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The Professor’s and the Gelding’s red hotties for Moonee Valley races on 4 September 2021 and the Professor’s Parlay

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The Professor and the Gelding had a welcome return to form last week with some winners and the Professor’s parlay saluting. They look to improve on that at Moonee Valley today where the track is currently rated a Soft 7 with the rail in the true position for the entire circuit.

Don’t forget to back the tips each way!

Moonee Valley

Professor’s tips

Race 1 Horse 3 – Sandy Prince (for the ladies at the Tennis club)

Race 6 Horse 4 – Mac N Cheese (also for the ladies at the Tennis club)

Gelding’s tips

Race 5 Horse 3 – Portland Sky

Race 8 Horse 11 – Elephant

Professor’s Parlay

Race 5 Horse 3 – Portland Sky into Brisbane Lions to beat Western Bulldogs (AFL) into Wests Tigers to beat Canterbury Bulldogs (NRL).

You can see the latest episode of That’s Racing!! here.

The Professor and the panel of the Gelding, Sarah Radlow, Paul Dalligan, Dan Butterly, Coutta and the Judge will be talking sport including the start to the NFL season and the US Open tennis, tomorrow on the Sportzfan Radio YouTube channel from 12.00pm AEST.

Good luck and good punting!

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Sportzfan Radio #420

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The Professor and the panel of the the Judge, Sarah Radlow, the Gelding, Coutta and Paul Dalligan discuss Debbie Lee’s elevation into the AFL Hall of Fame, query why the AFL Hall of Fame is not named the Australian Rules Football Hall of Fame, talk about the controversy caused by five jockeys meeting up at an Air BNB in Mornington, review round 24 of the NRL, preview the US Open tennis tournament and the Gelding has some tips for the Ballarat and Moe race meetings.

You can watch this episode here.

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Sportzfan Radio #416

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The Professor and the panel of the Judge, Sarah Radlow, the Gelding, Paul Dalligan, Coutta and Dan Butterly talk with special guest, and former Sportzfan Radio panellist, Daniel Eade about the recently completed NBA draft, Sarah Radlow gives a round up of the AFLW draft, Coutta reviews the Olympic tennis results, Paul Dalligan looks at the NRL’s round 20, the panel discuss Reggie Bush’s request to have his Heisman trophy win reinstated and whether it is possible to break a rule that is illegal and the Gelding has racing tips for today’s Sandown races.

You can watch this episode here.

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Sportzfan Radio show #414

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The panel of the Professor, the Judge, Dan Butterly, Coutta, Paul Dalligan and the Gelding talk with special guest Jack Kelly about his career in rowing and look at Australia’s chances in the Olympic rowing events, Dan Butterly discusses the NBA final series between the Phoenix Suns and Milwaukee Bucks, Paul Dalligan reviews round 18 of the NRL, the Judge talks about the Court setting aside Bob Baffert’s suspension by the New York Racing Association, Coutta discusses Australia’s possibilities in Olympic tennis and the Gelding gives some red hot tips for today’s Pakenham and Warracknabeal race meetings.

You can see this episode of Sportzfan Radio here.

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Sportzfan Radio show #413

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The Professor and the panel of the Judge, Paul Dalligan, Dan Butterly and Coutta discuss Ash Barty’s and Dylan Alcott’s wins at Wimbledon, the NBA playoffs between the Phoenix Suns and Milwaukee Bucks, whether Patty Mills should be able to carry the aboriginal flag with the Australian flag at the Olympic Games’ opening ceremony, Sha’Cari Richardson’s suspension from the US Olympic team for testing positive to cannabis, NRL round 17 and State of Origin 3.

You can watch the show on our You Tube page here.

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Sportzfan Radio show for 29 November 2020 (Ep 376)

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If you missed today’s Sportzfan Radio, special guest, Brett Phillips from SEN discussed how Covid-19 and quarantining are affecting the arrangements for the Australian Open. Dan Butterly spoke about the start of the NCAAB season, the adjustments to the NFL schedule caused through Covid-19, Dallas being the new home of US cricket and Vanderbilt’s Sarah Fuller making history by being the first female kicker in football for a Power 5 conference team. The panel also discussed Hawthorn FC’s appointment of an all female coaching staff for their VFLW team and the questionable appoinment of a CEO by Football Queensland.

You can see the show on our Facebook page.

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Sportzfan Radio show for 22 November 2020 (Ep 375)

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If you missed today’s Sportzfan Radio, Dan Butterly spoke about winners and losers from the recently completed NBA draft, the panel discussed whether the Australian Open will need to be moved to accommodate a fourteen day quarantine period for tennis players and their entourages and the halving of Shayna Jack’s suspension period by an arbitrator at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Paul Dalligan analysed Queensland’s win in State of Origin 3 and spoke about a belated appeal by Melbourne Storm against being stripped of their 2007 and 2009 premierships and the panel gave their opinion on rule changes for the AFL and VFL in 2021.

You can see the show on our Facebook page.

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Monday musing – cricket, when is it too hot to play?

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It is no surprise that English cricket captain, Joe Root was admitted to hospital last night suffering the effects of severe dehydration. Root spent nearly all day on the field yesterday during the fifth test at the SCG. He was so badly affected that he did not resume batting this morning and was replaced at the crease by Moeen Ali. What is surprising was that other English or Australian players didn’t end the day in hospital as well.

Sydney’s weather was described as a ‘scorcher’ yesterday, with the temperature in Penrith at 3.00pm hitting 47.3C degrees – the highest temperature recorded since 1939. The temperature at the SCG was not far behind at 43C but a ‘heat stress tracker’ at the ground showed a reading of 57.6C on the oval.

It is unfathomable to me that Cricket Australia would send the players out to play in such heat and allow them to remain on the field all day. This is an occupational health and safety issue that cannot be ignored. The Australian Open tennis tournament suspends play when the temperature reaches 40C, many enterprise bargaining agreements allow for employees to cease work when the temperature reaches 35C and I am aware of one football league that does not permit training or matches to be played where the temperature exceeds 30C.

The question remains why cricketers are treated differently to workers and other sporting participants? It seems ironic that it is quite permissible for cricketers to leave the field when it rains but don’t have the same latitude when it gets too hot. With the hospitalisation of an elite cricketer, Cricket Australia needs to take action to impose a temperature limit on all matches under its control.

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Friday musing – Tennis, Bernard Tomic’s career is a ‘sell’…..oh dear!

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At 25, Bernard Tomic has accomplished much in the tennis world but with Tennis Australia choosing not to offer Tomic a ‘wild card’ entry into the Australian Open field, his tennis career looks like it is on a very slippery, downward slope. Without automatic entry, Tomic has already indicated he had no interest in competing in the qualifying rounds.

Having attained his highest ATP tennis ranking of 17 in January 2016, he managed only eight wins after last year’s Australian Open causing a fall in the world rankings to #140. He has not played competitively since November 2017 and, after withdarwing from this month’s Brisbane International, we may have seen the last of Tomic at an ATP Tour or Grand Slam event.

If that is the case, then he will be like a number of young Australian tennis professionals who streak across the sky only to burn out in the heavy atmosphere that is the pro tennis circuit. Poise, composure, work ethic and tact are all qualities that go into making a good professional in any sporting field. After observing Tomic’s career, it is difficult to say he has any of those traits. One only needs to look at Tomic’s performance in a first round straight sets loss to Mischa Zverev at last year’s Wimbledon tournament and his petulant comments made at the aftermatch press conference to confirm this. It led to him being fined a record USD$15,000.00 by the All England Club for unsportsmanlike conduct after he admitted feigning injury during the match. He also told the press that he had felt a little bit bored and only played for the money.

If we have seen the last of Tomic, then I for one am not sorry to see him go. There have been many moments to celebrate in Australian Tennis over the years, but Bernard’s career is not one of them. The Wimbledon fine may be the low point of his career but there have also been more cringe worthy moments than memorable victories. With the suggestion that he could be one of the mystery contestants in the next ‘Get Me Out of Here, I am a Celebrity’, his career is definitely a ‘sell’ option at the moment.

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Weekend musing – Test cricket, twilight Grand Final, Nick Kyrgios, Golden Slipper…..

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Sfan OB6Well it is lucky the Australian cricket selectors do not pay any attention to my musings, with Glenn Maxwell bringing up a century batting at number six in the third test in India. I had thought that Ashton Agar was the better option as a spinner/batsman, but http---prod.static9.net.au-_-media-2017-03-17-16-12-maxwell3_1703a_1000Maxwell has now grabbed his chance. Steve Smith has again been impressive and continues to push his case for the best batsman in the world at the moment. Peter Handscomb has been a little disappointing. After his four tests in Australia where he excelled he has now returned scores of 22, 19, 16, 24 & 19 so he has a got a start in each innings and failed to go on. I am not suggesting he should be dropped, but he needs to convert a start into something more substantial. Fingers crossed the Aussies can get the job done in this test and put the acid back on the Indians.

In the AFL a twilight grand final appears to be an inevitability. Now that Mike Fitzpatrick has stood down as AFL Chairman, I think Gillon McLachlan will be ensuring this goes through. I like mclachlan-change-620x370xxthe day grand final, but I am certainly not against a twilight match. I would not be in favour of a night grand final as I think it would detract from the functions and BBQs that people have based around the current fixture but that could transfer to a twilight time slot, but a later start would not be as conducive.

Australia’s richest race for 2yo, the Golden Slipper is on this Horse-Catchy-103462-636x424weekend and it is a shame that a heavy track is likely. My tip is the Blue Diamond winner, Catchy, as long as she handles the track conditions.

Nick Kyrgios beat Novak Djokovic for the second time in a row and I think most Australians would like to see him turn around his “on court” behaviour and focus his attentions on playing as he obviously has a special talent. He just needs to harness it!

Have a great weekend!