Sport is made for betting

Newcastle 2yo Friday Apr 14 1.50 Fillies' Conditions Stakes 5f, Class 2, 1m2.36s (slow by 4.36s) Standard Cheeseandpickle , Feb 11. £26k yearling. Becomes the eighth winner of 11 foals from a ten-start maiden mare. One of the oldest in this field. Smart Scottish stable with strong 2yo record, started favourite. Parked behind the leader under a nice hold. Worked around her when that horse didn't accelerate, took control 1f out and hung on to win without full exertion. Scope for more but RPR figure third-weakest of juvenile races so far. Thrifty , Feb 22. Passed in for 2800gns as a foal. Dam won her only race in her final start (20th) despite earning a cheque in eight of first nine races. Top rating of 76, but won off 45. Fourth foal to date, only winner has won three of 40 starts. Settled midfield about a length and a half behind Cheeseandpickle, went right when winner went left to find the gap, outpaced and then worked home to be beaten similar margin. Trainer has only t...

I love listening to managers like Arsene Wenger moaning about referees and anything else they can blame their problems on.... How do you explain this one Voyeur? Arsenal led 3-0 after 10 mins and 4-0 at half-time. Newcastle scored four times in the second half to draw level. Final result 4-4. Over £1m matched at 1.01/1.02.... That's a gubbing of enormous proportions... (Voyeur is a Special1TV reference if you were wondering)

I thought Bwin had become a billion-pound business by making shrewd business decisions - I doubt buying Newcastle United FC would ever fit into that category! Austrian firm Bwin makes Toon takeover enquiry It's one thing sponsoring successful clubs like AC Milan and Real Madrid, but owning an under-performing money-guzzler like Newcastle? And how would the Football League look at a club being owned by a betting firm?

Three Premier League teams today threw away 2-0 leads.... Man City, 2-0 up v Fulham, matched for plenty at 1.05 or shorter (low of 1.02) and lost 3-2. Birmingham led Liverpool 2-0, matched at 1.09 and drew 2-2. West Ham led Newcastle 2-0 early on, matched at 1.13 and drew 2-2. Never be afraid to lay a short price when a team is ahead - you're not risking much and the potential reward is great!