| Champion Hurdle Tips - Horse Racing Picks | | | | week Inter Milan hold a 2-1 advantage. However, |
| Today's biggest sporting action centres around a | | | | Chelsea have lost just once at home in their last |
| town in Gloucestershire, England as the | | | | forty-four fixtures, winning thirty-five of those |
| Cheltenham Festival for 2010 gets underway | | | | matches. The loss came at the hands of |
| today. We'll be previewing day one's biggest race | | | | Manchester City two weeks ago and the main |
| – the Champion Hurdle – as well as the | | | | reason behind the loss was the fact that Petr |
| two games being played in the Champions League | | | | Cech was out injured and his replacement, Hilario, |
| tonight in this article. | | | | was just not good enough. Unfortunately, or |
| Champion Hurdle: | | | | fortunately depending on how you look at things, |
| The Champion Hurdle is the highlight of the first | | | | Hilario is now out injured and this means that third |
| day of the Cheltenham Festival and the most | | | | choice ‘keeper Ross Turnbull will be thrown |
| prestigious hurdle race run all season. It is open to | | | | into the spotlight against the Italian champions. |
| horses aged four years old and upwards, and is | | | | He performed admirably against West Ham at the |
| always run at a fast and furious pace. | | | | weekend, but Inter Milan and their array of |
| According to the current odds with the winner of | | | | attacking players are something completely |
| the 2009 Supreme Novices' Hurdle, Go Native is | | | | different. That said, Inter are not performing on |
| the favourite to win the race at 4/1. He is clear | | | | the road at the moment and were beaten 3-1 by |
| of his nearest challengers Solwhit at 6/1 with joint | | | | mid-table side Catania on Friday night. With Jose |
| third favourites Binocular and 2009 Champion | | | | Mourinho returning to Stamford Bridge this game |
| Hurdle winner Punjabi at odds of 7/1. | | | | will have plenty of talking points, but who will win? |
| Head of PR at Extrabet.com, Chris Shillington has | | | | Recommends: Back Chelsea to qualify @ 8/11 and |
| this to say: | | | | back Didier Drogba to score anytime @ 4/5 with |
| "All the statistics point to Solwhit as the most | | | | William Hill. |
| likely winner at 6/1 on Extrabet however Go | | | | Sevilla v CSKA Moscow: |
| Native still has all the public money at 18/5. | | | | After getting the away goal in a 1-1 draw in |
| Admittedly there are some injury worries | | | | Moscow in the first leg of this tie Sevilla will feel |
| however what's for sure is that no clever punters | | | | that they will be able to progress to the next |
| are on Binocular at 7/1. Talking of clever punters | | | | round of the Champions League in front of their |
| the whispers are that Starluck at 12/1 could be | | | | home fans. The Spanish side are undefeated in |
| the surprise in the pack with last year's winner | | | | five home games, winning three and drawing two. |
| Punjabi has done little wrong to be considered at | | | | They have also only conceded two goals in those |
| 7/1." | | | | five matches. CSKA have only played three |
| In the preview of the Champion Hurdle posted on | | | | games in 2010 and their league campaign only |
| February 12th we recommended that punters | | | | kicked off this weekend. They have drawn one, |
| back Medermit each way at 14/1. His price has | | | | lost one and won one in 2010, however the last |
| now dropped to 8/1 and each way would get you | | | | seven away Champions League games that |
| 2/1 on a top three finish for him at this price. | | | | CSKA have played have had over 2.5 goals in |
| BetRepublic Recommends: Back Solwhit to win | | | | them with both sides scoring. I can see that trend |
| the race @ 6/1 and back Medermit each way @ | | | | continuing in this game. |
| 8/1. | | | | BetRepublicRecommends: Back over 2.5 goals @ |
| Champions League Tips: | | | | evens with both sides to score @ 11/10 with |
| Chelsea v Inter Milan: | | | | William Hill. |
| After the first leg of this tie at the San Siro last | | | | |