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Punters are banking on Better Land getting an unimpeded run in Saturday’s Golden Rose at Rosehill. Better Land has firmed into $7.00 with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au. Hallowed Crown ($5.50) remains a firm second pick for the three-year-old Group 1. “Better Land was trapped deep when resuming and last start was poleaxed by the wayward Liberation…

Aussie author Richard Flanagan has been installed the $8 outsider at Sportingbet.com.au to win the Man Booker prize with his novel The Narrow Road To the Deep North. Sportingbet makes How To Be Both by Ali Smith its $3.50 favourite, in front of J by Howard Jacobson ($5) and Neel Mukherjee’s The Lives Of Others…

More than 700 guests in glamorous racewear will welcome the new racing season in fabulous style from 12 noon tomorrow (Wednesday) at Flemington’s annual Myer Spring Fashion Lunch . Hosted by Channel Seven’s Samantha Armytage and Mark Beretta from Sunrise , the sold out event will be headlined by a Myer racewear parade showcasing the…

Consistent country stayer Single Spirit is poised to chase more Cup glory at Moree on Sunday. The five-year-old, who has claimed Cup wins in Coffs Harbour and Casino, is $4.00 favourite with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au. Strictly Concert is second pick at $4.60 ahead of promising stayer Eanie Meanie ($6.00). “Single Spirit has won two Cups…

Mitchell Johnson is the most dangerous bowler in the world – literally! Just ask South African Ryan Mclaren, who suffered a broken arm after being on the end of a Johnson thunderbolt. Englishman Jimmy Anderson has also ended up in a cast due to the Aussie’s sheer pace. Online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au believes other batsmen around…

There is at least one punter who thinks the Kennett Curse is well and truly broken, betting $40,000 with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au that the Hawks ($1.50) will smash the Cats ($2.60) this Friday night. It’s been all one way traffic in this match, with more than eight times the money bet on the Hawks over…

Marcus Bontempelli had better stop working on his Rising Star acceptance speech, with Lewis Taylor firming from $4.50 into $3.25 with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au today on the back of punter support. Bontempelli remains the $1.50 favourite, but todays push for Taylor suggests it is far from a forgone conclusion. Its daylight between Bontempelli, Taylor and…

Exciting three-year-old Divan’s impressive win at Sportingbet Park today resulted in online bookie Sportingbet.com.au trimming the Zabeel colt’s odds for two upcoming feature races but not all of his potential spring assignments. Divan firmed from $26 to $13 third favouritism for the BECK Caulfield Guineas and from $19 to $12 for the Caulfield Classic. However…

Multiple Group 1 winner Boban is the big firmer, with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au for Saturday’s Memsie Stakes. Boban has been heavily backed to win the Caulfield Group 1, firming from $6.00 into $4.80. Favourite Messene is a drifter $4.00 out to $4.20. “Boban was an eye-catching run in the Missile Stakes, he’s a three-time winner…

A punter who has placed 39 individual bets on Alex Johnston to be the NRL’s leading try scorer of 2014 will be seriously hoping the South Sydney star adds to his season tally of 15 when the Rabbitohs take on the Brisbane Broncos tomorrow night. The Sportingbet.com.au punter stands to collect a whopping $19,229 from…