Month: March 2021

Alister Clark assault from Maher and Eustace pair

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Explosive Jack (NZ) to run in the Group 2 Alister Clark Stakes (2040m) at The Valley on Saturday.(Brendan McCarthy/Racing Photos) The patience Ciaron Maher extends his young stayers eventually pays a dividend as shown by the Melbourne Cup performance of Persan. After starting out in Sydney, Persan made his way to Maher And David Eustace and raced every month from April through until the Melbourne Cup, eventually finishing fifth behind Twilight Payment. Maher likes developing a young stayer and his latest work in progress is Explosive Jack, who along with…

Sunshine Coast tips, best bets & quaddie picks | 12/3 Preview

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What Sunshine Coast Races Where Sunshine Coast Turf Club – 170 Pierce Ave, Corbould Park, QLD, 4551 When Friday, March 12, 2021 First Race 6:01pm AEDT Watch Live Streaming Live at Sportsbet Seven Friday night races will be run and won at the Sunshine Coast this weekend. The track is rated a Soft 5 and the rail is in the +6m position for the entire circumference of the course. Race 1 is set to face the starter at 6:01pm. Best Bet – Race 4 #7 Platinum Euros We have tipped…

2021 Kembla Grange Classic betting tips & strategy | March 12

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What 2021 Kembla Grange Classic Where Kembla Grange Racecourse – Princes Highway, Kembla Grange NSW 2526 When Friday, March 12, 2021 | 4:55pm AEDT | Race 7 Prizemoney $200,000 Distance 1600m Status Group 3 Race Conditions Set weights + penalties; 3YO fillies 2020 Winner Asiago – 56kg (2) | Jockey: Hugh Bowman | Trainer: James Cummings Watch Live Streaming Live at Sportsbet Kembla Grange Classic 2021 preview – Friday, March 12 A field of 11 three-year-old fillies has been assembled for Friday’s Kembla Grange Classic. The Group 3 mile event…

Chris Symons to take extended riding break

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Jockey Chris Symons is taking an indefinite break from race riding as he attempts to overcome injuries suffered in a fall at Bendigo in 2015. Neck fractures, a fractured scapula and head trauma kept Symons from the saddle for five months that year, but five years later, Symons is still feeling the effects. It was through the COVID-19 pandemic that Symons realised all was not well as he attempted to push on through the pain associated with his injuries. Not only did Symons have race-riding duties, he was associated with…

Teal Pants fetch top dollar

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    The Teal Pants signed by Kerryn Manning, the world’s most successful female driver, have sold for $455. The pants were donated to the campaign and then auctioned on Trade Me. Bidding was keen from the start, and had fetched $455 by the time the auction closed this afternoon (Thursday). All proceeds will go to the Teal Pants campaign which raises funds towards ovarian cancer research.  The campaign started on February 1 and finishes this weekend.  Manning recently became the first woman to drive  4000 winners and also made…

Ascot Park re-surfaced and good to go

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Ascot Park Raceway has had a makeover ahead of its premier meeting on Saturday being hosted by the Northern Southland Trotting Club. Three Group 3’s are carded including the $30,000 Yaldhurst Hotel Northern Southland Cup, the $25,000 Pryde’s Easifeed Southern Lights Trot and the $25,000 Caduceus Club of Southland/Alabar Fillies Classic. Another feature on the day is the Grinaldi Lodge/Stella Frost $12,000 Ladyship Final. This meeting is part of Southland’s “Big Money March” promotion. The full re-surfacing of the track was carried out this week with 360 tonnes of product…

KACHING FOR ‘NEXT BIG THING’

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He’s won five races from only seven starts and is spruiked as the sport’s new megastar! He won the Country Championship on Australian Cup night and was only 1.5L off the 525m track record. And his winning time was 6.5L faster than G1 Australian Cup winner, Tommy Shelby. So, who is the ‘next big thing’? Find out by clicking on today’s ‘Daily Mail’.

3 Codes; 24 Races; 1 Night

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Cranbourne’s annual Tricode race meeting returns this Friday night! Gates open 4.30pm. Adults $15, Children free. Among the highlights on the card from a greyhound racing perspective will be the running of the Go Distance Racing 0-4 Wins (699m), carrying a first prize of $3,300. Read more about Tricodes night HERE

Injury halts Auckland Cup plans

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Wanganui trainer Raymond Connors put a circle around the Gr.1 Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Cup (3200m) several months ago for promising stayer Hurry Cane (NZ) (Nom Du Jeu), but injury has put a halt to those plans. The eight-year-old gelding was heading towards the two-mile feature at Ellerslie on Saturday in pleasing form, having finished fifth in the Gr.2 Avondale Cup (2400m) last month and he would have had conditions to suit this weekend. However, Connors said Hurry Cane had a bit of swelling around his knee a couple of…

Sound result for promising three-year-old

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Milford Sound (NZ) (Ocean Park) broke maiden ranks on Thursday with a stylish win in the Piccadilly Books Stocktake Sale On Until 15 March Maiden (1600m) at Riccarton. The son of Ocean Park stepped out a $1.50 favourite in the mile contest and trainer Andrew Carston admitted to feeling the pressure due to the pre-race hype. “It’s been a long time since I have been so nervous before a maiden race,” he said. “It was a relief to get the win really. “He got the job done and he is…