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Gambling often gets a bad rap but most I know are quite responsible with punting. I relate betting on the horses to the grog. Do it all responsibly I say. Next weekend we've got arguably the biggest 3 days of racing about ... GF weekend sees a total of 16 Group races at Moonee Valley (Friday night - Moir St), Rosehill (Sat arvo - Golden Rose St) & Caulfield (Sunday arvo - Underwood St) Usually we see the Epsom Hcp & the Metropolitan Hcp on GF weekend but both those races are on the week after (along with the big Turnbull Stakes Day meeting). Lots of great racing where we see the best of best up against each other. The sport of Kings!

I studied up hard on the heavy/soft form for the meeting at Randwick and am quietly confident of getting some value collects Exacta's mainly with a few win bets courtesy of some bonus bets from Laddies. I marked Avilius at about 2.60 but 3.50 is available. Nice choice at decent odds BM.

Gotta be worth the price of a coffee at those odds. I've included all our picks in various small bets. I've got Avilius going in a few things as I reckon it's a good thing (good choice BM) The 3 others all have good claims. Avilius winning with the other 3 (for the place) is showing 20-1. Saver bet.

Tigers the better team with fresher legs. Might be over at half time if Richmond get the break.

Well the thread has had 77,450 views which is quite a substantial number Wadda. And there are a number of punters on 'land ... every now and again a poster will make a reference to the races. I've been a bit busy lately so have neglected to update the strike rate, post up video replays, feature stories and the Wednesday evening preview. I'll get back into the swing of things soon enough. The race replays especially are fun to look back on in terms of historical purposes. Before you know it, we'll be 5 years down the track on this thread. 10 years is merely a blink of an eyelid away! haha

Up against some very good horses but is in great form, is lightly weighted and Gator has picked it as well!

Here are the games again

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As for Eli ... Terry Bradshaw reckons he'd have much better results in a better team so if he was to move, he might be able to help out a contender The Steelers have lost Ben for the entire season but Eli as a Steeler has an odd look about it. Maybe the Jags but Foles would step back in mid season you'd imagine. Same deal for the Saints & Brees. But it's a win now league so there will be an offer or 2. He'll probably just stay at the Giants and they still need to pay him the big bucks. But it wouldn't surprise me if he did end up elsewhere. It can't be assumed that Eli would be happy being a mentor all of a sudden.

If anyone is looking for the lines and the Bill Simmons podcast, they are on the previous page.

So out of the 17 weeks a decent tipping year might see one get 3 road winners about 5, 6 or 7 times. 1 in 3? But at about 6-1 or 7-1 odds for the tri-bet that's a handy return. Not that I'm encouraging gambling of course! Just thinking out loud JV. *Always gamble responsibly And you're a renowned quick starter from the gates (Schillaci) so I've been watching your tips closely ? Just need to remember who finishes well ... maybe DS? Gorg? Clinto?

Leaderboard in the Tipping Comp 3 - JV7, Dappa Dan, Go the Biff, Dee Zephyr, Macca 2 - DeeSpencer 1 - Clintosaurus, Gorgoroth 0 - The Usual Suspects

2-2 was a fair result if we're being honest Wadda. England aren't much chop either but both teams won enough of the big moments to win 2 tests each. Compelling viewing all the same. Where we go from here is anyone's guess (in terms of building an A grade batting line-up) Right now, we're a ways off. Apart from an assortment of white-ball fixtures against various Nations we play Pakistan in 2 tests (mid to late Nov) and then 3 tests against the Kiwis from early December (Boxing day test & New year test included) England go to South Africa for 4 tests (Dec/Jan) and that will be an interesting series. Archer might create a bit of havoc on the sporting wickets in Sth Africa.

I thought it was a great piece of bowling by Leach. Labuschagne became unbalanced by a perfectly executed delivery. Not your normal stumping where the batsman charges the bowler.

There are other batsmen who I'd prefer to see who (IMO) are more suitable. Renshaw, Pucovski & Patterson all look good to me and there's almost certainly 1 or 2 others. And in Australian conditions there are any number of batsmen who can shine (including the aforementioned Warner, Harris, Bancroft, Head & Wade) We just continue to struggle away from home (notably in India & England)

A self fulfilling prophesy DJ?

Harris & Head can be added to that list DJ. Time for some new blood. We actually need 4 batsmen which is unprecedented. If Alex Carey was in the side we could bat him as high as no.5 whilst Mitch Marsh could maybe bat at no.7. Regardless, there's a lot of holes to fill. Yet here we are retaining the Ashes. Strange days indeed.

Like the combo Wadda ... like it a lot Sparta Prague are an old MB favourite, Arsenal should win well and Porto are morals. Wake up and win? Should do!

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Over to you Wadda for the final installment!

Yes true ... and as the race becomes an even greater prize for the Internationals they might end up closing the loop-hole for those 3yo European horses. Once there isn't the need for the lure of all things European, they may well turn the focus onto more local representation. Of course we don't exactly breed stayers here but European horses left here under the care of local trainers soon become our own. Adopted that way. It can't be turned into a race solely for 3yo European horses and the VRC would be fully aware of that. For now, it's fine, but I reckon the loophole will be closed once it looks like it might be getting out of hand. 3yo's properly weighted as 4yo's would add a few kilo's thus evening the score. In the meantime local trainers will continue to look for European 2yo staying types to purchase. But they don't come cheap as those selling know there's quite a reasonable demand. We just have to get used to the fact that the race is a truly international one and local punters need to learn how to read overseas form. With a heavy accent on Group form - Wins & Places. Forget times. Just horses that perform well at mainly G1 & G2 level. And then those dropping down to lightweights are the absolute standouts (such as Rekindling & Cross Counter)

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England will probably win this test but we've got the prize for a good while (maybe until 2023 unless they somehow manage to defeat us here in 2021/22) And I'm not sure England cared too much when we won the 5th test of the 1972 series in England to draw level 2-2. Enjoy the moment.

Excellent run by Mr Quickie ... beat a number of good horses home at WFA level. I believe it's virtually guaranteed a run in the Melbourne Cup too (30th in order of entry) Carrying 52.5kg unless it gets penalised further. In other Melbourne Cup news ... last year's 3 placegetters are all returning for the race. Cross Counter (57.5kgs), Marmelo (56kgs) & Prince of Arron (53kgs) The race is now a 'Quality Hcp' as opposed to being a straight handicap these days DZ. As well as being run as a truly International race. The weight scale is usually ranging from 57.5kgs down to 51kgs in more recent times. Previously the scale would be much wider (61kgs down to 47kgs)