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SPORTINGBET AUSTRALIA RACING FUTURES _______________________________________________________________________ Spice up your Autumn with Sportingbet exotics. Sportingbet has some juicy markets to whet everyone’s appetite. They keep offering best price favourites and a range of unique and interesting betting markets. Going Head to Head on the Horses Fastnet Rock is hailed as the best sprinter in Australia and Alinghi is one of the fastest fillies in the world – bet on them head to head when they meet in the Newmarket Handicap on March 12. – First horse past the post wins, placed or unplaced. – Both runners must start for bet to stand or wager will be refunded. Sportingbet currently favours Fastnet Rock at $1.85 to beat Alinghi home at $1.90. But it’s going to be a close call when these two stars of the turf fight it out. We’re taking on Elvstroem in the Australian Cup Sportingbet offers punters the best price on the mighty Elvstroem to take home the prestigious Australian Cup on March 12. Current price is $1.95 Get into some UK betting action on the Cheltenham Festival Sportingbet is the only Australian bookie to offer markets on racing over 4 days of the Cheltenham Festival in the UK. Smurfit Champion Hurdle – March 16 Will equal favourite Back In Front be back in front where he belongs or will Harchibald show them his manicured heels? Queen Mother Champion Chase – March 17 Moscow Flyer should fly home in honour of the Queen Mother’s memory, or will Well Chief go on the warpath and take some scalps? World Stayers Hurdle – March 18 Baracouda has got them all running scared, but the punters also fancy Rule Supreme and Crystal D`Ainay to take home the chocolates. Cheltenham Gold Cup – March 19 Favourite Best Mate will have his work cut out for him if he wants to get friendly with the Gold Cup, with Kingscliff and Kicking King set to put up a mighty fight. SPORTINGBET AUSTRALIA - MARKET ON SURFING _______________________________________________________________________ Surf’s Up with Sportingbet. Sportingbet is offering markets on events in the World Surfing Tour (WCT). Competitive surfing began way back in the 1960's and it wasn't until around the 70's that small events started offering prize money. In those days it was only the well known surfers such as Gerry Lopez and Nat Young that were making any worthwhile money and this was supplemented by endorsement contracts. Back then betting on surfing was unheard of. Surf Betting – A Unique Concept in Sports Betting In 2004, the traders at Sportingbet dipped their toes into the surf, and offered betting markets on a few surfing events. Due to the interest shown by punters Sportingbet has barreled into the 2005 World Championship Surfing season full steam ahead. Bet Straight Out or Head To Head on Your Sporting Heroes Sportingbet offers both competition winner and championship betting, along with tournament head to head betting options. This allows the punters to bet on which surfer they think will advance the furthest in the event. With the Australians continually performing well on the world tour, you can see why the average Aussie beachgoer has expressed interest in the world of surfing betting. The Main Contenders Having yet another solid year in 2004 securing two tour wins, at odds of $4.25 Andy Irons (HAW) is once again the favorite to win the World Surfing Championship Title in 2005. But with the likes of Joel Parkinson (AUS) priced at $5.00, the Hobgood brothers (USA) CJ and Damien – coming in at $11.00 and $34.00 respectively, and six time world champion Kelly Slater (USA) at odds of $6.00, all having booming seasons, it’s going to be another exhilarating and hard-fought season. Life’s a Beach The 2005 World Surfing Tour touches some of the most exotic beaches around the globe. The 2005 Surfing Calendar begins at the Gold Coast (Aust) in early March and moves to Bells Beach (Aust). Then continues on to Teahupoo (Tahiti), Tavarua (Fiji), St Leu-Reunion Island (Mauritius), Jeffreys Bay (South Africa), Chiba (Japan), Trestles (USA), Figueira (Portugal), South West Coast (France), Mundaka (Spain), Santa Catarina (Brazil) finishing in Hawaii with competitions at Sunset Beach & Banzai Pipeline. SPORTINGBET AUSTRALIA – GP CELEBRITY CHALLENGE MARKET _____________________________________________________________________________ Rev Head Heaven Sportingbet Australia has a market on the Grand Prix Celebrity Challenge as well as offering great odds on the real thing. Celebrating 10 years of F1 racing at Albert Park, this year’s Celebrity Challenge has brought together some of hottest contestants ever to drive in a celebrity Grand Prix. The Whisper from the Pitts Apparently last year’s champion James Tomkins performed well during his first practice session and is keen to win back to back titles. He’s Sportingbet’s second favoured runner in this race, at odds of $4.00. And we can’t forget his fellow Olympian Steven Bradbury who is also rumoured to have trialed impressively, proving he is not only the luckiest man on skates but is pretty handy behind the wheel as well. Sportingbet ranks him equal third in the betting at $7.00. Women Drivers v The Men Our spies tell us that Petria Thomas was one of the fastest women around the trial circuit. And Sportingbet is offering a Battle of the Sexes bet, paying odds of $5.00 if a female makes history by crossing the line first and $1.15 if a man crosses the line first. Who Wants To Be A Celebrity Driver Extraordinaire? Yes, yes – of course Eddie’s in the line up – but will he get Black and White fever and be first to the chequered flag? At odds of $31.00 it’s fair to say he’s not tipped to ‘lock it in - thanks Eddie’. And there’ll be plenty of competition for the limelight from the other media mavens. They say that Dermott Brereton is very comfortable behind the wheel of a fast car, but will he be distracted by the grid girls and end up eating Livinia Nixon’s dust? Will celebrity couple Jo Bailey and Steve Silvagni settle their argument over whether male or female drivers are superior? Or will Steve be sleeping on the couch after the race? At least we can be assured that Kostya Tszyu will have the gloves off when he takes on this classy field. But the punters think the one to chase is Guy Andrews – he firmed in the market to be the current favourite at $2.75 after rumours arose that he has done a bit of car racing in his spare time. And tipped to tail the field is Alexander Downer - at $101.00 is he the rank outsider or the value bet of the field?
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