Sentences with phrase «as any racing fan»

New figures from the payments leader reveal a 45 % surge in online betting activity during the four - day festival, as racing fans seek to beat the bookies.

Not exact matches

The surge in prices was caused by a simultaneous decrease in ticket inventory and increase in demand as brokers raced to pull down speculative online ticket quotes — what they had believed to be good offer prices for tickets prior to Jeter's retirement announcement — before fast - clicking fans could take them up on old quotes, said Matcovich.

Investors followed mutual - fund performance as fervently as sports fans track a championship race.

Happy as fans are about the present, inevitably thoughts race to the future — and not just because the Blazers will have the rights to guard Rudy Fernàndez, who's currently torching the Spanish league.

Horsemen and racing fans often equate a filly with a woman and a colt with a man; it's a given that human males are physically stronger than females, but the discrepancy isn't nearly as great in the equine world.

Harness racing fans rouse to that cry each September as Little Brown Jug Day arrives at the Delaware, Ohio Fair

If you are a pure race fan and are passionate and a racer at heart, you have to be interested in Le Mans and Indy 500 as well as F1.

Within another two years these same racing fans, who keep their pari - mutuel machines ticking faster than those of any other state, may be able to make their bets and buy their hot dogs in approximately the same comfort as the folks in California and New Jersey, where you can lose your money amongst the finest of creature comforts.

What you saw yesterday was players and fans of all races joining together as Americans to honor our service members.

I meant Bender, but you did seem to highlight the skin colour in your supposedly Arsenal fans def of a DM, to me it seems racist because of the sarcasm in what you said as we have also relished DM's from other races.

A fan managed to capture the Ferrari team's reaction as Vettel crossed the line to win the opening race of the year.

But many Chelsea fans have taken issue with what could be seen as Conte admitting defeat in the race for Champions League qualification.

That's exactly what this NASCAR fan did during the Sprint Cup race at Richmond, as the shirtless idiot climbed the fence to get a better picture.

It's all well and good the cars being faster though, as what fans really want are better races, right?

For the umpteenth year running, the term «identity crisis» has been wheeled out yet again as fans either demand a racing utopia of the future, or V8 Valhalla of the past.

As of December 23rd, Arsenal are involved in a title race of their own and many fans will be backing Wenger to focus on the domestic game rather than risk no silverware at all.

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It's bad for fans too, as nobody likes to see results being changed once the race has finished.

Race fans can rejoice, as this weekend there's actually some racing on!

Sadly, for all the Dutch fans, it wasn't a great race for Verstappen, as he retired early on with an engine failure.

The racing begins with the JLT Novices Chase at 1:30, as punter and fans await the famous Cheltenham roar.

After winning the Kentucky Derby as the +300 favorite, many horse racing fans speculated that Nyquist would duplicate American Pharoah's feat by winning the Triple Crown.

This year not only did Le Mans not clash with a Grand Prix, but ahead of this weekend's Austrian GP at the Red Bull Ring fans will be treated to a whole host of legendary cars and drivers from the famous French race will take to the track as part of a demonstration.

If you're a fan of having a dabble on the horses at Cheltenham and feeling the thrill of live National Hunt racing, then signing up to bookmakers ahead of the Cheltenham Festival has never been so good for online punters, as a range of bookmakers release their specials, its been reported today.

O'Grady has to explain to a visitor that «Dessie,» as the London tabloids call Desert Orchid, is the best English jumper in a generation, as adored by British racing fans as John Henry was in the U.S.

The defending champion Broncos have an intriguing three - man race, and fans may be surprised to see that rookie Paxton Lynch (+110) was installing as the favorite to start the season opener against the Panthers.

These engines have been somewhat unpopular however, as fans have been turned off by the lack of noise and requirement for drivers to save fuel during certain parts of the races, which some think goes against the spirit of the sport.

But serious business as well as serious fun is what these racing fans have in mind.

It will be more attractive for other car and engine manufacturers to join F1, and for the fans it will be much better as you will have closer racing on track.

Getting more fans closer to the action should be a priority during testing, where things are not as frantic, busy and crazy as a race weekend.

We were sitting two seats below Monaco fans sitting laughing and taking the piss, and no one seemed to think that that's wrong, I've been to away grounds to watch Arsenal sat in the home team stand and respectfully stay quiets if we score, as a punch in the mouth often offends, I'm amazed at our home games, so many people who don't even speak English and seem to treat the game as a Sunday afternoon tea party, where are the old Arsenal fans born and bred Arsenal, I'm all for a multi cultural look but let's not lose anyone in the race to become global.

«I hope the fans enjoy the film as much as I've enjoyed being part of motor racing.

Oliver Giroud has come under fire from Arsenal fans and pundits alike in his four years as the Gunners main striker, but especially this campaign just ended as we failed to catch Leicester in the title race.

This could be a nervous affair as both teams know how important it is to the fans, and especially to the race for the Champions League places.

If the daytime high temperature in Hampton, Georgia on Saturday or Sunday of race weekend fails to reach at least 50 degrees as observed by the National Weather Service, or if weather issues postpone the day's activities to a different day and fans are unable to attend on the rescheduled date, fans who do not enter the admission gates on the day the event is held will receive an account credit for the full price of their tickets.

The Australian Grand Prix may not have been the greatest of races but the parade lap was certainly an eye - opener as fans rushed onto the track as the cars were still making their way back to the pits.

Getting up that close to racing cars being driven in anger has to be up there as one of the absolute coolest fan experiences ever, especially when those cars are close to LMP1 levels of speed.

So when he was asked about the Premier League title race, which all of us Arsenal fans were expecting us to make a much better go at this season, the former France striker declared that he still thinks we will be up there, as reported by The Express.

As for the mostsignificant arrival in 2007, NASCAR fans got a preview last fall beginning withan ARCA series race on Oct. 6 at Talladega Superspeedway.

Many Formula 1 fans will be watching the Indy 500 this year as Fernando Alonso skips the Monaco Grand Prix to make his debut at the famous American race.

So if Chelsea want to enter the transfer race for Khedira, with Jose Mourinho said to be a big fan as well as loving anything that could hurt Arsene Wenger and the Gunners, then we could be in big trouble.

Getting the series to race on a weekend that's jam - packed with fans (as is usually the case at the British GP) is a great move as it'll expose younger fans to a previous era of the sport and bring back some memories for older fans.

As the 2017/18 season is gearing towards its first Manchester derby - the fixture this whole title race is almost entirely pivoted on, I decided to speak to Manchester City fan and freelance football writer Stephen Tudor to get his thoughts on how the game is viewed among the blues of Manchester and what Sunday's 175th encounter between the two clubs could mean to the Northern Powerhouse of Manchester and the Premier League in general.

It would be fair to suggest that harness racing sits in the shadow of horse racing and the horse racing industry as a whole but it does have a great number of fans.

As the European championships are drawing closer to a fantastic end, football clubs all over Europe, especially in England, are gearing up for the domestic football to begin - to set pulses racing for fans and everyone who is involved alike.

The memories of that dramatic night at Anfield in 1989 were still fresh in the mind of both Arsenal and Liverpool fans as the title race approached its climaz two seasons later.

He called out Luke Shaw, Phil Jones, Chris Smalling, the home fans, fixture list, the FA and you guessed it — UEFA, in a slightly tense exchange but the good (and bad) news is that Manchester United are miraculously still very much alive in the race for top four as Man City and Arsenal dropped more points in the weekend, giving the Red Devils even more false hope.

With the Championship promotion race heating up as we enter the final five games of the season, West Ham fan Stuart Fuller reflects on his side's comprehensive victory at Oakwell.

And recognizing Chelsea FC as an international brand with supporters of every race, creed, and nation around the world, it has made the actions of a very small collection of morons all the more frustrating to come to grips with as a lone fan.

Fans didn't have to wait long to witness record - breaking action as there was an exciting battle in the first Diamond League race of the night.