Day: 4 October 2022

Thursday’s Gosford racing tips & quaddie | October 6, 2022

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What Gosford Races Where Gosford Racecourse – Racecourse Rd, West Gosford NSW 2250 When Thursday, October 6, 2022 First Race 1:25pm AEDT Visit Ladbrokes Gosford Racecourse holds the featured provincial meeting on Thursday afternoon with an eight-race card starting at 1:25pm AEDT. We currently have a Heavy 9 track for the meeting, though with plenty of rain forecast for Wednesday and Thursday we could find ourselves with a Heavy 10. Let’s just hope we can get the meeting run and won by the days end with the last race to…

2022 Caulfield Guineas Field & Betting Update: Golden Mile Favourite in Five

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A capacity field of three-year-olds faces off in the Group 1 $3 million Neds Caulfield Guineas (1600m) in Melbourne on Saturday with updated markets led by the James Cummings-trained Golden Mile. 2022 Caulfield Guineas favourite Golden Mile drew ideally in barrier five for Saturday’s $3 million feature. Photo: Steve Hart. Godolphin’s runaway Caulfield Guineas Prelude winner Aft Cabin was the pre-post favourite for this year’s event, but markets were thrown open last Saturday with the horse scratched after bleeding from both nostrils in trackwork. With Aft Cabin sidelined for the…

Pier improved for Hawke’s Bay Guineas

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Matamata gelding Pier (NZ) (Proisir) should be ready for an improved effort on Saturday as he gets ready to challenge leading three-year-old Dynastic (NZ) (Almanzor) for a second time. The Proisir gelding is set to contest the rescheduled Gr.2 AHD Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m), now on his home track of Matamata, after finishing second to Dynastic first-up in the Listed El Roca – Sir Colin Meads Trophy (1200m) at Hastings last month. “He had a niggly little foot injury in the week leading up to that and he missed a…

All roads lead back to Livamol for Demonetization

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Multiple black-type winner Demonetization (All Too Hard) will be a notable absentee from Saturday’s relocated Gr.1 Arrowfield Stud Plate (1600m) at Matamata. While the feature will now be run much closer to his home base, trainer Nigel Tiley has opted to keep his powder dry ahead of another return to Hawke’s Bay for the Gr.1 Livamol Classic (2040m) on October 15. Tiley had trekked south to Hastings with Demonetization last weekend only for the meeting to be abandoned and he was quite relaxed about a change of tack with his…

Fernando facing ‘Wow’ of a task

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David Geall concedes Wow She’s Fast’s rivals in Friday night’s Group 1 Adelaide Cup Final (530m) at Angle Park are “running for second”. Geall will have his first Adelaide Cup finalist in Fernando Mick, winner of his last four starts and unbeaten in two appearances at Angle Park, including a runaway 30.39sec heat victory last Thursday. However, the son of 2015 Adelaide Cup hero Fernando Bale is only rated a $9 chance to claim a breakthrough Group race success at his sixth attempt, with fellow Victorian Wow She’s Fast a…

Ipswich racing tips, best odds & quaddie | Wednesday 5/10/2022

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What Ipswich Races Where Ipswich Turf Club – 219 Brisbane Rd, Bundamba QLD 4304 When Wednesday, October 5, 2022 First Race 1:18pm AEST Visit Ladbrokes Queensland metropolitan racing returns to Ipswich Turf Club on Wednesday with an eight-race program commencing at 1:18pm AEST. The track is currently rated a Heavy 8 and with no rain on the forecast before raceday, we may be on a Soft track come Wednesday. The rail will go to the half-a-metre mark for the entire circuit. Ipswich Best Bet: Royal Nicci Our best bet on…

Sale racing tips & quaddie numbers | Wednesday, October 5

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What Sale Races Where Sale Turf Club – 1227 Maffra Road, Sale VIC 3850 When Wednesday, October 5, 2022 First Race 1pm AEDT Visit Ladbrokes Racing returns to Sale Turf Club this Wednesday with a very competitive eight-race program kicking off at 1pm AEDT. The track is rated as a Soft 5 currently, but with some good weather around in Victoria we could find ourselves on a Good track on raceday. The rail will be out in the 5m position for the entire circuit. Sale Best Bet: Entremet Our best…

Mangos on Methven weather watch

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By Michael Guerin Trainer Brent Mangos couldn’t have been happier with how South Coast Arden’s spring campaign has started until he saw the weather report for Canterbury this week. The Pukekohe trainer is still in the South Island after his stable star caught the eye storming home into fifth in the Canterbury Classic at Addington last Friday in the first start of his new campaign. Going into the race on the back hoof fitness-wise and with his coat still to have fully turn, South Coast Arden pleased Mangos with everything…

Mixed bag for Phil Cole on Darwin return

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Top End trainer Phil Cole and regular stable rider Wayne Davis, who teamed up to win the feature race with Cielo D’oro during Saturday’s Darwin Turf Club meeting. (Picture: Caroline Camilleri/Darwin Photography Professionals) After a highly successful campaign in outback Queensland, Darwin trainer Phil Cole endured mixed fortunes on his return to Fannie Bay on Saturday. Cole, who hasn’t been spotted at the racecourse since Darwin Cup Day on August 1, had a win and was literally pipped at the post in two other races, but also suffered the devastation…