BIG MONEY TOTEJACKPOT ROLLOVER AT WINDSOR TONIGHT – FIRST RACE 6.40 PM!

Today’s totejackpot meeting – WINDSOR

£117,113 rollover

(before deduction)

Today’s totetrifecta race(s)

WOLVERHAMPTON, RACE 1 – 2.30 PM

WOLVERHAMPTON, RACE 2 – 3.00 PM

WOLVERHAMPTON, RACE 3 – 3.30 PM

WOLVERHAMPTON, RACE 4 – 4.00 PM

WOLVERHAMPTON, RACE 5 – 4.30 PM

WOLVERHAMPTON, RACE 6 – 5.00 PM

LATEST BIG DIVIDENDS

totejackpot paid

£167,346.30 to a £1 stake

Royal Ascot, Thursday 19^th June 2008

toteplacepot paid

£525.80 to a £1 stake

Windsor, Sunday 29^th June 2008

SATURDAY 28^TH JUNE

Today’s totejackpot meeting – NEWCASTLE

£40,472 rollover

(before deduction)

Today’s totetrifecta race(s)

NEWCASTLE   RACE 1, 2.10 PM           WINDSOR     RACE 1, 2.35 PM

NEWCASTLE   RACE 2, 2.45 PM           WINDSOR     RACE 3, 3.40 PM  

NEWCASTLE   RACE 3, 3.20 PM*        WINDSOR     RACE 4, 4.15 PM             

NEWCASTLE   RACE 4, 3.55 PM           WINDSOR     RACE 5, 4.50 PM    

NEWMARKET RACE 2, 2.25 PM            WINDSOR     RACE 6, 5.25 PM                               

* £4,590 rollover

(before deduction)

SUNDAY 29^TH JUNE

Today’s totejackpot meeting – WINDSOR

Today’s totetrifecta race(s)

WINDSOR     RACE 1, 2.35 PM

WINDSOR     RACE 2, 3.05 PM  

WINDSOR     RACE 3, 3.40 PM             

WINDSOR     RACE 6, 5.25 PM            

The big question on Sunday is can New Approach be the first horse since High Chaparral in 2002 to complete the Epsom/Irish Derby double?

Having won three times over the wide open spaces of the Curragh the Jim Bolger colt is well suited by the track. There has been plenty of rain this week which has led to an easing of the going which will favour him.

A more serious question is will he settle? In a relatively steady run race at Epsom, Kevin Manning had an extremely difficult job in getting him to settle and it was only the near miraculous way he found the gaps that enabled him to win.

Denying him his usual front running role at the Curragh may be more difficult. However, Upton Grey in the same ownership has been supplemented, presumably as a pacemaker which should help.

Casual Conquest - a big horse was probably not ideally suited by Epsom. Trainer Dermot Weld considers him to have improved since.

New Approach, a particularly tough type, was clearly the best horse at Epsom and should win again. Casual Conquest is the one for the forecast.

At Uttoxeter, the much-improved stayer Surface To Air looks worth an interest in the Summer National over 4m 0.5f. Jumping well he has been impressive in his last two races and looks as if staying is his game.

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The Northumberland Plate, also known as the Pitmen’s Derby, looks a wide open race this weekend.

Ante-post favourite Bukit Tinggi probably didn’t quite get home over the 2m 4f at Royal Ascot but ran an excellent race in fourth - beaten about a neck.

He will be better suited by the 2m here but had a very hard race last time. The winner that day, the David Pipe-trained Mamlook is the most likely the one to take out of the race.

He would not be inconvenienced by any rain and it is worth noting that five of the last 11 winners of this race were successful at Royal Ascot.

The David Arbuthnot-trained Desert Sea is definitely of interest. Having his first run for eight months he won very easily over 1m 6f at Sandown two weeks ago. He will be very well suited by the return to 2m.

Carrying a 5lb penalty for his win at Sandown the horse still looks well handicapped. When a close second at Sandown in 2007 he handled softish ground very well.

The John Dunlop-trained Double Banded comfortably beat Tilt over 1m 6f at Nottingham in April. Behind the same horse in the Chester Cup he did not appear comfortable on the tight turning course.

The more galloping nature of Newcastle will suit well. He has won over 2m at Newmarket and is another who would cope with any softening of the ground.

Desert Sea looked a stayer of immense promise at Sandown and must be the selection.

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A mouth-watering Vienna final awaits totesport punters following Spain’s classy semi-final win over Russia.

Joachim Low’s Germany are the masters at delivering big performances when it really matters and with players like Michael Ballack, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Lukas Podolski they are obviously a threat to anyone.

But Luis Aragones’s men are really coming of age at Euro 2008 and they were particularly impressive in the Russia semi.

Liverpool’s Fernando Torres and Arsenal’s Cesc Fabregas were a constant menace and Real Madrid right back Sergio Ramos surely produced one of the most tireless displays ever witnessed.

A 3-0 win was a fair score-line given Spain’s display and they have now stuck seven goals past Gus Hiddink’s quality side over two matches.

Although it could be argued that the Russians never really got out of second gear. And what happened to their star playmaker Andrei Arshavin?

For sure, Germany are more formidable opponents than Russia. But have they got the defensive capabilities to handle the sublime Fabregas and the rampaging Torres?

Low will be concerned that his side have conceded a collective six goals to Turkey, Portugal and Croatia. Spain are better than those three sides.

Conversely, Aragones will be mindful that Germany are probably the best side his team have faced yet.

Despite the loss of Davis Villa through injury and the label of being perennial tournament bottlers the Iberians can put all that behind them and cover themselves in glory on Sunday.

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Warwick Hills, Michigan, is the venue for this week´s Buick Open where Jim Furyk and Kenny Perry head the outright betting with totesport.

Furyk’s sure to be a warm order. His Warwick record over the past five years reads 5-2-6-6-1 while in-form Perry won this in 2001 and has returned four top 15s since then.

But at 10s and 12s respectively it may pay to examine some longer priced players.

With generous fairways and no great disadvantage in missing them there is a temptation to go for the big hitters this week.

Players like Lucas Glover and Bubba Watson are sure to be playing their second shots far closer to the greens due to their prodigious length off the tee. Of those two it’s Glover who is preferred on account of recent signs of a return to form.

Glover finished 15th at Warwick in 2006 and 10th last year. The Ryder Cup hopeful carded a top 20 at the Crowne Plaza Invitational in May before notching a 19th in last week’s Travelers Championship.

Another man with Ryder Cup intentions in US-based Swede Daniel Chopra.

Like Glover he is long off the tee and also has some useful “previous” over the Michigan layout. The former Asian Tour regular finished 8th on his debut in 2004 and 12th in 2007. But the main reason we like him so much is his current form.

His final round 70 at the recent US Open was a brilliant effort that is sure to restore the confidence that was waning following a quiet time since his Mercedes Open win in Hawaii at the beginning of the year. Take the 66’s. A win here would really make Ryder skipper Nick Faldo sit up and take notice.

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If the Spanish were good enough to beat Russia 4-1 in the group stages surely the punting logic is to go back to the well and drink again with Luis Aragones’s in-form side?

A quarter-final win against Italy is enough to send the confidence and morale of any side soaring so it is easy to see why totesport make the Spanish such strong favourites for Thursday’s Vienna showdown.

But anyone who witnessed the display of Gus Hiddink’s Russians in defeating Holland will know that the Spanish are no certainties to win this game. Physically, technically and tactically the Eastern Europeans were superior to Holland in every department.

Hiddink’s side have come on leaps and bounds since their opening defeat to Spain with victories against Sweden, Greece and then the Dutch.

The key has been the return of Andrei Arshavin. Suspended for Russia’s opening two games versus Spain and Greece he is fast becoming the player of the tournament. Surely it can’t be a coincidence that Hiddink’s men are now starting to look the real deal with Arshavin in the side.

And in Hiddink they have arguably the best coach at the finals. The Dutch maestro took Netherlands to the 1998 World Cup semi-finals and then South Korea to the 2002 World Cup semis. Don’t be surprised if he leads his latest charges to the final of Euro 2008.

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Today’s totejackpot meeting – WINDSOR

£10,000 guaranteed

(before deduction)

Today’s totetrifecta race(s)

LINGFIELD, RACE 1 – 2.15 PM

LINGFIELD, RACE 2 – 2.45 PM

LINGFIELD, RACE 3 – 3.15 PM

LINGFIELD, RACE 4 – 3.45 PM

LINGFIELD, RACE 5 – 4.15 PM

LINGFIELD, RACE 6 – 4.45 PM

LINGFIELD, RACE 7 – 5.15 PM

LATEST BIG DIVIDENDS

totejackpot paid

£167,346.30 to a £1 stake

Royal Ascot, Thursday 19^th June 2008

toteplacepot paid

£9,389.70 to a £1 stake

Newmarket, Friday 20^th June 2008

Comeback kings Turkey produced a sensational victory against Croatia in the quarter-finals but suspensions look set to finally take their toll on Fatih Terim´s gutsy side.

Semi-final opponents Germany were probably secretly celebrating just as loudly as the Turks after the boys from the Bosphorus eliminated Croatia - the country that of course beat Joachim Low´s men 2-1 in the group stages.

That´s not a fixture the Germans would have relished - but against a severely depleted Turkish outfit they will really fancy their chances.

For the one-sided looking Basel showdown the Turks are certain to be without Volkan Demirel, Emre A??k, Tuncay ?anli and Arda Turan through suspension - and they also have a lengthy injury list. The number of available outfield Turkish players currently stands at just 13!

The totesport match favourites have no such problems. With almost a full bill of health and key players in outstanding form it could be a case of how many can Germany win by?

If the brilliance of inspirational skipper Michael Ballack wasn´t enough, the Portugal performance of Bastian Schweinsteiger, who scored once and set up the other two goals in the 3-2 win, marks him out as a real threat to Turkey.

Throw in the striking threats of Miroslav Klose and Lukas Podolski and we could have the makings of a mismatch.

Take the Germans to win by two clear goals or more with totesport.

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Roger Federer´s incredible stranglehold on the Wimbledon title now looks under more threat than ever before with the emergence of Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.

And that´s something that totesport´s tennis punters have no doubt considered when perusing SW19´s outright market.

Federer took his incredible unbeaten grass court record to 59 matches in landing the Gerry Weber Open in Halle recently.

But it was events over at Queen´s Club in London  - the traditional warm-up for Wimbledon - where the performances of finalists Nadal and Djokovic really caught the eye.

Nadal´s 7-5, 6-4 semi-final win over perennial Wimbledon fancy Andy Roddick was particularly impressive and marks him out as a genuine title contender.

In last year´s brilliant Wimbledon final between Nadal and Federer the Spaniard showed that the gap between them on grass is narrowing despite coming second best then.

There is no doubt that Nadal is the king of clay - as demonstrated by the way he thrashed Federer in Paris - and one wonders how much of a psychological advantage that win will be when they next meet.

Australian Open champ Djokovic thrashed Lleyton Hewitt and David Naldandian at Queens to re-assert his grass court claims and can also hold genuine claims for a semi-final appearance at the very least.

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