#Bated Breath

Knicks Go, seen winning the Grade I Pegasus World Cup in January, is favorite for Saturday's Grade I Whitney at Saratoga. Photo courtesy of Gulfstream Park Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Rich purses drew some top foreign talent for the Saratoga Derby and Oaks on Saturday and Sunday on the upstate New York turf to highlight a big weekend of Thoroughbred…

Haddex Des Obeaux: could be just the sort for a big handicap following his win at Warwick On a busy day of action across Britain and Ireland, there were plenty of clues on offer looking ahead to some of the major handicaps at Cheltenham, Aintree and Punchestown this spring, but who caught the eyes of our judges? As Tony Blair might have said, the…

Don't be a plonker - go with Jubiloso to land the Coronation Stakes (4.20, ITV) on Friday. Sir Michael Stoute's filly, whose uncle is the great unbeaten champ Frankel, faces a big step up in class but could hardly have made a more promising start to her career. An easy winner at Chelmsford at the end of April, Jubiloso went on to blitz her rivals…

Trainers work their whole lives hoping to get a horse that can win them a single Grade 1 or Group 1 race. Charlie Appleby has a horse that won him two Group 1s in five days. Already a repeat winner Tuesday in the King's Stand, Blue Point (1-1 in the U.S., 3-2 in the U.K.) did it again Saturday. He held on to win by a head in the $764520 Diamond…

For MLB fans waiting with bated breath for the new season, there is some good news. The World Baseball Classic (WBC) is returning in 2023 and will feature a slurry of prime MLB talent. The 2023 World Baseball Classic will be played between March 8th and March 21st, 2023, at stadiums around the USA, Japan, and Taiwan. It is carefully planned to take…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - The emerald-and-gold Caesars Sportsbook-branded corner of Scioto Downs sat vacant Thursday - the kiosks idling, the soft-white underlit counters beckoning to bettors ambling around the rest of the racino. Last Thursday, a semi-clear plastic construction tarp concealed where the Barstool Sportsbook will permanently reside at…

NBC4i.com is running a series of reports on sports gambling, which becomes legal in Ohio on Jan. 1. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - The emerald-and-gold Caesars Sportsbook-branded corner of Scioto Downs sat vacant Thursday - the kiosks idling, the soft-white underlit counters beckoning to bettors ambling around the rest of the racino. Last Thursday, a…

Tadhg Creedon explains why he has invested on two contenders, who are both in action at Newmarket on Saturday, for next year's 1000 and 2000 Guineas. By Tadhg Creedon As Group One action returns to Newmarket's Rowley Mile this week, so do some of the best juveniles in Europe, laying down their claims for possible Classic glory next season. The…

The Baltimore Orioles and Houston Astros will conclude their three-game series in Houston on Sunday afternoon. With that said, it's a good time to check out our MLB odds series, which includes an Orioles-Astros prediction and pick we have laid out below. Baltimore has won three games in a row, bringing their record to 67-59, just one and a half…

The 2022 Masters Tournament is officially in the books and players now turn their attention to the PGA Championship this week. The year's second major championship is set to take place in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at Southern Hills Country Club as it will look to follow up not only the Masters, but last year's dramatic finish at the Ocean Course at Kiawah…

Flightline wins his third straight race in style in Sunday's Grade 1 Malibu at Santa Anita. Benoit photo, courtesy of Santa Anita Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Epicenter entered the Kentucky Derby picture with a handy win Sunday at Fair Grounds while a sparkling Opening Day program at Santa Anita featured a dazzling performance by budding superstar…

Coming in off her biggest career victory, Regal Glory looks to make it two in a row when she headlines a field of eleven older females set for Saturday's $500000 Pegasus World Cup Filly and Mare Turf at Gulfstream Park. Trained by Chad Brown, the 6-year-old daughter of Animal Kingdom finished off last season in top form. Two starts back she was…

With the FIFA World Cup taking place in the Middle East and the winter months for the first time in the tournament's long and storied history - it has meant that top-flight football competitions around the world have had to be put on pause as a result. One such competition which will go on a six-week hiatus to make way for the sport's leading…

For details of advised bookmakers and each-way terms, visit our transparent tipping record If there's a new sprinting superstar in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes on the final day of Royal Ascot, it's probably Sceptical, the £2800 Godolphin cast-off who has rocketed himself to favouritism for this Group One following three wins this year after only…

Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Kentucky-based horses ably defended their home turf in the weekend Claiming Crown series at Churchill Downs, while 2-year-olds, some still eyeing a shot at next year's big races, were at work at tracks from coast to coast. Del Mar swung back into operation, and Woodbine and Churchill Downs had rich stakes offerings. On the…

One of the joys of betting on horse racing is opening up the past performances, looking over a race, and finding that all of the horses you would be interested in betting have appealing odds. Nobody gets really excited about betting a 4-5 favorite, but a 15-1 or 20-1 longshot elicits that tingle of anticipation that most other types of sports…

What's worse than watching your bet lose? Watching your bet lose in person - in a stadium full of fans screaming for the opposing team. That's what Jim "Mattress Mack" Mcingvale had to suffer through in Game 3 of the World Series between the Astros and Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. Mcingvale, a furniture store owner and notorious sports gambler,…

It's been five years and plenty has changed since the last World Cup, but one thing remains the same - Australia are still the raging favourites. England are determined to avenge their loss in the 2017 final but the bookies don't even have the host national topping their pool group. Tonga was the surprise packet at the last tournament thanks to…

It's hard to name a more iconic sports duo than the Williams sisters. Since the 1990s, Serena and Venus Williams have been making waves in the world of tennis. They've inspired women around the world with their triumphant stories. As two Black women who grew up in Compton, California during the 1980s, the odds were not in their favor (via Harper's…

Do the St. Louis Blues have another Stanley Cup run in them? That is certainly a hot question among observers. If last season was any indication, then it's affirmative. St. Louis gave Colorado a tough, six-game Western Conference playoff series, eventually losing when starting goalie Jordan Binnington was hurt. That wasn't the only reason, but it…

Cyberknife, shown winning the Arkansas Derby, runs in Saturday's $1 million Pennsylvania Derby at Parx Racing. Coady Photography, courtesy of Oaklawn Park Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Saturday's Pennsylvania Derby brings together many of the top U.S. 3-year-olds just hours after a few of the top prospects for next year's European Classics kick off the…