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The Golden Slipper is almost upon us, with the best two-year old horses and their connections in Australia vying for their piece of $3 million. As one of the biggest days of Sydney's Autumn Racing Carnival, the Slipper is the biggest day of the year at Rosehill Gardens, featuring five Group 1 races. Here's everything you need to know for the 2021…

Almost 150 years ago, the Kentucky Derby began and it will continue its legacy this weekend in Louisville, Kentucky. The Kentucky Derby is an annual horse race that many attend in order to bet on their preferred horse in hopes they are crowned the Derby winner. The Derby is different from many sporting events because of the formal attire,…

DAVID BECKHAM'S shock LA Galaxy contract has earned him more than £400MILLION - thanks to two genius clauses. The former England captain shocked world football in 2007 when he left the glitz and glamour of Real Madrid to move with his wife Victoria and their three sons to Los Angeles. Not only was Beckham turning his back on elite-level Champions…

Avonallo gets the better of Follow Your Dreams during one of their showdowns at Riccarton in November. Photo / Getty Images To say Kenny Rae doesn't often have starters in million-dollar races is a bit of an understatement. It would be more accurate to say Rae hasn't had a starter in a $1m race for 6487 days. But on Saturday night at Ellerslie that…

Bovada is offering entertainment betting odds on the top-grossing movie in 2023. The Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is likely the best bet with+125 odds given its connection to Marvel and status as a sequel. HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - Bovada has released betting odds on the highest-grossing movies in the world in 2023, with popular series such as…

The spring dominance of Godolphin superstar Anamoe is expected to continue during the Sydney Autumn Carnival with TAB installing the Cox Plate hero as favourite in multiple Group 1 markets. With Group 1 racing done for the year, TAB opened all-in betting for a range of features in Sydney and Melbourne throughout early 2023 on Monday. Anamoe, the…

What was the Evil Empire before Darth Vader? Sure, they were lurking in the shadows with Senator Palpatine pulling all of the strings. But it was not until he turned Anakin Skywalker to the Dark Side that Palpatine was able to show his true nature to take over the galaxy and rule it with an iron fist. This is exactly what we just saw play out in…

Hello, and welcome to the weekly L.A. Times soccer newsletter. I'm Kevin Baxter, The Times' soccer writer, and today we wonder why LAFC assistant Ante Razov isn't yet a head coach, go over the Galaxy's recent struggles, break down a diverse MLS player pool and look at the two Southern California expansion teams that are at the top of the National…

Longtime FC Dallas defender Matt Hedges is on the move for the first time in his career with BMO Field set to become his new home. Toronto FC signed the free agent centerback to two-year contract on Monday, the club announced. Hedges' contact also includes two option years for 2025 and 2026, with TFC using Targeted Allocation Money to sign him. The…

Dettori had just ridden a Williams-owned horse, Master Of Reality, to second past the post (he was later relegated to fourth on protest). He stood with his head in his arms on the side of a placegetter's stall, the horse's name on the saddlecloth in the background. It was his 17th ride in the Cup. Afterwards, all he said was: "I feel like…

Kyrie Irving's decision to opt in with the Brooklyn Nets for the 2022-23 NBA season brought the franchise a modicum of stability. With him, that's the best you can hope for. The next unexcused absence, ill-informed political stance or injury is always just around the corner. The Nets executive offices probably have one of those "X Days Without a…

The latest departure from Manchester United could be a boost to Major League Soccer. Jesse Lingard, who played for United last season, left the team on a free transfer in June, making him an unrestricted free agent. Several Premier League teams are interested in adding the forward to their lineup, but Lingard is taking his time and weighing all…

El Trafico has quickly become one of the biggest rivalries in Major League Soccer and the stage doesn't get much bigger than the playoffs. After winning the Supporters' Shield, LAFC had time to recover from a long season with a first-round bye and will now face the Galaxy who knocked off Nashville SC in the first round of the playoffs. The two…

The Western Conference playoff race is tight, so the marquee matchup in MLS betting this week is in Tennessee, where Nashville SC host LAFC. Check out our picks and predictions for this match, with Gareth Bale's debut looming. The marquee matchup of the weekend in MLS betting will take place in the Music City on Sunday night. Nashville SC will host…

The LA Galaxy make their long-awaited return to the MLS Cup Playoffs on Saturday, when they host Nashville SC in a Round One clash. The Galaxy ended the regular season on a high, posting a 3-1 road win over the Houston Dynamo last Sunday, a rare comeback win for Greg Vanney's side. The Galaxy finished the season in great form, four games unbeaten…

NYCFC is set to face the Philadelphia Union in a rematch of the MLS Cup semifinals from last year. With that said, it's a good time to check out our MLS odds series, which includes our NYCFC vs Philadelphia prediction, odds, and pick we have laid out below. The two teams came into the early season in different manners. NYCFC did not start their…

The playoffs roll on for the LA Galaxy, and their next test is Thursday, when they head down the road to take on LAFC in the Western Conference semifinals at Banc of California Stadium. The Galaxy continue to ride high, winning their first playoff game since 2019 when they downed Nashville SC 1-0 on Saturday. Yes, they needed the goal to seal the…

James Cummings covets the Golden Slipper with a zeal that borders on religious fervour. The Godolphin trainer gave an insight into just what this race means to him by revealing a telling conversation he had with one of his stable staff earlier this week. "My foreman said to me the other day this is just a race,'' Cummings said. "I said it is not…

The Portland Timbers will try to get back on the right track when they host the Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday afternoon in a Major League Soccer match at Providence Park. The Timbers have been decimated by injuries, so much that they had to invoke the "extreme hardship" clause to add reinforcements. But Portland is a talented team that reached the…

The 2022 Golden Slipper will take place on Saturday March 19th at Rosehill Gardens, with the country's best two-year-olds to feature in the historic Group 1 race. The race will be contested over 1200m, with the prizemoney totalling at $5 million. Last year, Stay Inside took out the race from Anamoe and Ingratiating. There will be a host of other…

Gary Portelli's sliding doors moment came as Clarry Conners was singing "New York, New York" on the dance floor. Conners had just won his fourth Golden Slipper with Belle Du Jour and invited Portelli to join the celebrations that night. The year was 2000 and as Conners was doing his best Frank Sinatra impersonation, Portelli realised what he needed…

James McDonald believes Coolangatta's lack of recent racing will prove a benefit heading into Saturday's Golden Slipper. Picture: Getty Images Champion jockey James McDonald is convinced Coolangatta's lack of recent racing will actually prove a "blessing" when she contests the $5m Longines Golden Slipper (1200m) at Rosehill Gardens on…

Hopefully I've found a few of these on Saturday. Another bottomless heavy track awaits punters at Randwick on Saturday and I've found some horse that should relish the conditions at good odds. Tips are listed in AEDT. It is a huge ask for a horse to win a race at this level on debut but when she was trialling up pre-Christmas I had her pegged as a…

Jonker (right) winning the Group 1 Manikato Stakes last year. Picture: Michael Klein Tony Gollan has challenged unbeaten boom sprinter Marabi to step up to the big league in the Group 1 Oakleigh Plate. Ciaron Maher and Dave Eustace's mare Marabi might have won six from six but will tangle with some seasoned Group 1 hardheads on Saturday including…

Champion sprinter Nature Strip can edge closer to Winx's world prizemoney record if he wins the Group 1 $3 million Darley Champions Sprint (1200m) at Flemington on Saturday. Nature Strip, the world's number one-ranked sprinter, took his career earnings to just over $20 million when he ran fourth to Giga Kick in The Everest last start. In latest TAB…

The regular season is finished and the MLS Cup Playoffs is upon us this weekend after a thrilling and record-breaking 34 gameweeks. Los Angeles FC and Philadelphia Union, as the respective Western Conference and Eastern Conference winners, have made it into the semifinals already and can sit by and watch these six games without any…

Racing NSW chief executive Peter V'landys has hinted at further stakes increases in coming months after releasing details of a massive $30m prizemoney package. "These increases are absolutely sustainable and fully funded, and there is a possibility we will be announcing further prizemoney increases in the next six months," V'landys revealed at a…

L.A. shored up their porous defense from a year ago, but now scoring goals appears to be the problem. That's bad news against an Austin side that's peppering the net, and we're backing them to take advantage in this matchup with our MLS betting picks. After defeating their cross-town rivals mid-week in the US Open Cup, the LA Galaxy turn their…

Placid Ark was in rare air in 1987 winning the Lightning Stakes, Oakleigh Plate and Newmarket Handicap. The Group 1 Lightning Stakes is now named after Black Caviar but Wally Mitchell reckons his winner of the race 35 years ago would have given the mighty mare something to think about. Mitchell, the trainer of the great Placid Ark who went on a…

The LA Galaxy will wrap up their 2022 MLS regular season campaign on Sunday with a less-than-pressure-packed Decision Day clash at the Houston Dynamo. The Galaxy took care of business last week, clinching a playoff berth and drawing Real Salt Lake 1-1 at home last weekend. The penalty-missing woes continued, with Riqui Puig getting bit by the bug,…

Los Angeles Galaxy will welcome Real Salt Lake to Dignity Health Sports Park in a crucial MLS Western Conference game on Saturday. A win would help secure a playoff berth for the home team, who are in fifth place in the Western Conference standings. Real Salt Lake are in eighth place, trailing the LA Galaxy by three points. With just two games left…

LA Galaxy to win 2-1 against Houston Dynamo- 8/1! At 8/1, a £10 bet would return £90! Houston Dynamo vs Los Angeles Galaxy October 09, 2022 10:00 pm BST LA Galaxy will make their play-off return in 2022, but will they now secure a home first round tie? The record five-times MLS Cup winners have only featured in the post-season in one of the last…

Hello, and welcome to the weekly L.A. Times soccer newsletter. I'm Kevin Baxter, The Times' soccer writer, and today we look at LAFC and the Galaxy finding their way to the postseason; Angel City missing out on the National Women's Soccer League playoffs; and Qatar's continuing struggles to prepare for an unprecedented flood of visitors for this…

Our football acca for Sunday has matches in leagues from across the globe. The matches selected for the five-fold acca will have a direct impact on promotion, relegation, and playoffs in their respective leagues. This five-fold features matches from League One, Major League Soccer, the Argentine Pro Liga, and La Liga 2. Consider these picks for…

THE 122nd running of the Vodacom Durban July at Greyville Racecourse on Saturday afternoon 7 July will see the iconic event bask in the international sporting and social spotlight as a crowd of over 50000 converges to watch which thoroughbred will take the title in the R4,25 million feature race shortly after 4pm. The Justin Snaith trained African…

The LA Galaxy look to get back above the playoff line, when they head to Tennessee to face Nashville SC on Saturday. The Galaxy are coming off a strange 2-2 draw against Sporting Kansas City last weekend, a game in which they lead and looked like they were in control, before conceding twice, needing to get a late penalty to tie it up, and then…

The over 2.5 goals sits at -135 odds, while the under is+105. These two sides have met just once, playing to a scoreless draw in 2014 when Orlando was in what was then called the USL Pro. Orlando is in the midst of a respectable MLS campaign, sitting in fifth spot in the East, and should make the playoffs at this rate. They come into this encounter…

Vancouver Whitecaps vs LA Galaxy 9/14/2022 Picks Predictions Previews The Vancouver Whitecaps (9-7-14) will be tackling LA Galaxy footballers (11-7-11) in the MLS Western Conference at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver on Wednesday, September 14, 2022, at 10:00 PM ET. Vancouver dropped to 11th place at 9-7-14 on 34 points in the Western Conference…

MLS Week 28 kicks off on Wednesday night, August 31 with an 11-game card when Philadelphia vs Atlanta gets things rolling at 7:00 pm EST. We've scoured the card and come up with three best bets for our MLS picks today below. Looking at the odds in the table above you can see Philly and NYCFC are both commanding favorites to take three points over…

Toronto FC's turnaround continues thanks to recent additions Lorenzo Insigne, Federico Bernardeschi, and Domenico Criscito as they push toward what once seemed an unlikely playoff berth. Our betting picks like Toronto FC to keep things moving. A rejuvenated Toronto FC hosts LA Galaxy looking to rein in a playoff spot while the visitors hope to…

GUN three-year-old Anamoe has firmed into favouritism for the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes after a stunning victory in the Group 1 Rosehill Guineas. The son of Street Boss ($1.70 fav) annihilated a quality field by six-and-a-half lengths, dashing clear to defeat Converge ($3.80), with Forgot You ($11) three-quarters-of-a-length away third. The…