#Class One

This year certainly had its share of excitement for sports and sports bettors. Who saw the TCU Horned Frogs claiming the No. 3 seed in the college football playoffs or the San Diego Padres ousting the 111-win Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLDS? Did anybody have money on Rich Strike to win the Kentucky Derby? How about Justin Verlander to win the AL Cy…

Liverpool and Leicester are on opposite sides of the table, but both are in desperate need of three points for totally different reasons. With the Reds looking to get back into the Top 4, our Premier League picks are backing Nunez to score. Photo By - USA TODAY Sports Friday gives us another dose of Premier League action with Liverpool vs.…

Want a sure bet about legalized sports gambling in Ohio? It's this: After the fanfare fades from the Jan. 1 launch and the real impacts start becoming clear, people are going to start wondering whether it's a good deal for anyone besides the gambling industry. As Ohio prepares to join the majority of U.S. states that have legalized sports…

Enthaar was back on the winners' list at Caulfield. Picture: Racing Photos via Getty Images Sound gave us a fitting tribute to the four-time winner Zipping going back-to-back in the feature and we saw a promising type blast home in the last at Sandown. The track played as well as a firm Caulfield does. You didn't want to be back beyond midfield as…

The BMW Hong Kong Derby looks as even as ever but the decision to pick Congratulation ahead of Flagship Glory has raised eyebrows. The three Classic Series contests are some of the only ones in Hong Kong where the fields are decided by a selection panel, which means horses can get in on merit, rather than rating or priority (the Hong Kong…

Gun English jockey Ryan Moore will ride Wellington in next month's Group One Hong Kong Sprint (1200m), with trainer Richard Gibson confirming his stable star is on track for the international races. Wellington pulled up lame after a disappointing sixth in the Group Two Jockey Club Sprint (1200m) on November 20 but Gibson is pleased with how his…

Gary Nutting is backing Venetia Williams to end her dry spell in the race of the day at Lingfield as the rain comes. Lingfield Park is the only UK track to host three different disciplines (all-weather, turf Flat and jumps) and Sky Sports Racing cameras are back there on Tuesday. Highlight of the seven-race jumps card is the Thorley Taverns…

Rod Northam can send punters home on a winning note at Gunnedah Picture: Simon Bullard-News Corp It's Somerton Cup Day at Gunnedah and it's a meeting that offers plenty of value from a punting perspective. Gunnedah Summary Best Bet: Race 7 (18) Hiraishin Next Best: Race 1 (2) Just Strolling Value Bet: Race 3 (4) Playing For Keeps Race by Race…

Form analyst Greg Polson is keen to get stuck into Monday's meetings at Scone and Lismore. SCONE Best Bet: Race 4 (1) African Daisy This looks a nice race for the Annabel Neasham-trained African Daisy to return to racing. A four-year-old daughter of American Pharoah, African Daisy has had a couple of trials and she was a five-length winner at Wyong…

TEMPLEGATE takes on Aintree's big race on Saturday confident of finding the winner. Read on for our man's complete runner-by-runner guide (where he rates each horse out of five stars) and find his pick for the 2.11 below. TWO FOR GOLD 4 GOLD run. He led the Grand National at the second Canal Turn before his stamina gave out. His other spin over…

A day at the races - particularly feature meetings - can provoke a whole range of emotions for those involved, from jockeys, trainers, punters and administrators. That was true again at Sha Tin on Monday, so let's go through some of the immediate responses a few of the key players would've felt amid a couple of shock results. Oh dear. *insert vomit…