Brilliancy in Sport, Your favourite moments

Splendid result by my Footie Team Coventry City, aka the Sky Blues, against Rotherham tonight!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56302517

I think we are SAFE! 😎

On a lower level Chelsea and Manchester City doing OK in teh Champions League.

Real Madrid and PSG? Who are they? 😀
 

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Great news tonight. Due to lifting of Covid-19 restrictions, we can resume our Tai Chi class on the beach in Portsmouth next Wednesday! 🙂

12 o'clock by the Coffee Cup if you fancy it. £5 fee. Friendly crowd. Gentle exercise, but you know all about it after an hour.

I have SO missed this. We usually go for a free swim afterwards too, at least in Summer.

BRAMBLEMET - Weather Reports from Bramble Bank

8.7C? No, think I'll leave my cossie at home. That is mind-numbingly cold IMO. I could have a heart-attack! 😀
 
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Did anyone else watch this?

Chelsea F.C. footie club DESTROYED Manchester City in the FA Cup! 😀

1-0 hardly reflects their superiority. Two brilliant goals disallowed for offside. 😕

FA Cup: Chelsea 1-0 Manchester City highlights - BBC Sport

No prizes for guessing who we like in our house. It's either midlanders Leicester or our local rivals Southampton in the final. Can't wait! 🙂
 

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Another disastrous night for Arsenal F.C. The Gunners lost again.

Happily I can contemplate the 1 mile 2000 Guineas Horse Race at Newmarket next Saturday.

Very exciting 3-y-o Field.

One Ruler 9/2
Thunder Moon 11/2
St.Marks Basilica 11/2
Wembley 6/1

2000 Guineas Betting Odds Winner | Horse Racing | Oddschecker

I quite fancy Wembley. A horse that likes the good going rather than the boggy tracks. Out of Galileo.

Wembley (IRE) | Horse Profile | Sky Sports Horse Racing

Got withdrawn from the 1 mile Vertem Futurity due to boggy ground last year.

Racecard | 14:55 Vertem Futurity Trophy Stakes (Group 1) | Doncaster | Sky Sports Horse Racing

A sure thing, IMO. Definitely worth a tenner. 😀
 
Rapid changes in the Odds for the 1 mile 2000 Guineas Horse Racing at Newmarket! 😀

2000 Guineas Betting Odds Winner | Horse Racing | Oddschecker

Very unlikely that the going will go Soft. Weather is excellent and dry.

My fancy Wembley is coming in at 6-1 second favourite. Thunder Moon is also fancied as a Epsom Derby winner. I can't see it myself. 1.4 miles is a different proposition from 1 mile IMO.

Anyway, judge for yourself: WHAT A FINISH in the 2020 Goffs Vincent O'Brien National Stakes - Racing TV - YouTube

The 1000 Guineas Fillies race is giving me more trouble:

1000 Guineas 2021 Betting Odds Winner | Horse Racing | Oddschecker

I like Pretty Gorgeous: Pretty Gorgeous toughs it out to win the bet365 Fillies' Mile (Group 1) - Racing TV - YouTube.

I think I'll take both for a win. And buy my girlfriends a ticket. I like to spread the fun. 🙂
 
The World of Horse Racing is in a deep state of shock today with the withdrawal of Pretty Gorgeous from the Fillies Race of the 1000 Guineas. My stake too. Don't know if I'll get me money back! 😕

Anywho, we have a second fancy. Alcohol Free (IRE) | Horse Profile | Sky Sports Horse Racing

Definitely Second Favourite behind 6/4 Aidan O'Brien's Santa Barbara. But a decent 7-1 odds. And Andrew Balding is no mug. My sort of odds. 😀
 
My reputation is hanging by a thread after yesterday's 2000 Guineas debacle. 🙁

Me and my friends are hanging on for the 1000 today.

Happily I took 7-1 on Alcohol Free. It has come in dramatically since:

Newmarket 15:40 Betting Odds Winner | Horse Racing | Oddschecker

If Santa Barbara slips its saddle, its sure between Alcohol Free and Statement. Almost too close to call:

Full Result | 14:10 Dubai Duty Free Stakes (Fillies''' Group 3) (Registered As The Fred Darling Stakes) | Newbury | Sky Sports Horse Racing

TBH, every other horse is 10 lengths behind.
 
Excellent and fascinating days Sport in the UK! 😀

The Horses largely let me down. My old favourite and general winner Pyledriver won Friday's Epsom Coronation Cup in heroic style at an impressive 8-1.

Problem largely was it rained for two days prior to the Epsom meet. Ground turned into a bog. I pulled all my bets. And my connection's bets.

Fleet-footed High Definition pulled out. Mohaafeth pulled out. Both seeking firmer ground in a few weeks time. At the Curragh, and Ascot.

Derby Genius Aidan O'Brien drew a busted flush on hot favourite Bolshoi Ballet. Much fancied because it is progeny of Star horse Galileo.

Epsom Derby: Adayar secures surprise win for jockey Adam Kirby - BBC Sport

Somerset Cricket team trundling along well against Hampshire.

County Championship: Somerset close day three 372 runs ahead of Hampshire - BBC Sport

That one is in the bag IMO. 372 runs lead into the final day. 😀
 
Remember you heard it here first. I am putting my Money on the Azzurri for the 2020 Euros. Now in 2021... 😱

We fear the Germans, the French, and get terribly over-excited about England's prospects (Coming Home an' all that).

But really, Roberto Mancini and Italy is a Shoo in, IMO. Putting £10 on it tomorrow! 😀