The biggest sporting event bar none this weekend is the Ireland v Argentina at the Millennium Stadium on Sunday. Ireland won all 4 group games including that bruising encounter against a strong France team on Sunday. They will be missing their inspirational and now retired captain Paul O’Connell, Peter O’Mahoney, possibly Jonny Sexton and my man […]
Punter hits bookie with £24,000 gem
One local punter had cause for celebration last Thursday when he took Ladbrokes for close to £24,000 with a £10 each-way accumulator in his horse racing bet. The Shaws Road punter placed the £20 bet on Thursday night and realistically was looking six placers on the day but couldn’t believe what happened next. It all […]
Galileo Rock looks place bet in Irish Derby
Royal Ascot 2013 is done and dusted, thank God, with punters a well-beaten second throughout the five-day meeting Not to worry, though – another cracking weekend of racing lies ahead with Irish Derby the stand-out race of the weekend at the Curragh on Saturday, and that’s where we start. English Derby winner Ruler of the World […]
Punter grabs massive correct score treble
BET OF THE WEEK REALLY enjoying the Confederations Cup at the minute, but a North Belfast punter is enjoying it even more after the weekend games. Our guy placed a modest £1 treble at the Sean Graham Carlisle Circus pitch on Saturday afternoon and his first game was that night when he took hosts Brazil to win 4-2 […]
Derby glory beckons for Dawn Approach
THE INVESTEC DERBY It’s Oaks and Derby weekend, folks, and we start with the big one on Saturday. Favourite Dawn Approach will face a maximum of 13 opponents in the Investec Derby at Epsom. Jim Bolger’s unbeaten QIPCO 2000 Guineas winner has stamina questions to answer, having never run competitively further than a mile, but that […]
Cheltenham 2013 fever starts to kick on
Weekend Racing/Cheltenham 2013 Cheltenham 2013 is only 20 days away, folks, and already we have some market moves this week as we build up to March’s festival. The main activity this week came on Monday with the announcement that My Tent Or Yours would run in the Supreme Novice Hurdle. Nicky Henderson confirmed that his […]