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Nicky Henderson's Jonbon was safely tucked away in his Seven Barrows box at Christmas but he still got some festive cheer when Boothill won the Wayward Lad at Kempton. Before that boost - he had easily seen off Harry Fry's horse in the Henry VIII at Sandown - his chasing form had little substance to it (in terms of what he had beaten), even if he…

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…

Trainer Joe Tizzard is excited to see Eldorado Allen take on the Betfair Chase challenge at Haydock Park on Saturday. The 42-year-old handler, who officially took over the training licence from his father Colin at the start of the season, thinks his eight-year-old grey is fit and ready to take on chiefly last year's winner and Boodles Cheltenham…

No Diggity doesn't have a solid profile, but he could be a notch above his opponents in the classified stakes at Kempton, a race restricted to horses with a BHA mark of 50 or below. No Diggity was disappointing on his three starts after winning a similar event over course and distance last January, and he also failed to fire on his return from a…

The view from a sixth-floor room floor at Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort's new hotel. - File photo by The Sentinel-Record SUNDAY'S RESULTS 4-9 (44.4%) MEET 20-84 (23.8%) LEE'S LOCK Knocker Down in the eighth BEST BET Tejano Twist in the ninth LONG SHOT Big N Broadway in the first CONFIDENCE RATINGS ****confident choice ***plenty to like **things to…

Georgia football fans nearly had their hearts broken in the 2022 Peach Bowl, but in the end, Kirby Smart's Bulldogs showed us the best of what they can be. If you look at it from a distorted distance, it's easy to look at Georgia's 42-41 heart-stopping victory over Ohio State in the College Football Playoff semifinal game and think, man, this team…

The Premier League returned to action with a bang on Boxing Day, and now the festive-period games just keep on coming. Erling Haaland admitted that missing out on the World Cup was an "irritation and motivation" that drove him "a bit mad", and there seems to be a bit of truth to that. The Norway international became the first player in Premier…

ST. LOUIS - Ian Mitchell laughed. There was no joy in the laugh, none of the usual body language that accompanies a moment of merriment. It was a laughter of recognition, of resignation, of what do you want me to say. Perhaps "scoff" would be a better word for it. He laughed because the question, and its answer, were so obvious. Has it been tough…

Newer Odds have been released, access them here … Tuesday's NHL playoff action caused some big moves in the updated 2018-19 NHL Stanley Cup Winner Champion odds over night, as the Boston Bruins beat the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 7 and the Vegas Golden Knights lost a heart-breaker in overtime at the hands of the San Jose Sharks. While I won't get…

The first college football bowl game was played on Jan. 1, 1902, and it was decidedly not a classic. Michigan beat Stanford 49-0 in the inaugural Rose Bowl. Among the lowlights: nine Stanford fumbles and its captain saying that his team was quitting with eight minutes remaining. But in the nearly 121 years since then, football fans have enjoyed a…

Tighthead props don't usually make for good jockeys. Henry de Bromhead was no exception. "I rode, I did hunting and pony club stuff, but I was probably poor-to-moderate as a rider," he says. Training horses is a different matter, however. Last March he secured his place in the Cheltenham pantheon by taking an unprecedented triple crown of Champion…

Trainer Cherie Curtis has come to expect her stable's snub from the bookies. The latest example is with their grey mare Bacio Del Mist, rated a $34 for the NJT Supports Jockeys Handicap (2000m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Certainly, there are some in-form stayers in the field including $2.80 favourite Secret Glamour, Worthily ($3.50), Zoumon…

The worst seat in baseball is the first seat in baseball. Fenway Park Right-Field Grandstand Section 1, Row 1, Seat 1 "America's Most Beloved Ballpark" played host to its first major-league game on April 20, 1912, just five days after the Titanic sank to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. Fenway Park serves as home to the Boston Red Sox, and dozens…

The crowds are about to descend on Aintree - the Grand National is finally upon us. Bookies will hold their collective breaths at 4.15pm, hoping for one of the outsiders to storm to the front and be first past the post. All of the best jockeys have a horse. The departing AP McCoy is on the favourite, Shutthefrontdoor, while Ruby Walsh will be…

Punters will have the first leg of the quaddie locked in if The Everest and Royal Ascot form holds up on Sunday at Sapphire Coast. Goulburn trainer Danny Williams does the honours via the raw but talented Prince Nicconi whose CV includes a third to his giant-killer stablemate Shelby Sixtysix. Not only is Shelby Sixtysix a Group 1 winner, but he is…

In the first week of legal sports wagering in Kansas, more than 100000 Missourians found out how precise online location tools have become when they were blocked from making bets. How many more crossed the border - or went to any of the other four legal sports wagering states adjoining Missouri to make bets - is unknown. The stream of visitors to…

Tighthead props don't usually make for good jockeys. Henry De Bromhead was no exception. "I rode, I did hunting and pony club stuff, but I was probably poor-to-moderate as a rider," he says. Training horses is a different matter, however. Last March he secured his place in the Cheltenham pantheon by taking an unprecedented triple crown of Champion…

Baseball's All-Star break provides teams a chance to rest and reflect after playing basically every day for the last three months. And while there have been twists and turns in 2022 (from Joe Girardi's early exit in Philly to a Mets rotation mired with injuries), the National League East is playing out exactly how those in Vegas saw things in…

Shishkin bids to give favourite backers the edge on day two of the Cheltenham Festival. The Champion Chase (3.30) favourite has starred for trainer Nicky Henderson, winning twice previously at the meeting. He lines up in the feature with one success for his name over key market rival Energumene. Stablemate Chacun Pour Soi and Nube Negra are others…

The Japan Cup, first held in 1981, is one of the biggest days of horse racing in the country. In addition to drawing an international field of runners, Sunday's race also comes with the added bonus of being held in Tokyo, the nation's capital. Getting to Tokyo Racecourse is a cinch. The Keio Line train goes there from Shinjuku Station in 30…

4pts Rassie van der Dussen top South Africa series batsman at 4/1 (bet365, Unibet) Just as England fans wake up on Boxing Day morning, groggy from too many Snowballs and tentatively checking the score in the third Ashes Test in Australia, they will at least be able to feast themselves on top-class Test cricket in South Africa as the Proteas kicks…

Homeless Songs after her victory in the Tattersalls 1000 Guineas on Sunday After Homeless Songs ran out a dominant winner of the Irish 1000 Guineas at the Curragh, we canvassed the view of three Racing Post experts and asked: how does she measure up against the top colts we've seen? I think she compares favourably and I'd certainly back her getting…

Even as the English cricket team recently claimed the title of the 20-over format of the cricket world championship in Melbourne, Australia, sports lovers are crossing their fingers over whether they will be able to watch the next big events - the 50-over Cricket World Cup and the Asia Cup, scheduled to be respectively hosted by India and Pakistan…

According to Adam Crafton of The Athletic, Shakhtar Donetsk are set to demand £88 million to let Mykhaylo Mudryk depart the club. Arsenal and Newcastle United remain interested, but the price tag may prove too high for those clubs to compete for the Ukrainian. Mykhaylo Mudryk is highly rated among those controlling the corridors at Shakhtar…

Today the focus is on Christian Vazquez, the 32-year-old veteran free agent who is gaining in popularity with St. Louis media and fans. THE OVERVIEW: Vazquez spent seven-plus seasons with Boston before being traded to Houston last summer, and he teamed with Martin Maldonado to form a catching tandem that was part of the Astros' run to the World…

Cagliari enters this game following a 2-2 Serie B-tied outcome versus Südtirol-Alto Adige. In that game, Cagliari had 63% belonging and 17 endeavors on the objective with 6 of them on track. For Cagliari, the objectives were scored by Gianluca Lapadula (39') and Nicolas Viola (74'). Südtirol had 17 chances at the objective with 4 of them on track.…

Unfortunately, Timeform's highest-rated jumper in training Chacun Pour Soi fluffed his lines in the big race of the day, the Queen Mother Champion Chase, which instead went to the admirable mare Put The Kettle On - who created her own piece of history by becoming the first mare to win the race. However, the fact that the field finished in something…

At the time of writing, there are mixed messages about the weather forecast for Tuesday night going into Wednesday at Cheltenham. The Old Course, which plays host to the first two days of the Festival, hadn't been watered at all in preparation and the times from the first day suggested the going was good. Yet having looked as if there was clearly…

Rangers legend Ally McCoist is of the view that Liverpool are the favorites to emerge victorious in their UEFA Champions League Round of 16 tie against Real Madrid. The two sides have faced each other thrice since the final of the competition in 2018. Los Blancos beat the Reds 3-1 in the Champions League final that year, courtesy of a brace from…

Register for FREE to read this article. Already have an account? You have article views left. Register for FREE to read more articles. Already have an account? Remind me next time Auxerre will go up against PSG this coming Sunday for a Ligue 1 meeting. PSG and Auxerre had to settle for a point each in their most recent match, which finished with a…

Due to the vast number of'conditions' type races, together with a host of conditions attached to the Graded races (mainly on the Highveld), many of the ratings that are published do not reflect the Handicapper's final assessment of those horses affected by these conditions. This issue is especially affecting the current 3yo crop as they are…

Annoyed that the television gods cut the big Rugby World Cup half time show? The Spinoff's resident Rita Ora correspondents fill you in on everything you missed. Things started out so well for Rita Ora. In September it was announced that our favourite unruly tourist would be returning to our shores, except this time she would be eschewing…

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Israr looks to cap a fine season and complete a Doncaster double when he heads the 22 that go to post for the BetGoodwin November Handicap. John and Thady Gosden's charge has been the most consistent of performers this term, winning Newbury's London Gold Cup over 10 furlongs before moving up to a mile and a half. He followed that up with a third in…

The Brooklyn Nets have won just two of their first eight games to open the 2022-23 NBA season and have looked like a play-in team. They've also just fired Steve Nash and are facing the uproar of Kyrie Irving's recent anti-Semitic post. Zach Lowe, on his podcast, is already seeing doom that he didn't expect this early into the season: "If you are…

One week after he first Tweeted to promote a film with anti-Semitic tropes, the Nets have suspended Kyrie Irving. The suspension is without pay and will last "no less than five games." "I think right now his future in Brooklyn, I think it's fair to say, is unclear," ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski said on air. Want to bet on the NBA? The Nets statement…

Temperatures are forecast to soar above 30 degrees at Royal Ascot on Friday and the biggest certainty is the misting cooling fans, designed for the horses, ending up being a magnet for those racegoers dressed up to the nines. The feature race of the day is the Coronation Stakes and Inspiral, the favourite, will take some stopping if picking from…

Betting expert Dave Nevison has been among the winners this week and suggests a trio who it could pay to follow on Thursday. Racing TV is proud to support Safer Gambling Week, a cross-industry initiative to promote safer gambling in the United Kingdom and Ireland. If you're concerned about your own - or someone else's - gambling, there's lots of…

Memories of great days in Epsom history will come flooding back when Desert Crown bids to give Sir Michael Stoute his sixth victory in the Cazoo Derby. Stoute first won the premier Classic - which is this year being run in memory of Lester Piggott - with the legendary Shergar in 1981 and in the 41 years since has added a further four Epsom…

FROM dazzling at Royal Ascot to feeling'outrageously' out of her comfort zone on a breathtaking US tour - Bryony Frost has certainly made the most of her summer in the sun. The trailblazing jockey, 27, has been enjoying her enforced time out of the saddle after breaking her back at the Grand National meeting. A gutted Bryony had to miss the big…

Perhaps predictably, the final Group 1 race of the year for two-year-olds, domestically at least, the Vertem Futurity Trophy, went the way of Aidan O'Brien for the seventh time since 2009. Auguste Rodin, a winner of a maiden race at Naas and a Group 2 at Leopardstown since being beaten on his debut, followed in the footsteps of the likes of…

In every sport, there's the constant need to stay on top of your game, and this involves constant practice, and golf is not an exception. Several apps can improve your game and make you into one of the best players, like Rory McIlroy, John Rahm, and others. Although these apps are numerous, you must note the ones that work best and are suitable for…

Shishkin (right): overhauled Energumene in a thrilling Clarence House Chase Saturday: Ascot Nicky Henderson called it a proper race, his jockey Nico de Boinville said it was one of the best he had been a part of, but it was the woman running down the escalator at Ascot who perhaps best summed up Shishkin's defeat of Energumene. "That was glorious,"…

Monday Mailbag: Bo Horvat's next contract, skipping a rebuild, and predicting Danila Klimovich's point totals for next season It's the first Monday Mailbag in a new J.T. Miller extension world. The Vancouver Canucks locked up their star forward to a team record 56 million dollar contract over the next seven years. The Miller deal signals movement…

He will be the favorite next week for the Jim Dandy Stakes at Saratoga. But is it too soon to declare Essential Quality the favorite for the $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic? Not in the dark recesses of offshore futures. After holding off Hot Rod Charlie in a signature stretch duel to win the Belmont Stakes, Essential Quality burnished his place in…

With the great evolution of the online betting market in Brazil, it would be impossible to prevent new partnerships between sports entities and bookmakers from emerging, especially in football, the most successful segment in the country. Now, after several closed sponsorship agreements, partnerships with influencers and other types of business, the…

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- We labeled the Ohio State Buckeyes as The Kings of the North in our preseason series, as we divided college football not by conferences but by geographic area -- North, South and Southwest. In the North, we placed 29 of the 65 teams from power conferences: * All 14 Big Ten teams * The six teams in the top half of the Pac-12:…

MANCHESTER UNITED legend Cristiano Ronaldo has been hit with a charge by the FA for an incident that took place back in April. The Portuguese icon was filmed snatching a mobile phone from the hands of a young Everton supporter before smashing it on the ground following the 1-0 loss to Everton. Meanwhile, the Red Devils have been linked with Napoli…

This assignment - in the penultimate Lee Thomas Christy Handicap over a mile and six furlongs - is certainly a world away from his previous run, when ninth behind Epatante in the 2020 Unibet Champion Hurdle, and he was a strongly-fancied favourite off an official mark of 69. Nicky Henderson's charge was certainly made to work, however, and it took…

3pts Kisner and Young to win their four-ball at evens (Paddy Power, Betfair) 2pts Matsuyama and Kim to win their four-ball at 2/1 (General) 0.5pt match five to end all-square at 6/1 (Sky Bet) 0.5pt session correct score 2.5-2.5 at 11/2 (General) Jordan Spieth extended his Presidents Cup foursomes record to 6-0-0 yesterday, with a couple of moments…