The Parkdean Resorts Glasgow Fair Handicap (4.05) at Ayr on Monday is a trappy affair, in which it’s possible to make a case for most, if not all, of the runners. However, Brother McGonagall is on a roll and may be capable of completing a four-timer, despite taking a significant rise in class. Tim Easterby’s four-year-old starting his winning sequence off a handicap mark of 69, but is…

It's interesting how punter's approaches to betting differ so widely and how one man's 'playing it safe', is another mans 'taking a risk'. You see these stories play out across every betting exchange and in every bookmakers. Some gamblers 'dream big' and as such hold an almost lottery win-like approach to betting on horses, where they just feel that their 100-1 shot or 1000-1 accumulator bet are going…

After a truly tremendous pair of penalty wins, Russia and Croatia face off in a major FIFA World Cup Quarter Final. Many Russians had expected to have picked ‘new’ teams for the tournament: many likely even backing Croatia. With the national side far exceeding expectation already, can they really move closer to immortality? Russia News When the opening game seen Alan Dzagoev go off with a hamstring injury,…

With one nation finally flying in the FIFA World Cup and one nation looking at an unlikely exit, Nigeria and Argentina come into this crucial group stage tie with totally differing expectations. Seen as a team that would exit the World Cup without much issue, Nigeria now know they are a win away from going to the World Cup knockout rounds. If Argentina want to get to the…

It’s a long way, literally and figuratively, from Ayr on Monday to Ascot on Tuesday, but Ingleby Hollow has returned from an abortive spell over hurdles earlier in the year in decent form and may be capable of giving us some ammunition for bigger, better events later in the week. The Ayrshire Cancer Support Here To Help Handicap (4.45) shouldn’t take a great deal of winning, with the…