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BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE 13-10 1 LLW ..... Bournemouth 5-2 Swansea ......... LLL 23-10 2-1 10-11 2 LLW .......... Crystal Pal 5-2 Watford .......... DWL 10-3 3-1 8-15 3 WWW ............ Everton 16-5 Hull ................. DLL 6-1 5-1 11-2 6 DWW ................. Stoke 3-1 Chelsea ........ DDW 4-7 4-7 31-20 7 DLL ......... Sunderland 9-4 Burnley ........... DLL 15-8 9-5
7-2 - WWL ........ West Brom 3-1 Arsenal .......... WLL 7-10 7-10 13-10 9 LDL ........... West Ham 12-5 Leicester ........ LLL 23-10 2-1 20-21 4 (S) DWD ............ Man City 11-4 Liverpool ........ DLL 14-5 13-5 6-1 5 (S) LDD...Middlesbrough 3-1 Man Utd ....... WDW 4-7 8-15 7-10 8 (S) WWW ....... Tottenham 29-10 SouthamptonLWW 4-1 15-4
SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP 15-4 10 LLL ....... Birmingham 14-5 Newcastle .... WWD 7-10 8-11
......... ......... WWD Blackburn 23-10 Preston N E... DLD 9-5 7-4 17-10 11 WDW.. Burton Albion 12-5 Brentford ..... WDW 13-8 31-20 17-20 12 WDD ............... Cardiff 5-2 Ipswich .......... DDD 16-5 13-4
4-6 13 WDD .............. Fulham 3-1 Wolves ........... LDW 4-1 18-5 21-10 14 WWD ................ Leeds 23-10 Brighton ....... WLW 5-4 13-10 8-13 15 DDD ............. Norwich 16-5 Barnsley ........ WLL 9-2 19-5 2-1 - LWL ...... Nottm Forest 12-5 Derby .............. LLL 13-10 11-8 9-20 16 WWW .................. QPR 18-5 Rotherham ..... LLL 7-1 11-2 21-10 17 DDL .................. Wigan 9-4 Aston Villa ..... LWL 11-8 29-20
SKY BET LEAGUE ONE 20-23 18 WDD ............... Bolton 13-5 Northampton DLW 16-5 3-1 3-5 19 DDW ............ Bradford 16-5 Swindon ........ LWL 5-1 9-2 3-5 20 DDW ........ Bristol Rov 3-1 Chesterfield ..DWL 11-2 9-2 23-20 21 WWL ...... Fleetwood T 12-5 Wimbledon ... DWD 11-4 5-2
4-6 22 DWW .............. Millwall 29-10 Bury ............. WWD 9-2 4-1 13-20 23 LWD ............ MK Dons 3-1 Coventry ........ DLD 9-2 21-5
5-4 24 LLL .......... Oxford Utd 12-5 Scunthorpe .... DLL 2-1 21-10 21-20 25 LWL ............ Peterboro 5-2 Oldham .......... DWL 11-4 5-2 4-5 27 DDD ........... Rochdale 14-5 Gillingham ..... LLW 17-4 16-5 4-9 28 WDW .......... Sheff Utd 18-5 Charlton ......... DLL 6-1 6-1 11-10 29 WDD .......... Southend 5-2 Walsall ........... DLD 13-5 12-5
SKY BET LEAGUE TWO 8-5 30 WWD ...... Cheltenham 5-2 Cambridge UDWW 31-20 8-5 9-5 31 WLL ................. Crewe 12-5 Colchester ...... LLD 17-10 17-10 Evs 32 WWL ............ Grimsby 5-2 CrawleyTownWWD 3-1 27-10 9-4 33 DWW ......... Hartlepool 5-2 Wycombe ...... LDW 6-5 23-20 21-5 34 LLL ............. Leyton O 3-1 Doncaster ...... LWD 4-7 8-13 23-20 35 WDL ................. Luton 12-5 Exeter ............ DWL 5-2 23-10 21-20 36 DWL ........... Mansfield 12-5 Carlisle .......... WLL 11-4 13-5 2-1 37 DDL.Newport County 23-10 Blackpool ..... DWD 13-10 27-20 7-10 39 LWL ............ Plymouth 14-5 Morecambe ... DDL 9-2 4-1 13-5 40 WWW ....... Stevenage 5-2 Portsmouth .WWW 10-11 19-20 7-4 41 DDL .................. Yeovil 12-5 Accrington S DDW 13-10 27-20 6-4 38 (S) DDW ............ Notts Co 12-5 Barnet ............ WDL 19-10 7-4
LADBROKES SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP 3-4 - WWW ......... Aberdeen 11-4 Hearts ............ LWL 4-1 17-5 13-8 46 DWL ..... Inverness CT 12-5 Ross County.DLW 13-8 8-5 5-2 47 WLL ........ Kilmarnock 12-5 Partick ........... DLW 11-10 23-20 23-10 48 LLL .......... Motherwell 12-5 St JohnstoneWWL 23-20 23-20 1-3 49 LDW ............. Rangers 9-2 Hamilton ......... LLL 17-2 8-1 14-1 45 (S) DWL .............. Dundee 6-1 Celtic ........... WWW 1-6 1-5
LADBROKES SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIP 4-7 - DWD ...... Dunfermline 3-1 Ayr ................. DDD 9-2 9-2 37-40 ............... WWD Falkirk 13-5 Morton ........... LWD 5-2 27-10 3-10 - WDD .......... Hibernian 5-1 Dumbarton .... WDL 9-1 10-1 4-5 - WWLQueen of South 11-4 St Mirren ....... DWL 5-2 3-1 12-5 - LDW .................. Raith 14-5 Dundee Utd .... DLL 3-4 23-20
LADBROKES SCOTTISH LEAGUE ONE 5-6 - WLL .... Airdrieonians 14-5 Stenhsmuir ... DDL 14-5 29-10 7-5 ................. DDL Albion 14-5 Peterhead ....... LDL 6-5 9-5 9-5 - DWW ........... East Fife 11-4 Alloa ............ WDW 5-4 27-20 11-8 ...... DLD Queen’s Park 13-5 Brechin .......... LLW 13-8 31-20 18-5 - DWD ........... Stranraer 16-5 Livingston .... DWD 4-5 6-10
LADBROKES SCOTTISH LEAGUE TWO 10-3 - LWL ............... Berwick 3-1 Arbroath ...... WWD 4-5 6-10 11-8 CityLWW LLD ................... Clyde 11-4 Edinburgh 2-1 6-4 7-5 - LLD ..... Cowdenbeath 13-5 Montrose ...... DDW 17-10 6-4 11-8 .................. WWD Elgin 11-4 Forfar ............. WLD 9-5 8-5 11-8 AthleticLWW DWW .............. Stirling 14-5 Annan 13-8 8-5 23-10 10-3 11-2 3-5 9-5 7-10 9-4 11-4 4-7 4-1 8-11 2-1 13-8 10-3 15-4 13-10 15-4 11-8 6-1 6-4 7-2 5-1 5-1 14-5 4-1 9-2 23-10 11-4 15-4 7-1 14-5 17-10 9-5 14-5 13-10 13-20 23-10 13-5 11-8 4-1 20-21 7-5 9-5 15-4 17-10 23-20 6-5 17-2 1-5 19-4 5-2 10-1 13-5 4-5 13-5 7-5 6-4 15-8 10-11 17-20 9-4 19-10 19-10 7-4 21-10 11-5 9-4 3-1 3-1 7-2 11-2 6-1 13-2 6-10 3-5 3-5 2-1 2-1 2-1 7-10 - - 21-10 21-10 23-10 5-2 13-5 29-10 8-13 8-5 4-7 9-1 9-2 22-5 3-4 4-6 3-4 7-4 13-8 - 13-8 6-4 8-5 17-5 3-1 7-2 4-1 15-4 4-1 11-8 5-4 11-8 4-1 21-5 21-5 29-20 11-8 7-5 5-1 11-2 6-1 6-4 11-8 6-4 3-1 11-4 16-5 11-2 9-2 19-4 5-1 4-1 17-4 13-5 5-2 13-5 9-2 9-2 21-5 19-5 4-1 17-4 11-5 7-4 11-5 13-5 9-4 13-5 16-5 16-5 10-3 13-2 11-2 13-2 23-10 11-5 5-2 17-10 6-4 13-8 9-5 5-4 6-4 11-4 11-4 14-5 5-4 11-10 6-5 4-6 4-7 13-20 23-10 12-5 12-5 12-5 23-10 27-10 11-8 11-10 7-5 19-5 4-1 4-1 21-20 19-20 21-20 7-5 11-8 31-20 9-5 7-4 9-5 17-5 7-2 19-5 9-5 7-4 7-4 23-20 11-10 23-20 5-4 11-10 5-4 15-2 8-1 17-2 2-9 2-11 1-5 9-2 4-1 5-1 13-5 11-4 29-10 7-1 7-1 19-2 3-1 7-2 10-3 21-20 Evs 23-20 3-1 11-4 16-5 6-4 7-4 17-10 13-10 13-10 29-20 6-4 6-4 7-5 6-10 4-7 7-10 4-7 8-15 3-5 6-4 6-4 7-4 6-4 29-20 31-20 6-4 29-20 7-4 6-4 29-20 7-4 What is your horse racing nap for the weekend? ...and your best each-way racing tip? What is your top football bet this weekend? ...and give us a weekend football yankee? What’s your best Six Nations weekend bet? What is your top bet in other events? And your special offer for this week? Eaton Hill (Uttoxeter 4.10) beat subsequent Grade 2 winner Mount Mews at Wetherby. Huge chance. Goulanes (Uttoxeter 3.35). Won the race in 2014 and only had two runs since. Now 3lb lower and can go well under Noel Fehily. Aston Villa have won three of their last four games and can take three points against managerless Wigan at the DW Stadium. Southampton, Aston Villa, Southend, Plymouth Wales at 13-8 to beat France. They have won the last five times when the pair have met and can extend the sequence. Rampant Casteford Tigers giving up just 10 points against Salford looks a solid 10-11 punt in the Betfred Super League. Best Odds Guaranteed and ¼ odds all races live on ITV4.
THERE’S a maximum field of 20 in today’s Midlands Grand National (3.35) and despite coming at the end of a busy punting week, this is always a popular event.
We’ve laid several sizeable bets in the Uttoxeter showpiece, with the likes of Out Sam (16-1) and Spookydooky (12-1) particularly strong in the market.
Venetia Williams is always worth following in these types of races, however.
Her inmate Houblon Des Obeaux has to shoulder top weight but has been in relatively good form in three runs this season and Charlie Deutsch takes off a valuable 3lbs which is a massive help to this 16-1 shot.
This may have a bearing on the Grand National itself and, speaking of which, Stan James is now non runner-no bet in the Aintree showpiece next month, where Vieux Lion Rouge is our 10-1 jolly.
We’re top price all runners in the 3.00 at Uttoxeter and Ordo Ab Chao will strip much fitter for his recent reappearance at Ascot and is expected to go well.
Kempton Park also stages a really good “Cheltenham Brio Conti in the 2.40 at Kempton. Missed the cut at Cheltenham but can gain compensation as he looks very well handicapped. Hells Babe (Wolverhampton 8.15) is interesting for the Appleby yard, who won this race last year. Liverpool have such a good record against the teams around them. Quotes of 11-4 to win at Man City look value. Everton, Fulham, Southend and Cheltenham. England continue to carry all before them and can beat Ireland in a close game. In Super League, Wigan take on a poor Huddersfield team and can easily cover the handicap of 18 points. Sky Bet are paying six places in the Midlands National. Handsome Sam (Kempton 3.50) for Alan King, who had a frustrating Cheltenham. Old boy Portrait King in the Midlands National – going well when brought down at the first last time! Crystal Palace to beat Watford – different side defensively with Mamadou Sakho a very good loan signing. Palace, Bournemouth, Sunderland and Tranmere (FA Trophy). England can cover the handicap at the Aviva this evening. Wigan -20 on the handicap against the Huddersfield Giants. New customers – bet £10, get £60. (Please check Ts & Cs). Brett Williams on the weekend racing consolation” card and the Silver Plate at 2.40 looks a real corker.
It features many horses who failed to make the Prestbury Park cut. Divine Spear, for Stan James ambassador Nicky Henderson, has a real live chance having run a stormer at Ascot last time.
Duke Street had a winning warm-up on the flat last time and represents the shrewd Richard Newland yard, so must be seriously considered.
In the Silver Bowl Chase at 3.15, Max Ward has been subject to much interest since declarations and has decent form behind Altior.
But Sir Note, under Nico de Boinville, is on a roll and could easily follow up in what looks a very closely knit contest.
It’s been a mixed week at Cheltenham and pretty much an even spread where the bookies and punters are concerned.
Douvan, Divin Bere and Yanworth were popular losers in our book but Cause Of Causes, Un De Sceaux and Let’s Dance helped level out the playing field. Divine Spear in the 2.40 at Kempton. Nicky Henderson won this with subsequent RSA hero Might Bite last year. Houblon Des Obeaux in the Midlands Grand National. Tottenham to beat Southampton 1-0 at 6-1 tomorrow at White Hart Lane. Bournemouth, Crystal Palace, Man City and Sunderland. It’s St Patrick’s weekend, so let’s go for Ireland to cause an upset against England and ensure Irish eyes really will be smiling! Leicester Tigers to beat Exeter in tomorrow’s Anglo Welsh Cup match at Twickenham. From 10am Stan James will be top price all runners in the 3.00 at Uttoxeter and paying ¼ odds each way all races live on ITV 4.