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'Home of the Brave' wins well ... track conditions a bit questionable but the horse looks the goods and beat home some very likely types. Firmed into $17 for the Everest and with 2 slots left, Home of the Brave might get snapped up.

Best Bets Nations Cup Sunday 2.00am Switzerland Win & +2.5 Match Score $3.00 vs Iceland Nations Cup Sunday 4.45am England vs Spain +2.5 Match Score $2.30

Best Bets Mooney Valley Race 1 Number 2 Naantali $2.90 Rosehill Race 4 No.1 The Autumn Sun $2.15 Morphettville Race 4 No.3 Freehearted $3.10 Morphettville Race 8 No.8 Romancer $4.40 About 50-1 combined odds Good luck to all !

Osborne Bulls has been scratched Wadda ... out with an elevated temperature ?

The other games in week 1 promises a bit though ... 49ers @ Vikings Texans @ Pats Jags @ New York (Giants) KC @ Chargers Seattle @ Denver Dallas @ Panthers Bears @ Packers Rams @ Oakland There's no shortage in the NFL.

Oh, and by the way, we do it all again next week week with the NFL/Demons double. Ravens @ Cinci then Demons vs Hawks - let's ride this one out right through September hey NFL fans? It's novel, but we're alive and kicking.

@JV7 would have to be disappointed even though the win was there for the taking at the death. As for the Eagles, as Barassi once said when he coached us, a win is a win is a win. Bank the win and go to Tampa and hopefully advance to 2 & 0.

So often happens - hype exceeds the actuality. Both teams looked out of sorts although the Philly special was a highlight. Season proper will deliver though - it always does. When a whole bunch of games played at the same time happens, the drama eventuates.

Just got to the end of the game ... average/ordinary affair to be honest - a fizzer. Ryan seemed out of it in terms of a winning throw at the death - 'rust' all round with 1 team coming out on top. Not sure we learned a lot Dappa, if anything.

Fantastic win! That's a win for the ages ... our destiny is in our own hands.

Ha ha ha!

Really? I quite admire Man Utd ... they have been incredibly successful and other clubs should aspire to be as successful. As long as those other teams have the money to do so of course ... but there are at least 5 other clubs with enough money.

Best Bet Morphettville Race 4 No.3 Freehearted $3.10 And Go the Mighty Demons!

Guess the Lines Week 1 With Cousin Sal | The Bill Simmons Podcast Super-Friday coming up with the Falcons @ Eagles as an ideal lead in to the Demons finals match against the Cats. NFL & Demons for at least one week and if we prevail we'll do it all again Friday week with another NFL/Demons double. Anyway, Atlanta has been touted as a team that can contend whilst Foles could well start off where he left off and win again. I fancy the Eagles but it could be close. Really good pipe-opener, all the same. 11 in the comp with maybe 1 or 2 more to come. Could get real interesting with a full crew going at it. Hope all your teams win and most importantly, go the mighty Demons!

That's a shame DZ ... was looking forward to Santos running. The fields are good ... not quite as good as last week but nonetheless, at least 7 or 8 good stakes races with nearly all of them being good betting races. Nature Strip is auditioning for the 'Everest' (again) whilst Trapeze Artist, The Autumn Sun & Champagne Cuddles resume. And Bonneval is back after a long lay-off. And we've hit the 100th page for the thread ... well done to all ! Now for the double-century!

Just found out that John Millman is an Aussie ... I'm not up with tennis like I used to be. Good on him anyway and he's now into the last 8 in a Grand Slam tournament. John Millman produces the biggest win of his tennis career

Boxing 5 in trifecta's is going to my go for the feature events throughout the Spring DZ ... and with that sort of bet in the big races one doesn't have to think about it all too much - I just cross fingers that the right configuration salutes. I do like Santos' chances of getting into the finish. Long Leaf has fabulous closing speed as well ... 10-1 is slightly overs in my book. A good betting race, that's for sure. One less class runner to worry about Wadda, you're right. Sunlight will be back soon enough but I reckon she might need it a bit longer now. The Golden Rose over 1400m & The Thousand Guineas over 1600m may well be her target races. A favourite of mine obviously. My Racenet.com Blackbook is getting awfully full right now ... I do like Pounamu's chances at Flemington in the right race (1800m+) but Material Man might be the one to shine. Ran a very slick 1400m time at Belmont 3 starts back in a Stakes race so the mile races for the horse could be the go (at odds) Exotics definitely.

8 participants so far with a few to come ... I might put all the tips together in one post so people can compare tips whilst also making it easier for me to tally them all up on a Tuesday or Wednesday. You won't see your avatar name on the leaderboard until you get off the mark although those on zero points will be lumped together as 'The Usual Suspects' or suchlike Anyway, thanks for the response and good luck to all.

Well what we can guess at DZ is that it couldn't have been a first-timer. And perhaps the punter has never been burnt before with these sort of bets? Not sure you'd 'go-again' in a hurry though ... the quintessential 'Once bitten, twice shy' hey! Oops!

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The WA 'raiders' are on their way East ... In other news ... it's very unfortunate but Sunlight is out of 'The Run to the Rose' with an elevated temperature - latest odds ...

1.10 or even 1.08 you'd maybe understand but 1.02? That's what I call skinny odds. And here we are trying to win $700 with a fiver! ?

A bad bet ... a real bad bet! You often wonder about the situation of those who place these sorts of bets ... do they do it all the time? Unlimited collateral? Seems like a hiding to nothing bet DZ.

Good field DZ ... at least 6 winning chances and even without the odds available, a good betting race. Sunlight's trainer Tony McEvoy was saying that the horse might be looking for a bit further in it's 3YO year. Hasn't shown the same brilliant speed in it's 2 runs so 1400m or even 1600m might suit going forward. Graff might start favourite though ... and Sunlight, Long Leaf, Santos, Lean Mean Machine, Zousain, Sandbar & Performer all have claims. One for the exotics you'd reckon.