Straight from the Horse's Mouth by Fred Done: THIS weekend sees the FA Cup fourth round get underway with some mouth watering matches in prospect.
El Tel takes his unsettled Leeds players to the Priestfield to face glory-hunting Gillingham. The Gills are on an eight-game unbeaten run and face Leeds full of confidence.
With us it is 9/4 Gillingham, 9/4 the draw and evens for Leeds to win.
Another intriguing tie is Coventry's trip to Spotland to face Rochdale.
Although these teams are separated by 58 places, this could be a tight match as Rochdale have a good record against the Sky Blues.
Gary McAllister's Coventry have their minds set on a play-off place while Rochdale will be looking towards a big pay off and a lucrative fifth Round Tie. Our prices are 3/1 Rochdale, 9/4 draw and Coventry to win is 4/5.
Giant-killing Shrewsbury again face Premier league opposition by playing host to Chelsea.
Anyone who saw the Everton game cannot have failed to be impressed by the battling Shrewsbury. But that could make Claudio Ranierri more determined than ever to do what Davis Moyes could not and tame The Shrews.
Will class prevail or will sheer guts win the day? Shrewsbury are 7/1, a draw is 7/2 and Chelsea are 3/10.
Non-league teams Farnborough and Dagenham will be looking to write their names in FA Cup history by getting past the the mighty Arsenal and Delia Smith's Norwich respectively. If you think this is more than just a dream I will lay you 125/1 on both non-league teams to go through to round five.
Also this weekend, we have one of the most exciting handicap chases of the season and one with a big tradition of producing future top class chasers.
It is the Great Yorkshire Handicap from Doncaster. This year, with the weather providing all sorts of problems to trainers, there is a big turn out at the five-day declaration stage.
Martin Pipe holds a strong hand as usual with Barryscourt Lad, an unlucky faller at Cheltenham on his last run, being the ante-post favourite at 7/2.
Close behind is leading Grand National fancy Gunner Welburn at 6/1 with another Pipe Runner Horus at 8/1, along with Jonjo O'Neil's promising novice Joss Naylor also 8/1.
La Landiere is also bracketed on the 8/1 mark with yet another Pipe runner Carryonharry at 10/1. It's 12/1 or better - the rest.
On the Golf front, we have the Phoenix Open and with no Tiger Woods it is a difficult one to predict. Phil Mickleson heads the market at 9/1 then it's 10/1 VJ Singh, 14/1 David Toms, 16/1 Retief Goosen and 16/1 Chris Di Macro. It's 20/1 bar these.
Also this weekend is the Singapore Masters with the man in form, Ernie Els, holding pole position at 2/1. I know that looks a short price but Ernie could go round with a bag full of plastic clubs and still shoot under par at the moment.
If you think Mr Els is beatable it's 16/1 bar. Don't forget we pay five places on all major tournaments.
Finally, it's the Powergen Cup quarter-finals for all you rugby fans. Our outright prices are as follows: 9/4, Gloucester, 7/2 Leicester, 5/1 Northampton, 5/1 London Irish, 8/1 Harlequins, 8/1 Bath, 16/1 Saracens, 50/1 Rotherham.
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