Henry Cecil | 1943-2013 The racing world was left stunned at the passing earlier today of top trainer Sir Henry Cecil. The 10-time Champion trainer passed away after a six-year battle with cancer but not before he went down in racing folklore for training wonder-horse Frankel to 14 consecutive wins last year. The Newmarket trainer […]
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Punters cash in as Paddy stayed best price on Frankel
Punters were luckier than Chris Maloney on Saturday as they took advantage of Paddy Power’s bananas idea to stay top price on Frankel all day. Frankel has earned over £3million in prize money for little over 20 minutes work in his career and Paddy Power punters were also in the money as we stayed best price […]
Betting news on Frankel, Rio Ferdinand and the Heineken Cup
Horse Racing There was doubt about his lining up at Ascot, but Frankel showed up and for the 14th time in 14 attempts – he delivered. The Qipco Champion Stakes will go down the record books as one of the narrowest victories of his career, but on ground that wasn’t ideal, it didn’t matter and […]
Betting news on Kirkland, Frankel and AVB
Football British football faced the latest in a line of unsavoury incidents after Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper Chris Kirkland was attacked by a fan during the Owls’s hosting of Leeds in the Championship last night. The 31 year old was pushed in the face and sent sprawling to the ground towards the end of last night’s […]
Betting news: Spurs, Rodgers, Williams, Frankel
Football Premier League action returns at the weekend and Spurs face Chelsea in the early kick-off on Saturday afternoon. Andre Villas-Boas says he is relishing the challenge of facing his former club and no doubt relishing John Terry’s absence. The Blues skipper has decided not to appeal his four-match ban for racially abusing Anton Ferdinand and misses […]
Betting Update: Welbeck, Hulk, Frankel, McIlroy
Afternoon update from the Paddy Power Blog on all the latest betting moves in sport Football Chelsea manager Roberto Di Matteo is about to break out the cheque book for Napoli striker Edinson Cavani in a £35m deal. If that fails to materialise the Blues will rekindle their summer-long interest in Porto’s Hulk. England international Danny Welbeck has signed a new four-year deal at […]
Will Frankel stay the distance in Juddmonte?
By Sean Goff | Sports Reporter Frankel’s maiden voyage over 1m 2f in Wednesday’s Juddmonte International is arguably his toughest test since his 2,000 Guineas demolition job at Newmarket in 2011. Henry Cecil’s unbeaten colt faces eight rivals as he puts his unbeaten 12-run career on the line over 10f. Frankel has been in a […]
Betting Update: Van Persie, Aguero, Frankel, Garcia
Morning update from the Paddy Power Blog on all the latest betting moves in sport Football New boy Robin Van Persie is set to make his debut for Manchester United tonight when they face Everton at Goodison Park. Michael Carrick looks likely to be drafted into central defence to partner Nemanja Vidic as United’s injury […]
Betting update: Hodgson, Fletcher, Pietersen, Frankel
Morning update from the Paddy Power Blog on all the latest betting moves in sport Football The worst-scheduled friendly internationals in the world take place tonight with England taking on Euro 2012 conquerors Italy and while a Shay Given-less Ireland face Serbia in Belgrade. The pre-World Cup 2014 qualifier fixtures have left most Championship and Premier […]
Betting news on Shay Given, Joey Barton and Frankel
Morning update from the Paddy Power Blog on all the latest betting moves in sport Football – Shay Given has retired from international football. The 36 year old was criticised for his performances at Euro 2012, but having made no announcement in the aftermath of the tournament, it was assumed he had decided to continue […]
Betting News: Liverpool, FIFA rankings, Tiger, Awde
Football Craig Bellamy could be on his way back to Cardiff City after Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers confirmed the clubs are in discussions about the Welsh international’s future. England have climbed to third in the FIFA World rankings despite exiting at Euro 2012 to Italy on penalties. Roy Hodgson’s side now sit behind Spain and Germany […]
Betting news: Higuain, Frankel and gold for Britain!
Afternoon update from the Paddy Power Blog on all the latest betting moves in sport Olympics Team GB have a gold medal! It took until day five of the games but Britain has finally tasted gold and in emphatic fashion. Heather Stanning and Helen Glover destroyed the opposition to win the women’s pair, becoming the […]
Tom Lee’s top tips for Day Two of Goodwood
The Paddy Power Blog gets the lowdown from C4 & RTE racing presenter Tom Lee on the second day of Glorious Goodwood and the Galway Plate while Ruby Walsh gives an in-depth preview of his rides at Galway and the Galway Plate. 2.00 Goodwood Hnadicap 2m 5f “Cape Express returned to the the flat for the […]
Betting news: Michael Phelps, Luka Modric and Frankel
Morning update from the Paddy Power Blog on all the latest betting moves in sport Olympics It was a record-breaking night in the pool as Michael Phelps became the greatest Olympian of all time. The American swimmer won silver in the 200 metre butterfly and then along with his team-mates took the gold in the […]
Betting News: Murray, Wiggins, Bilic, Galway
Evening update from the Paddy Power Blog on all the latest betting moves in sport Olympics Andy Murray swept past Finland’s Jarkko Nieminen 6-2, 6-4 today to keep up his gold medal prospects. The Scot now plays Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus who he beat last month at Wimbledon. Bradley Wiggins (32) aims to add Olympic gold […]
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