#The Dream

Annsam - 1pt Win - 4/1 (William Hill) singleSelection My first selection today is Annsam in the 1:30 Kempton. This horse ran a cracker in the Coral Gold Cup considering he was hampered by the loose horse at one stage and he also jumped out to the right around Newbury which is a left-handed track. Returned to a right-handed track, I feel he can find…

Mason Grady earns reward for bright performances off the bench with a start for Cardiff when they face Newcastle Falcons in the EPCR Challenge Cup encounter at the Arms Park today (1pm). He is one of eight changes coach Dai Young makes after last weekend's home defeat in the United Rugby Championship to the Scarlets. The young centre, an imposing…

Renowned Horse Racing Tipster and Journalist Ed Quigley, aka'Longshot Ted' offers up his best bets for Saturday's ITV action, and picks out some of the other horses who have made him sit up and take note, on what should be a cracking weekend of sport. Saturday Advice: BLOOD DESTINY, Fairyhouse 12.27, win Evens - William Hill PAINT THE DREAM,…

2023-01-13David Maxwell expecting better of Saint Calvados in Silviniaco Conti Chase The Paul Nicholls-trained Grade 2 winner proved much too keen when making his first appearance for Maxwell in the two-runner Chanelle Pharma 1965 Chase at Ascot in November. "The hood will quieten him down and I imagine he'll be less strong with a few more runners…

Pic D'Orhy (Harry Cobden) landed the Peterborough Chase at Huntingdon last month As I scan the field for the Silviniaco Conti, one question keeps coming to mind: what on earth are you doing here? That is no slight on the quality of the runners, of whom four have won at this Grade 2 level and the other two have won Grade 3s. It is more to do with…

2023-01-13Saturday Kempton racing tip preview: Pic D'Orhy set to dominate small field Fiosrach is run by multi-award winning tipster Andrew, who was the founder and main tipster at Cleeve Racing. Profits were made in every season when Andrew was tipping at Cleeve and he was admitted into the Secret Betting Club Hall of Fame in 2019. You can…

Not sighted since winning the two-runner Grade 2 Jacquart Noel Novices' Chase at Ascot on December 202019, the grey Angels Breath makes his long-awaited return to action in Kempton's Coral Silviniaco Conti Chase on Saturday. Still owned by'Walters Plant Hire & Ronnie Bartlett' but under a new trainer having been switched from Nicky Henderson to Sam…

Tucked away from view in a luscious green field at the foot of the Blackdown Hills in Somerset is a chestnut gelding who - if only he could talk - would have an extraordinary tale to tell indeed. As it is, the 19-year-old retired racehorse will have to make do with Hollywood speaking for him: Dream Alliance is about to be immortalised on the big…

The Edmonton Oilers need to win on their home ice on Monday night to keep their season alive. Edmonton is down 0-3 to the Colorado Avalanche in the 2022 Western Conference Final after suffering a tough home defeat in Game 3. Connor McDavid conjured up the perfect start to Game 3 with a goal 38 seconds into the contest, but then everything went…

Newcastle's Flat card features a conditions race over a mile and a quarter with some smart older performers entered up. They include the John & Thady Gosden pair Harrovian and Forest of Dean who finished third and fifth respectively in a listed race at Lingfield in November which has thrown up some winners since. This looks a bit less competitive,…

Since steering the Paul Nicholls-trained Bravemansgame to glory at the track on Boxing Day in the Ladbrokes King George VI Chase the 24 year old has gone on to enjoy back-to-back Grade One victories together with the Ditcheat handler the past two Saturdays. After partnering Hermes Allen to victory in the Coral Challow Novices' Hurdle at Newbury on…

Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets are out to another impressive start in a season under head coach Michael Malone. The team is second in the Western Conference and have a 22-12 record, going 8-2 in their last ten games. Denver knows that the West is about as wide open as it's ever been in recent memory and the Nuggets could look to add another…

Lovely Ride wins Saturday's Pippin Stakes at Oaklawn Park Coady Photography, courtesy of Oaklawn Park Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Trainer Bob Baffert saddled the first three finishers in Sunday's $100000 Grade III Sham Stakes at Santa Anita, a "Road to the Kentucky Derby" race, while the other weekend qualifier went to a colt who might find the Derby distance…

The 2022 NFL season has come to an end. Here are things to take away from the final week of the season. Time is a Flat Circle The Kansas City Chiefs are once again the AFC's top seed, and Super Bowl favorites. The Chiefs are somewhat fortunate to have claimed the no.1 seed, as Week 17's no-contest between the Bills and Bengals afforded them the…

SAN DIEGO -- "What does it mean?" That is a question the Giants asked themselves over and over again for the last month, through endless rumors, eye-popping quotes in a magazine article, a misspelled and misinformed tweet, and a 13-second video that rocked the baseball world a few days before Thanksgiving. For months, the Giants had prepared to…

The Saturday card from Santa Anita Park features the California Cup Sprint. Giver Not a Taker was installed as the morning line favorite. Post: 12:00 PM PT; $150k Don Valpredo California Cup Sprint S. going 6 furlongs on dirt; Entries: 6 #2 BIG CITY LIGHTS (8-5) gets the top selection. He shouldn't have trouble with the 6 furlong distance. This one…

You can go ahead and pick your jaw from the floor now. Yes, it has been over nine decades of rugby in the land of the rising sun. It is a bit odd for a country so averse to external traditions to rank as the tenth most powerful nation in this sport discipline. There are currently over 3600 professional clubs in Japan that are home to more than…

It's been a long 2022 for the Flyers and their fans. The team has suffered through a lot of losses, been stricken by injuries to key players, dealt with a coaching change, and said goodbye to one of the franchise's greatest-ever players in Claude Giroux. How bad has it been? The Flyers have accumulated a putrid 24-51-12 record and earned just 60 of…

Coming off of the winter World Cup break, there were hopes that Everton could capture three points against the bottom-dwelling Wolverhampton Wanderers at Goodison, before they had to head off to Manchester to play City. Last-second heartbreak - in the form of a goal at the death - put even the dream of collecting a single point from that match to…

It was another interesting week in the NBA, highlighted by a historical stat line and comeback in Dallas, and former Spur Dejounte Murray - who infamously posted that the Spurs will be losing for another 15 years due to the way the system is set up - may not have ended up in the dream scenario he pictured when the Spurs courteously traded him to…

Nothin To Ask: Fergal O'Brien's seven-year-old is two from two over fences Were it not for this race coming shortly after the Challow, it would be more widely recognised as an indicative formline. Since taking up its current spot on the card in 2017, winners have included De Rasher Counter and Paint The Dream, both subsequent winners of top…

Via Serendipity strikes the front at Sandown Saturday: Sandown Veteran miler Via Serendipity made a late bid to be part of the action at Royal Ascot next week with a gutsy performance to land the mile handicap under Harry Davies. Via Serendipity is lurking below the cut for the Royal Hunt Cup, but a 5lb penalty for his neck success will shunt him…

Inspiratrice: a 200-1 winner at Taunton on Friday Friday: Taunton Three days after enjoying the biggest success of her career in the Welsh Grand National, trainer Nicky Martin struck again as Inspiratrice laughed at her 200-1 odds by landing the juvenile hurdle. Martin wasn't in attendance for The Two Amigos' brave success at Chepstow due to a…

The top two darts players in Belgium will go toe-to-toe in Round 4 of the World Championships on Friday. Dimitri van den Bergh and Kim Huybrechts were teammates during the 2022 World Cup Of Darts, but there will be no love lost as both attempt to reach the Quarter Finals. Here are our best bets and predictions for Kim Huybrechts vs Dimitri van den…

Mark Best played for Jersey for three seasons After three years with Jersey, Mark Best spoke to TRU's Joe Harvey about his recent move to Doncaster and the future of the Championship. After missing out on an Ulster Academy contract following two years of representing their U20s, Mark Best threw himself into'regular' life. Working for an estate…

My phone reminded me, this morning, of what I was doing five years ago today. I had flown from Boston-a two-week research trip wherein I also flew to Maryland to watch the'Cats beat the Terps-to Evanston, where I saw one of my favorite sights: Iowa fans leaving Ryan Field. Just look at that. All those yokels, having congratulated themselves on…

You've not been paying attention-and why would you have been?-but three OTE writers have recently become fathers, the two of us for the first time. Of course, as we all know, that comes with loads of spare time while the little potato just lies there and requires no attention or assistance from us, no sir. What follows is a set of previews of…

Stand up Chicagoans! In one of the more underrated rivalries in baseball, the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox will meet in the Windy City Showdown at Guaranteed Rate Field to begin a short two-game series starting on Saturday. It is time to dive into our MLB odds series, where our Cubs-White Sox prediction and pick will be revealed for all to…

Sep 22, 2022; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Kansas City Royals center fielder Michael A. Taylor (2) bats against the Minnesota Twins during the eighth inning at Kauffman Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports The New York Yankees are waiting patiently to find themselves a new left-fielder. With Michael Conforto, the last…

Former football star-turned stable owner Michael Owen is expected to score in front of the ITV4 cameras at Chester today with Ever Given, plus Newsboy gives his tips on every other race from Wednesday's race meetings at Kempton, Kelso and Fontwell Michael Owen could be celebrating another'home' victory at Chester today with EVER GIVEN. The colt,…

As participants in the only bowl game on Monday, Marshall and UConn have a chance to spotlight what have been two of the better under-the-radar stories this past season. The Thundering Herd won four straight games to end the season 8-4, which included a program-defining road win over Notre Dame in Week 2. The Huskies, meanwhile, have been one…

There really haven't been too many more dramatic football matches than what we saw in the 2022 FIFA World Cup final. A game full of raw emotion, countless swings and the dream ending to the now-surely-considered greatest of all time's international career. It was always the big one for Lionel Messi, the World Cup. And now the Argentine icon can say…

When the Winnipeg Jets lost on home ice 3 - 1 against the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday night the dream of making this year's playoffs essentially ended. Heading into the game Wednesday night the Jets had twelve games remaining and realistically needed to win ten to have any chance of making the final Wild Card playoff spot. With seven games…

Texas sports betting is not yet legalized, albeit there was a big push to get it a bill passed through the Lone Star state's legislature in 2021. As the Texas legislative session only occurs in odd years, the next realistic push can only happen in 2023. Since Attorney General Ken Paxton presented an opinion in 2017 citing that wagering on Daily…

The plans for the future are very exciting and just may be the perfect answer to what we have all been looking for in growing the Sport of Kings in South Africa. Syndication is not new to horseracing, but has probably never fully been taken advantage of properly in South Africa. Most trainers have dabbled in it from time to time, but for some…

It all comes down to one last game in Qatar - the holders France against Argentina in the 2022 Fifa World Cup final at the Lusail Stadium. With two of the world's best players in opposition on Sunday, it promises to be an exciting clash for the neutrals, but a nerve-wracking one for fans of the respective finalists. Lionel Scaloni's Argentina team…

Two of the top scorers on the planet face off in Sunday's 2022 FIFA World Cup final when Argentina and France square off at Lusail Stadium. Argentina legend Lionel Messi, the world's No. 2 goal-scorer of all-time, seeks to cap his illustrious career with his first World Cup title. On the other side will be Kylian Mbappe, the best young striker in…

The dream run continued for Morocco as they defeated Portugal in the quarter-finals 1-0. This came on the heels of a penalty shootout victory against their Iberian neighbor Spain in the Round of 16. The French are looking to be the first nation to win back-to-back World Cups since Brazil accomplished the feat in 1962. France beat European-rival…

MIKE MADDEN went from meal deal to hospitality after using Tesco Clubcard points to buy a horse. Now the IT guru arrives at Royal Ascot in a helicopter £80000 better off thanks to a horse who's taken him from supermarket to superstar. Mike's journey is the stuff all owners dream of, although how it started couldn't be more ordinary. A lifelong…

FAKIR D'OUDAIRES can land a big prize for Ireland in the Grade 1 Marsh Chase. Joseph O'Brien's chaser is as tough as they come and bounded clear by 11 lengths in this race 12 months ago. Returning in his usual consistent manner, JP McManus' seven-year-old recorded a 15-length score at Grade 2 level in November. There was no disgrace in finding…

HARRY REDKNAPP hopes this is finally the year he hits the back of the net at the home of jumps racing. The legendary manager has owned horses on and off for over 30 years - but so far his only victory at Cheltenham was of the 3-0 variety in the FA Cup. It looked like his wait could come to an end this afternoon with the well-fancied Back On The…

CHRISTIAN PULISIC is attracting attention from Newcastle United and Arsenal, according to reports. The USMNT star impressed at the World Cup and has been out of favour at Stamford Bridge in recent years. Therefore, he could be set for an exit as early as January and Premier League giants Newcastle and Arsenal are interested in a move. Chelsea could…

Welcome to playoff baseball, where the "best" team wins the championship far less often than in other sports. To wit: According to Baseball Prospectus odds, no team in the 2021 playoff field has better than a 20 percent chance to win the World Series. With eight deserving teams ready to do battle, let's dive into the reasons each particular team…

Will Healy transformed Austin Peay from a dumpster fire - the FCS program went 0-11 in 2016, his first year as the head coach - to a respectable squad, which went 13-10 over his next two seasons. Healy, currently just 37 years old, turned his young age, recruiting successes, and on-field results into a new job: the head coaching gig at…

AFTER being somewhat surprisingly overlooked for a slot in The Phoenix, Topgun winner Photo Man will be at the forefront of an imposing Victorian presence in Thursday night's heats of the Group 1 Hobart Thousand (461m). Photo Man, trained by Gavin Clifton and cousin David McKenzie, came off the reserves bench to claim a brilliant all-the-way…

Regal Glory winds up her career with a victory in Sunday's Grade I Matriarch at Del Mar. Benoit photo, courtesy of Del Mar Turf Club Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Mind Control and Regal Glory wound up their careers with Grade I victories a continent apart in weekend racing, while the another name popped up on the "Road to the Roses" Kentucky Derby 2023…

If it is to be the beginning of the end for Honeysuckle, Sunday was a day to remember for hugely promising rider Michael O'Sullivan, who showed calmness beyond his years to get Marine Nationale home in front and claim a first Grade One win in the Bar One Racing Royal Bond Novice Hurdle - typically one of the most informative novice events in…

In an extract from the 2023 Racing Post Annual, editor Nick Pulford looks back at Flooring Porter's second Stayers' Hurdle victory St Patrick's Day at lockdown Cheltenham was a quiet affair but it was a different story when the doors reopened at the 2022 festival. The partying was raucous and long, in the old tradition, and at the centre of it all…