It’s a big group racing day at Sandown today with 8 group races and the Blue Diamond Stakes being the feature race. The course is currently rated a Good 4 but a cool change is predicted during the afternoon that could affect the track rating. The rail is in the True position for the entire course.
Don’t forget to back the tips each way!
Sandown
Professor’s tips
Race 4 Horse 3 – Rich Fortune (for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Race 5 Horse 2 – Pericles (also for the ladies at the tennis club)
Gelding’s tips
Race 7 Horse 1 – Barber
Race 8 Horse 2 – Alligator Blood
Professor’s Parlay
Race 8 Horse 1 – Anamoe (Randwick) into Penrith Panthers to beat Brisbane Broncos (NRL) into Sydney Roosters to beat Redcliffe Dolphins (NRL).
The Professor and the panel of the Judge, Coutta, the Gelding and Paul Dalligan will be back talking sport on the Sportzfan Radio YouTube channel tomorrow from 12.00pm AEDT. Paul Dalligan will give his much awaited 2023 NRL season preview.
Good luck and good punting.
The Gelding
Well 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 
Maxwell 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.
the 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.
weekend 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.
The Gelding’s attention returns to his home track at Caulfield today on Futurity Stakes and Blue Diamond Stakes day. He is hoping his recent poor tipping form takes a turn for the better with many good horses on display.
