Free Bet Buster 18/2/12

Sprint Series (Sat 3.25 Lingfield) – Blue Square
For this Saturday’s seventh round races at 3.25 and 4.00 Blue Square are offering money back if your horse is beaten by less than a length! Max. refund £50.

Verdict: To make the most of the concession you want to back a fast finishing horse.  Hold-up horses are favoured at Lingfield more than the other all-weather tracks. Nubar Boy is a perfect example. His last to first style of racing isn’t always succesful but he is rarely beaten far. He has finished within a length of the winner, or won, in his last three starts over course and distance.

Selection: Nubar Boy to win the 3.25 Lingfield at 3/1 with Blue Square.

Stevenage v Tottenham: Double Delight / Hat-trick Heaven – Betfred
Double Delight: If your player scores the first goal of the match and then goes on to score another, Fred will double your first goalscorer price.
Hat-trick Heaven: If your player scores the first goal of the match and then goes on to score a hat-trick, Fred will treble your goalscorer price.

Verdict: With Harry Redknapp’s stock sky-high, he will be desperate to avoid this FA Cup banana skin so expect a strong starting XI to take to the field. Jermain Defoe has slipped to third in the striking pecking order below Louis Saha but he is a likely starter and keen to impress.

If Defoe gets one goal, he is the type of clinical finisher to bag two or three against inferior opposition.  He is 3/1 (Betfred) to open the scoring, odds that could be doubled or trebled if he finds the net more than once.

Selection: Jermain Defoe first goalscorer at 3/1 with Betfred.