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4 red hot tips for Cox Plate day at Moonee Valley on 22 October 2022 and the Professor’s Parlay
The Spring Carnival is in full swing with punters getting a double dose of Group 1 racing at Moonee Valley today after last night’s Manikato Stakes became race 11 this afternoon. The Professor has a tip in the race and the Gelding has one in the Cox Plate. The track is currently rated a Heavy 8 with the rail in the true position.
Don’t forget to back the tips each way!
Moonee Valley
Professor’s tips
Race 5 Horse 7 – Climbing Star (for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Race 11 Horse 14 – Coolangatta (also for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Gelding’s tips
Race 7 Horse 1 – Berkeley Square
Race 9 Horse 10 – Anamoe
Professor’s Parlay
Race 9 Horse 10 – Anamoe into Dallas Cowboys to beat Detroit Lions (NFL) into Manchester City to beat Brighton and Hove Albion (EPL).
The Professor and the panel of the Judge, Coutta, Paul Dalligan and Sarah Radlow will be talking sport on the Sportzfan Radio You Tube channel tomorrow from 12.00pm AEDT.
Good luck and good punting!
The Professor
Sportzfan Radio #432
The Professor and the panel of the Judge, the Gelding, Sarah Radlow, Dan Butterly and Paul Dalligan talk AFLW with special guest Leesa Catto. Dan looks at the MLB playoffs and predicts the Houston Astros will win the World Series. He also previews the NBA season and suggests likely conference champions, the Gelding reviews Cox Plate day at Moonee Valley and the unsuccessful protest on the result of the big race and Paul Dalligan discusses the appointment of Wayne Bennet as inaugural coach of the Redcliffe Dolphins.
You can see this episode of the show at Sportzfan Radio‘s YouTube channel.
The red hotties for Cox Plate day at Moonee Valley on 23 October 2021 and the Professor’s Parlay
The Professor and Gelding tipping at 50% last night and are looking to do better today when Group racing returns to Moonee Valley with 2 Group 3’s, 4 Group 2’s and the Group 1 Cox Plate. The track is currently rated a Soft 5 but showers are predicted during the day. The rail is in the true position for the entire circuit.
Don’t forget to back the tips each way!
Professor’s tips
Race 2 Horse 10 – Starry Legend (for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Race 5 Horse 7 – Maracana (also for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Gelding’s tips
Race 6 Horse 5 – Elephant
Race 9 Horse 6 – Verry Elleegant
Professor’s Parlay
Race 6 Horse 5 – Elephant into Chelsea to beat Norwich City (EPL) into Green Bay Packers to beat Washington Football Team (NFL).
You can see the latest episode of That’s Racing!! at our YouTube Page.
The Professor and the panel of the Judge, the Gelding, Paul Dalligan, Sarah Radlow, Coutta and Dan Butterly will be talking sport on the Sportzfan Radio YouTube page from 12.00pm AEDT tomorrow. Special guest AFLW expert, Leesa Catto.
Good luck and good punting!
The Professor
The Professor’s & Gelding’s red hot racing tips for 24 October 2020 and the Professor’s Parlay
The Professor and the Gelding are tipping at different venues today. The Professor doesn’t like the continuous overnight rain and the effect it may have on the Moonee Valley track whilst the Gelding is ignoring the rain because ‘it’s Cox Plate day’.
At Moonee Valley the rail is in the true position and the track is currently rated a Slow 6 but that rating could deteriorate with more rain during today. The rail is out 4 metres for the entire circuit at Randwick with the track rated a Good 4.
Don’t forget to back the tips each way!
Professor’s tips
Randwick
Race 6 Horse 1 – Peltzer (for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Race 7 Horse 6 – Wandabaa (also for the ladies at the tennis club)
Gelding’s tips
Moonee Valley
Race 6 Horse 6 – Young Werther
Race 9 Horse 11 – Russian Camelot
Professor’s Parlay
Race 6 Horse 1 – Peltzer into Liverpool to beat Sheffield United (EPL) into Buffalo Bills to beat New York Jets (NFL).
You can tune in to the Professor and the Sportzfan Radio panel live tomorrow from midday on the Sportzfan Radio Facebook page. Special guest former AFL club CEO, Cameron Schwab.
Good luck and good punting!
The Professor
The Professor’s red hotties for Moonee Valley races on 26 October 2019 and the Weekend Parlay
The Professor was on the money with Mer De Glace in last week’s Caulfield Cup. Too bad he didn’t put that horse in his weekend parlay as the other two legs saluted. He’s hoping to go one better today on Cox Plate day at Moonee Valley. The track is rated a Good 4 with the rail in the true position for the entire circuit.
Don’t forget to back the tips each way!
Moonee Valley
Race 9 Horse 9 – Lys Gracieux (for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Race 10 Horse 5 – Amangiri (also for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Weekend Parlay
Race 10 Horse 5 – Amangiri into New Orleans Saints to beat Arizona Cardinals (NFL) into Manchester City to beat Aston Villa (Premier League).
You can hear the Professor discuss today’s race results with the Gelding, the Saint and Coutta tomorrow on Sportzfan Radio from midday on 88.3 Southern FM, the Sounds of the Bayside.
Good luck and good punting!
The Professor
Professor’s red hotties for Cox Plate Day at Moonee Valley on 27 October 2018
It’s all systems go for the Professor at today’s Cox Plate Day races at Moonee Valley. Winx running in the feature race selects herself but the rest of the selections needed a bit of hard work and research. A small field in the Cox Plate will suit the favourite who should go on to win it for a record breaking fourth time.
Don’t forget to back the tips each way…..except for Winx which should be a straight win bet.
Moonee Valley
Race 3 Horse 2 – Savatiano (for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Race 5 Horse 3 – Spin
Race 7 Horse 8 – Cliff’s Edge (also for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Race 8 Horse 3 – Egg Tart
Race 9 Horse 6 – Winx
You can hear the Professor and the Gelding discuss today’s race results on Sportzfan Radio tomorrow from midday on 88.3 Southern FM, the Sounds of the Bayside. Tomorrow’s show will be part of the station’s outside broadcast from the Sandringham Village Festival.
Good luck and good punting!
The Professor
Weekend musing – Cox Plate, Damian Oliver, Nathan Broad, Dad’s Army…..
I watched the Cox Plate last weekend and saw the overhead footage of Damien Oliver’s ride on Happy Clapper and was not surprised he was handed a twenty meeting suspension from the stewards. He effectively cost Royal Symphony any chance in the race and in turn 
put that horse out of yesterday’s Victoria Derby where he would have been close to favourite. The trainer of Royal Symphony, Tony McEvoy was rightly upset after the race and you wonder if he and/or his owners could take civil action against Oliver in the circumstances. One wonders what Oliver was thinking. It is one thing to have a win at all costs attitude but not when the safety of other horses and riders is concerned.
Nathan Broad was revealed as the post Grand Final photographer during the week and he received a three game suspension from the Richmond Football Club. There has been some debate about the 
penalty and whether it was appropriate. I must say that given the profile of the case, Broad’s behaviour and the potential for police charges it seemed light. I heard a female caller to a radio station after the penalty was announced suggesting he should have also been asked to do some volunteer work in something like a women’s refuge or undergo some sort of training course as well. I thought it was a great idea on top of the three game suspension.
At a time when list managers are intent on injecting youth into AFL sides, Port Adelaide is heading in the opposite direction in their
recruiting of Demon pair Jack Watts and Jack Trengove, Steven Motlop, Tom Rockliff and Trent McKenzie. Watts (26), Trengove (26), Rockliff (27), Motlop (26) and McKenzie (25) are in the veteran class and if rumors are correct and they are to be joined by recently de-listed Kangaroo, 
Lindsay Thomas (29), the Power have clearly thrown any youth policy out the window and adopted a ‘win now’ attitude. That’s all good and well providing it comes off. If not, it places a great percentage of the list in the Dad’s Army category!
Have a great weekend!
Weekend musing – Cox Plate, Winx, Kingston Town…….
We are now right in the middle of the Spring Carnival and Winx is lining up this weekend to equal Kingston Town’s Cox Plate record of three in a row. It is remarkable that the best sprinter (Black Caviar), middle distance runner (Winx) and stayer (Makybe Diva) of the current generation are all mares.
Perhaps this indicates that the weight for age scale is out of date and with current feeding and training techniques, there is little difference between male and female racehorses. One thing that is clear is the fields that Kingston Town competed against were superior to this year’s Cox Plate which would appear to be a Winx benefit.
The last horse to try and emulate Kingston Town was Sunline and she came up against a pretty good horse in Northerly. So You Think also won two in a row, but was taken off Bart Cummings and given to Aidan O’Brien, so he never got a chance to equal or break the record.
There is nothing close to Northerly, Sunline, So You Think or Kingston Town in today’s race.
For the record, Winx in a canter.
Have a great weekend!
Weekend musing – Winx, the Derby day selection, the Bye revisited, Good Friday AFL game…..
The WS Cox Plate run of Winx last Saturday was amazing. She was the only one that seemed to handle the track and put a space in the field very quickly. If she manages to stay fit and sound it is hard to 
see anything beating her next year unless something from the latest crop of three year olds prove to be exceptional. I thought the run of Hartnell was good from a Melbourne Cup point of view. He looked to be gone on the turn put plugged on an held second comfortably in the end.
The connections of Winx have confirmed that she will not run in the re-vamped Mackinnon Stakes on the last day of the VRC Spring Carnival. While this is disappointing on one level as the best horse in the land will not contest the race, it does mean that we won’t have a repeat of the Caulfield Stakes where she only competed against two other horses. The problem is the dearth of decent middle distance weight for age horses in Australia at the moment and what was designed to be a showcase event on the last day has the potential to be a bit of a farce.
There has been some discussion this week about the bye before the 
AFL finals. As I mentioned in a previous post, I like it. It allows the AFL flexibility with scheduling in the last round and to an extent with the first week of the finals. Perhaps it does detract from finishing in the top four and winning the first week, but if we witness something like the Bulldogs this year then count me in.
Sticking with the AFL, the first Good Friday game will be held next season with the game kicking off at 4.20pm. I would have to question the timing of the game given that Good Friday church 
services are at 3.00pm. If the churchgoing Christian supporters from North Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs want to attend the game they will need to find a church proximate to Etihad stadium. Probably not a big deal, but a night game like the other sporting codes who play on Good Friday should have been considered.
By the way, my tip for the Derby is Morvada each way.
Have a great weekend!