Cambridge are the bookies’ favourites to win today’s 152nd Boat Race, which is sponsored by Xchanging.

Paddy Power, William Hill and Ladbrokes all have Cambridge at 2-1 on to win this afternoon’s race.

Oxford, winners of the 2005 Boat Race, are ranked at 6-4 to win again this year.

For the more adventurous, you can get odds of 8-1 with Paddy Power for Cambridge to win today’s race by less than a length, 11-2 for Cambridge to win by one to two lengths, and evens for a Light Blue victory by more than two lengths.

Oxford are rated 9-1 to win by less than a length, 7-1 to win by one to two lengths and 5-2 to win by more than two lengths.

Paddy Power, William Hill and Ladbrokes are all offering 100-1 for a dead heat.

William Hill are offering 20-1 for one of the boats to sink and 8-1 for the race to be won in a record time. The current record for the annual Putney to Mortlake race is 16 minutes 19 seconds, set by Cambridge in 1998.

For those with a real sense of adventure who like a whacky punt – Paddy Power are offering odds of 500-1 for either of the boats to crash into a whale during the race.