Racing

Nicky Henderson’s Cheltenham chances

Now that the mud has settled on Cheltenham Trials Day, our Head of racing, Ed Guiver, shares his thoughts on Nicky Henderson's multiple chances at the Festival in March. We have boosted him to be Festival Top Trainer to 4/1.

Ed Guiver · Tue 28 Jan

Deliverpool

by Rory Fairfax · Fri 24 Jan

Racing

It’s all in Cyrname.

by Glyn Warne · Tue 24 Dec

Betting

2019: A Fitzdares take!

By Rory Fairfax · Thu 2 Jan

Betting

Oscars hitlist

by Joe Hodgson · Fri 29 Nov

Racing

The Fitzdares Peterborough Chase

The 8th of December 2019 will live long in the memory for all at Fitzdares. Not only did Jacqueline Jossa beat Andy Whyment to win I’m A Celeb but we sponsored the 50th running of the iconic Peterborough Chase at Huntingdon racecourse. The build up started back in September with the announcement of the aptly named ‘Best Mate Bonus’. It was a simple idea conceived in the office one summer afternoon. Half a million pounds to any horse that can win the Fitzdares Peterborough Chase, the King George VI at Kempton and the Cheltenham Gold Cup. Simple, eh? Well, no. Only one horse, Best Mate, has ever achieved such glory. But still, people love to dream.

By Bobby Burns · Tue 8 Jan

Features

Football

Road to the top

My son was always far more on it that any of my friends’ boys, even from a very young age. We started taking him to Little Kickers, which offers football to youngsters from the age of about two upwards. That, really, is about as early as you can start, although my boy started when he was three. I used to take him every Saturday morning to a class of about 15-20. Even then he was miles better than the others, so we started looking at grass-roots clubs in the area that suited his level. By the time he was seven, he was starting to play competitive football on a weekly basis. That’s when he was scouted for the first time.

by Thomas Bentley · Thu 28 Nov

Betting

Accidental broker

by Paul Brown · Tue 3 Dec

Racing

Bank job

by Barney Curley · Tue 3 Dec

Cricket

Best of enemies

by Henry Blofeld · Tue 3 Dec

Cricket

Cricket’s latest frontier

by Johnny Barran · Thu 28 Nov

High Life & Low Life

High Life

Love of Epsom & flames of war

Punters, like mothers giving birth, tend to remember only the excitement and success of the event, consigning the ever-present pain and anguish to the back burner of their consciousness. For this reason I shan’t regale you with the many disasters of my punting career but, instead, shall concentrate on a few of the rare and unusual successes that came my way over the past 55 years.

By Colin Mackenzie · Tue 3 Dec