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CINCINNATI -- Jake Arrieta threw a no-hitter at Great American Ball Park in April with thousands of Cubs fans cheering him on. The Reds didnt want to let Jon Lester reach another pitching milestone in the same place.The Reds scored five times in only five innings off the left-hander, denying him a 20-win season, as Cincinnati pulled away to a 7-4 victory on Saturday.Tim Adleman (4-4) gave up three runs in five innings as part of a rare Reds victory over Chicago. The Cubs are 14-4 against Cincinnati this season. Ben Zobrist hit his third homer in two games.The overwhelming majority of the 30,970 fans were wearing Cubs blue and cheering for Lester (19-5) to get that milestone victory.You know everybody in that clubhouse wanted to get him his 20th win, Adleman said. This didnt feel at all like home. The place was flooded with Cubs fans. It was sweet to get the win today.Asked before the game if hell open the playoffs with the same lineup -- including Lester on the mound -- Cubs manager Joe Maddon said, Theres a shot. The Cubs will host the NL wild-card playoff winner on Friday at Wrigley Field.The Reds got to Lester with Eugenio Suarezs two-run homer and a pair of RBI by Joey Votto. The left-hander hadnt allowed five runs in a start since July 9.He wasnt as sharp as hes been in the past against us, manager Bryan Price said. It was a little bit more of a battle by us. We gave him some good at bats. We didnt make it easy on him.Nobodys been better lately than Lester. Since the All-Star break, hed won a career-high 10 straight decisions. In September, he allowed a total of two runs while winning all five starts. Lester had allowed one run or none in a club-record eight straight starts heading into Saturday.The Reds strung together several well-placed hits while sending him to his first loss since July 3. Lester was hoping to become the first Cubs left-hander to win 20 games since Dick Ellsworth in 1963.Arrieta won 22 games last season to help the Cubs reach the playoffs.STATSThe Cubs have hit 40 homers against the Reds this season, the most ever by an opposing team against Cincinnati. ... Dexter Fowler singled for his 1,000th career hit. ... Suarez snapped an 0-for-12 slump with his first homer since Aug. 30. ... Votto had three hits and drove in three runs overall. Hes batting .412 since the All-Star break. Hes trying to become the first player in the majors to hit .400 after the All-Star break since Ichiro Suzuki hit .429 in 2004. ... Aroldis Chapman fanned Votto on three pitches in the eighth clocked at 101, 102 and 101 mph.TRAINERS ROOMCubs: OF Jorge Soler took batting practice on Saturday and appeared to have no problems with his sore right side that has sidelined him for a week. Maddon said he would likely play on Sunday if there was no lingering soreness.Reds: 2B Brandon Phillips had an MRI on his sore left hand that found a deep bruise. He missed a fourth straight game.UP NEXTCubs: Kyle Hendricks (16-8) is expected to go no more than five innings as the Cubs keep him fresh for the postseason. Hendricks has allowed three or fewer runs in each of his last 22 starts since May 22, the longest such streak in the majors this season. His 1.99 ERA is the lowest in the majors.Reds: Robert Stephenson (2-3) makes his sixth start since he was promoted in September. He gave up four runs in 3 2/3 innings of a 9-2 loss at Wrigley Field on Sept. 21.---Follow Joe Kay on Twitter: http://twitter.com/apjoekay Mike Ford Jersey . After slipping from the summit during the week, the Gunners overcame struggling Crystal Palace 2-0 on Sunday thanks to Alex Oxlade-Chamberlains second-half brace. 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So its little surprise that fillies have struggled against colts whose connections are hell-bent on locking in their futures at stud.What is odd is their frankly abysmal record.Remove Forensics from the argument -- her win came in the autumn of 2008 when Equine Influenza wiped out the 2007 renewal - and 32 fillies have tried and failed to win the Golden Rose since the races inception in 2003.Followers of this years favourite, Omei Sword, currently $3.70 with UBET, will hope this gender-based trend is no more than an anomaly. The filly, trained by champion NSW handler Chris Waller, shot to the top of the markets with an impressive first-up win in the Group II Silver Shadow Stakes over 1200m at Randwick.Omei Sword, by High Chaparral out of former top racer Irish Lights, should relish the rise to seven furlongs, but its unlikely she beat much at headquarters and her one attempt on rain-affected going, in the Group I Sires Produce Stakes, was the worst run of her four-start career.The favourite looks no value at the current quote, and it might be prudent to look to the races traditional lead-up, the Group II Run To The Rose, to find this years winner.That race was won by Astern, who showed he had trained on when overwhelming the fitter and more-fancied Star Turn a fortnight ago over 1200m. There was three-and-a-half lengths back to stablemate Impending, who reopposes on Saturday, giving the form a rock-solid look.Astern is unbeaten on soft tracks -- in fact his one and only defeat came in the Group I Golden Slipper, when legitimate excuses could be offered -- and barrier 12 mightnt be so bad if the rain comes and the fence becomes a no-go zone.Cases can be made for El Divino, Winxs half-brother, and Divine Prophet, but Godolphin has an enviable record in the Golden Rose, and Astern can become the operations fourth winner in the past eight years.Recommended bet: Astern to win @ $4.40 with UBET.Makybe Diva StakesThe Group I Makybe Diva Stakes might be named after the mare synonymous with the Melbourne Cup, but the 1600m event is anything but the domain of the two-mile brigade.Jeune, back in 1994, was the last Melbourne Cup winner to come through the old Craiglee Stakes; since then, Shocking is the only Cup winner to have won the Makybe Diva (the entire claimed the races in different years).A quarter of this years edition hold an entry to the Melbourne Cup, including reigning champ Prince Of Penzance, but its the sprinter-milers who feature at the head of betting, with Darren Weirs Black Heart Bart the $2.25 favourite with UBET.The former WA galloper was a dominant winner of the Group I Memsie Stakes on resumption, and is the races rightful favourite.BBut the gelding has never won beyond 1400m, and its likely hell encounter going softer than he wants on Saturday.dddddddddddd. What is more, favourites have an indifferent record in the Makybe Diva, so Black Heart Bart is worth opposing.In a race that lacks depth for a Group I, Tony McEvoys Alpine Eagle appeals at a decent price.Alpine Eagle was just fair in the Memsie, but 1400m is not his trip and that was just the comeback gallopers second run in a year. Rewind to his three-year-old days, and Alpine Eagle was running Wandjina to a lip in the Group I Australian Guineas, while as a raw four-year-old he finished a close-up sixth in last years Makybe Diva.The history of the race reads well for five-year-olds second-up from a spell, and at $12 with UBET its worth taking a punt that Alpine Eagle will make up for lost time and announce himself a new spring player.Recommended bet: Alpine Eagle each-way @ $12 with UBET.Over The OddsFlemington Race 1, No.9 Authoritarian. $20 with UBETLast years VRC St Leger winner, Authoritarian is one-from-one at Flemington and should not be such a big price if -- and that is if -- the forecast rain arrives.Authoritarian has a good record on rain-affected going and can give value hunters a good sight from the front in a race that doesnt possess an abundance of pace.Rosehill Race 7, No.3 Vashka. $15 with UBETFlopped when first-up, and in the market, in the Show County, hence his generous price in Saturdays Theo Marks.It would pay to ignore Vashkas failure at Randwick. The Godolphin gelding returns to his favourite venue -- hes won five from six at Rosehill -- is a winner second-up, and beat subsequent Stradbroke Handicap winner Under The Louvre last prep.Under The OddsFlemington Race 5, No.1 Defcon. $4 with UBETImpressive first-up win in the McNeil Stakes, but the Danehill Stakes has more depth and its unlikely barrier one down the Flemington straight will suit.Defcon has to concede weight all-round, is yet to win on the anticipated soft going, and is terrible value at the $4 mark.Best BetRosehill Race 6, No.1 Astern. $4.40 with UBETAs outlined above, fits the profile of a Golden Rose winner. Should simply be too good for his rivals.Lay of The DayFlemington Race 6, No.2 Xtravagant. $4.60 with UBETMuch-hyped Kiwi who is one start for one flop in Australia. Undoubtedly a fine talent, but is meeting some very handy straight-track horses i