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WILLIAM HILL’S LATEST ANTE-POST BETTING NEW MARKETS: Gold Cup 2011: 5-2 Kauto Star 6-1 Denman 13-2 Punchestowns 8-1 Long Run 12-1 Cooldine 16-1 Diamond Harry 20-1 Joncol, Weird Al 25-1 Somersby (EW 1/4 1,2,3) Champion Chase 2011: 7-4 Master Minded 8-1 Kalahari King 10-1 Captain Cee Bee, Twist Magic 12-1 Forpadydeplasterer, Sizing Europe 14-1 Big Zeb, Somersby 20-1 Riverside Theatre, Sports Line (EW 1/4 1,2,3) Champion Hurdle 2011: 11-2 Dunguib 13-2 Solwhit 7-1 Go Native 10-1 Hurricane [...]

Just three runners have failed to declare at the six-day stage for next week’s Champion Chase on day two of the Festival – where Master Minded remains odds-on with William Hill to notch-up a third successive title. The seven-year-old is a 5-6 chance with Hills to emulate the great Badsworth Boy and complete a hat-trick of [...]

HIGGINS CUT FOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS FOLLOWING FAVOURABLE DRAW John Higgins has been trimmed a point into 9-2 (from 11-2) by Coral bookmakers to win the 2010 World Championships in April following the draw earlier today. The defending champion takes on Barry Hawkins in the first round, and then faces a possible clash with six times world champion [...]

William Hill rate England as their 8/15 favourite to beat Scotland (11/8) in the Calcutta cup at the weekend. Scotland are given a four points head start in the Handicap betting but the odds suggest few tries and Hills are 8/15 that England score two or fewer tries with Scotland 4/7 to score one or [...]

TRAINER Philip Hobbs and leading owner J P McManus were breathing a huge sigh of relief this morning after Qaspal managed to get a run in Saturday’s 70,000 Paddy Power Imperial Cup at Sandown a run which could possibly have huge implications for the six-year-old also getting an opportunity at next week’s Cheltenham Festival. For every [...]

This week’s Paddy Power Bulletin looks toward the weekend’s Premier League action. With the Premier League entering its home straight this week’s specials looks at who is likely to top the various tables with betting on which team scores most goals this season, who has the most clean sheets and who might do the Premier League/Champions [...]

Series of money-added ‘all-in-every-hand’ tournaments scheduled during Cheltenham week paddypowerpoker.com today announces Paddy’s Lucky Score, a unique series of ‘all-in-every-hand’ tournaments to run from March 15th through March 19th. Players will begin each tournament with just a single chip and with antes set at 1,000, blind luck will determine the winner of each tournament. Most of the [...]

Robbie Savage pulled on the keeper’s jersey for Derby on Wednesday night and bet365 are going 50/1 that an outfield player does the same in the Premier League this weekend. bet365 spokesman Steve Freeth “Seven substitutes on the bench in the Premier League usually means a keeper will be one of them. “However, there’s always the chance [...]

Gary Neville was the latest in a long line of players supplying the killer cross for Wayne Rooney against AC Milan on Wednesday and bet365 are betting on who will tee-up his next headed goal. bet365 spokesman Steve Freeth “Valencia can put it on a sixpence and Rooney is leaping like a salmon at the moment. “The [...]

The two-match Test series between England and Bangladesh gets underway tomorrow, live on Sky Sports 1 from 3:00am and Sky Bet are offering a host of cricket betting markets. After failing to make an impact in England’s warm-up matches, Kevin Pietersen is 6/4 to silence his critics by scoring a half century in England’s first [...]