Update: moving along; Pre-Mugello and Miller

Hello avid readers,

just quickly.

Keyboard has been a little tetchy - I've decided against doing a full article this week.

I will however point out that this weekend at Mugello is shaping up to be a great contest: FP1 sees Lorenzo, Rossi, Stoner in fairly close contention, Pedrosa a couple tenths down. Other Ducatis off the pace, good form from De Angelis, Edwards, Dovi.

WSBK at Miller (Salt Lake City) sees Spies not taking the dominance he might have hoped for, and championship leader Haga down the timesheets.

I have finally kicked off the season's punting. I've opened accounts (including sign-on bonuses) with Centrebet and Sportingbet, and transferred some liquid back into my Betfair account. They both seem to be offering decent odds - the former especially. I've bypassed a few generous sign-on offers from Sportsbet and ISABet on account of them offering appalling odds. MotoGP is obviously a fringe market and they appear to be taking upwards of 20%. My only concern is that I have been unable to work out the withdrawal requirements for these agents, both in general and on bonuses.

I have signed up with moto-live.com (ESPN) in the hope of some non-MotoGP.com - I missed FP1 because I couldn't get my account organised (important email went to spam). I couldn't get much easy info on content, but the selling point was the monthly subscription (10USD) - unlike MotoGP.coms huge upfront commitment. I'll be able to review soon.

Betting tips? win: Rossi has been quite short (<$2), partly deservingly, but the trend is exaggerated (it often is with popular riders). Stoner's offered some good long odds (which I have taken up), and I expect Pedrosa will after FP1 (not yet realised), though he's been too short so far. Qual: Rossi has been too short - yes it's his home track, but he's never had a qualifying advantage - but Betfair hasn't had a developed enough market to match anything.

Finally, http://spcbet.com/sportsbookreviews.html seems to offer some good agent reviews, but Idon't know that many of them will be accessible from Australia.

Over and out.

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