Day: March 17, 2017

Horse racing: Sizing John powers to Gold Cup glory (Sports Betting News)Horse racing: Sizing John powers to Gold Cup glory (Sports Betting News)

March 17, 2017March 17, 2017| 17:39

Britain Horse Racing - Cheltenham Festival - Cheltenham Racecourse - 17/3/17 Robbie Power celebrates winning the 3.30 Timico Cheltenham Gold Cup Chase on Sizing John Action Images via Officialsportsbetting.com / Andrew Boyers Livepic EDITORIAL USE ONLY.

Sizing John, ridden by Robbie Power and trained by Jessica Harrington, surged to a three-length victory in the Cheltenham Gold Cup on Friday. The 7-1 shot from Ireland beat Minella Rocco (18-1) and Native River (7-2) in the flagship race at the four-day meeting to complete a memorable double after landing the Irish Gold Cup last month. “It feels fantastic.” Lizzie Kelly, the first woman jockey in the race for 33 years, was unseated by her horse Tea for Two at the second fence.

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No ratings disaster if Woods misses Masters, say experts (Sports Betting News)No ratings disaster if Woods misses Masters, say experts (Sports Betting News)

March 17, 2017March 17, 2017| 14:05

Tiger Woods of the U.S. tees off on the eighth hole during the third round of the inaugural Turkish Airlines Open in the southwest city of Antalya November 9, 2013. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo Picture Supplied by Action Images

The Masters, with its famed azaleas, precisely manicured greens and towering trees is bigger than any one golfer, even Tiger Woods. With the first major of the year three weeks away, Woods is still nursing an ailing back and his chances of teeing it up at Augusta National, where he is a four-time winner, do not look promising. “So as long as it’s competitive and you’ve got a couple of big-name players in there on the weekend I think they are going to get solid ratings.” The absence of Woods from the Masters would once have been a ratings disaster but it appears the golf world, helped by some likeable players atop the world rankings and the continuing competitiveness of gallery favorite Phil Mickelson, has grown accustomed to him missing majors.

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