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Dafabet extends title sponsorship of World Pool Masters 14th May 2021 | By Robert Fletcher Online gambling operator Dafabet has signed an extended deal to remain as title sponsor of the World Pool Masters for the 2021 event. The tournament, which is due to take place from 22 to 25 May at Europa Sports Park in Gibraltar, will now be known as the Dafabet World Pool Masters. Dafabet also title sponsored the competition in 2017 and 2019. “We’re very happy to be the title sponsors of this year�...

Dafabet has reached an agreement with Matchroom Sports, acquiring for the title sponsorship to the World Pool Masters for the third time.

UPDATED 12:17PM, MAY 1 2021 Thunder Moon has maintained his place as the clear favourite for this afternoons Qipco 2,000 Guineas Stakes, with the Joseph OBrien-trained runner now as short as 7-2 for the first Classic of the season in Britain. He was sharing 4-1 favouritism with Mutasaabeq and Wembley earlier this morning, but the lightly raced son of Zoffany appears the clear pick for Saturdays Group 1 feature at 3.40. His two main market rivals are 5-1 shots. The World Pool, which is o...

Came From The Dark to light up Palace House Ed Walkers Came From The Dark looks poised to run well at Newmarket. MABS Cross, Marsha, Sole Power, Mayson – the Group Three Betfair Palace House Stakes (2.25pm) has been won by some brilliant sprinters over the past decade. Sadly, Saturday’s contest looks more like a Beverley Bullet than a Palace House, especially after John Quinn took out his duo Liberty Beach and Keep Busy at the final declaration stage. Charlie Appleby’s La...

Make your Guineas with a Jockey Club Quinella Al Zaraqaan (C, blue/white cap) looks a class act in the making. BEFORE the 15 runners go to post for the first Classic of the UK Flat season, a select field of five will battle it out for Group Two honours in the Jockey Club Stakes (3:00pm). Pyledriver will be the first one that jumps off the page for many punters given he landed a brace of Group wins last season at odds of 18/1 and 10/1. You won’t get a fancy price about him thi...

Moon to Thunder home for O’Brien Jnr Joseph OBrien could win back-to-back Classics FROM Pinatubo last year to Frankel a decade ago, the Qipco 2000 Guineas (3.40pm) often features a short-priced favourite, who, according to the odds at least, is head and shoulders above his rivals. Pinatubo was sent off at 5/6 last year, while the likes of Churchill (6/4), Dawn Approach (11/8) and Frankel (1/2) have all gone off at skinny odds too. However, it’s a very different case this ye...

Van Boening Confirmed For Masters, Thorpe & Woodward Line-Up For USA At World Cup Skyler Woodward and Billy Thorpe will represent Team USA at this year’s World Cup of Pool, while Woodward and Shane van Boening have both been confirmed for the World Pool Masters. Two-time Mosconi Cup MVP Woodward will be joined for the first time at the World Cup of Pool by Thorpe, who has been a Mosconi Cup team-mate of Woodward every year since 2017. The pair are close off the table and teamed up on it for a...

Martin Stevenson steps up to CEO at RMG Share Racecourse Media Group (RMG) has promoted Martin Stevenson to the position of CEO, with the former Finance Director bringing considerable accounting and media experience to the role. Stevenson joined RMG as Finance Director in 2007, and has since developed ‘deep and intimate knowledge’ of the company’s business and operations. “I am extremely excited and honoured to take up the position of RMG CEO. I look forward to working even more colla...

2000 Guineas and Epsom Derby incorporated into World Pool Share Newmarket and the World Pool events, according to an announcement by a coalition of horse racing leaders. The UK Tote Group, The Jockey Club and its media rights partner, Racecourse Media Group (RMG), confirmed this morning [8 March] that the two meetings will join the five days of Royal Ascot and John Williamson, Chairman of the UK Tote Group, remarked: “As the UK Tote, we are incredibly proud of our partnership with the ...

Checking my twitter feed, i shot josh an email last night letting him know he can rest easy that his title is secure for at least the next few days. let me begin by saying that the president has been closely monitoring the severe weather in the southeast. he spoke by phone with the governor of georgia yesterday and offered his condolences and support. today, president trump is focused on fulfilling his pledge to pursue trade policies that beak put america first come he began with a breakfast wit...