Year: 2022

She’s Extreme Leads Kennedy Oaks 2022 Field & Odds

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Anthony Cummings’ Group 1 winning filly She’s Extreme is favourite to secure another elite level win when she heads south on Thursday for the Group 1 $1 million Kennedy Oaks (2500m). She’s Extreme is favourite to win the 2022 Kennedy Oaks at Flemington on Thursday. Photo: Steve Hart. The Melbourne Cup Carnival continues at Flemington two days after Gold Trip carried the 57.5kg top-weight to an impressive victory in the 162nd edition of the Group 1 $7.75 million Lexus Melbourne Cup (3200m) on Tuesday. Thursday sees the three-year-old staying fillies…

Dream Runner takes out The Little Dance for Dryden

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Dream Runner takes out The Little Dance at Randwick on Melbourne Cup Day 2022. Dream Runner went for the rail run to take out The Little Dance (1600m) at Royal Randwick for Canberra trainer Keith Dryden on Tuesday. Narrowly beaten into second in the Wagga Cup (2000m) back in May, Dream Runner earned his eligibility for The Big Dance. He may not have gotten his start in the feature event, but winning the $500,000 Little Dance for horses who didn’t make the cut for the feature, is certainly a good…

Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | November 2, 2022

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Horse Racing on Wednesday, November 2 will feature four meetings in Australia. Our racing analysts here at horsebetting.com.au have found you the top bets and the quaddie numbers for the meeting at Bendigo. Wednesday Racing Tips – November 2, 2022 Bendigo Racing Tips As always there a plenty of promotions available for Australian racing fans, check out all the top online bookmakers to see what daily promotions they have. If you are looking for a new bookmaker for the horse racing taking place on November 2, 2022 check out our…

Detonator Jack explosive at Flemington

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Lightly-tried four-year-old Detonator Jack (NZ) (Jakkalberry) is a horse on an upward trajectory. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained son of Jakkalberry provided racing fans with a glimpse of his talents when sluicing through the field under a cool John Allen ride to land the Memory of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (1400m) in impressive fashion on Melbourne Cup Day at Flemington. The victory is the fourth from five starts for the Kiwi import, whose only blemish came when third in the Gr.1 South Australian Derby (2500m). While the Maher…

Melbourne Cup winning jockey Mark Zahra celebrates turn around in fortunes

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Mark Zahra after winning the Lexus Melbourne Cup with Gold Trip (FR) at Flemington Racecourse on November 01, 2022 in Flemington, Australia. (Photo by Reg Ryan/Racing Photos) Twelve months ago, Mark Zahra was drowning his sorrows while serving a suspension and missing out on winning Melbourne Cup ride Verry Elleegant. On Tuesday he was popping a champagne bottle for a very different reason. It’s fair to say the gifted rider had his moment of redemption aboard 2022 Cup victor Gold Trip for Ciaron Maher and David Eustace at Flemington. He…

Rustic Steel finds form to take out inaugural Big Dance

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Rustic Steel took out the inaugural running of The Big Dance at Randwick on November 1. Rustic Steel has turned his recent form around to take out the inaugural running of the $2 million Big Dance (1600m) at Royal Randwick on Melbourne Cup Day for Newcastle’s premier trainer, Kris Lees. Rustic Steel finished off his autumn campaign with a win in The Coast (1600m) at Gosford (1600m) before heading to Scone on May 13 to take out the Listed Darley Scone Cup (1600m), which qualified him for The Big Dance,…

Defibrillate does Richardson proud again

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Defibrillate (NZ) (Shocking) is very much a stable favourite of Graham Richardson and he provided his co-breeder, part-owner and co-trainer with a hugely satisfying victory at Pukekohe Park on Tuesday. The son of Shocking added to his record with a second-up success in the Gr.3 Balmerino Stakes (2050m) to become a black-type winner on both sides of the Tasman. The sprightly eight-year-old has an impressive strike rate of 11 wins from 29 appearances and his will to win was well-emphasised with a hard-fought victory over The Mayor (NZ) (Rock ‘N’…

Nautical Miss win a perfect tribute to Gwenda

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Alysha Collett has dedicated the win by Nautical Miss (NZ) (Ocean Park) to the mare’s late trainer Gwenda Markwell. There was some divine intervention with the win of Ocean Park four-year-old Nautical Miss at Randwick, the mare representing the stable of Group One-winning trainer Gwenda Markwell who lost her battle with cancer over the weekend. While Nautical Miss officially competed for Ross McConville, Markwell’s long-time racing manager and business partner, Markwell’s influence was clear. Jockey Alysha Collett dedicated the Midway Handicap (1800m) victory to the late trainer, who played an…

Ribchester colt lands Group Three at Flemington

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Krakarib became his sire Ribchester’s second Group winner when he took out the Maribyrnong Plate (1000m) at Flemington on Tuesday. From the inside draw, the Simon Zahra-trained juvenile set the tempo under Damien Thornton down the Flemington straight course. Well-rated by Thornton the youngster raced centre-track and the pair never relinquished their advantage, running out a three-quarter of a length victor over Per Incanto colt Little Brose. It was just the second start for Krakarib after finishing sixth on debut in the Listed Maribyrnong Trial Stakes (1000m) last month. “We…