Archive for May 8th, 2015

Sevilla Dash Fiorentina Hopes in Europa League

On: May 08  / Categories: Classy Updates, Football Results  / 

Thursday evening delivered a landslide victory for Sevilla in the football results from yesterday. Playing at home in the first leg of their Europa League semi-final encounter with Roma, Sevilla secured a 3-0 advantage to carry forward into the second leg next week.

As reigning holders of the Europa League, it was always going to be immensely difficult for Fiorentina to play Sevilla. And the match began badly after Aleix Vidal scored after only 17 minutes. However, Fiorentina were able to keep the score at 1-0 until half-time.

Vidal would prove to be a nightmare for Fiorentina to cope with, scoring again after 52 minutes. Kévin Gameiro then increased Sevilla’s aggregate lead by scoring after 75 minutes.

In the other semi-final first leg, Napoli drew 1-1 with Dnipro. Allowing an away goal will make the second leg even tougher for Rafa Benítez and his team.

Haydock Racing Naps – 9 May 2015

On: May 08  / Categories: Classy Updates, Horse Racing Naps  / 

Hundreds of thousands in prize money will be awarded in today’s races at Haydock Park. Understandably, a number of leading trainers and jockeys have been drawn to compete on Saturday 9 May. For the most part, the going will be good to soft (soft in places).

The successful trainer-jockey combination of Paul Nicholls and Sam Twiston-Davies will be pairing up for the £30,000 13:45 Long Distance Hurdle. Pearl Swan has been given odds of 6/1 by Sky Sports, but Edeymi is currently favourite at 9/2.

An enormous £60,000 has been stumped up for the 15:25 Handicap Hurdle, which will see 11 horses compete against one another. The key horse racing nap of the day is the 11/2 Arzal, a winner twice in its last six races.

Another horse to watch is the 5/1 Cheltenian, which will be ridden by the experienced Richard Johnson. Cheltenian has won once its past six races.

Chester Boodles May Festival Results – 8 May 2015

On: May 08  / Categories: Classy Updates, UK Horse Racing Results  / 

The Boodles May Festival was hosted this week at Chester Racecourse. From the action, a number of impressive UK horse racing results were witnessed on Thursday (8 May).

The 14:10 IG Handicap was the first race of the afternoon. Collaboration won as favourite at 9/4, sprinting to victory on soft ground. Maverick Wave then made a late charge to claim victory in the 14:10 Betfair Huxley Stakes.

Hans Holbein rode to victory as favourite at 7/4 in the main event 15:10 MBNA Chester Vase. Carry On Deryck emerged victorious at longer odds of 10/1 in the 15:45 Boodles Diamond Handicap.

Young John was the 2/1 winner as favourite in the 14:20 Stallions Maiden Chase. A win then followed for the 8/1 Navigate in the 16:55 Betway Handicap. Mica Mika stepped up to win the concluding 17:25 Investec Asset Finance Handicap at 8/1 ahead of Ardmay at 7/1.