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Smith & Warner are back in April next year or thereabouts ... Bancroft can play in January. We play 2 Tests against Sri Lanka in late Jan/early Feb. Put any bet up that you like Wadda but I'm barracking hard for the Aussies and could never bet against them ... ha ha ? The Test team is after all, my favourite sporting team along with the Demons.

I don't have any expectations with the Packers as I don't rate the team as being any better than a 7 or 8 win team this season. Anything above that will be a bonus. And we have a horror stretch of games coming up from week 8 onwards. I am a realist. I am way more interested in watching the league as a whole.

Yeah saw that ... it looked like he gave up on the play. The new ruling has got some of the defensive players 2nd guessing themselves. The Eagles/Vikings & Rams/Seahawks games lived up to their billing. Managed to watch both on redzone and they covered both games well. Lots of close matches again and we continue to see games going to overtime. SNF was good too although I'm not sure that either team are going to feature at the pointy end of the season.

Well we got Ajax & Lazio up and missed on 3 (including my 2 ?) ... the cricket is still ongoing. Any number of the good teams won in Europe whilst being involved in games where 3 or more goals were scored - Ajax, PSV, PSG, Man Utd, Arsenal, Dortmund, Chelsea, Milan, Inter, Sevilla, Leipzig, Rangers & Celtic. Just gotta get the right ones hey!

Watched 'Enable' win another l'Arc de Triomphe last night but she only just held on ... however, the win by Enable won't be enough to displace Winx as the World's best horse. Read more here ... Greg Carpenter: Enable won't dethrone Winx Anyway, here is the replay of the l'Arc de Triomphe along with the replays of the Roman Consul Stakes & Gilgai Stakes from Randwick & Flemington

Yeah ... stumbled across them by accident when googling for weekly previews. Not overly long too which is good - short & sharp for a quick overview. Your game is the pick of the bunch ... Vikes will be desperate for a win and the Eagles can't afford to drop another one. 2 good teams going at each other. 7.25am start. Rams @ Seattle on at the same time followed by Dallas @ Houston (SNF) That's some good NFL fare.

The Winx win yesterday may well have been one of her best when analysing the race ... the sectionals run by the horse were simply amazing, all things considered. Read more here ... Chris Waller: Winx closing sectionals in Turnbull Stakes 'as good as it gets' As 'Gator' pointed out on the racing review show on the racing channel this morning, 46 seconds for the last 800m is fast. It should be noted that 'Youngstar' ran 44.30 for the last 800m as well and seemed to rally when Winx ran past her. A definite Blackbooker.

My tips - Rams, Ravens, Packers Paging @Dr. Gonzo @titan_uranus @DeeSpencer Leaderboard in the Comp 1 - Dr. Gonzo, Clintosaurus, Dappa Dan 0 - The usual gang A big 2 points up for grabs for week 5 Guess the Lines Week 5 With Cousin Sal | The Bill Simmons Podcast (Ep. 422)

Australian Group & Listed Races Best Bet Strike Rate 36: 12 - 5 - 7 Sunday midnight the 'Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe' will be run ... here's the form for the race from Racing Post 'Enable' is the hot favourite and it should win. I might include the horse in a double or treble as the whole card at Longchamp features a number of top class events including 3 other Group 1 races. Being shown on cable but the race may bob up on free-to-air. Anyway, next week we've got The Everest, Caulfield Guineas, Thousand Guineas, Toorak Hcp, Caulfield Stakes and a host of other Group races. The racing just gets better from here on in. Here are the replays of the Turnbull Stakes, Spring Champion Stakes & The Bart Cummings Stakes from today.

Can't help you on that one DZ ... might have to give them a call to find out. What I do know is that they all seem to have different policy's so good luck.

And Thinkin' Big had to do a bit too much work otherwise we would have snagged all 4. But we got lucky with Avilius so no complaints DZ.

3 Winners and a 3rd from our 4 picks today in a return to form by the 'A Day at the Races' crew ... got me a terrific return on the day. Well done team!

Well I was on Avilius with 2 doubles & a treble and was resigned to losing out ... lucky to keep the win really. I reckon Jaamah wins if not interfered with.

The place bet might have just been overlooked on a mass scale ... but as you said DJ, $1.04 was 'overs', all things considered. Was just about to sing the praises of 'Avilius' but it might lose the 'Bart Cummings' on protest ... hung in late and the 2nd horse looks like it will have a very good case.

Winx again! ... but this time not nearly as easy. I even thought it could have been blocked for a run from the overhead view. But the Mighty Mare makes her own luck. Absolute Champion!

JJ delivers another winner with 'Ice Ghost' ... winning early is great. Can kick back for the rest of the day now thanks to James. I rarely bet on the run so all my bets are placed before the racing starts.

2 bucks! That has got to be an all-time low

I'll keep an eye out ... the bigger trainers tend to do well in these debut races but often they are up against each other. Speaking of which, I just got a win with Wild Planet (Hawkes team) so the day is off and running!

I've lost count of the number of Hayes horses that have saluted at around 8-1 to 11-1 odds. One might think that the 'stablemates' are destined to win these types of races ? It's trial win over 1000m was a good pointer though Well done on the early collect DZ ... your winner won in impressive style and the trainer of the 'Unite and Conquer' was saying that next up is the Magic Millions next January. They have obviously got a high opinion of the horse.

On a Thursday evening I quickly make a note of who all the big teams in Europe are playing on the weekend ... there's usually about 15 teams that I take note of but I look for teams that are also free-scoring or play to score. And 'Ajax' are 1 of those teams. Them and PSV in the Dutch league. Currently there is an average of more than 3 goals in the Ajax games and in games involving PSV the average is 4+ goals. Good for the exotics are both those 2 teams Wadda. All the other teams are the more obvious ones such as Barca, Juve, PSG et al. At least you then know you've got decent team's involved in a multi.

JJ's tips are up at Racing.com I usually look for his value runners as he often snags 1 or 2 at odds. Ultra-small fields in a number of their races over there these days which is a bit disconcerting.

I ended up putting both in with a few others in a F4 with Winx winning ... I've also put on a spec F4 with a your aforementioned 2 winning DZ. Of course, Winx never has a bad day but 'Punters Lament' must be adhered to when it rears its ugly head! And you just never know.

I see you've gone 'local' with the Ajax tip Wadda! ... when in Rome and all that ? Anyway, here are the 6 tips ... English Championship - Middlesbrough v Nottingham Forest @00:00 7th Oct Middlesbrough Win $1.75 Italian Serie A - Lazio v Fiorentina @00:00 8th Oct Lazio Win $1.85 EPL Monday 1.30am - Liverpool vs Manchester City Manchester City Win & Match Score +2.5 Goals $3.75 La Liga (Spanish League) Monday 4.45am - Valencia vs Barcelona Barcelona Win & Match Score +2.5 Goals $2.25 Dutch League Ajax Amsterdam v Alkmaar Ajax Ajax/ Half time full time $2.10 Cricket 1st Test Pakistan v Australia Pakistan win $1.91. The Man City pick boosts up the odds but they are obviously no mug team ... all the tips look quite promising to be perfectly honest. All up ... 110-1

You can put your tips in anytime layz ... just so long as the 3 games involved haven't commenced.

So do the Patriots get the 1 seed in the AFC again? ?