Ballarat Cup day today and the Professor and the Gelding REVEAL their best bets for today’s racing and the Professor’s Parlay.
Gelding’s tips
Race 3 Horse 2 – Cleo Cat
Race 4 Horse 4 – Pharari
Professor’s tips
Race 8 Horse 7 – Savoir Faire
Race 9 Horse 2 – Berkeley Square
Professor’s Parlay
Race 4 Horse 4 – Pharari into Philadelphia Eagles to beat Carolina panthers (NFL) into Minnesota Vikings to beat Atlanta Falcons (NFL).
Good luck and good punting!
The Professor
After an ordinary start to the punting year, the Professor and the Gelding look to improve their form today at Sandown’s Hillside track where the track is currently rated a Good 4 and the rail is out metres for the entire circuit.
Don’t forget to back the tips each way!
Sandown Hillside
Professor’s tips
Race 1 Horse 6 – All Sassed Up (for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Race 4 Horse 8 – Liberated Girl (also for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Gelding’s tips
Race 2 Horse 2 – Detonator Jack
Race 5 Horse 5 – Inundation
Professor’s Parlay
Race 2 Horse 2 – Detonator Jack into San Francisco 49er’s to beat Arizona Cardinals (NFL) into Philadelphia Eagles to beat New York Giants (NFL).
Good luck and good punting!
The Professor
The premier day of the Spring carnival is here and the race that stops a nation, the Melbourne Cup, will be run and won today. There are many chances and the Professor and the Gelding have attempted to pick the winner in two selections. They have their other four tips on a big day of racing as well. The track is currently rated a Slow 5 but with showers predicted during the day that rating could be downgraded. The rail is out 2 metres for the entire circuit.
Don’t forget to back the tips each way!
Professor’s tips
Race 3 Horse 4 – Ascension (for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Race 7 Horse 19 – Smokin Romans (also for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Race 10 Horse 6 – Najmaty (also for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Gelding’s tips
Race 1 Horse 1 – Zulfiger
Race 4 Horse 12 – Quang Tri
Race 7 Horse 8 – Deauville Legend
Professor’s Parlay
Race 4 Horse 12 – Quang Tri into Milwaukee Bucks to beat Detroit Pistons (NBA) into Philadelphia Eagles to beat Houston Texans (NFL).
There will be a special edition of That’s Racing!! on Oaks Day going to air at 10.00am on the Sportzfan Radio YouTube channel.
Good luck and good punting!
The Professor
A big day of Spring Carnival racing today at Caulfield with 8 races on the card and the feature race being the Thousand Guineas. The track is currently rated a Good 4 with the rail out 9 metres for the entire circuit.
Don’t forget to back the tips each way!
Caulfield
Professor’s tips
Race 1 Horse 1 – Rhinoceros (for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Race 4 Horse 2 – Smokin Romans (also for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Gelding’s tips
Race 2 Horse 3 – Floating Artist
Race 7 Horse 6 – Zouzarella
Professor’s Parlay
Race 2 Horse 3 – Floating Artist into Tampa Bay Buccaneers to beat Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) into Manchester City to beat Burnley (EPL).
You can see the latest episode of That’s Racing!! here.
Good luck and good punting!
The Professor
Not the nicest of days for the Caulfield Cup with heavy rain overnight and more showers expected during the day. That may make it difficult to tip a winner but that has never discouraged the Professor and the Gelding from scanning the fields for the best bets. The track is currently rated a Soft 6 but with further rain during the day the track may deteriorate. The rail is in the true position for the entire circuit.
Don’t forget to back the tips each way!
Caulfield
Professor’s tips
Race 5 Horse 6 – Pensato (for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Race 6 Horse 7 – Pinyin (also for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Gelding’s tips
Race 7 Horse 6 – Alfa Oro
Race 9 Horse 7 – Verry Elleegant
Professor’s Parlay
Race 9 Horse 7 – Verry Eleegant into Baltimore Ravens to beat the Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) into Chelsea to beat Southampton (Premier League).
You can hear the Professor and the Sportzfan Radio panel live tomorrow from midday on the Sportzfan Radio Facebook page.
Good luck and good punting!
The Professor
With the news that the Philadelphia Eagles have brought former quarterback, Tim Tebow in for a workout, it prompted me to ask whether Tebow or Jarryd Hayne would be more likely to still be around when NFL teams make their final cuts to lists at the end of the pre-season.
You may remember that Tebow, the 2007 Heisman trophy winner, was drafted in the first round of the 2010 NFL draft by the Denver Broncos and started 14 games. In 2011 he took over at quarterback from Kyle Orton and transformed the Broncos from a 1-4 record to 
finish 8-8, a Division title and an unlikely overtime playoff win over the Pittsburgh Steelers. However, when Peyton Manning game to town, Tebow was shipped off to the New York Jets for a fourth round draft selection. Things didn’t work out in New York and Tim soon found himself out of the game.
Eagles’ coach Chip Kelly is currently in the process of reshaping the player list so there is every possibility that Tebow could be signed for the pre-season so that he can show his wares. I doubt Kelly, a former College coach with the Oregon Ducks, is bringing Tebow in for his pocket passing skills but rather for his running and improvisational abilities. If Tebow can make it anywhere, he can make it under a Chip Kelly offence and I rate him as a real chance.
Contrast that with the position of Hayne at the San Francisco 49ers.
A person who has not played in the NFL or, for that matter, a competitive game of ‘grid iron’ at all. Although his position on the extended list is apparently guaranteed until the last week of training camp, unlike Tebow, he has no body of work to fall back on or reference point for the 49er coaches. Clearly he will need to come up with performances that have a ‘wow’ factor in order to survive through to the season proper.
Las Vegas doesn’t offer odds on whether players will make a list on the basis that some team officials already know the answer to that question. However, if I could bet, I’d be on Tebow.
26 September 2010 172.1 – The Gelding starts the program with an impersonation of Stan. The Panel then gets into a discussion of the drawn AFL Grand Final and the ramifications of the replay. Daniel says the AFL should give 45,000 tickets to each competing Club. Will there be another Grand Final parade? will there be another Footy Show? will there be different Gtand Finals replayed in the all night marathon? Dan Butterly tells Paul Dalligan he couldn’t watch cricket for five days with no result. Dan also talks MLB pennant race he thinks the Seattle Mariners will probably lose 100 games even with the roster thay have and feels the Yankees will make the World Series again. In NFL, Dan looks at Michael Vick’s re-emergance as a starting quarterback with the Philadelphia Eagles and he thinks Brett Favre is regretting coming back. The Professor discusses last week’s Michigan State trick play to beat Notre Dame in overtime. In NBA, Dan thinks Carmelo Anthony will be traded to the New Jersey Nets within the next 48 hours. The Gelding takes pride in the fact that he and the Sydney Colt from 9 selections at both Moonee Valley and Randwick had a return of 6 winners and 2 thirds. The Panel don’t necessarily agree with the Gelding that you can have a “good seventh” in a race with nine runners. The Panel also agrees that Dr Leslie’s CSA seems to have taken up a permanent position after the racing segment.
