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Flemington Saturday (all races) Randwick Saturday (all races) The standout races being the Lightning Stakes (race 8 ) at Flemington & the Apollo Stakes (race 6) at Randwick. The Light Fingers Stakes (race 7) at Randwick has attracted a very good field and it is a similar story for the CS Hayes Stakes (race 7) at Flemington. Those are the 4 features that will attract the most interest.

And with the odds booster including Winx kicks it up to 100-1 from 92-1. 2 coffees becomes 200 coffees (Alex Watson territory)

Nice work Wadda ... I'll get on later. 20 units of the 40 units expected return from a Winx win could be invested in advance on a F4 in the race - it's like a free bet really. The initial 20 units outlay you can get back and keep. Remembering that in this race - 2018 Winx Stakes the F4 paid $2807 with Invictus Prince running 2nd. The best outsider that could run 2nd in the Apollo Stakes is probably Tom although 'Egg Tart' can run a sharp 1400m if the horse can find its best form. As is always the case with the Winx races, it's just a matter of snagging a trifecta (of sorts) with the remaining runners in order to snag the F4. And the race being a WFA affair means it's best to look for WFA form. Happy Clapper is therefore the standout WFA performer of the rest and again, it trialed very well recently.

Laddies are offering $2 for Winx winning again ... $20 maximum bet but that's money for old rope. Unless they run 'Tom' forward again there may not be a lot of speed in the race so Winx may not win by a big margin. But then again, she might win by 6+ lengths. Happy Clapper trialed really well recently and Unforgotten is a top-rater. I reckon that's the top 4 with Winx on top of course. Tom ran a very quick 01:21.17 over 1400m in winning it's last start so Waller might have figured out how to get the best out of the horse. Winx wins but if one can figure out 2nd, 3rd & 4th (in order?) then there's a half decent return to be had if taking a F4 combo multiple times.

Best Bet Randwick Race 4 No.2 Don't Give a Damn $3.80 An old favourite ... our very first best bet (it won) It's first up form is 3 from 3 and McEvoy is on board. Drawn perfectly too. Looks well placed.

You're the resident comedian so you should be Groucho, I'm a bit of a motor mouth so I can't be harpo so Deeza plays the harp. I guess that makes me Chico "Get your tootsie frootsie icecream"

There is stuff that we like and there's stuff that we dislike ... it would be a dull old world if we all liked the same stuff. Music, TV, Movies, Politics, Religion and various other interests divides opinion as a matter of course. I'm not sure that AFLX will gain an audience but there's a few things that I do know - there are any number of footy fans who love their footy no matter how it is served up. And there are any number of footy fans who will never like AFLX but equally, there will almost certainly be a percentage that will like AFLX - probably mostly juniors but the juniors need parents or a guardian to take them to the event. So the adults will roll up by default. Works the same in the Big Bash. The VFL/AFL has always increased their overall interest through junior membership. And unlike other sports, the AFL make it very inexpensive for juniors. Other sports should follow suit but not many do. It's a great strategy and with AFLX, they may have found another way to increase the overall interest. Ultimately, they want the new money when those juniors become adults. My first junior membership was ridiculously cheap and it got me into all the games ... so off I trekked to nearly every game. After a year or so I was totally hooked in. And I'll bet there are hundreds of thousands of similar stories to match my story.

AFL Schedule AFLW Schedule Cricket Schedule NRL Schedule SuperRugby Schedule NBA Schedule NHL Schedule MLB Schedule English Premier League (EPL) English League Championship English League One English League Two Spain - La Liga Germany - Bundesliga Italy - Serie A France - Ligue 1 Netherlands - Eredivisie Portugal - Primeira Liga Scotland - Premiership Turkey - Super Lig Greece - Super League UEFA - Champions League Brazil - Campeonato Paulista Argentina - Superliga Australia - A-League

The post below will copy & paste. So, at your leisure, if it crosses your mind, feel free to highlight, copy & paste when we hit a new page. We can add other leagues in different sports when they come about (NFL, World Cups et al)

It will copy and paste without the 'bullet points' (I hope!) I will try and fix later Wadda ... scrolling back to page 14 would be a pain so I will find a way. It's just a very handy tool without the outlay involved anyway. Just knowing who is playing who is good to know.

Doesn't bother me dc ... I now know of a few that are going along to AFLX and they are taking their children so you never know. Same lot go to the Big bash and they tell me that it's like the Wiggles ... a new lot of mums and dads with young kids replace those who have moved on. Interesting evaluation. I'm already fairly sure that I almost certainly am never going to like AFLX mainly because its not the real thing. Same deal for cricket where test cricket is king to my eyes. But AFLX might gain an audience.

And that is precisely the point that I am trying to make with AFLX ... have you read the thread? It isn't arrogance on my part at all ... there are any number of things that can be extremely popular despite me not liking or caring for those things. So UFC, WWE, ODI's ESports, t20's are all popular ... I freely acknowledge that. But I'm allowed to comment on those pastimes - good or bad. And AFLX could end up being popular despite the protestations on this thread. Go back and read the whole thread and note my previous comments ... do that and you will see where you've got me pigeon-holed incorrectly.

I totally understand the popularity but UFC is barbaric mindless violence. Anyone who gets off on that stuff needs help. Quintessential gratuitious violence. As for ESports - get a life I say.

I can quite the post and it works with all links intact. See here ... I just have to figure out how to copy and paste the AFL, NRL, SuperRugby & MLB. No rest for fhe wicked Wadda ?

Don't forget meaningless ODI's, UFC , WWE, ESporrs, fantasy sports of any description and numerous other silly pastimes.

Genuine injuries I'd say Only a fool would pass up the opportunity to earn 20 thousand dollars for a 20- 30 minute tackle-free jog around Might even be more than $20k ... who would know? They are not doing it for nothing. Free money ... give me some of that!

The links don't copy & paste so I'll have to quote the list instead. The early MLB games listed are warm-up/practice games and the AFL link for the scheduled games might be configured differently down the track.

Google works as well but I thought having all the links attached to the ESPN pages puts everything into line ... no typing involved either. Just click on the link and you're there for the next lot of games. After a while, you get to know who all the good performing teams are as well as the poorly performed teams (without having to consult the standings) ... I once picked up a sizeable multi involving the Brazilian & Argentian leagues so I included them as well. And in the NBA there are any number of teams that are tanking for more marbles in the draft. All info is important Wadda - I don't like leaving anything out!

More football? Can it last? The 'Alliance of American Football' lasts from early February until late April and could be viewed as a 3 month extension of the NFL albeit under another banner. 8 teams in its inaugural season all based out of reasonable sized to large sized cities. As DS pointed out with regards to the masses of viewers that the NFL gets, this new league might just get a foothold. NFL fans over there are as fanatical as Aussie rules fans are here but even if this new league only picks up 10% - 20% of those NFL fans, it could be a success. The cities represented might decide to get behind their representative teams and the league. Interesting that Atlanta is represented but Atlanta is a very large city. Also interesting that CBS and the CBS Sports network are covering the games as is the NFL Network. You just never know - it's America where all things are possible. The Five Most Fascinating Takeaways From the American Alliance of Football’s Debut Alliance of American Football (schedule)

Took about half an hour Wadda but the links will last for as long as there is no change to the linked site's configuration's. So it's a simple copy & paste for the one-stop-shop. I have added the NBA & NHL schedules via 2 more links (to the above post) Forever having to search for the games involving the big teams via various websites will be made a lot easier and the links will save a lot of time for those who are interested. The links to the scheduling of the Footy, Rugby League, Union, MLB and other sports will be added when applicable.

Here are the standout Soccer league's (Fixtures & Results) If I've got time, I'll copy & paste the links towards the end of any given week in anticipation for those weekend rounds of matches. As it stands, there are 4 Champions League fixtures set down for the next 2 days. See link below UEFA - Champions League English Premier League (EPL) English League Championship Spain - La Liga Germany - Bundesliga Italy - Serie A France - Ligue 1 Netherlands - Eredivisie Australia - A-League

Here are all the Major Soccer League's (Fixtures & Results) As well as the soccer fixtures, there are links to the NHL & the NBA provided. If I've got time, I'll copy & paste the links towards the end of any given week in anticipation for the weekend. NBA Schedule NHL Schedule English Premier League (EPL) English League Championship English League One English League Two Spain - La Liga Germany - Bundesliga Italy - Serie A France - Ligue 1 Netherlands - Eredivisie Portugal - Primeira Liga Scotland - Premiership Turkey - Super Lig Greece - Super League UEFA - Champions League Brazil - Campeonato Paulista Argentina - Superliga Australia - A-League

Fair enough ... let's leave it to the weekend then Wadda. With soccer, the 2nd tier in England (The Championship) often throws up lots of goals and the top 8 teams often win at home as well. If I do a multi on a Saturday night I sometimes prefer the Championship as the value is often much better. English League Championship Fixtures & Results .

If I get a chance Wadda I will try and post up a few links to the upcoming big soccer games to be played on the weekend. As it is the Champions league kicks off again tomorrow morning so we could do a midweek special if people have got the time. 2 Games Wed morning and 2 games Thursday morning. Just a thought.

It's just you Wadda ... not sure who the 'they' are. Wadda we call you Wadda? 'No show' Wadda? ha ha You've got to be in it to win it mate ... I've picked up 2 collects from our last 3 goes - 2 from 3! This keeps up and I'll be retiring early ?