THE BERNIE THE BOOK COLUMN DONALD TO PUT SCHEFFLER & CO TO THE SWORD...
AGAIN; AS FURTHUR DINES ON SMORGASBORD SNACKS
CAN IT REALLY only be two years since Luke Donald and the Europeans stuffed the fancy dan Americans in Rome at the Ryder Cup? Well it was, and this year we are looking at the usual pre event jingoism from those over the pond and I am certain the same fate will become reality with a comfortable win for TEAM EUROPE at a juicy 6/4.
This time around, it is being played at Bethpage Black in New York at the end of the month, on American soil. Nevertheless, my conviction is absolute because of these salient facts. Firstly, they are comparing current World No 1 Scottie Scheffler to Tiger Woods!!!! And there’s a good few majors yet before that argument can be proffered. In addition, Tiger didn’t have a great win/loss record and neither does Scottie… Why? Because it’s a team game and all the Americans are motivated by the mighty dollar and (I might be wrong this time), participants of the Ryder Cup play purely for the badge and do not receive financial reward.
The Europeans are also in a rich vein of form and their team looks top heavy with players in form. Fleetwood, Rahm, Hatton, Rose, McIntyre, notwithstand- ing Rory and Shane, whilst some of the Americans are clearly not. But here’s the real rub…the format of pre singles over the first two days ensures you only play your best eight out of twelve and the Europeans have the clear edge. BACK EUROPE WITH CONFIDENCE.
NFL
Continuing the American theme, the NFL is back with the first regular season games this week. Regular readers will note the Book is very much clued in on our American sports and I confidentially predict the following….and this comes with a money-back guarantee*! (* see small print in T/Cs!!!!)
..one of these four teams WILL WIN THE SUPERBOWL and all the three fancied teams below WILL NOT
Super Bowl fancies DENVER BRONCOS
33/1
BALTIMORE RAVENS 15/2 SAN FRANCISCO 49ers 25/1 PHILADELPHIA EAGLES 8/1
PHTM SEPTEMBER 2025
If you put £20 on each, your outlay = £80 and minimum returns = £170 (double your money) and maximum returns = £680 (over 7/1)
...GUARANTEED
Super Bowl lays KANSAS CITY CHIEFS BUFFALO BILLS DETROIT LIONS
8/1
6/1 favs 12/1
I always like to augment this and pre season predict the eight Divisional winners, so combine my four fancies with the Bills, the Texans, Green Bay and Atlanta in a combo bet as follows..
28-6 folds x £1 1 Accumulator x £1 8-7 folds x £2 total 45 bets The Acc pays over £1,100 to a £1 stake
HORSE RACING The big Autumn meetings are amongst us and we start with the oldest classic, the St Leger at Doncaster mid month. Yes, we have another O’Brien hotpot in Scandinavia at the top of proceedings at evens, but be cautious as its stock is so good it might be redirected to Champions weekend in Ireland. It could be that the underperforming Lambourn (Derby winner! but soundly trounced in its prep race the Voltigeur) might turn out to be the first string, and at 8/1!! It is certainly of interest, but my eye is taken to Andrew Balding’s FURTHUR who was ultra impressive in his own prep race at Newbury and at a general 16/1 (20/1 if you shop around), represents a rock solid each way wager.
Hope you got the Nordic theme in the header!!
The Arc is also taking shape and my two against the field are MINNIE HAUK and GEZORA for France’s now pre- eminent trainer, Francis Graffard. I was visually impressed with Minnie Hauk in the Yorkshire Oaks and she must be high on Ballydoyle’s training plans. CAUTION: She needs to be supplemented and also won’t run on soft ground, so keep stakes to a minimum, but at 12/1 represents good value. The fillies are also represented by Gezora who powered away from a good field in the Diane. At 20/1, she will certainly out run her odds
Next month, European footy and domestic EFL. Until next time Good punting
Bernie the Book 73
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