Longchamp racecourse is putting on a garden party tomorrow evening to celebrate Bastille Day and the fourth most valuable horse race in France, the €600,000 Juddmonte Grand Prix de Paris. The Group One contest regularly attracts the best 3-year-old horses in Europe and is seen as an early pointer to the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, which is also run over the 'classic' distance of 2,400 metres (1½ miles). UK bookmakers make Aidan O'Brien's Irish radier, Jan Vermeer, the favourite to win the race.
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Huge jackpot carried forward to Happy Valley on Wednesday
HONG KONG - A huge jackpot is expected to be on offer to Triple Trio players on Wednesday’s meeting at Happy Valley with experts predicting the pool could top HK$60 million. There were no winners at Sha Tin on Sunday night and a HK$29.6 million pool is carried forward after Fat Choy Oohlala sprang a small [...]
2011 Grand National betting odds and date
AINTREE, UK - The date for the 2011 Grand National has been set and Britain’s greatest steeplechase race will be run on Saturday 9 April, 2011. The bookies have already started offering betting odds and Denman, the 2008 Cheltenham Gold Cup and dual Hennessy Gold Cup winner, has been installed as the 14/1 (bet £1 [...]
Newmarket July Festival – Falmouth Stakes Betting Odds
Newmarket's July Festival gets underway this afternoon with a compelling card, featuring the Group One Falmouth Stakes. The big race of the day is due to go off at 3.10pm BST and will be screened live on Channel 4. The mile long race is only open to fillies and mares, and this year's edition is being billed as a match-up between the Irish-trained Lillie Langtry and the French filly Special Duty.
OPINION: Findlay ban is bad for horseracing
Live Odds and Scores’ Richard Hutchinson thinks the British racing authorities are shooting themselves in the foot by banning Harry Findlay for six months. WHEN the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) warned off Harry Findlay for six months today they probably thought they were being lenient, letting him off with a shorter ban than the full 18 [...]
2010 Belmont Stakes result and order of finish
BELMONT PARK, NY - Drosselmeyer won the 142nd running of the Belmont Stakes, beating Fly Down by three quarters of a length. Drosselmeyer was returned at odds of 13/1 (bet $10 to make $130 profit). Drosselmeyer was ridden by Mike Smith and trained by Bill Mott for the WinStar Farm of Bill Casner and Kenny Troutt, [...]
Belmont Stakes betting: Ice Box is 5/2 favorite
BELMONT PARK, NY – Ice Box heads the betting for the Belmont Stakes and is currently ranked the 5/2 favorite. He is followed in the betting by First Dude at 4/1 and Fly Down at 5/1. Ice Box is trained by Nick Zito who is aiming for his third win in the race; he also trains [...]
2010 Belmont Stakes Betting Preview
Tonight is the final leg of the Triple Crown at Belmont Park, but Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver and Preakness winner Lookin At Lucky are both notable absentees from the 142nd running of the Belmont Stakes. This will be the third time in 30 years that both the Derby and Preakness winners have missed the final leg of the Triple Crown, but instead of lamenting their absence, punters will be eager to find a winner from the 12 runners set to go down to the post.
2010 Epsom Derby Result
Champion jockey Ryan Moore today completed a memorable Oaks-Derby double on the Sir Michael Stoute-trained Workforce at 6/1. The King's Best colt showed a smart attitude to reel in pacemaker At First Sight, who stunned punters by finishing second at 100/1, seven lengths behind the fantastic winner.
