Archive for December, 2009

Rugby World Cup 2011, the 7th World Cup, will be held in New Zealand. The event is expected to cost $310 million and generate $280 million in ticket sales and a tremendous spike in the New Zealand tourism sector. This will be the largest sporting event ever held in New Zealand, much larger than the 1987 Rugby World Cup or the 1992 Cricket World Cup. Over 70,000 visitors from overseas are expected to come for the games and associated events. The World Cup will be played over seven weekends from the weekend of the 10th of September and ending the weekend of October 22nd, which is a longer weekend due to Labour Day in New Zealand. The final will play in Auckland at Eden Park.

New Zealand’s progress in preparing for the Rugby World Cup 2011 received a top rating from the International Rugby Board’s (IRB) chairmen and chief executive. All preparations for the Cup are projected to be ready in time. The IRB has also narrowed down all of the teams that will be competing, to 20. Twelve teams were determined by finishing in the top three of each pool in the 2007 tournament with the remaining eight determined by regional qualifying tournaments.

People wishing to experience the Rugby World Cup 2011, need not travel from hotel to hotel between games. One way to travel from stadium to stadium is via motor home. If booked early, spectators have a choice of the size and model of motor home as well as a secure location to park during the night. Doing this will require a large deposit of two thirds, but guarantees a 4 and 6 berth Motor home to be available for their use in 2011. The demand for rental cars and motor homes is projected to be large, so to meet the demand agencies are hoping that people book early. The funds are held in a trust account in the renter’s name. If circumstances change before 2011, the deposit is refundable except for an administration fee of around NZ$50.00 for up to six months prior to travel. At that point, normal cancellation fees apply.

You’ve probably heard this said before, “These horses have raced so many times against each other, it’s just a matter of whose turn it is to win. They just take turns.”

On any racing circuit there are certain horses who always seem to wind up in the same races. Usually this occurs with claimers or cheap handicap races. First one horse from the group will win and then another one of the horses will win and it really does seem like the trainers are taking turns, but that usually isn’t the case. What is actually happening is that the horses are so evenly matched that a minor advantage is all it takes for one of them to win.

Many times in these races, the favorite fails. That is good news for an astute handicapper, but before we get too excited about the possibility of winning, let’s be honest with ourselves. This is one of the toughest races to handicap because they have all shown that they are capable at this level.

Another problem is that we can’t read their minds to know which one is feeling its best and which one will get a good break, etc. So how do you handicap this race? First of all, there are many times when you should pass a race like this because it really is too close to call. On the other hand, look for value. If a horse has won at this level against this group, why can’t it do it again? If the odds are right, go for it.

The truth is that the trainers and other insiders often don’t have a clue as to which horse will win a race like that, but put their horse in because they know that given a break or in the right circumstances, their horse can win.

Claiming races are often seen as the bottom of the barrel in thoroughbred racing. These are races where someone can claim (or buy) any horse running in the race for the appointed claiming price.

The higher the claiming price, usually, the better the horse. If you have horse that runs in $60k claiming races going against a horse that runs in $8k claiming races – more often than not the $60k horse will win. That’s a very broad brush stroke explanation but for the purposes of this article it’s all you really need.

Now here are 3 tips you can use to make some money at the claiming races. While nothing is 100% or guaranteed, these tips really work and sometimes can bring in big priced winners.

Tip #1: The Double Drop. This one is very powerful. What you are going to look for are horses that have one or both of their last two races for a claiming price DOUBLE of today’s race. So if today’s claiming race has horses available for $5,000 and a horse has been running for $10,000 or more this one is a play. A really good play would be a horse that has been finishing last but flashing a little bit of speed early in the race.

Tip #2: Follow the claimed horses. A claimed horse means it was purchased, this is noted by a small letter C next to the price. One great angle is to look for a horse purchased and runs about 2-3 races above the amount claimed for and runs bed. Then moves back to or below the original claiming price. This is a powerful angle!

Tip #3: First time into a claiming race. In this angle you will look for a horse or horses running in a claiming race but have never done so before. The should have been running in Allowance races or any race where they were not for sale. If this race is the first time they are “running for a tag” meaning into a claiming race, you have a great play. Look for horses going to post at 3-1 odds or more. You will enjoy some nice wins using this horse racing tip!

World cup cricket schedule 2011 is the only and the best source to have knowledge about the date on which the match will be held and the venues where they are scheduled to take place. It is this schedule which tells that world cup tournament is going to commence from March 13th, 2011. This tournament will be between West Indies and Pakistan, and it will take place at Kingston. World cup cricket schedule 2011 is a highly informative database that can either be pasted on the cupboard or can be downloaded for having proper knowledge of your favorite game.

Cricket is no doubt an interesting game and world cup is one of the biggest tournaments held after every four years. This makes it all the more essential for fans to wait for this tournament. West Indies is hosting the world cup for first time and they are looking into the fact that best services and hospitality should be given to all the teams. World cup cricket schedule 2011 shows that West Indies has offered one of its best venues for hosting the matches between different nations. Kingston, Port of Spain, Gross Islet, Basseterre and St. John’s are some of the venues that will host matches between Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Australia, Bermuda, Bangladesh and many other countries.