Next week brings both one of the biggest events from the horse racing calendar as well as another from the annual golfing calendar. The Royal Ascot is both England's biggest and probably most famous flat racing meeting. And on the golfing side of the things the US Open is the second of the four majors in the year. As per usual you can find some good resources for punters and fans alike below:

US Open - 15.06-21.06
- The official US Open website is always a good starting point.
- For news the Golf.com site is a good resource
- If your looking for a good overview of the event check out the US Open Golf Championship site
- The US Open Golf Guide provides a shorter synopsis of the event for punters
- For live bookmaker odds comparison check out the US Open Odds Checker

Royal Ascot - 16.06-20.06
- The Ascot Racecourse website is a good site to check out
- The BBC Racing News if probably one of the best news sources
- The Royal Ascot Guide provides an excellent overview of the event for punters and fans alike
- The Royal Ascot Betting Guide is very extensive and a complete resource for punters
- And lastly for odds check out the UK Antepost Horse Racing Odds Comparison

Betting preview for each event will probably follow sometime soon, will add them as and

The weekend brings more excitement for horse racing fanatics, first and foremost so with the Epsom Derby, arguably the wealthiest, oldest and perhaps most prestigious of the group 1 races in England.

Some good resources for punters and fans alike:
- The Epsom Downs Racecourse website
- Wikipedia on the Epsom Derby
- 2009 Epsom Derby Betting Preview
- The Epsom Derby Festival Guide

Other than that there's also the Belmont Stakes taking place over in the US. It is amongst the races which forms their triple crown.

Some Resources :
- The New York Racing Association
- Wikipedia on the Belmont Stakes
- The Belmont Stakes Betting Guide

Other than that live horse raccing odds comparison is a good place to check in before placing bets.

Best of luck to all punter

The next big event after conclusion of the Champions League and UEFA Cup is without a doubt the FA Cup. On Saturday Chelsea will be playing Everton for the title in the oldest Football Association competition in the world. If you have no idea what the FA Cup actually is then you might want to check out the FA Cup Wikipedia entry. I guess the favourite is Chelsea in this situation but a win by Everton might make for some very good betting returns. Find below a list of resources on the web for punters and fans alike:

- The Official FA Cup site
- BBC Sport is a good news source for FA Cup News
- The FA Cup Betting site has a lot of general information on the event
- A good read is the UK Betting Guide's 2009 FA Cup Final Betting Preview
- FA Cup Odds Comparison

This weekend brings a couple of events which are worth looking at for the avid gambler.
Firstly there is the Irish Guineas Festival which has two famous flat races.

The Irish 2000 Guineas - 23/05/09
The Irish 2000 Guineas race is the counterpart to the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket and is amongst the five Irish Classic races. Some gooad website resources for the race are
- The Irish 2000 Guineas Guide
- The shorter Irish 2000 Guineas Race Guide
- For race entries check out Horse Racing Ireland

The Irish 1000 Guineas - 24/05/09
The Irish 1000 Guineas race is a Group 1 flat race for three-year-old thoroughbred fillies and is the counterpart to the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket. It too is one of the five yearly Irish Classic races.
Sites to check out are:
- The Irish 1000 Guineas Guide
- The Irish 1000 Guineas Race Guide
- For race entries check out the Horse Racing Ireland link posted above.

Regarding live odds comparisons for both the Irish Guineas races, you can find them listed under the Horse Racing Betting Odds

The French Open
Then on the tennis front we have the French Open aka Rolland Garros starting off on Sunday.
The championship, played on clay courts, is regarded by many as the most challenging of the Grand Slams. Some good resources are:
- The official Roland Garros website
- The French Open Tennis Tournament website
- The French Open Betting Guide
- And for live odds comparisons: French Open Betting Odds

Good luck to any of you that place a bet.