After coming up just short with Bryson Dechambeau in the 3M open last week, Matchbook's resident Golf nut Cian Kirby tries to go one better at the John Deere Classic at TPC Deere Run in Illinois.

Matchbook's resident Golf expert Cian Kirby selects his top three outright picks for the inaugural 3M Open from Minnesota.

Feel free to ignore every word I’ve written should the Curragh be hit by rain, but if I’m right the going will be pretty quick on Saturday, and there are a few, notably mudlark Addeybb, who ought to be opposed as a result.

Matchbook’s resident racing tipster Micheál Deasy has a bet for each race on Day Five of Royal Ascot.

I was impressed by Jubiloso at Newbury, but it cannot be stressed enough that the race she won was just a run-of-the-mill novice, and the runner-up, the only solid one against her there, has been well beaten in a handicap off 86 recently. She ought to be running in the Sandringham Handicap off a mark of 101, rather than this Group 1.

Matchbook’s resident racing tipster Micheál Deasy has a bet for each race on Day Four of Royal Ascot.

Matchbook’s resident racing tipster Micheál Deasy has a bet for each race on Day Three of Royal Ascot.

Much is made of how stiff the finish is at Ascot, but while that allows horses to come from behind on the straight track, the round course is very different; most winners are well positioned at the entrance to the straight, and it’s doubtful whether Fleeting will be in the right spot despite a perfectly good draw.

Matchbook’s resident racing tipster Micheál Deasy has a bet for each race on Day Two of Royal Ascot.

Pretty Baby may stay a mile in time, but there is a world of difference between a seven-furlong performer who stays that trip well, and a miler, and the straight track at Ascot in a big field with rain around is not the scenario in which to test your stamina.