Get your bet refunded if Cue Card wins the Supreme Novices Hurldle
February 28, 2011
The Supreme Novices Hurdle opens up the racing at the 2011 Cheltenham Festival which will be the start of an exciting four days of racing in a festival that will see 27 top quality races.
The race is a grade 1 National Hunt race for horses aged 4 years and older, it will be taking place on the Old Course and entrants will be covering a distance of 2 miles and 110 yards whilst navigating the eight hurdles on the course.
The bookmakers Paddy Paddy are running a great cash back offer on this race at the 2011 Cheltenham Festival. If the Colin Tizzard trained horse Cue Card wins the Supreme Novices Hurdle then they will then refund all of the losing singles made on this race. Cue Card is leading the ante post betting after having two good hurdles wins and the trainer will be looking to add another victory here.
Supreme Novices Hurdle outright odds
Here are the top 10 runners for the race, all of odds are supplied by the bookmakers Paddy Power who will payout the first 3 placed horses at 1/4 the odds.
- 9/4 – Cue Card
- 11/2 – Spirit Son
- 7/1 – Sprinter Sacre
- 9/1 – Zaidpour
- 9/1 – Recession Proof
- 14/1 – Al Ferof
- 16/1 – Day Of A Lifetime
- 20/1 – Hidden Universe
- 20/1 – So Young
- 20/1 – Gibb River
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Wigan leading Premier League relegation odds
February 28, 2011
It is all change at the bottom end of the Premier League as teams down there battle for their survival and try to avoid being relegated down to the Npower Championship.
For several weeks it looked as if Avram Grant’s West Ham side were destined to stay holding up the rest of the league deeply rooted in 20th place but following their relegation match against West Brom and the amazing 3-1 win over Liverpool at the weekend his side have now moved to 18th and are only kept there by goal difference.
Another team that is on the move is Wolves who under Mick McCarthy have managed to jump out of the relegation zone after their 4-0 thrashing of Blackpool and a valuable draw also against West Brom. In moving up they have helped push West Brom into the relegation fight.
West Brom are the only team that were promoted from the Championship last season that are in immediate danger of going back to where they came from. The other promoted teams from last season, Newcastle and Blackpool have both exceeded the expectations that most football pundits had of them with Newcastle looking to cement themselves in the top half of the table and Ian Holloway’s Blackpool side looking as if they will be safe to claim a second year in the Premier League.
Of all the teams at the wrong end of the table Wigan Athletic now look to be in the most trouble after recording back to back losses against Bolton and Manchester United they next face Manchester City which will be a crucial game for manager Roberto Martinez who is one of the most likely candidates to be the next Premier League manager to be sacked at odds of around 7/1.
Premier League Relegation Odds
All odds supplied by bookmakers Boylesports, click on the odds to bet.
- 4/11 – Wigan
- 5/6 – West Ham
- 5/6 – West Brom
- 11/10 – Wolves
- 11/8 – Blackpool
- 4/1 – Birmingham
- 5/1 – Blackburn
- 11/1 – Fulham
- 22/1 – Aston Villa
- 22/1 – Stoke City
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Bet on Chris Ashton to score when England face France at Twickenham in the RBS 6 Nations
February 25, 2011
England face one of their toughest challenges yet as they face France at Twickenham on Saturday. Both teams are still unbeaten and have their eye on the Grand Slam and France have not lost a game of Rugby since winning their Grand Slam in 2009. However after beating off Italy and Wales England go into the match as the favourites but France have not been their best during this Six Nations and only managed a narrow victory over Ireland.
England v France match odds
All odd for this game come from bookmakers Paddy Power.
The bookmakers Paddy Power are offering Rugby fans an incentive to bet on the game tomorrow if England’s Chris Aston scores a try and performs his famous swallow dive then Paddy Power will refund all of the losing try scorer bets as well as bets made on the winning margin on this game.
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Chris Ashton – Swallow Dive
Fan video footage of his record breaking fourth try during the England v Italy game in this years RBS Six Nations match.
Chris Ashton Betting Specials
As one of the stars of the England RBS 6 Nations side Paddy Power have several markets available for the Northampton winger.
- First try scorer – 7/1
- Last try scorer – 7/1
- First try scorer for England – 4/1
- To score 2 or more tries in 80 minutes – 9/2
- To score 3 or more tries in 80 minutes – 20/1
- Man of the match – 8/1
- Chris Ashton to score 1st try & England to win – 17/2
- First 2nd half try scorer – 17/2
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Racing Post Chase Betting the pick of the weekend’s action
February 25, 2011
The Grade 3 Racing Post Chase is the big betting race of the weekend which takes place at Kempton Park on Saturday afternoon and is supported by three cracking Grade 2 races that are all trials for the forthcoming Cheltenham Festival. Here’s a look at the feature races and hopefully a few pointers in the direction of finding a couple of winners…
1.55 Kempton Park – Adonis Juvenile Hurdle (Grade 2)
Plenty of talented juveniles have been entered for this opener with the Triumph Hurdle being the target for at least some of those on show. Nicky Henderson won this race last year with Soldatino which of course went on to take the ‘Triumph’ at the Festival and the brilliant trainer might well try something similar this year with Celtus, who will be having his first run in this country since arriving from France.
Henderson is clearly impressed by this horse which is likely to start as the favourite but he will also be represented by Molotof, another Juvenile to have arrived at Seven Barrows from France.
Tim Vaughan who is rapidly making a big name for himself in the National Hunt has a very smart pair of runners in the unbeaten First Fandango and Architrave who won his first three starts in great style but appeared to be out of his depth when well beaten last time in the Triumph Hurdle Trial at Cheltenham back in November in a race won by Sam Winner.
Please note that both of these runners as well as several others have also got entries for the Dovecote Novices Hurdle later in the afternoon.
Selection: Celtus
2.25 Kempton Park – Pendil Novice Chase (Grade2)
Most eyes will be on the performance of the Phillip Hobbs, Captain Chris, who is 14/1 with paddy power the Arkle at Cheltenham and looks to have the right credentials to win this Grade 2. The seven year old has finished second in each of his four races so far this season, but showed on his last run that he has plenty left at the end and if amongst them at the last then he will be hard to beat. He also looks a very promising bet for the Arkle trophy Chase which takes place on the first day at the forthcoming Cheltenham Festival.
He will be up against, amongst others the talented five year old, Royal Charm who will be stepping up in class after two very encouraging wins over fences this season.
Selection: Captain Chris
3.00 Kempton Park – Racing Post Chase (Grade 3)
This looks a very difficult race to call with any number in with chances. Fistral Beach from the Paul Nicholls yard will likely go off as the favourite but there are plenty of doubts about his jumping ability so he is best left alone on this occasion.
Alan King has been quite bullish about the chances of his Bakbenscher and there is plenty of support around for the Phillip Hobbs trained Quinz who is one of two entries for this race from Hobbs who has saddled three winners of this renewal in the last few years.
Last year’s winner Razor Royale will be looking for back to back wins, but will need to show better form than he has so far this season. The 9 year old is one of the entries from the yard of Nigel Twiston-Davies, the other being recent Wetherby winner, Crescent Island who will be having only his second race after a lay-off of almost two years. It is interesting to note that Paddy Brennan, the Twiston-Davies stable jockey has elected to ride last year’s runner up and 2009 winner, Nacarat who will carry top weight.
Selection: Bakbenscher @ 9/1 with Victor Chandler
The King’s Speech short odds make it the favourite to win Best Picture at the 2011 Oscars
February 25, 2011
The 2011 Academy Awards will be the 83rd running of the Hollywood prize giving ceremony and it will be taking place on Sunday 27th February from the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles.
The nominations for the 2011 awards were announced on 25th January with the Kings Speech leading the pack receiving twelve nominations including the most coveted award the Best Picture, the remake of the western True Grit followed with ten nominations and film based on the story of the creation of social media website Facebook; the Social Network along with sci/fi action thriller Inception both of which had eight nominations.
Although in the 2011 Golden Globes (which is normally a good indicator for the Oscars) The Social Network won the best film category, the Kings Speech starring Colin Firth is expected to clean up at this years Oscars.
Best Picture Oscars 2011
All odds for this market are supplied by bookmakers Paddy Power, click on the odds to bet on the film winning.
- 1/6 – The King’s Speech
- 4/1 – The Social Network
- 33/1 – True Grit
- 40/1 – Black Swan
- 50/1 – The Fighter
- 100/1 – Inception
- 100/1 – Toy Story 3
- 125/1 – 127 Hours
- 200/1 – Winters Bone
- 200/1 – The Kids Are Alright
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The Kings Speech SNL Parody with Russell Brand
Best Picture Film Rap
A quick overview of who is up for an award by the medium of rap.
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Who is next to be booted off Dancing on Ice?
February 24, 2011
After coming in the bottom two in the show last week TV presenter (and father of Jade Goody’s children) Jeff Brazier is the bookies favourite to be booted out of the series this weekend. Jeff along with Kerry Katona was part of the dance off but all three judges backed Jeff to stay over Kerry. This is the second time that Jeff has managed to avoid being booted off the show from being in the bottom two, last time was in week 2 when Hampshire and former England cricketer Dominic Cork was chosen over him.
In the show Laura was once again the top skater of the competition for the second time since she got past the elimination rounds and is at odds of 15/8 to win Dancing on Ice 2011. If she can be named the best skater this coming week she will equal that of current favourite to win the show Sam Attwater who is currently at odds of 4/7 to win.
Dancing on Ice Next Elimination Odds
All odds for this market come courtesy of the bookmakers Boylesports, click on the skaters odds to place a bet.
- 11/8 – Jeff Brazier
- 15/8 – Denise Welch
- 11/2 – Chloe Madley
- 8/1 – Vanilla Ice
- 10/1 – Johnson Beharry
- 33/1 – Sam Attwater
- 50/1 – Laura Hamilton
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Boylesports offering to refund stakes if your horse is placed second during the Cheltenham Festival
February 24, 2011
The bookmakers Boylesports have launched a promotion on the upcoming Cheltenham Festival.
They are offering to refund bets if the horse you back is placed second during the first four races namely the Supreme Novices Hurdle, Arkle Challenge Trophy, Festival Handicap Chase and the Champion Hurdle.
In last years festival Get Me Out Of Here finished as runner up in the Supreme Novices at odds of 9/2, Somersby was second in the Arkle at odds of 4/1, in the Festival Handicap the 9/2 favourite the Package was pipped to the post and in the Champion Hurdle and Kyhber Kim at odds of 7/1 was second to Binocular. If there are similar results this year in the opening day of the four day festival the Boylesports could be looking to refund in excess of £1 million back to its customers on what is one of busiest horse racing days in the racing calendar.
The offer as always comes with some of the usual terms and conditions and has a maximum refund of £250 per customer; it only applies to the win part of singles and each way bets and not to singles as part of a multiple bet and bets must be placed before the start of the Champion Hurdle.
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Germany the favourites to win the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest
February 23, 2011
The host nation Germany have dropped from 4/1 favourites to 20/1 outsiders for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest and they’ll be resting their hopes on their 2010 Eurovision Song Contest winner Lena Mayer-Landrut who will be performing “Taken by a stranger”. The 2011 Eurovision Song Contest begins on May 14th from the Esprit Arena in Dusseldorf and it will be the 56th time that the event has been run.
Back in February it was revealed that United Kingdom’s entry for the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest will be performed by the boy band Blue. Since then the band’s odds have been cut from 16/1 to 11/1, making them the fourth favourites for Saturday’s contest. Ireland’s entry will be supplied by X Factor rejects Jedward who will be performing their song “Lipstick”. After qualifying from the semi-finals the dynamic duo’s odds to win have been slashed to just 4/1. France, who have Amaury Vassili performing “Sogna”, have been installed as the new favourites at 6/4.
Azerbaijan are now surprise third favourites at 9/1, while Ukraine, who put on a fantastic performance in the semi-finals, are available at 80/1 to spring a surprise in the final. As one of the funders of the event the United Kingdom are given an automatic entry to the finals along with France, Germany Italy and Spain.
Eurovision Song Contest outright winner odds
Odds for this market come courtesy of bookmakers Paddy Power, odds correct as of 13th May 2011.
- France – 6/4
- Ireland – 4/1
- Azerbaijan – 9/1
- United Kingdom – 11/1
- Denmark – 16/1
- Estonia – 16/1
- Sweden – 20/1
- Germany – 20/1
- Finland – 22/1
- Bosnia & Herzegovina – 25/1
- Austria – 25/1
- Hungary – 25/1
- Iceland – 40/1
- Russia – 66/1
- Georgia – 66/1
- Ukraine – 80/1
- Switzerland – 100/1
- Slovenia – 100/1
- Romania – 100/1
- Serbia – 100/1
- Italy – 150/1
- Greece – 150/1
- Moldova – 150/1
- Spain – 250/1
- Lithuania – 300/1
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Jedward – Lipstick
See Irelands entry in all its (ahem) glory, could the words “nil points” be heard in the scoring of this epic?
Stan James offering odds on the China Open Qualifiers
February 23, 2011
The qualifiers take place from 24th – 27th February ahead of the full tournament which begins on March 28th. The event is hosted at the Beijing University Students Gymnasium in Beijing, China. It is the last ranking event before the World Championship and was won in 2010 by Welshman Mark Williams who beat Ding Junhui 10-6. The only year it was won by a Chinese player was in 2005 when Ding Junhui beat Stephen Hendry 9-5.
The bookmakers Stan James are one of the only bookmakers (if that the only major bookie that is doing so) that are currently offering odds on the China Open Qualifiers. A spokesperson for the bookmakers said that as these qualifiers are featuring some of the future stars of snooker that punters should be given the opportunity to bet on these rising stars before they become household names.
China Open Qualifiers
All games take place on February 24th, click on the odds to bet.
- Patrick Wallace 4/7 v Zhang Anda 5/4
- Liu Song 8/15 v Noppon Saengkham 11/8
- Xiao Guodong 4/7 v Dermot Mcglinchey 5/4
- Simon Bedford 4/7 v Kurt Maflin 5/4
- Andrew Pagett 5/6 v Joe Delaney 5/6
- Liam Highfield 8/15 v Jamie O’Neill 11/8
- David Morris 8/11 v Dave Gilbert Evens
- Liu Chuang 4/7 v Jak Jones 5/4
- Igor Figueiredo 4/6 v Kudlesh Johal 11/10
- Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon 4/5 v Issara Issara 10/11
- James Wattana 8/13 v Justin Astley 6/5
- Ben Woollaston 1/2 v Reanne Evans 6/4
- Paul Davison 5/6 v Adam Wicheard 5/6
- Michael White 4/6 v Michael Judge 11/10
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Odds look slim for Ian Poulter to retain his WGC Accenture Match Play Championship title
February 22, 2011
The WGC – Accenture Match Play Championship runs from 23rd – 27th February and comes from the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Marana, Arizona. The tournament is knockout event that features 64 players taken from the Official World Golf Rankings. The players are seeded according to their rankings and the prize money on offer this year is $8.5 million with the winner walking away with $1.4 million.
The tournament was won in 2010 by England’s Ian Poulter who will be defending his title in this years event but is quite far down the pecking ordere at odds of 28/1. Last years runner up was fellow Englishman Paul Casey who is sharing the honour of being the favourite to win this year with the former world number one golfer Tiger Woods and Martin Kaymer with all three golfers looking at odds of 14/1 to win the tournament.
WGC – Accenture Match Play Championship outright odds
All odds for this market are supplied by internet bookmakers Bet 365.
- 14/1 – Paul Casey
- 14/1 – Martin Kaymer
- 14/1 – Tiger Woods
- 16/1 – Rory McIlroy
- 18/1 – Phil Mickelson
- 20/1 – Lee Westwood
- 22/1 – Graeme McDowell
- 25/1 – Geoff Ogilvy
- 28/1 – Dustin Johnson
- 28/1 – Luke Donald
- 28/1 – Ian Poulter
- 28/1 – Steve Stricker
- 28/1 – Nick Watney
- 33/1 – Ernie Els
- 33/1 – Hunter Mahan
- 40/1 – Retief Goosen
- 40/1 – Jim Furyk
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