Horse Racing Betting
Tuesday's Racing
With a couple of angry Scotsmen and an irritating, borderline dwarf the best today has to offer on the celebrity birthday front, we're moving swiftly on to mentioning that today is the feast of Apollonia. In Christianity, Apollonia is the patron saint of, get this, dentists and dentist technicians. Seriously! Where did that one come from? Next thing they'll be telling us there's a patron saint of, I dunno, say, Florentine cheese makers. Ah..Bartholomew the Apostle. Well that told us. Happy birthday to Duncan Ferguson, Gordon Strachan and Joe Pesci by the way. Saint easy but can pick some winners from today’s racing at Sedgefield, Fairyhouse, Market Rasen and Southwell (AW)? Don't forget, we pay out on disqualified winners and official result on all UK & Ireland races.
Money-Back Special
The Dirk Knight
Arsenal v Liverpool
7.45pm Wed. Live on SS1
Money-Back Special
If Dirk Kuyt scores the last goal Paddy Power will refund all losing 1st/last goalscorer, correct score & scorecast singles on the match.
Conditions
Euro 2012 Betting
A Helping Hand?
There's a feeling amongst certain fans – the ones that can really hold a grudge mainly - that even if the Republic of Ireland were to top their qualifying group for Euro 2012 by some distance, football's powers that be would do something fiendish like implement the little known 'first is the worst, second is the best' rule to deny them their trip to Poland and possibly the Ukraine [if they get their arses in gear and build all those stadiums they promised]. For once the wide grins on the faces of the FAI contingent had more to do with a favourable draw rather than the words 'free bar' being mentioned. Russia and Slovakia certainly won't be pushovers, but could Ireland finally get the green light to go to a major tournament? To Qualify Odds – Euro 2012 Group Betting
AT&T Pebble Beach
A Daly Occurence
John Daly's decision to quit the Pro Tour after failing to make the cut at Farmers Insurance Open was taken as seriously as a Brett Favre retirement. His assertion that he was "done" with golf was made right after he'd finished a couple of poor rounds and was nothing more than a typically emotional reaction. Daly was quick to confirm that he would be playing in any tournament he qualifies for, starting with this weeks AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am. "I'm not retired & never said that I was...I'm going to honor the commitments to the tournaments that have given me sponsors exemptions...The interview caught me after a tough 2 days & much frustration...No this had nothing to do with my show or a show tactic - not my style." Style? If you say so. Will John be more Pro than Am this week?
Avantha Masters
Asian Bhull'
There'll be no melancholy regret about how he coulda been a contender for India's rising golf star Gaganjeet Bhullar. The night before the final round of last week's Asian Tour International, he spotted a poll on the web which predicted he would go on and win. Instead of getting nervous he went out and shot a 64, to take the title by one shot. "While checking the asiantour.com I found that I have the highest votes on a poll 'who do you think will win the Asian Tour International'. I told myself that it was a bit of a disappointment that I wouldn't win as I had so many votes. It shows that anything can happen in golf." Full of confidence, playing well and having won at the DLF Golf and Country Club, he's right to be Bhull-ish about beating the European contingent at the Avantha Masters.
Premier League Betting
You Chant Do That
Aside from finding a woman who was too easily wooed by spiky haired cockneys – allegedly and all that - Wayne Bridge hasn't done much wrong in the John Terry kerfuffle. He could have kept her tied up in the house, but unless you've got an open-minded partner or consent, that presents legal problems. Man City boss, Roberto Mancini couldn't understand why Bridge got such a hard time from the Hull fans who directed a series of chants that we can't reproduce at the cuckold defender [think standard football chants mixed with schoolyard humour]. "I think sometimes we have to have respect for people. It was not good, the people did not respect him," said a shocked Mancini. Can the Citizens Bridge the gap to the Big 4 by beating Bolton? Tue. 7.45pm SS1 – Premier League Matches
6 Nations Betting
I'm Hap-pee Enough
Disappointingly, Martin Johnson was keeping very level-headed after England kicked-off their Six Nations campaign with a win over Wales in Twickenham. He was delighted that his team managed to find a "way to win", but there were certain things he saw that he didn't like. Surprisingly he didn't mention those 'vintage' England shirts that went from brilliant white to a distinctly wee-tinted white in a short space of time as his concerns had more to do with the patchy performance. "No-one is getting carried away. The guys understand they did some things well and some other things not so well," he said, not adding "next stop, the World Cup, mwah, ha, ha, ha, ha." Could the Sweet Chariot get on a roll that ends up with winning the 6 Nations Championship?
Oscars Odds
Talking Bullocks?
Winning at the Golden Globes and Screen Actors' Guild Awards is normally seen as a great fillip for your chances of landing an Oscar, but Sandra Bullock says she knows she won't win the Academy Award for her role in The Blind Side. She's basing this on the spurious claim she almost always makes the right choice – something we think her decisions to star in Speed 2: Cruise Control and Miss Congeniality 2 seriously discredits. "I'm so not winning an Oscar," she said, proving playing the irritatingly insecure women in those rom-coms isn’t a massive stretch for her, "I already know who's going to win. I'm not going to say, but nine times out of ten, I'm right." Despite what she says, you'd still have to Side with her to win claim the Best Actress title. Oscars 2010 Odds
