Selections for Friday night’s meeting at Auckland. Head to www.tab.co.nz to place your bet! Race AARON WHITE Commentator Race 16.05pm 1 Darling Me 3 Shes No Lady 2 Santa Maria 5 Shezadeal Race 26.37pm 9 Asteria Lavra 10 Elegant Peak 4 Mountain Mass 8 Gaz Man Race 37.06pm 2 The Honey Queen 5 Cowboys N Bandits 1 Commander Cathy 9 Bettor Listen Race 47.36pm 4 Fortunia 1 Waitforever 10 Alta Sensation 9 Optical Illusion Race 58.11pmpm 5 Bolt For Brilliance 6 Temporale 2 Invictus 3 Kings Landing Race 68.41pm 3 Montana DJ 10…
Month: February 2021
Moonee Valley top racing tips & best odds – Friday 5/2/2021
What Moonee Valley Races Where Moonee Valley Turf Club – 1 McPherson St, Moonee Ponds VIC 3039 When Friday, February 5, 2021 First Race 6:30pm AEDT Watch Live Streaming Live at Sportsbet Moonee Valley horse betting preview – Friday, February 5, 2021 Moonee Valley will host an eight-race card on Friday as the night racing continues in Victoria. With torrential rain forecasted in Melbourne for race day, it is hard to imagine the Good 4 track rating staying for the duration of the card. With the rail out 7m for…
Hickmott Returns To The Macedon Lodge Helm
Talented stayer King Of Leogrance will now be trained by Robert Hickmott at Macedon Lodge. Nick Williams has confirmed that former Macedon Lodge head trainer Robert Hickmott has returned to the property in the same position he used to occupy. Williams, speaking on RSN on Thursday, said Hickmott would train about 15 of their horses from the location. Previously a head trainer for Lloyd Williams, Hickmott had great success and produced two Melbourne Cup winners for the leviathan owner, Green Moon in 2012 and Almandin in 2016. Hickmott trained at…
Peltzer Fit To Assume Eskimo Prince Crown
Three runs into Peltzer’s spring campaign, Gerald Ryan sat back, reflected and made the key decision to increase the colt’s workload. The three-year-old had been competitive against the best of his age group but Ryan suspected he wasn’t at peak fitness and had more to offer. He upped the ante on the training track and Peltzer lapped up the extra work, responding with back-to-back wins in the Group Two Stan Fox Stakes and $1 million Bondi Stakes. This time around, Ryan has made a high workload standard practice for Peltzer…
O’Brien Hoping Award Can Take Next Step
Sovereign Award and Jamie Kah will combine in the Orr Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday. Danny O’Brien is using the Orr Stakes as a litmus test to find out whether his talented mare Sovereign Award can handle racing at the highest level. O’Brien believes Sovereign Award’s form at the end of last spring entitles her to a shot at a Group One race such as the Orr Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday. “She finished her spring campaign with three wins, including two Group Three wins, so she deserves her…
Silent Achiever dies at age 12
Kevin and Joanna Hickman’s four-time Group One-winning mare Silent Achiever (NZ) (O’Reilly) died at their Valachi Downs property on Thursday morning aged 12. “We are saddened to share the news of the loss of our Champion mare Silent Achiever, who delivered us so many memorable performances during her exceptional racing career,” said breeder and owner Kevin Hickman. “She was a special mare who raced with heart and gave her all to every race.” Bred by the Hickmans, out of Zabeel mare Winning Spree, Silent Achiever joined the stable of Roger…
Sacred Falls colt tops National Online Yearling Sale
New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Online Yearling Sale saw it’s first-ever online session conclude on Gavelhouse Plus. Off the back of a successful National Yearling Sales Series, the final yearling session took place on Wednesday. The highest priced yearling was Lot 26 was a Sacred Falls colt out of Cheryl Moana Marie (NZ) (Savabeel) purchased for $39,000 by astute pinhooker Jamie Beatson from Hawke’s Bay-based Valentine Lodge. The Ohukia Lodge Principal was pleased he managed to take home the colt, who is from a family bred by respected thoroughbred nursery in…
Jason Teaz’s Auckland tips
Form analyst Jason Teaz has given us (and you) his tips for Auckland on Friday night – Feb 5. Race 1 1 Darling Me4 Enjoy Me3 She’s No Lady7 Show Me Heaven DARLING ME has changed stables to the Telfer barn, played second fiddle in most of her starts to Bettor Twist, but she’s not here and she has landed barrier one. Trialed well last Friday at Pukekohe in a hot heat.ENJOY ME was a Group One winner of the Sires stakes final last time she was at Alexandra park.…
Popular galloper dies
Te Akau Racing (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle) has announced the death of dual Group One winner Te Akau Shark after he succumbed to a series of health complications. The six-year-old gelding developed a degenerative eye condition during the 2020 Sydney autumn carnival and underwent surgery for the issue last year. He failed to recover completely and was retired from racing in December. Te Akau Racing issued a statement confirming the horse’s death on Thursday. “It is with immense pain and sadness that we announce that our beloved Te Akau Shark…
Strong hand for Dennis in Dunedin Guineas
Woodlands trainer Robert Dennis ventures to Wingatui on Saturday shouldering a degree of pressure. The 29-year-old horseman will saddle three runners in the Listed Mediaworks Dunedin Guineas (1500m), headed by The Gift ($3 favourite) and Ocean Point ($5), who both come out of strong showings when second and fourth respectively in the Listed Gore Guineas (1335m), while one-win filly Choux In ($31) will step up to stakes company for the first time. “There is a little bit of pressure as they are three quality horses and I just want to…