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Haldon Gold Cup 2021 Preview, Predictions & Betting Tips – Nicholls
The Grade 2 Haldon Gold Cup is the feature contest of the entire season at Exeter Racecourse on Tuesday, 2 November (1:55). A limited handicap chase over an extended 2m 1f, past winners include Politologue and Cue Card. There are plenty of Haldon Gold Cup trends for punters to note. Six-year-olds have a particularly good recent record in the race with half-a-dozen wins since 2012. Favourites also do well in the contest, with four of the past six market leaders obliging. As a Grade 2 event, the Haldon Gold Cup Exeter race usually takes a classy two-miler to win it. Nine of the last 10 successful horses ran off an official rating of at least 151. That stat rules out of half of this year’s field of six runners, who each run from out of the handicap. All Haldon Gold Cup winners over the last d...
Cash-strapped Barcelona wants Sergio Aguero, David Alaba for free
Barcelona are hoping they can land Sergio Aguero and David Alaba on free transfers this summer after their contracts expire at Manchester City and Bayern Munich respectively. Aguero is expected to depart the Etihad Stadium after 10 years which have seen him become the club’s all-time top goal scorer with 256 goals and lift four Premier League titles in a glittering career. However, injuries have since caught up with the 32-year-old and he has now gone a full year without scoring a Premier League goal at the Etihad. According to Mundo Deportivo, Barca see the striker as the ideal No 9 replacement for Luis Suarez, who departed for Atletico Madrid in the summer, in providing a big name signing for supporters. Barca are in desperate financial struggles following the coronavirus outbreak, and t...
Chris Wilder ready to deal in free agent Daniel Sturridge
Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder is moving for free agent Daniel Sturridge. The Daily Mail says Wilder is keen on snapping up free agent Sturridge following his release from Turkish side Trabzanspor earlier this year. The ex-Liverpool, Chelsea and Man City striker, 31, has been without a club since his Super Lig adventure was ended in March. His contract with was ripped up in March after he was hit with a four-month ban for breaching betting rules. But Sturridge has been training hard to keep himself fit. And despite being linked with cccc’s Inter Miami, the English hitman has his sights set on another shot in the Premier League. Sheffield Utd are eager to strengthen their forward line before next month’s transfer deadline. And a deal securing Sturridge until the end of the season is sta...
