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How The AFL Mirrors the World  
GuyWhoLikesSport

How The AFL Mirrors the World  

• GuyWhoLikesSport
This piece was initially going to be some early reactions to trade period and the general offseason circus, but that can wait until it’s all over.   Instead, I want to focus on the bigger point of what the AFL has become, and how it mirrors the world. I make the point in two distinct ways:  The AFL is becoming a gerontocracy, and   The rich continue to get richer forever and always.   Let’s deal with both in turn.   The AFL is becoming a gerontocracy  The President of the United States is 80. The previous President of the United States left office…
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Kilmore Best Bets – Tuesday, October 13
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Kilmore Best Bets – Tuesday, October 13

• Ryan Cook
Fire up your Tuesday punting with our Kilmore best bets, highlighting the key runners ready to help you continue the week right. NISHIOKA (7) showed enough on debut at Bairnsdale to suggest she’ll be competitive here over further.  The daughter to Farnan ran on strongly to finish runner-up, indicating she’d handle the extra trip after winding up with a big run at the top of the straight.   Luke Currie takes over carrying 2kg extra and he just needs a little early luck from an awkward gate to feature.  I SAID SO (5) sticks to 1200m and is well-deserving of…
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Seymour Cup Day Best Bets – Sunday, October 11 
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Seymour Cup Day Best Bets – Sunday, October 11 

• Craig Sheppard
Fire up your Sunday punting with our Seymour Cup Day best bets, highlighting the key runners ready to help you end the week right. YOUMZAA (14) showed plenty on debut at Bendigo, and natural second-up improvement can see her go one better. The Matt Lawrie-trained filly finished second over 1100m behind Over The Bridge. That form has since been franked, with Over The Bridge winning the Group 3 Scarborough Stakes. Drawn well, Youmzaa should be able to lead for Patrick Moloney and prove hard to catch. MELEK (7) looks ready to peak third-up after two runs back from a 39-week…
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2026 Caulfield Guineas Day Tips & Preview
Horse Racing

2026 Caulfield Guineas Day Tips & Preview

• Ryan Cook
Another big Saturday for the three-year-olds looms large with the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas headlining a massive 10-race card in Melbourne. This year’s $3 million race over the mile sees last start Golden Rose Stakes winner Warwoven out to prove himself against Prelude winner Blind Raise, with a wide-open Toorak Handicap to follow immediatley after. A small field has also accepted for the Group 1 Might And Power earlier on the program, and it’s all about last start Underwood Stakes winner Sheza Alibi, who lines up as the odds-on favourite. It’s one of the biggest and most important race days…
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2026 Hill Stakes Day Tips & Preview
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2026 Hill Stakes Day Tips & Preview

• Craig Sheppard
Hill Stakes Day brings 10 races to Rosehill this Saturday, with Lindermann back to defend his crown in the Group 2 feature. Our Hill Stakes Day Tips cover the key runners and betting angles across the card. The Group 3 Roman Consul Stakes, The Nivison, Alan Brown Stakes and Gloaming Stakes, plus the Listed Tapp-Craig, make for a strong supporting card. The track is rated a Soft 5 and the rail is out 2m. Keep the track conditions in mind as we assess the speed maps and key runners. Our race analysis weighs up the main winning chances and betting…
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Queensland Cup Day Tips & Preview | Saturday 10 October
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Queensland Cup Day Tips & Preview | Saturday 10 October

• Craig Sheppard
Eagle Farm fires the starting gun on the Ladbrokes Spring Racing Carnival this Saturday, with 10 races on the card and the Queensland Cup taking centre stage. The Listed Tattersall’s Member Cup adds another feature, while the season’s first metropolitan two-year-old race gives us an early chance to see the next crop in action. The track is rated a Soft 5 and the rail is out 2m. We’ve worked through the form, speed maps and key runners to find the main chances and betting angles. The carnival starts now. Let’s get into the Eagle Farm card and find a few…
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Caulfield, Rosehill & Eagle Farm Best Bets - Saturday, October 10
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Caulfield, Rosehill & Eagle Farm Best Bets – Saturday, October 10

• Craig Sheppard
Get our Caulfield, Rosehill and Eagle Farm best bets for Saturday October 10, including key runners, race analysis and betting opportunities across both meetings. BARRENGARRY (9) has returned in sparkling form, winning his past two starts. The Joseph Ible-trained gelding impressed over a mile at Randwick last start. Despite racing three-wide throughout and carrying 60.5kg, he put his rivals away with ease. This is a stronger race, but he’ll appreciate carrying 5kg less. He looks ready for 2000m and finished three lengths fifth in his only previous start over the distance, in the Group 3 Frank Packer Plate last preparation.…
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2026 Pinker Pinker Plate Night Best Bets  
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2026 Pinker Pinker Plate Night Best Bets  

• Craig Sheppard
Friday night racing is here, and our Neds Cranbourne Best Bets for Pinker Pinker Plate Night are ready to point you in the right direction as we look to kick off the weekend with a few winners. QUBELLA (2) was beaten just under a length at Wodonga last start and looks suited by the return to Cranbourne. The Barry Goodwin-trained runner won five starts back at Pakenham Synthetic and gets Madison Morris back aboard who boasts an impressive record of four wins from five rides. The tongue tie goes on for the first time as she contests The Corinthian, which…
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2026 Hill Stakes Day Tips & Preview

2026 Hill Stakes Day Tips & Preview

• Craig Sheppard
Hill Stakes Day brings 10 races to Rosehill this Saturday, with Lindermann back to defend his crown in the Group 2 feature. Our Hill Stakes Day Tips cover the key runners and betting angles across the card. The Group 3 Roman Consul Stakes, The Nivison, Alan Brown Stakes and Gloaming Stakes, plus the Listed Tapp-Craig, make for a strong supporting card. The track is rated a Soft 5 and the rail is out 2m. Keep the track conditions in mind as we assess the speed maps and key runners. Our race analysis weighs up the main winning chances and betting…
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Queensland Cup Day Tips & Preview | Saturday 10 October

Queensland Cup Day Tips & Preview | Saturday 10 October

• Craig Sheppard
Eagle Farm fires the starting gun on the Ladbrokes Spring Racing Carnival this Saturday, with 10 races on the card and the Queensland Cup taking centre stage. The Listed Tattersall’s Member Cup adds another feature, while the season’s first metropolitan two-year-old race gives us an early chance to see the next crop in action. The track is rated a Soft 5 and the rail is out 2m. We’ve worked through the form, speed maps and key runners to find the main chances and betting angles. The carnival starts now. Let’s get into the Eagle Farm card and find a few…
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Celebrating a Roosters Double

Celebrating a Roosters Double

• Oscar Pannifex
Bondi will host both the 2026 NRL & NRLW Premiership celebrations this week after the Sydney Roosters men and women completed the double on Sunday afternoon.   As far as the numbers go (barring the scoreboard in the NRL Grand Final), it was a similar story across both contests. Easts completely dominated both Brisbane & Newcastle in just about every statistical measurement on Sunday courtesy of an unmatched power game through the middle and a professional, disciplined defensive display, off the ball.   With a combined net yardage difference of +1280 running metres across both Grand Finals (+654 metres in the NRL and +626 metres in the NRLW), the Roosters utterly…
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From The Couch: NRL Grand Final Edition 

From The Couch: NRL Grand Final Edition 

• Nick Tedeschi
A One-Way Decider Decided by Just One Point: Never in Grand Final history has a decider been so one-sided yet the score so close, the final belying just home much the Sydney Roosters dominated Sunday’s affair. That is certainly not meant to be a criticism of the Knights – they were as brave as any team you will ever see – but were so completely outclassed and outplayed that a one-point margin is almost impossible to comprehend. The stats and the way the match played out would suggest the more likely result would have been a Roosters win by 30, not…
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Learners and Earners Podcast | Episode 2

Learners and Earners Podcast | Episode 2

• neds
Ryan Cook attempts to turn two novice punters into Spring Carnival punting savants in this week’s Learners and Earners podcast. Liam Fogarty Caulfield R7 – Henley Homes Underwood Stakes (G1) Open Race time:  1. Lindermann (1) J: Blake Shinn 59kg 22×91 T: Chris Waller 2.90WIN 1.26PLACE Dual acceptor. Third-up today and won third-up previously. First-up struggled in the run home; 9th of 11 in the G1 Winx Stakes at Randwick on August 22 over 1400m, slow going 7 len behind Autumn Glow with 59kg at $51. Last start favourite; won by 1.75 len in the G2 Chelmsford Stakes at Randwick on…
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Learners and Earners Podcast | Episode 1

Learners and Earners Podcast | Episode 1

• neds
Ryan Cook attempts to turn two novice punters into Spring Carnival punting savants in the debut episode of the Learners and Earners podcast. Liam Fogarty Flemington R8 – Crown Makybe Diva Stakes (G1) Open Race time:  1. Mr Brightside (2) J: Blake Shinn 59kg 125×2T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes 8.50WIN 2.05PLACE Second run back. First-up after 10 months sat on the pace when 2nd of 12 in the G1 Memsie Stakes at Caulfield on August 29 over 1400m, on a slow track; 3 len behind Beiwacht with 59kg at $21. Previously second-up won by 1.5 len in the G1…
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