Alice Springs racing tips & best odds | Saturday, August 6

What Alice Springs Races Where Pioneer Park Racecourse – Stuart Hwy, Connellan NT 0870 When Saturday, August 6, 2022 First Race 1:47pm ACST Visit Ladbrokes With the Darwin Cup Carnival done and dusted for another year, NT racing returns to Alice Springs this Saturday. This is HorseBetting’s race-by-race preview of the six-part card at Pioneer Park, including our best bets for each event. Race 1 (1.47pm) – $20,500 Ladbroke It! 0-76 Handicap (1600m) Zelring has been a model of consistency ever since he arrived in the Red Centre after just…

Sandown Lakeside betting tips & value bets | Sunday, August 7

What Grand National Hurdle Day 2022 Where Ladbrokes Park – 591-659 Princes Hwy, Springvale VIC 3171 When Sunday, August 7, 2022 First Race 12:30pm AEST Visit Ladbrokes It is Grand National Hurdle Day on Sunday as racing heads to the Lakeside track at Sandown for an eight-race program. Three of the eight events are set to be run over the jumps, with the featured Grand National Hurdle opening the quaddie in race five. Despite the rain in the area, the track has come up a Soft 5, with the rail…

House claims gavelhouse.com Newcomer to Training Award

Michael House’s decision to add a thoroughbred arm to his training operation has reaped rich rewards, earning the gavelhouse.com Newcomer to Training Award for the 2021-22 New Zealand racing season. Among trainers who operate a stable in their own right and have held a thoroughbred licence for fewer than five seasons, the award honours the trainer who saddles the most winners during the New Zealand racing season. It was won by Peter Didham in 2020-21, and Jamie Richards and Andrew Carston in the two previous seasons. House is no newcomer…

2022 Waikato stallion tour

The annual Waikato stallion tour, organised by the Waikato branch of the New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association and sponsored by gavelhouse.com, will take place on Saturday August 20 and Sunday August 21, with all welcome. Saturday August 20th 10.00amStud: Mapperley StudAddress: 107 Matai Road, MatamataStallions: Armory, Complacent, Contributer, Savile Row, Vespa and Puccini 11.15amStud: Waikato Stud (lunch provided)Address: 521 Tower Road, MatamataStallions: Ardrossan, Banquo, Noverre, Ocean Park, Savabeel, Super Seth and Tivaci 1.15pmStud: Rich Hill StudAddress: 570 Landsdowne Road, MatamataStallions: Ace High, Proisir, Satono Aladdin*, Shocking and Vadamos *Satono Aladdin…

Zigzag’s Straight Track target

While his name might suggest otherwise, provincial speed sensation Zigzag Cabang shapes as the headline act in Sunday afternoon’s Victorian Straight Track Championship heats (350m) at Healesville. Trained by owner/breeder Greg Berry at Toolleen, Zigzag Cabang will be chasing a sixth ‘straight’ win when he exits Box 2 in the last of three heats (Race 8 at 12.57pm). The last time Zigzag Cabang was seen in action at Healesville, he careered away with the Winter Cup final (350m) from the same draw on July 10. “The way he’s going, Zigzag…

Patriot Earhart takes Meadows flight

Pink Diamond Princess winner Patriot Earhart ticks all the boxes ahead of her biggest test to date in Saturday night’s FFA sprint at The Meadows, bar one. Patriot Earhart, trained at Anakie by owner/breeder Brad Keel, is unbeaten in three appearances at The Meadows, the most recent an all-the-way 30.00sec success last Saturday, and she has also a perfect three from three record from Box 6. However, Keel has one major reservation about her prospects in Race 7 at 8.42pm. “Equalizer off ‘the red’!” Keel said. “Equalizer is a Group…

Hosier waltzes into The Big Dance with Coffs Harbour Cup win

Hosier booked a spot in The Big Dance with his win in the 2022 Coffs Harbour Cup. Lloyd Williams has won a remarkable seven Melbourne Cups, but this year on the first Tuesday in November his eyes may also be looking further north after Hosier carried the prolific owner’s well-known colours to victory in the Coffs Harbour Cup (1600m) on Thursday. That win ensured a place in the inaugural running of The Big Dance – the $2 million feature taking place at Royal Randwick on November 1.

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English Riviera cruises to 10-length win at Ballarat

English Riviera ridden by Damien Thornton wins the Brandt 3YO Maiden Plate at Ballarat Racecourse on August 5, 2022. (Pat Scala/Racing Photos) Horses don’t win much easier than what English Riviera did in the opening race at Ballarat on Friday. The three-year-old filly started a very short $1.04 on the Victorian tote in her first run for the preparation, and she never once looked like getting beaten. Ridden by Damien Thornton, English Riviera jumped well from barrier two, controlled the race and scooted clear upon straightening, putting up a margin…

Lowry and Cullen partnership comes to an end

Grant Cullen (left) and Guy Lowry have decided to branch out on their own and end their training partnership. Photo: Race Images Palmerston North Trainers Guy Lowry and Grant Cullen have decided to go their separate ways after a successful 13-year partnership that yielded 235 wins, including three Group One victories. The split is an amicable one, with Lowry carrying on operating his Game Lodge Stables in Hastings while Cullen will concentrate on the training and thoroughbred rehabilitation property he and his partner Nikki Lourie operate just north of Dannevirke.…