refund all losing stakes on the first and last goal scorer bets as well as correct scores and scorecast singles for you to use as a free bet.
Brazil v Chile match odds
All odds are based on the 90 minute market and are supplied by Betfred
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Meetings Man is the favourite for the 4.15 from Pontefract racecourse
June 28, 2010
The 4.15 race from Pontefract racecourse is the Wayne Conway Memorial Handicap which is a class 5 race for 3 years olds. It is set to feature 10 runners who will be covering a distance of 1 mile 4 furlongs and 8 yards with the going for the course being set as good to firm.
The bookies Paddy Power are running another of their great cash back offers on this race. If you back a horse that finishes in second place to that of the starting price favourite then Paddypower will refund your losing single stake.
The favourite for this race according to Paddypower is Meetings Man ridden by jockey Patrick Donaghy who is being shown at odds of 10/3, the second favourite is Cheyenne Chant who will be rode by Kosei Miura who is currently at odds of 4/1, Chant has been heavily backed even following its disappointing handicap debut. The freebetsblog.com tip for this race is Fantastic Favour who has shown signs of improvement of late so could be worth chucking a few pounds on an each way bet at odds of 20/1.
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Govan favourite to be ousted from the Big Brother house tonight
June 25, 2010
Apparently around the UK there are households that are not watching the exciting World Cup but are in fact actually watching the last ever (we shall see) series of standard Big Brother. Viewing figures for this years show have seen an increase of 400,000 compared to last years show, the opening show of the series pulled in around 4.5 million viewers, it could be that Channel 4 have a change of heart and renew or let it go over to the likes of Channel 5 or Sky1.
The Big Brother house will be losing its second contestant tonight and all early indicators are pointing to Govan to be removed from the house. Out of the four contestants up for eviction tonight Govan has proved to be the least liked by the viewers and his ability to pick a fight with an empty room just adds to the list of his traits.
Next Big Brother eviction odds
Big Brother 11 winner odds
Previous favourite soldier Steve has seen his chances of winning slide as the Katie Price wannabe Corin leapfrogs him in the betting stakes with odds of 11/4 supplied by William Hill to win this years show.
- 11/4 – Corin
- 3/1 – Steve
- 7/1 – John James
- 8/1 – Josie
- 9/1 – Nathan
- 12/1 – Ben
- 12/1 – Mario
- 14/1 – Ife
- 20/1 – Shabby
- 25/1 – Caoimhe
- 25/1 – Sunshine
- 50/1 – Dave
- 66/1 – Govan
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England start their hard trip to the finals with Germany on Sunday
June 25, 2010
The England football team has given the nation a tiny glimmer of hope that the 2010 World Cup in South Africa is not yet over, they have managed to surpass the likes of France and Italy and have qualified for the round of 16 as runners up. If they had qualified as the winners of the Group they would however have had a much easier route to the final, looking at other fixtures should be managed to defeat the Germans on Sunday we will then face Argentina, Spain (maybe!) and then Brazil in the final if the boys can get that far then the poor performances in the Group stages will be easily written out of the history books!
Cash back offers
As part of their Bore War offers the Irish Bookmakers Paddy Power are offering punters the chance to have their stake money returned to them should the 90 minute market on the match end with a 0-0 score line. If it does they will refund all bets made on the first and last goal scorers as well as scorecast singles and correct scores.
Another offer on the game comes from Boylesports who will refund several markets including first and last goal scorer, hat-tricks and more if Germany’s Miroslav Klose scores the final goal of the match.
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Germany v England match odds
Odds are supplied by Paddypower and are for the normal 90 minutes of play, England are at odds of 4/5 to qualify for the Quarter Finals with Germany showing at 10/11.
As well as the normal markets Paddy Power are offer punters some special bets and currently have over 80 bets listed on the match.
- 19/1 – England to miss a penalty (in 90 mins)
- 4/1 – Wayne Rooney to win man of the match
- 17/2 – England to qualify in a penalty shootout
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Betfred cash back offer on selected Group E and F games
June 24, 2010
As the Group stage games come into the last couple of days the Bookmakers Betfred are helping to keep the casual punters interested in the non England related games by offering a couple of cash back offers on today’s Group games.
The first offer is on the Slovakia v Italy which is a crunch game for current World Cup holders Italy if the seeded side wish to continue in the tournament a win is required. The Italians and the other 3 sides in group F could all see their World Cup dreams continue or die here as anyone of the four teams could in theory continue as winners or runners up of the group. If the game ends with a 1-1 scoreline then Bet Fred will refund as a free bet your losing stake money on the first and last goal scorer markets.
Slovakia v Italy match odds
- 11/2 – Slovakia win
- 4/7 – Italy win
- 3/1 – Draw
The second offer made available by Betfredtoday is on the Cameroon v Holland fixture. If Arsenal striker Robin Van Persie can score the final goal of the game then they will refund your losing bets on the first and last goal scorer markets as well as scorecast and correct scores as a free bet.
As Group E leaders Holland have already qualified to the round of 16 but head coach Bert van Marwijk may rest players or go all out to destroy Cameron and claim the maximum 9 points. Cameron have not yet won any points so could be playing for honour here today.
Cameroon v Netherlands Match odds
- 9/2 – Cameroon win
- 8/11 – Holland win
- 13/5 – Draw
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Will the marathon game at Wimbledon create a 5th set tie break for next year?
June 24, 2010
USA’s John Isner and Nicolas Mahut from France will today be resuming at 3pm today their mammoth game on Court 18. The match has entered the record books as the longest ever in the history of tennis, the game is currently locked at 59-59 in the final set after a mammoth 10 hours of play eventually came to a close due to the poor light, the 2 players were given a standing ovation by the packed 782 capacity crowd. This means that the game will now enter its third day since its start on Tuesday.
When the winner of the game is eventually decided they will go on to play Thiemo De Bakker from the Netherlands in the next round who was also involved in a similar marathon game with Santiago Giraldo before beating the Columbian 16-14 in the final set, however this match was only a paltry four hour and six minutes.
Isner v Mahmut match odds
Who will come out as winner in the longest game in the history of tennis?
Will there be 5th set tie-break in 2011 Wimbledon
Internet bookmakers Stan James think there is a good chance that the Lawn Tennis Association will rewrite the rulebook so that games in future don’t take quite as long!
Yes – 8/1
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