Kauto Star Odds on to win fourth King George VI Chase
December 22, 2009
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.
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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
Odds in Englands favour to beat Croatia to secure World Cup 2010 place
September 7, 2009
England welcome Croatia to Wembley Stadium on Wednesday night in this World Cup qualifier that will hopefully seen them through to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the match can be watched live on ITV1 with audio coverage available on BBC Radio 5 Live.
England v Croatia Odds
England’s game at the weekend against Slovenia should have provided the team with a healthy win and pumped up their confidence but when they conceded the late goal from Ljubijankic in the 85th minute due to a mistake from Johnson and Lescott it took away their chance of a clean sheet and showed England’s weakness when the team fails to concentrate, a mistake they cannot allow against a team like Croatia.
Group 6 Standings
England go into the game having won 7 out 7 games and look to make it 8 giving them a cracking 24 points and guaranteed entry to South Africa in 2010.
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points | |
| England | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Croatia | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| Ukraine | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| Belarus | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Kazakhstan | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| Andorra | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
The bookmaker Paddy Power are running a cashback betting offer on the match if the Croatian forward Eduardo scores the last goal of the match they will refund all losing first and last goalscorer, correct score and scorecast singles made on the match, he is currently at odds of 8/1 to be the last goalscorer.
England Goalscorer Market
| Player | First goal scorer | Anytime goal scorer | Last goal scorer |
| Jermain Defoe | 9/2 | 13/10 | 9/2 |
| Wayne Rooney | 5/1 | 6/4 | 5/1 |
| Peter Crouch | 6/1 | 15/8 | 6/1 |
| Frank Lampard | 7/1 | 12/5 | 7/2 |
| Steven Gerrard | 15/2 | 11/4 | 15/2 |
| David Beckham | 12/1 | 9/2 | 12/1 |
| John Terry | 20/1 | 8/1 | 20/1 |
| Ashley Cole | 40/1 | 30/1 | 40/1 |
| Wayne Bridge | 40/1 | 30/1 | 40/1 |
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Cashback Betting Offer – Day 1 of York’s Ebor Meeting
August 18, 2009
The first day of York’s Ebor meeting kicks off at 1:45 on Tuesday afternoon and our friends at Paddy Power have come up with a special betting offer for anybody looking to get this four day meeting off to a winning start in the Symphony Group Stakes. Paddy Power will be refunding your losing stake if your selection finishes second in this race.
With 20 runners going to post and the odds 6/1 the field, punter will have their work cut out to find the winner of this handicap but we at Free Bets Blog can hopefully point you in the right direction with our tip for this race, Buachaill Dona. The Dnady Nicholls runner has winning form over today’s course and distance and showed signs that his second win of the season shouldn’t be too far away when runer up in the Shergar Cup Dash at Ascot last week. He is a 13/2 chance and looks a solid bet with the insurance of getting your money back if he finishes second.
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Celtic v Arsenal Champions League Betting Offer
August 17, 2009
It’s the first leg of the battle of Britain at Celtic Park on Tuesday night when Celtic take on Arsenal in the Champions League match that will see the winner over two legs progress to the group stages of the Champions League.
Arsenal are the 2/9 favourites with Paddy Power to make it to the group stages whilst Celtic are a 3/1 chance.
Arsenal kicked off their domestic campaign in style at the weekend with a 6-1 demolition over Everton at Goodison Park, a result that is sure to give Arsene Wenger’s side plenty of confidence heading in to Tuesday’s game.
Cesc Fabregas scored two of Arsenal’s six goals on Saturday and Paddy Power’s cash back betting offer on this game centres around the Spanish midfielder with the Irish bookmaker refunding all first and last goalscorer, correct score and scorecast bets if Fabregas scores at any time during the game!
Goodwood Totesport Mile Betting Offer
July 31, 2009
The 3:35, Totesport Mile at Goodwood is the big betting race on Friday 31st July with a field of 20 runners lining up for this Heritage Handicap.
It looks set to be a competitive race with bookmakers betting 7/1 the field with the Henry Cecil trained Cloudy Start and Acrostic from the Luca Cumani yard heading the betting early on Friday morning. However, the Racing Post Pricewise selection, Extraterrestrial, has shortened in the betting from 10/1 in to 7/1 to make it co-favourites of three for this race.
It is a great race for each-way punters with bookies paying a 1/4 of the odds on the first four places and with all horses priced to give you a profitable return if finishing in the top four an each way bet is advisable. What’s more, if you bet on this race with Paddy Power and if your horse finishes second they will refund your losing win single stake.
The same ‘Anyone for seconds’ special is also applied to 5:10 at Galway for the Guinness Handicap Hurdle where Media Queen looks like the one to beat.
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Goodwood Wednesday Cashback Offer
July 29, 2009
It’s day two of the 2009 Glorious Goodwood meeting and another fantastic day’s racing awaits with a total of seven races on offer at the Sussex track. The feature races of the day are the Group Two Verve Clicquot Vintage Stakes and the Group One, Sussex Stakes.
The feature of Paddypower’s daily betting offer is the opening race on the card, the 2:10 Goodwood Stakes. If you have a bet in this 20 runner handicap and your selection finishes 2nd in the race, Paddy Power will refund your stake.
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If you are looking for a pointer in this race then look no further than Racing Post’s Pricewise tipster, Tom Segal who is currently in great form with his advance and has tipped up the Jamie Poulton trained Sweetheart in the 2:10 today.
Galway Races free betting offer from Boylesports
July 27, 2009
The bookmakers Boylesports are running a special on the 17.45 at Galway Racecourse. Today’s betting offer is if the Starting Price favourite ends up winning the race then they will refund your losing win stake on the second placed horse, this will apply to win singles and win part of each way singles.
The race is billed as the Galwaybayhotel.com handicap hurdle and the going for the course is set to soft and the race will feature 20 runners over a distance of 2 miles.
The favourite for this race is of course Hunting Tower at odds of 6/1 ridden by Ruby Walsh the horse has come first in its last 3 outings, the second favourite is No One Tells Me who is showing at 7/1. The Free Bets Blog tip for the race is Lady Hillingdon at odds of 10/1 worth a couple of quid for an each way bet.
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Free bet offer if your horse fails to win at Uttoxeter with Paddypower
July 15, 2009
The bookmaker Paddy Power are running a special offer on the 3:40 race at Uttoxeter Racecourse, if your horse is in the lead upon landing at the very last hurdle jumped but then fails to win this race they will then credit your account with your losing single stake.
The 3:40 at Uttoxeter is a a three mile handicap hurdle and looks set to be a competitive affair, however, Imtihan looks like the most likely option following a return to winning ways at Perth last time and can be backed at odds of around 5/1.
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Ghanaati tops the odds in Coronation Stakes Betting
June 18, 2009
She does however come up against several rivals that didn’t run in the Guineas and could give her plenty to think about. One such Filly is the French Raider, Elusive Wave, who represents, trainer Jean Claude Rouget, who is currently bang in form at this level having trained three of the four classic winners in France this season, including Elusive Wave in the French 1,000 Guineas. The form of which was franked in tremendous style on Sunday when Tamazirte finished runner up to another Rouget Filly, Stacelite, who could be a potential superstar! Elusive Wave is currently 3/1 best price with Sportingbet and represents better value than Ghanaati.
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Coronation Stakes Odds (paddypower – click odds to bet)
Ghanaati – 9/4
Elusive Wave – 11/4
Rainbow View – 7/1
Again – 8/1
Baliyana – 12/1
Reggane – 12/1
Lahaleeb – 14/1
Heart Shaped 12/1
Nashmiah – 33/1
Chintz – 40/1
Royal Ascot Betting Offers with Bet365
June 16, 2009
Royal Ascot is once again here and the meeting is a fantastic five days of top class racing action and with thirty races to bet on, including 17 Group events, punters are spoilt for choice. Bet365 have released details on the offers that they will be running on all Royal Ascot races, some of them are particularly worth taking advantage of.
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Feature Race 4/1 Offer
The Bet365 4/1 offer applies to all Ascot races that are shown live on the BBC, that is a total of five live races each day. If you back a winner of any live BBC race at odds of 4/1 of bigger, you get a free bet to the same stake on the next live BBC race. Essentially, if you have a lucky run and back afew winners, it won’t cost you more than the stake of your first bet! click here to take advantage of this offer
Enhanced Place Terms
Bet365 are paying a 1/4 of the odds about a place on ALL racs all week at Royal Ascot, giving the punter extra value if they are betting each way. click here to take advantage of this offer
Watch All Races Live
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