Let’s start with last week’s great news that the BHA are to reduce the number of race meetings in the calendar year.
I don’t know about the average punter but for me there are way too many meetings going on in the UK/Ireland everyday.
On the busy days like Friday/Saturday there is a whopping seven or eight meetings going on, way too many for the average Joe Punter in the shops so the news is warmly welcomed by the PG.
On to the action and the PG gave out a few winners last weekend when Twice Over won the Eclipse and Triple Aspect won the Coral Sprint. We nearly made it a hat-trick only for Pollys Mark to be thwarted in the Bet365 Lancashire Oaks.
JULY CUP
We are slap bang in the middle of the July Newmarket meeting and some cracking races ahead over the next few days. We start with the big one the DARLEY JULY CUP SPRINT (3.10) on Friday.
Aidan O’Brien holds the ace in this one with easy Golden Jubilee Stakes winner Starspangledbanner who won easily at Royal Ascot and is the one to beat.
He sluiced home from 50/1 outsider Society Rock who he faces again in Friday’s race.
He had Kinsale King back in third and Fleeting Spirit back in fourth and both reoppose but I can’t see them reversing the Ascot form.
The each-way bet at 16/1 could well be Kingsgate Native - a huge disappointment at Ascot but could snatch a place at a good price.
Todays RACING
Let’s get to today’s action and hopefully try and come up with a few winners. We start with the Bahrain Trophy (1.30) and we have opted for easy Mussleburgh winner Harris Tweed to get off to a flyer while ELZAAM looks the one to be on in the TNT July Stakes (2.05).
The big race of the day is the Princess Of Wales’ Sportingbet.com Stakes (3.10) and we like the looks of HOLBERG who won with a bit in hand and Goodwood. The form of that race has held up well and CROWDED HOUSE could well grab the forecast spot.
FRIDAY RACING
On to Friday and apart form the July Cup we also have the ultra competitive Bunbury Cup - which is as usual a hard race to work out.
We have put two up for the race and first selection is CROWN CHOICE from the very much in-form Walter Swinburn stable and he comes into the race fresh from victory in the Totesport 0800 221 221 Handicap at Sandown and should be involved at the finish.
MAN OF ACTION has won two from two and two over course and distance and should make the frame with the John Gosden yard starting to hit form.
JOHN SMITH’S CUP
We finish with the big race on Saturday the Johns Smith’s Cup from York and if you think the Bunbury Cup was tough then this is tougher.
We have yet again got it down to two horses and again Walter Swinburn is responsible for one of them with DESERT KISS who is 20/1 as he chases a hat-trick after wins at Doncaster and Chester - could be a big each-way player in this one.
The Michael Bell trained WIGMORE HALL takes a step down in class and looks the one that all have to beat. The Newmarket trainer has claimed the services of 7lb claimer Martin Lane which could be valuable in this stern handicap.
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pain are the 8/15 favourites with Sky Bet to win the World Cup after they defeated Germany 1-0 in their semi-final clash on Wednesday night.
Vicente Del Bosque's side will face Holland at Soccer City in Johannesburg on Sunday after Carles Puyol's superb 73rd minute header decided a tense encounter.
Holland, beaten finalists in 1974 and 78, are 11/8 to become the eighth different country to lift the World Cup.
Spain, who are also looking to win their first World Cup, can be backed at 11/10 (cut from 6/5 last night) to win the match in 90 minutes, with Holland 12/5 and the draw 9/4.
David Villa, who has scored five goals in the tournament, remains the 4/6 favourite to win the Golden Boot.
He is ahead of Holland playmaker Wesley Sneijder (5/2), who has also netted five times, in the betting.
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Germany will now face Uruguay in the third/fourth place play-off at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth on Saturday.
Joachim Low's side are 8/11 with Uruguay 7/2 and the draw 13/5.
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