Royal Ascot Betting Kicks Off With Three Group One Races
June 15, 2009
The 2009 Royal Ascot meeting gets underway on Tuesday 16th June and signals the start of five days top class racing action which forms one of the most famous and prestigious race meetings in the calendar. With no fewer than 17 Group Class races, including seven Group One events, Royal Ascot betting is big business for the bookmakers as punters are spoilt for choice as the best horses around line up to race for prize money exceeding £4 million for the meeting.
Day one kicks off with a bang with three back to back Group One races, starting with the Queen Anne Stakes, followed by King’s Stands Stakes and then the St James’s Palace Stakes – setting the standard for the rest of the week. The Group Two Coventry Stakes together with the Ascot Stakes Handicap and Windsor Castle Stakes complete the line up for Tuesday and we have drawn together our tips and best bookmakers odds below for the three feature races.
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2:30 – Queen Anne Stakes
Godolphin have won this race four times out of the last ten and in Gladiatorus, Saeed bin Suroor and Frankie Dettori could well have another winner. It is difficult to assess how good his form actually is having done all his running in Itlay prior to 2009 and his three wins from three runs so far this season coming at Nad Al Sheba, but the manner in which he won the Group One, Dubai Duty Free, last time out at the end of March suggests he is better than any of his rivals in this field. Providing he has taken to training at his new trainer’s Newmarket HQ he could well provide his resident jockey, Ahmed Atjtebi, a winning start on his Royal Ascot debut. The biggest dnagers come in the form of the Richard Hannon trained Paco Boy and the improving Sir Michael Stoute trained Main Aim.
Gladiatorus is a best price 9/4 to with the opening race at Royal Ascot with Bet365, Ladbrokes and William Hill.
3:05 King’s Stands Stakes
Run over five furlongs, The King’s Stands Stakes is the most valuable Sprint in Europe and makes up the British leg of the the Global Sprint Challenge. As such, it attracts the best runners from all corners of the globe and Tuesday’s renewal sees runners line up from as far afield as America and Australia but it is the British based Amour Propre that has attracted all the interest in the betting leading up to the race. A best price 10/3 (with Bet365 and Victor Chandler) the lightly raced Henry Candy runner is fancied to continue his upward curve and make it five wins from six runs. However, it remains unseen whether he can compete against several proven Group One campaigners, none more so than Borderlescott, who has 11 place finishes to his name from 14 Group One runs and at 9/1 with Totesport, makes plenty of each way appeal. IT ahs to be remember this race has been won by foreign horses for the last four years and the Australian Raider, Scenic Blast, is the second favourie and could well contest favouritism before the off with Amour Propre and make it five foreign victories on the bounce in King Stands Stakes.
3:45 – St James’s Palace Stakes
This is the feature race of Day one of Royal Ascot and is all about one horse, Mastercraftsman, who is the favourite for the race and can provide Aidan O’Brien with his sixth St James’s Palace winner in the last ten years and make it a hat trick after he trained the winners in 2007 and 2008. Beaten in the English 2,000 Guineas in May, Mastercraftsman improved tremendously to land the Irish 2,000 Guineas in very impresive fashion at the Curragh a few weeks ago and at odds of 10/11 he is expected to continue where he left off that day and give the Ballydoyle yard their first of what should be several Ascot winners this week. The 2,000 Guineas runner up, Delegator, is the second favourite for this race but will need to show much more than he did in the Irish equivalent if he is to turn the tables on Mastercraftsman whilst fellow Irish runner and Dewhurst winner, Intense Focus, should not be written off at a potentially big price of 9/1 with Paddypower if he recaptures the type of ability he showed as a two year old.
Mastercraftsman can be backed to win the St James’s Palace Stakes at 10/11 with Totesport – where you can also get a £25 Free Bet when you sign up.
Man Utd Odds on to beat Porto as they Resume Quest for the Quad!
April 7, 2009
Man Utd resume their quest for the elusive Quad when they welcome Porto to old Trafford on Tuesday in the first leg of their Champions League Quarter Final. With the Carling Cup in the bag and the Reds sitting pretty at the top of the Premier League, Sir Alex Ferguson’s sides attention will be firmly focussed on making home advantage count at Old Trafford and taking a lead to Portugal next week for the return leg.
United are 2/5 with Bet365 to secure the home win, but they will surely be looking to score more than one goal and keep a clean sheet (4/5 with Totesport) at the same time, somethign that the return of Vidic and Ferdinand to the squad will surely help.
In the correct score market, Manchester United to win 2-0 (11/2 with Betfred) and 3-0 (17/2 with Bet365) make most appeal and in the first goalscorer market, it is difficult to look beyond either Ronaldo (4/1 best odds at Ladbrokes) or Wayne Rooney, who is a best prce 5/1 chance at Bet365.
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Arsenal v Villareal Betting Too Close to Call but Gunners favourites to reach Semi Finals
April 7, 2009
Arsenal travel to Spain on Tuesday to take on Villareal in the first leg of their Champions League Quarter Final. The Gunners will be looking to avoid defeat and hopefully get an away goal at the El Madrigal but the Spaniards remain unbeaten at home in this season’s Champions League, a stat that removes any appeal in the best odds of 7/4 with Coral about the away win. However, Villareal have drawn two of their four Champions League fixtures at home and at 9/4 with Totesport the draw does not look out of the question.
If Arsenal want to gain the upper hand in this fixture, then scoring an away goal is of paramount importance and Arsene Wenger would surely be delighted with a 1-1 (11/2 at Boylesports) to take back to The Emirates.
It is Boylesports who also offer the best odds (1/2) on Arsenal qualifying for the Semi Finals where they would face the winners of the Manchester United v Porto game whilst Villareal are a 6/4 chance.
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Totesport race card for Cheltenham Gold Cup
March 13, 2009
The Cheltenham Gold Cup starts at 15:20 and is one of the most eagerly awaited races of the Cheltenham Festival and also comes with one of the largest prize purses available with the first place horse winning £270,798. The race is over a distance of 3 miles, 2 furlongs and 110 yards and will feature 16 runners, the going is set as good to soft.
The favourite for this race is Kauto Star ridden by Ruby Walsh at odds of 15/8, the second favourite is the 6/1 Neptune Collonges whose jockey is Christian Williams. The Free Bets Blog tip for this highlight of the Cheltenham Festival is the Barry Geraghty ridden Barbers Shop at 12/1, a good set of odds for an each way tip.
Cheltenham Gold Cup Full race card
- 15/8 – Kauto Star
- 6/1 – Neptune Collonges
- 7/1 – Denman
- 8/1 – Exotic Dancer
- 10/1 – Madison Du Berla
- 12/1 – Barbers Shop
- 18/1 – Albertas Run
- 25/1 – Star De Mohaison
- 28/1 – Air Force One
- 66/1 – Roll Along
- 66/1 – Halcon Genelarda
- 100/1 – My Will
- 100/1 – Snoopy Loopy
- 125/1 – Knowhere
- 125/1 – Miko De Beauchen
- 500/1 – Cerium
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Irish Independent Arkle Chase Totesport odds
March 6, 2009
The second race of the Cheltenham Festival begins at 14:05 and is named after the famous steeplechaser who won the Cheltenham Gold Cup three times during the sixties. The race is a quick two mile course and the going is set as good to soft, there are 19 confirmed runners, with a prize fund of £170,000 this is one of large pay packets that owners dream of.
The early favourite for the race according to Totesport looks like it will be Tatenen at 7/2, followed closely at 5/1 by Calgary Bay. The Free Bets Blog tip for the Irish Independent Arkle Chase is going to be Forpadydeplasterer who has consistently came 2nd in his last 3 races so at odds of 10/1 should be worth an each way bet.
All of the following horses are eligible for Totesports non runner no bet offer.
2009 Arkle Chase full race card
- 7/2 – Tatenen
- 5/1 – Calgary Bay
- 8/1 – Imsingingtheblues
- 10/1 – Kalahari King
- 10/1 – Forpadydeplasterer
- 10/1 – Planet Of Sound
- 10/1 – Tartak
- 12/1 – Golden Silver
- 16/1 – Follow The Plan
- 16/1 – Original
- 20/1 – Bringbackthebiff
- 20/1 – Made In Taipan
- 25/1 – Cornas
- 25/1 – Gauvain
- 33/1 – Im So Lucky
- 33/1 – Panjo Bere
- 33/1 – Northern Alliance
- 66/1 – Cheating Chance
- 66/1 – Cool Operator
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10 things to consider when you make an online bet
March 2, 2009
More people than ever have stated to use online gambling to place bets and with the the Cheltenham festival upon us in just under eight days that number is sure to increase during the run of one the four day festival. Many of these people may be surprised to see that the marketplace is not just dominated by the like of Ladbrokes and William Hill but also has smaller established companies that are not yet household names like Stan James and Bet 365.
Here at Free Bets Blog as well as giving your great free bet information we have given you our top ten list of things to check on before you put the money into the bookmakers account (before you withdraw your winnings that is!)
Top 10 Tips before making an online horse racing bet
- Only bet what you are prepared to lose.
- Bet for fun and not for your next meal.
- Look around for the best free bets offers to finance your Cheltenham Festival betting, some like Boylesports offer as much as £200 in free bets.
- Bookies are not here to lose money.
- If you are going to use several bookmakers use a spreadsheet to keep track of your winnings.
- Dont bet on a pretty name, look at the form.
- When a horse has odds of 100/1, it has them for a reason, go for lower odds no more than 20/1.
- If the horse is called Sad Ken and has 3 legs avoid it!
- If an offer to make £££££ on a betting system seems too good to be true, then it probably is.
- Bet with your head, not your heart.
If you are able to follow some or all of these tips then you are on your way to having a fun time with horse racing betting and an enjoyable Cheltenham Festival.
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Liverpool v Sunderland betting offers
March 2, 2009
Liverpool will be dusting themselves down and hoping to forget the shock of their 2-0 defeat against Middlesbrough, the result will be seen as another nail in the coffin for Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez which will see more betting on the next Liverpool Manager. Liverpool will welcome Sunderland to Anfield for their Tuesday night Premier League clash which will be shown live on Sky Sports 2.
If you open a new account with Totesport then they will give you a free £25 bet, this offer is not available to existing customers but for new customers only.
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Liverpool are still the favourites to win the match and are currently being quoted odds of 4/11 for a home win and are 3/1 for the draw. An away win for Ricky Sbragia’s Sunderland will seem unlikely as they have been given odds of 13/2.
Paddy Power will refund all losing first and last goal scorer bets as well as correct score and scorecast singles if Djibril Cisse scores anytime during the game. He is currently showing odds of 10/1 to be the first Sunderland scorer, the favourite to score anytime during the game however falls to Torres at 10/3.
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Another offer available for this Premiership tie comes from VC Bet who will refund all losting correct score and first goal scorer bets if Steven Gerrard scores at anytime during the game. The England International currently has odds of 11/8 with VC Bet to be an anytime goal scorer.
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Whos for the Super League chop Noble or Lowes
February 23, 2009
Both Wigan and Warrington have had poor starts to their season and as it is football its the manager that get the chop first. Totesport have today published the prices for the managers of both super league teams to lose their jobs. Neither team has yet won a match this season and are languishing at the bottom of the Engage Super League so Brian Noble and James Lowes will be waiting for that call that they have the backing of the chairman.
A spokesman for Totesport said “With the amount of calls just for these two coaches, we have decided to just offer a match bet for who will be the first to go. Both teams have hard matches in the next 2 weeks and unless one of them picks up a win, it seems certain that one of the coaches if not both will pay the price.”
Who will be the first to go?
- 5/6 Brian Noble
- 5/6 James Lowes
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Betting on a White Christmas
December 23, 2008
Just over one more day left to go before Christmas descends upon us and one of the only bets available for Christmas Day is whether or not 2008 will give us a white Christmas.
Our friends at Totesport are currently showing the giving odds of 8/1 for snow on Christmas Day on the London Weather centre.
Odds of UK Cities Having Snow on Christmas Day
The bets will be settled in accordance to official Met Office ruling for snow on 25/12/2008. The following odds are given by Paddy Power
- 7/4 – Glasgow
- 4/1 – London
- 4/1 – Cardiff
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Cash back betting offer for Hamburg v Aston Villa
December 16, 2008
Aston Villa leave the comfort of their midlands base and head over to the HSH Nordbank Arena in Germany for their Group F UEFA cup match against Hamburg. Paddy Power will refund losing single first and last goal scorers, correct score and score cast bets your on the match if there are 5 or more goals
Aston Villa go in the match as the underdogs with most bookies giving them odds of around 11/4 to win, Boylesport are currently giving Villa odds of 5/2 to win. Hamburg are the favourites with Stan James making them evens for the win.
Totesport are making Hamburg striker Mladen Petric their favourtie to be the first goal scorer with odds of 11/2, according to them the first to score for Villa will be Gabriel Agbonlahor who is given odds of 13/2.
Ladbrokes will refund on losing first and last goal scorers if your choice is subbed off whilst the score stands at 0-0.
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