: Tue May 05, 2009 1:08 pm  

I fancy the British Lions to do South Africa, I was confident before but with the following Injury list continuing to mount it's looking increasingly likely:

OUT:

Butch James (Cruciate Ligament)
Conrad Jantjes (Broken Leg)

INJURED:

Andries Bekker (Rib)
Schalk Burger (Calf)
Jean de Villiers (Groin)
Fourie du Preez (Calf)
Adrian Jacobs (Shoulder)
Francois Steyn (Knee)

A few Bets i fancy but i won't be going big, Tommy Bowe is the one that stands out most to me...

British & Irish Lions Outright (5/2) (PaddyPower)
British & Irish Lions 3-0 (22/1) (PaddyPower)
Tommy Bowe Top Lions Tryscorer (9/1) (Coral)

: Tue May 05, 2009 3:41 pm  

No inspirational bet for the speedway tonight I'm affraid but Ladbrokes giving Sheffield a ten point start looks big as the visitors will have a large away support with the club putting on free coaches and like Coventry last night will be well up for not losing face in a local derby.

Scunthorpe are usually strong at home but got stuffed there by Kings Lynn recently, have lost 3 on the trot and have a few key riders carrying injuries.

The 5/1 for a Sheffield win is tempting but a more cautious approach and doing them +10 is probably the way to go.

: Tue May 05, 2009 5:00 pm  

espanyolswan wrote:

Crap draw and everything needs to go right for him.....it worked out for a few similar railers drawn wide in the greyhound Derby heats at Wimbledon but they were blessed with more early pace than him and it seems certain that there will be trouble in the race so hope he has his best Westmead Hawk instincts going to avoid it all and snatch the prize. Can not dessert him after backing him at 50/1 but would have liked to have seen him in a more balanced contest with him as one of 2 railers (the first 5 traps are all railers, Tr 6 is a wide seed), as then he would have had a great chance to do the business.

Saying that the trainer was pretty bullish in his comments in the Racing Post about tonight and just how good he might turn out to be.

Fingers crossed.

Call me a sceptic but I think televised dogs is even more bent than usual.

Over-analysis is a total waste of time too IMO.

: Tue May 05, 2009 5:33 pm  

Dave Lister wrote:

Call me a sceptic but I think televised dogs is even more bent than usual.

Over-analysis is a total waste of time too IMO.

Don't know about bent but I'm guessing most runners are making their debuts on Sky and will give their owners a chance of a bit of glory at least. The more tracks they get to the better but from a betting point of view it's not as interesting as most live meetings but if Mountjoy Jasper wins the big one I will not care a jot about the rest of the card.

: Tue May 05, 2009 5:34 pm  

espanyolswan wrote:

No inspirational bet for the speedway tonight I'm affraid but Ladbrokes giving Sheffield a ten point start looks big as the visitors will have a large away support with the club putting on free coaches and like Coventry last night will be well up for not losing face in a local derby.

Scunthorpe are usually strong at home but got stuffed there by Kings Lynn recently, have lost 3 on the trot and have a few key riders carrying injuries.

The 5/1 for a Sheffield win is tempting but a more cautious approach and doing them +10 is probably the way to go.

If you do Sheffield (+10) do it with Bet 365 who have just priced it up at 10/11 Ladbrokes are the tighter 5/6.

: Tue May 05, 2009 6:06 pm  

espanyolswan wrote:

If you do Sheffield (+10) do it with Bet 365 who have just priced it up at 10/11 Ladbrokes are the tighter 5/6.

I think i'll leave it tonight mate had a few Golf bets so i'll save some room for some small stake big priced bets on the football, Hope it comes good for you again though...

Players Championship:

Matt Cooper - Luke Donald (40/1)
Matt Cooper - Retief Goosen (40/1)
My Own - Tim Clark (100/1)
My Own - Oliver Wilson (175/1)

Arsenal vs Manchester United:

First Goalscorer - Cesc Fàbregas Arsenal (16/1)
First Goalscorer - Darren Fletcher Manchester United (22/1)

Scorecast - Cesc Fàbregas Arsenal 3-1 (175/1)
Scorecast - Darren Fletcher Arsenal 3-1 (500/1)

: Tue May 05, 2009 10:54 pm  

: Wed May 06, 2009 9:01 am  

espanyolswan wrote:

Don't know about bent but I'm guessing most runners are making their debuts on Sky and will give their owners a chance of a bit of glory at least. The more tracks they get to the better but from a betting point of view it's not as interesting as most live meetings but if Mountjoy Jasper wins the big one I will not care a jot about the rest of the card.

Agree that the Sky stuff is straighter than the BAGS - where it doesn't take much to move a price and only three or four bookies are standing. Some rather shady practices.

Same with the open races - a fair few dogs not trapping well which are usually as fast as lightening out of the box's when odds-on etc. Could be bad luck but there's normally one being backed against it

Flapping - I'll be here all day so won't bother

: Wed May 06, 2009 10:44 am  

The Joker® wrote:

I think i'll leave it tonight mate had a few Golf bets so i'll save some room for some small stake big priced bets on the football, Hope it comes good for you again though...

Not quite, bad referee'd decision put Sheffield under all sorts of pressure and Scunny were just that bit too good

: Wed May 06, 2009 10:52 am  

Carneys Pint wrote:

Agree that the Sky stuff is straighter than the BAGS - where it doesn't take much to move a price and only three or four bookies are standing. Some rather shady practices.

Same with the open races - a fair few dogs not trapping well which are usually as fast as lightening out of the box's when odds-on etc. Could be bad luck but there's normally one being backed against it

Flapping - I'll be here all day so won't bother

Odds on in Open races is always one to be wary of (and as a rule of thumb the shorter the distance the more vunerable they are). Whilst everyones eyes are on the Derby alot of runners will be given their first runs in Opens and as last night showed some will come good at massive odds but thats how Greyhounds develop and unless your trained by Charlie Lister your likely to go off at big odds now and then but that will not stop a decent "unfashionable" dog winning.

What was poor at Peterborough was the amount of railers in Trap 4 (nothing they could have done about the Final but one off opens should have a better balance of runners).