The horse is 10/11 with Paddy Power to power through the field of seven runners, with the going good to soft, for the £22,804 purse in a race that will be shown live on Channel 4.

Riverside Theatre is owned by actor Jimmy Nesbitt and was second to stablemate Long Run but in front of Kauto Star in the William Hill King George VI Chase at Kempton.

Nicky Henderson reckons that the horse has a good chance as he’s in ‘great shape.’

“This is the obvious race for him with few to choose from, although it looks a hot race,” Henderson told the Racing Post.

The Paul Nicholls-trained What A Friend available at 11/8 with Bet365 and Nicholls has also entered Fair Along in the race, who is a 14/1 shot with Paddy Power, in his firast run over fences in nearly three years.

“Fair Along is going back over fences because we feel he is not competitive in the three-mile conditions hurdles,” trainer Philip Hobbs told the racing Post.

Noland is 12/1 with VC Bet and Mahogany Blaze is 20/1 with Bet 365.

You can get odds of 33/1 at Paddy Power for Ogee while the race outsider is Dance Island at 50/1 with the same bookie.

But the favourite Riverside Theatre should be taking all the applause in this one.

NJ Henderson’s 5 year-old has won on his last four outings and is 5/1 at William Hill to lift the £84,495 pot in the 2m race.

He heads the field of 21 runners and with the going expected to be good to soft when the covers are lifted, he’s much fancied in the early betting.

But Ascot officials are worried that the snow could put Saturday’s whole race card in doubt.

“Saturday looks quite difficult. The main snow, with some 7cm being suggested, is not forecast until Saturday but is expected morning time, which will be a big problem,” the clerk of the course, Chris Stickels, told the Racing Post.

The race is scheduled to be shown live on Channel 4 with Oscar Whisky and Mille Chief the other contenders at 7/1 at Paddy Power.

Toubab is in with a shout after winning his last show and is at 10/1 at Bet365 while Get Me Out Of Here seems to have fallen off the pace recently and is at odds of 11/1 at William Hill.

Best odds on Bothy, who could show, are 11/1 at VC Bet and you can get odds of 12/1 on Salden Licht at Paddy Power.

There are a clutch of decent horses in the mid-range of this Class 1 meet that could all pull off something of a surprise including Recession Proof at 20/1 with Boyle Sports, Tito Bustillo also at 20/1 at William Hill and Karasenir out at 33/1 at William Hill.

The 7-year-old Clive Smith horse is odds on at 4/5 at William Hill to take the race, which will be televised live on Channel 4.

The going is good to soft for the 2m110y race and Master Minded has his eyes on the £34, 206 winners’ purse after romping home by 16 lengths in his last ride at Ascot on the 20^th November.

Jockey AP MCoy is riding him out this time and he will face competition from Gauvain. But at 13/2 at Blue Square, it looks like the bookies can only see the French-bred Paul Nicholls trained Master Minded taking this one.

Twist Magic is 6/1 at Paddy Power and Kalahari King 8/1 at Blue Square, and either could spring a surprise.

Somersby is 8/1 at William Hill with Petit Robin also eights at Ladbrokes to complete the middle pack.

I’m so Lucky is 16/1 at Paddy Power, Oiseau de Nuit is 50/1 at Blue Square and Mahogany Blaze is 66/1 at Bet365.

Kinkeel is the long shot that completes the runners with a bumper 500/1 price at William Hill.

Master Minded won the Queen Mother Champion Chase in 2008 and 2009 and has earned £735, 629 in winnings in his career so far.

Get on him to add to that pot tomorrow.

Coyle has no fresh injury concerns and will stick with the side that thrashed Newcastle 5-1 last weekend while Blackpool have been dealt a blow with the news that striker Marlon Harewood will be out of action for up to six weeks with a hamstring injury.

The Tangerines will also likely to be without Ludovic Sylvestre and Chris Basham.

The two clubs famously contested the Matthews FA Cup Final in 1953, but don’t expect a repeat of that 4-3 thriller.

You can get odds of 4/7 on Bolton winning the game at Bet365 while a surprise Blackpool win will get you odds of 5/1 at Stan James. A draw is 13/5 at William Hill.

If you fancy Bolton top-gun Johan Elmander to stretch the net during the game, he’s highly fancied at 11/10 at Bet Fred, with his dangerous team-mate Kevin Davies also tipped to hit the target at 11/8 at Boylesports.

Blackpool have won three times on the road this season, but have conceded 16 goals on their travels – the most in the Premier League – so their defence can expect another bombardment from out of the floodlight’s gleam at the Reebok Stadium.

But if the Seasiders can pull off a surprise victory, you can get odds of 16/1 at Blue Square of them sneaking it 2-1.

Red Devil’s boss Sir Alex Ferguson is under no illusions as to the hot reception that his side will receive from the stands at Rangers.

He will look to the leadership skills of experienced players such as Rio Ferdinand  and Nemanja Vidic to guide United another step closer to the knock-out stages of the Champions League.

With players such as Paul Scholes and Wayne Rooney also back in contention, United will prove menacing on the break.

They are 4/5 to get the win at Betfred, with Rooney 5/4 to mark his return by hitting the back of the net at Bet365.

Dimitar Berbatov is likely to lead the line with the volatile Scouser and is 6/5 at William Hill to find the target.

But the volatile atmosphere could go against ‘Gers manager Walter Smith’ s side as they will be roared forward by the passionate crowd – and they need a win to keep their slender qualification hopes alive – so they will be vulnerable to the counter-attack.

The Scottish champions are 7/2 to pull off a victory at Boylesports and you can odds of 2/1 at Blue Square for Kenny Miller celebrating scoring for the light blues.

A draw is 12/5 at Paddy Power, but you have to fancy the Old Trafford outfit to turn on the style in this game, a Reds’ 3-0 win would net you 12/1 odds at Bet365.

Bell smashed the Australia A bowlers all over Bellerive Oval in a 275-ball stand before the Warwickshire right-hander was finally caught by Ed Cowan at cover from a Steve Smith leg spinner.

Bell hit 22 fours and a six during his stand while Yorkshire pace bowler Tim Bresnan took three wickets – including those of Ed Cowan and Usman Khawaja with successive balls – as England’s final warm-up before the first Brisbane Test saw the hosts still 165 runs from avoiding an innings defeat ahead of tomorrow’s final day.

The Aussies are 10/11 at Blue Square to win this year’s series outright, with England 7/4 at William Hill to keep the trophy and a draw 5/1 at Bet365.

Bell is 14/1 at Betfred to finish the Series top batsman, well behind fancied Aussie Ricky Pointing at 13/2 at Betfred.

Bresnan is 33/1 at Blue Square to finish the Series top overall bowler, with Graeme Swann the 5/4 favourite at Paddy power.

Andrew Strauss is the favourite to be the Ashes first Centurion with odds of 5/1 at Sporting Bet with Simon Katich hot on his heels at 15/2 at Blue Square.

With the disastrous Pakistan Series behind them, England can look forward but the Australians will be keen to make sure that the ‘winging poms’ miserable record Down Under continues.

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Federer is on aiming for a 16th grandslam victory but will have to get passed the likes of Lleyton Hewitt (125/1) and Marcos Baghdatis (33/1) before a quarter-final clash with Nikolay Davydenko (9/1) looking likely.

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• Roger Federer 11/4
• Rafael Nadal 7/2
• Andrew Murray 11/2
• Novak Djokovic 6/1
• Juan Martin Del Potro 6/1
• Nikolay Davydenko 9/1
• Andy Roddick 22/1
• Marin Cilic 25/1
• Robin Soderling 25/1
• Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 33/1

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