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Scott Heinrich runs the rule over the weekends racing and brings you all the best bets with UBET. Karl Malone Jazz Jersey .Winterbottom StakesWestern Australias premier open-class sprint, The Winterbottom Stakes, is a race in two according to betting. In the orange-and-green corner we have the 2014 Darley Classic winner Terravista: in the red-and-yellow corner, the reigning Darley champ Malaguerra.Im with one of those runners, however Im not convinced the chances stop there. Lets cover the two favourites first, though.Malaguerra is my selection to win the race, mostly because I cant find reason enough not to tip him.For starters he is a top-class racehorse, as we saw at Flemington, but everything else is in his favour: the right trip (six from seven at 1200m), firm track, and Ben Melham should be able to get a nice sit just behind a good speed from gate one. If he gets an opening in the Ascot straight, he should be too good.Terravista was very good first-up off a lengthy break when finding only Redzel too sharp during the Melbourne Cup carnival. Hell strip fitter and is an obvious danger, but at the price Id prefer to be with the younger horse who may still have some upside.The locals did well last week in the Railway Stakes but these local sprinters look a rung or two below the standard set by the interstaters, and two other visitors of note are Takedown and Sheidel.Takedown is very interesting dropping back to what is certainly his best trip. He was good over further at Flemington and is another who has conditions to suit on Saturday. Might need luck from stall eight - that said, the past four winners of the Winterbottom have come from barriers 8-10 - but looks well worth an each-way ticket.Former WA mare Sheidel - who is nine from 10 at Ascot! - ran very well for fifth when leading them up in the Darley. She doesnt have to lead here and is a definite danger at a price under another fine Perth export, Damien Oliver.Recommended bet: Malaguerra to win @ $3.30 with UBET but include Takedown and Sheidel in all exotics.Best BetRosehill Race 9, No.6 Firsthand @ $4 with UBETThis four-year-old is building a very tidy record with three wins from just four starts.Lowered the colours of the smart Prince Of Brooklyn at just his second start prior to a spell, and last start beat another handy galloper in Sugar Bay Leonard when racing second-up.Crucially has race fitness on his side on Saturday in a field comprising six first-up horses. Drawn to get a sweet run on, or just behind, the pace and appeals as a very strong hope.Over the oddsMoonee Valley Race 6, No.2 Beluga Blue @ $7.50 with UBETA stakes-class mare who has returned to racing in excellent fashion, having won two from two in Adelaide since resuming from a spell.Beaten just three lengths in a Group I four starts back - and was then just behind the classy Chabaud in a Group III - yet here she is in a Benchmark 84 just 2.5kg above the minimum after Ben Allens claim. And is a mare in form!Looks massive overs and will be hard to hold out.Lay of the dayMoonee Valley Race 1, No.1 Invincibella @ $2.10 with UBETUndoubtedly the class runner but one or two question marks over this one.Is having her first run at Moonee Valley and first run over the mile - and she must also hump top weight in a small field where each of her rivals have won at either their most recent start or two runs back.Can win but shouldnt be entertained at such a short price.Under the oddsMoonee Valley Race 7, No.8 Little White Cloud @ $5 with UBETOne remarkable racehorse - and one remarkable training effort to get this comeback galloper to win at Flemington in his first start for three-and-a-half years.Back in 2013, Little White Cloud was a Group-class three-year-old, running second to the topliner Trading Leather before competing in the Irish Derby.Now seven - and with just six career starts to his name - the gelding finds himself in Australia, and is being asked to show the same zip second-up as he did three weeks ago; if the bounce factor means anything, it will mean something for this galloper.Even if he has come through his first-up exertions jumping, Little White Cloud is worse off at the weights against several rivals - including Hipparchus, who is 2.5kg better off for a 1.5L defeat - meaning improvement is probably required if he is to make it two from two in this country.Multi of the weekendMoonee Valley Race 3, No.1 Estaminet - PLACE @ $1.52Moonee Valley Race 6, No.2 Beluga Blue - PLACE @ $2.65Moonee Valley Race 7, No.9 Hipparchus - PLACE @ $2.40Rosehill Race 9, No.6 Firsthand - PLACE @ $1.75Multi odds: $16.92 with UBET Rudy Gobert Jersey . -- Cam Newton pranced into the end zone, placed his hands over his chest and did his familiar Superman pose. Adrian Dantley Jersey . Down by seven with 90 seconds left in regulation, thats where they looked comfortable. http://www.jazzauthentic.com/kids-john-stockton-jazz-jersey/ . Collaros, 25, was solid last season, posting a 5-2 record as the starter while incumbent Ricky Ray was injured. Collaros also started Torontos 23-20 regular-season finale loss to Montreal — Ray didnt dress because the Argos had already clinched first in the East Division — but was one of three quarterbacks to play that day. RIO DE JANEIRO -- Heres how good technology for prosthetic running blades has become.Greek runner Michail Seitis set a world record for his division with a time of 49.66 seconds in the mens 400-meter final on Thursday. He came in sixth place out of eight runners. The five who finished ahead of him were double amputees.Oh, to be bilateral, said U.S. sprinter David Prince, a friend and training partner of Seitis, as he watched the race unfold.Technology for prosthetics has improved so much that it is actually better to be a double amputee in track and field than a single amputee, says Prince, who lost his right leg in a motorcycle accident.That pace of development has accented a trend within Paralympic sports. Sometimes better technology has created a gap between athletes within the same division -- or classification, as its known at the Paralympics -- who have distinctly different levels of disability.Last year and this year were really hard for me to stay motivated to actually continue training, because I go into the race knowing that they (double amputees) run faster times and I know Ill get beat, Prince said.Technology plays a prominent role at the Paralympics, with athletes across a variety of events utilizing different equipment to perform at the top of their discipline.Tatyana McFadden, the top wheelchair racer at this years games, is sponsored by BMW Racing and uses a specially designed chair to perform at her peak.The technology is amazing, McFadden said after one of her races on Thursday. She added: Its important in this sport to have that little extra edge.And more gear is always coming down the pipeline, like a swim cap that alerts a swimmer when a wall is approaching, which is being developed for athletes with visual impairments. Such swimmers are currently tapped on the head by a guide with a long pole.The athlete-technology partnership was acknowledged in the opening ceremony for the Rio Paralympics when a dancer performed a routine with a human-sized robotic arm as a partner, a piece called Harmonious Relationship.The developments are both exciting, and -- to Prince -- somewhat concerning. He worries that some athletes, such as single amputees like himself, will be left behind.At the same time, he does not begrudge double amputees for availing themselves of whatever is within the rules.I support them going tall, said Prince, referring to the fact that newer blades are longer and can increase the height of runners. Because if they go tall and start running these ridiculous times, guess what, the IPC has pressure now to address it.Craig Spence, spokesman for the International Paralympic Committee, said the Rio Gammes have shown him an increased level of athletic performance. Adrian Dantley Jazz Jersey. However, he was hesitant to attribute all of it to advances in technology. Training for disabled athletes also is improving.Ive noticed that our athletes are getting faster, stronger and more agile in every single sport, Spence said. Whether I put that down to technology, well youve got to look at the facts that our visually impaired athletes are getting faster as well. As are athletes with coordination impairments and they dont use any piece of technology.Spence said the only stipulation in terms of access to blades or any other piece of technology is that it must be available on the public market.Prices for running blades vary, but the top-of-the-line options can reach tens of thousands of dollars.Prince, who won a bronze medal in the 400 in London and finished sixth in the 200 meters in Rio, said the biggest difference that he has seen between the 2012 Paralympics and this year has not been a new piece of technology, but rather the number of competitors who are using the best equipment available.He also has had conversations with members of the IPC about figuring out competition between single amputees and double amputees. The main question that Prince is concerned with is whether double amputees and single amputees should compete against each other at all.The data is inconclusive, but if you have eyes, you can see, Prince said. It doesnt take a doctorate degree to look at that and say, `Huh, maybe a bilateral does have an advantage over a unilateral amputee.While Prince acknowledges that it is still possible for a unilateral like himself to beat double amputees, he said when he lines up in a lane and sees a top level double amputee competitor, he knows what is most likely to follow.With the number of competitors using the top blades on the market larger than ever, and many of those being under the age 25, what could happen over the next four years is a sharp dropoff in the number of single amputees competing in events against bilaterals, the 33-year-old Prince said.That would be a shame, he feels, and would go against the spirit of the Paralympics.If things progress and were kept together, he said, theres not going to be any unilateral amputees running because we wont have a chance.In order for the sport to stay legitimate, something has to be done.--Garrett Ross is a journalism student at Penn State University. 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