Maktu is a good bet to win the Peter Marsh Chase at Haydock
January 21, 2011
All going well the racing tomorrow (Saturday) will all survive the recent cold weather snap and receive the go from the inspections.
The Peter Marsh Chase runs at Haydock Racecourse at 3.15, it is a limited handicap and is open to 5 years olds and older. The race is set to feature 13 runners of over a distance of 3 miles with the going for the course set to soft.
The bookies have made Maktu ridden by Michael Murphy their favourite at odds of 5/1 for this race, even though the horse refused to settle during the recent Welsh National, the second favourite is King Fontaine ridden by jockey Dougie Costello and at odds of 11/2. Here at freebetsblog.com out tip is for the 10/1 shot Major Malarkey ridden by David England for an each way bet.
Peter Marsh Chase outright odds
All odds for this market come courtesy of bookmakers Stan James. They will payout on the first 3 at 1/4 odds and will offer non runner no bet on the race.
- 5/1 – Maktu
- 11/2 – King Fontaine
- 6/1 – Becauseicouldntsee
- 6/1 – Buffalo Bob
- 8/1 – Take The Breeze
- 8/1 – Khachaturian
- 10/1 – Major Malarkey
- 12/1 – Sa Suffit
- 12/1 – Palypso De Creek
- 14/1 – Frankie Figg
- 25/1 – Atouchbetweenacara
- 33/1 – Madison Du Berlais
- 33/1 – Dream Alliance
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Cold weather claims racing at Cheptsow and Catterick Racecourses
January 21, 2011
Horse racing at e were forced to be abandoned today after officials inspected both tracks after they were both suffering from heavy frost caused by the low overnight temperatures of -8c, with the temperature not expected to exceed 2c today there was no real choice other than to abandon the races today.
With those two casualties the only horse racing that is taking place today with be at Wolverhampton and the all weather track at Lingfield Racecourse.
To try and make up for the reduced races today the bookmakers Paddy Power are offering punters a cash back offer on the 4.15 race at Lingfield. If you choose to back a horse that finishes the race in second place and is beaten by up to and including a neck in the race, then Paddypower will refund you your losing single stake back into your account.
Kevin Pietersen favourite to be England’s top batsman in the 2011 ICC World Cup
January 20, 2011
The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup marks the 10th anniversary of the competition and this year it is hosted by three countries, India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. There will 14 teams taking place in the tournament which runs from February – April.
The first match takes place on 19th February in Dhaka as India take on fellow co-hosts Bangladesh. England’s first game is against the Netherlands from the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur.
Now that the squad has been announced for the series the bookies Stan James have released their odds for England’s top batsman for the competition. They believe that Kevin Pietersen will start at number 3 and this will enable him to get some decent runs is.
ICC World Cup – Top England Batsman
All odds for this market come from the bookmakers Stan James.
- 11/4 – Kevin Pietersen
- 3/1 – Andrew Strauss
- 9/2 – Eoin Morgan
- 5/1 – Jon Trott
- 11/2 – Matt Prior
- 6/1 – Ian Bell
- 10/1 – Paul Collingwood
- 33/1 – Michael Yardy
- 50/1 – Luke Wright
- 100/1 – Tim Bresnan
- 200/1 – Stuart Broad
- 200/1 – Graeme Swann
- 500/1 – Ajmal Shahzad
- 500/1 – James Tredwell
- 1000/1 – James Anderson
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Gareth Bale favourite for the 2010/11 PFA Player of the Year award
January 20, 2011
Every year all members of the PFA (Professional Footballers’ Association) are given two votes on who they believe should be the Player of the Year, an official shortlist is produced in April with the winner announced at an awards ceremony a few days later. Paddy Power have released their list of the players that they believe will make up the shortlist of nominees for the 2010/11 award.
Top of their list is the Spurs player Gareth Bale who has a fantastic season both in the Premier League and particularly in the Champions League. During the Spurs v Inter Milan in October the winger scored a hat trick in the game that Spurs lost 4-3 but were losing 4-0 before Bale’s flurry of goals.
Last year Wayne Rooney managed to fend off competition from Didier Drogba, Carlos Tevez to be voted the 2009/10 PFA Player of the Year after a fantastic season where he scored 34 goals out of 44 appearances for United. However after a poor World Cup his return to the Premier League was delay with an ankle injury and so far this season he has been less than illuminating, after just 15 appearances so far this season he has only hit the back of the net on 3 occasions which has seen his odds of being nominated for Player of the Year going to odds of 25/1, with Berbatov now being the primary scorer with the side with 15 goals his odds are down to just 9/1.
PFA Player of the Year Odds
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- 9/4 – Gareth Bale
- 5/1 – Samir Nasria
- 11/2 – Carlos Tevez
- 11/2 – Rafael Van Der Vaart
- 9/1 – Dimitar Berbatov
- 10/1 – Cesc Fabregas
- 12/1 – Nani
- 14/1 – Nemanja Vidic
- 18/1 – Rio Ferdinand
- 25/1 – Wayne Rooney
- 80/1 – Frank Lampard
- 100/1 – Fernando Torres
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Murray looks set to progress in the Australian Open as he faces Marchenko in round two
January 19, 2011
The Australian Open is now getting ready for its fourth day of play at Melbourne Park and at 8:00am on Thursday morning British (remember he is only Scottish when he loses) hopeful Andy Murray will be going into court to face Illya Marchenko in the second round of the competition at the Margaret Court Arena. The Ukrainian who is currently ranked 78th in the world and it should be and easy game for Murray but Marchenko did surprise everyone last year when in the same competition he defeated the former world numbers one, Carlos Moya in the first round.
After Murray defeated Karol Beck in the first round with a comfortable 6-3, 6-1, 4-2 he was on course for a win but Slovack had to retire due to a should injury Murray now is at odds of 1/5 not reach the final and at odds of 3/1 to get there. He then finds himself at odds of 8/1 get his hand on the Grand Slam title, which would be the first of his career.
Marchenko v Murray match odds
All odds come courtesy of bookmakers Paddy Power, click on the odds to bet with them.
Races at Newbury go ahead following inspection
January 19, 2011
There was relief at Newbury Racecourse this morning when the course was given the go ahead to have today’s racing go ahead as the temperatures at the course increased as overnight it had gone down to -2.0c. Newbury will go ahead as scheduled starting at 1:00pm, the 1:30 race from here today will feature one of the leading Arkle contenders Finian’s Rainbow.
The bookmakers Paddy Power are offering punters a cash back offer on the 3.15 race from Newbury. If you back a horse that looks set to win the race and is leading at the final fence of the race but then lets you down and fails to win the race making you wish you had never back the nag then you are in good luck as Paddypower will refund your losing single stake money. Favourite to win this race today is Stoneys Treasure who is at odds of 7/4 and is today ridden by jockey Robert Thornton and trained by Alan King.
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Kaymer looking to retain his Abu Dhabi Golf Championship title
January 18, 2011
The Abu Dhabi Golf Championship is part of the European tour and it runs from the 20th – 23rd January from the Abu Dhabi Golf Club in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. This is one of three European Tour events that venture into Asia along with the Dubai Desert Classic and the Qatar Masters.
Last years winner Martin Kaymer finds himself the favourite to win this years event and retain his title. If he can do this it will be the German’s third win in this tournament and he will be getting his hands on the lions share of the £2 million prize fund on offer. He will however have his work cut out, as he will be up against the current Masters Champion; Phil Mickelson, Graeme McDowell the US Open Champion and Louis Oosthuizen the 2010 Open Champion winner and that is on top of the world number one golfer Lee Westwood being in the mix!
Abu Dhabi Golf Championship outright odds
The odds for the top 10 players are supplied by bookmakers Ladbrokes. On each way bets in this market Ladbrokes will pay out 1/4 the odds on the first 5.
- 8/1 – Martin Kaymer
- 10/1 – Lee Westwood
- 10/1 – Rory McIlroy
- 16/1 – Grame McDowell
- 16/1 – Phil Mickelson
- 16/1 – Paul Casey
- 16/1 – Ian Poulter
- 16/1 – Louis Oosthuizen
- 25/1 – Francesco Molinari
- 33/1 – Padraig Harrington
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Who will win the best British album at the 2011 Brits?
January 18, 2011
The 2011 Brit Awards are all set to take place from the 02 Arena in London on 15th February 2011 and the ceremony will be hosted by James Corden one of the co-creators of the hit BBC television series Gavin and Stacey. There will be performances on the night from the recently reunited Take That (who are nominated for best British album), Arcade Fire, Cee Lo Green, Mumford and Sons amongst others.
The nominations for all the various categories have been released and one of the biggest is “Best British Album” last year it was won by Florence and the Machine for their album Lungs, in contention to win include The XX who will be hoping to capitalise on winning the 2010 Mercury Music Prize for their album “xx”, the favourites for this years best album however are Mumford and Sons who lost out to the XX in the Mercurys.
Best British Album
All odds for this market come courtesy of internet bookmakers Paddy Power.
- 8/13 – Mumford & Sons (Sigh No More)
- 7/4 – Plan B (The Defamation of Strickland Banks)
- 6/1 – Take That (Progress)
- 10/1 – The xx (xx)
- 10/1 – Tinie Tempah (Disc-overy)
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Who will make it through to the fourth round of the FA Cup?
January 18, 2011
This week all of the remaining FA Cup 3rd round replays will be played and he will have a clearer picture of who in the fourth round is likely to progress further in the competition and get closer to every footballers dream of lifting the FA Cup Trophy aloft on a warm May day at Wembley Stadium in front of 90,000 fans.
There are four Premier League teams all facing opposition from a team from the Npower Championship and they will be hoping that they will not be knocked out of the competition by a team from a lower league.
FA Cup Third Round Replay Odds
All odds for this market come courtesy of bookmakers Bet 365, click on the odds to bet.
Cardiff v Stoke
Promotion hunting Cardiff face Stoke tonight and will be looking for a win on home soil and are at odds of 7/4 to win, the draw is at 23/10 and a win for the visitors is at odds of 6/4.
Man City v Leicester
Leicester have travelled up to Eastland’s tonight to face one of their managers former clubs, however an away win is unlikely at odds of 15/2 and 4/1 for a draw with a home win for Mancini’s side attracting odds of just 1/3.
Wolves v Doncaster
Mick McCarthy’s struggling Wolves side take on mid table Championship side Doncaster tonight in what could be a vital match to save the manager from the sack (odds of 7/1 for McCarthy to the next Premier League manager to be sacked). Wolves are the favourites to win at odds of 8/13 with a draw being 14/5 an away win for Doncaster is at 9/2.
Leeds v Arsenal
We have to wait till tomorrow night for this televised clash and Leeds are the clear underdogs in this match with the home side being at high odds of 5/1 to make it through, the draw is at 11/4 and the likely away win for Arsenal is at odd of 4/7.
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All races go ahead today and an offer from Paddy Power
January 18, 2011
Another day and another course passes its inspection, there was some doubt as to whether the meeting at Folkestone was going to go ahead today due to overnight rainfall on top of the downpour that the course received during Monday. So with a full day of racing happening at Folkestone, Southwell and Wolverhampton which horse race should you get the odds for and place your hard earned money on a bet today?
As the bookmakers Paddy Power are offering a cash back offer on the 1.30 race from Southwell then we suggest that there is a great place to start. If you place a bet and your horse is leading the race up to final fence jumped but then fails to win the race then they will refund you losing single stake back into your account, you can’t say fairer than that!
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