Bet on the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race 2007
The famous rowing race between Oxford and Cambridge crews will take place this year on 7 April 2007 at 4:30 PM.
Oxford have won four of the last five races but Cambridge lead the series by 78-73, since 1829 being considered the favourites by the bookies this year, with a slight advantage.
Today’s odds from Gamebookers show the Cambridge crew with a stake of 1.55, meanwhile Oxford has a 2.30 odds.
Both crews are making the latest adjustments, with Cambridge’s stroke man Thorsten Engelmann weighed in as the heaviest oarsman the Boat Race has ever seen. The 25-year-old German rower tipped the scales at 110.8kg.
According with unofficial sources, a Cambridge based bettor has wagered £15,000 – the biggest bet in Boat Race history- on a Light Blue victory this Saturday. He also staked £1,000 on the course record – 16 minutes19 seconds- being broken, prompting bookies to cut the price from 10/1 to 8/1.
See below more info about the Boat Race :
The Boat Race is a rowing race between the Oxford University Boat Club and the Cambridge University Boat Club. It is rowed annually each Spring on the Thames in London. The event is a popular one, not only with the alumni of the universities, but also with rowers in general and the public. An estimated quarter of a million people watch the race live from the banks of the river, around nine million people on TV in the UK, and an overseas audience estimated at anywhere from five million to 120 million. The first race was in 1829 and it has been held annually since 1856, with the exception of the two world wars.
Members of both teams are traditionally known as blues and each boat as a “Blue Boat“, with Cambridge in light blue and Oxford dark blue.
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