Premier League Results: Hat-trick hero Van Persie carries United to 74-1 win

"United are the in-play punter's best friend, and you simply cannot discount them when faced with a losing position."

There's in-play carnage at Southampton as Robin van Persie-powered Manchester United pull off a dramatic win on Sir Alex Ferguson's 1,000th match in charge

Manchester United were backed at 75.074/1 in-play on Betfair as Robin van Persie carried his new team to a classic come from behind win.

The Dutch master scored a hat-trick - backed at 26.025/1 to do so - and also missed a penalty as United twice came from behind to deny Southampton a stirring victory. The home side were lively throughout, going ahead twice and deserved something from the game.

But United are the in-play punter's best friend, and you simply cannot discount them when faced with a losing position. Two goals in the last four minutes took the Reds to their second win of the season and crushed in-running backers of the home side at 1.251/4. The 3-2 final score was backed at 50.049/1.

United are 3.1511/5 to win the Premier League. Van Persie is 4.03/1 to win another golden boot.

There was a win for a title rival in the day's early kick-off at Anfield as Arsenal won their first match of the campaign and kept their third consecutive clean sheet to boot.

In arguably their toughest fixture yet, the Gunners denied Luis Suarez, Steven Gerrard and co to reward backers of an away win to nil at 12.011/1 on Betfair.

Arsenal are 15.014/1 to win the Premier League and 1.774/5 for a top-four finish. Liverpool can be backed at around 5.04/1 to end the seaosn in the Champions League places.

In the day's other game, Aston Villa picked up their first point of the campaign after a 1-1 draw with Newcastle. Villa traded at a low of 1.75/7 before Hatem Ben Arfa scored a screamer to equalise.

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Topham Chase Result: Always Waining lands remarkable hat-trick

News / Timeform / 13 April 2012 / Leave a Comment

Peter Bowen's Always Waining

"He's absolutely amazing. He gives everyone who rides him a great spin around here..."

Peter Bowen's Always Waining achieved an amazing feat at Aintree on Friday, winning his third Topham Chase in succession...

The 11-year-old rarely shows much sparkle for the majority of the season but come Aintree in April, the veteran springs to life.

Once again jumping the with aplomb, the 11-1 chance was one of a small group vying for the lead rounding the turn for home and Fistral Beach looked to be travelling strongest, but it was Always Waining who got away from the final fence quickest and he ran on strongly to score by four and a half lengths.

Chance Du Roy, who touched an in-running low of [1.9] grabbed the runner-up spot from Fistral Beach (went as low as [1.66]), with Aimigayle taking fourth.

Winning jockey Tom O'Brien said: "He's absolutely amazing. He gives everyone who rides him a great spin around here and I'm delighted with that. He hears the crowd and he just takes off.

"I knew Chance Du Roy would take some passing as I won on him last time. It's hard to win big races these days. It's amazing to get a big one on the board."

Bowen added: "This has made our season. Our horses have been coughing and they've not been right for a while. We worked him last week and thought he was in real good form. We took him out of the National because of the ground. It's some achievement to win three Tophams."

Always Waining looked like running in tomorrow's Grand National right up until the last minute, but connections clearly made the right choice by sticking with his favourite race.

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Teddy Grimthorpe has described Frankel as a "very unlikely" participant in the JLT Lockinge Stakes at Newbury next month following the injury he sustained when working in Newmarket on Wednesday morning......

Timeform preview a weekend that is most certainly headed by the Grand National, but Aintree's undercard is full of quality and there are classic trials at Leopardstown on Sunday......

There is another busy weekend in the offing Stateside, with several graded races, including a couple with million-dollar price tags. Timeform assess the key contenders......

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Topham Chase Result: Always Waining lands remarkable hat-trick

News / Timeform / 13 April 2012 / Leave a Comment

Peter Bowen's Always Waining

"He's absolutely amazing. He gives everyone who rides him a great spin around here..."

Peter Bowen's Always Waining achieved an amazing feat at Aintree on Friday, winning his third Topham Chase in succession...

The 11-year-old rarely shows much sparkle for the majority of the season but come Aintree in April, the veteran springs to life.

Once again jumping the with aplomb, the 11-1 chance was one of a small group vying for the lead rounding the turn for home and Fistral Beach looked to be travelling strongest, but it was Always Waining who got away from the final fence quickest and he ran on strongly to score by four and a half lengths.

Chance Du Roy, who touched an in-running low of [1.9] grabbed the runner-up spot from Fistral Beach (went as low as [1.66]), with Aimigayle taking fourth.

Winning jockey Tom O'Brien said: "He's absolutely amazing. He gives everyone who rides him a great spin around here and I'm delighted with that. He hears the crowd and he just takes off.

"I knew Chance Du Roy would take some passing as I won on him last time. It's hard to win big races these days. It's amazing to get a big one on the board."

Bowen added: "This has made our season. Our horses have been coughing and they've not been right for a while. We worked him last week and thought he was in real good form. We took him out of the National because of the ground. It's some achievement to win three Tophams."

Always Waining looked like running in tomorrow's Grand National right up until the last minute, but connections clearly made the right choice by sticking with his favourite race.

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Get the Timeform Jury's verdict on today's Aintree BBC races with Timeform TV Focus. Click HERE to find out more about this successful tipping service.

Teddy Grimthorpe has described Frankel as a "very unlikely" participant in the JLT Lockinge Stakes at Newbury next month following the injury he sustained when working in Newmarket on Wednesday morning......

Timeform preview a weekend that is most certainly headed by the Grand National, but Aintree's undercard is full of quality and there are classic trials at Leopardstown on Sunday......

There is another busy weekend in the offing Stateside, with several graded races, including a couple with million-dollar price tags. Timeform assess the key contenders......

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Queen Anne Result: Canford Cliffs holds off Goldikova to complete hat-trick

Results & Reviews / Timeform / 14 June 2011 / Leave a Comment

Canford Cliffs holds off Goldikova in the Queen Anne

Canford Cliffs gained his third straight Royal Ascot win as he beat defending champion Goldikova in the Queen Anne Stakes....

In an eventful betting heat, Goildikova was sent off the [2.3] favourite on Betfair to defend her crown, but when it came down to it Canford Cliffs (BSP of 2.47], who had won the Coventry and the St James's Palace Stakes in the two previous years, proved too strong in this year's curtain raiser.

Both travelled strongly as Cape Blanco and Goldikova's pacemaker battled it out early, but Richard Hughes always had the French mare in his sights (Canford surprisingly touched [6.4] in-running) as they made thier way down the outside and the Richard Hannon-trained colt kept finding when asked, holding off his rival who hit a low of [1.51].

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