Year: 2022

Moonee Valley best bets & quaddie tips | October 28, 2022

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What Moonee Valley Races Where Moonee Valley Racing Club – 2 Feehan Ave, Moonee Ponds VIC 3039 When Friday, October 28, 2022 First Race 5:15pm AEDT Visit Ladbrokes Friday night racing continues on for another week at Moonee Valley, as they host a competitive nine-race program this Friday. The track is currently rated as a Soft 5 and with some rain on the forecast over the next couple of days, we may not get to out of the Soft range on race-day. The rail will be in the 4m position…

2022 Empire Rose Stakes top tips & preview | Saturday, October 22

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What 2022 Empire Rose Stakes Where Flemington Racecourse – 448 Epsom Rd, Flemington, VIC 3031 When Saturday, October 29, 2022 Prizemoney $1,000,000 Distance 1600m Status Group 1 Conditions Weight For Age | Fillies & Mares 2021 Winner Colette (8) | T: James Cummings | J: Damien Oliver (57kg) Visit Ladbrokes A capacity field of 16 fillies and mares are set to compete in the Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes in the penultimate event of VRC Derby Day at Flemington on Saturday afternoon. Within the field there are six individual Group…

2022 Victoria Derby preview & betting strategy | October 29

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What 2022 Victoria Derby Where Flemington Racecourse – 448 Epsom Rd, Flemington, VIC 3031 When Saturday, October 29, 2022 Prizemoney $2,000,000 Distance 2500m Status Group 1 Conditions Set Weights | Three Year Olds 2021 Winner Hitotsu (7) | T: Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | J: John Allen (57kg) Visit Ladbrokes The time-honoured Group 1 Victoria Derby is the feature event on Saturday’s nine-race program out of Flemington and a capacity field of 16 stayers will be looking to etch their name alongside some of the great stayers of years…

Ocean Park mare claims Bendigo Cup

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New Zealand-bred mare High Emocean (NZ) (Ocean Park) has made a last ditched attempt to make the field for Tuesday’s Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) when scoring in Wednesday’s A$500,000 Gr.3 Bendigo Cup (2400m). Trained by Ciaron Maher and David Eustace, High Emocean ($2.30 favourite) required plenty of encouragement from jockey Harry Coffey to strike the lead inside the final 100m and then survive the challenge of Port Phillip (Camelot) ($3.20) by a head. “It was her race to win,” Coffey said. “She was up amongst it doing the work carting…

Wow, she’s ready for Topgun!

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A stunning Sandown Park trial has convinced co-trainer Kel Greenough that Wow She’s Fast is spot on ahead of her next appearance in the Group 1 Sportsbet Topgun at The Meadows on Saturday week, November 5. A frightening thought indeed for the Victorian superstar’s rivals. Wow She’s Fast was viewed as an ‘automatic’ selection in the Topgun field, which was announced last night (Tuesday), and the dual G1 winner was installed $2.50 favourite when Sportsbet’s market reopened. Greenough gave Wow She’s Fast a brief break after a torrid run as…

Nature Strip Stakes betting tips & strategy | October 29, 2022

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What 2022 Nature Strip Stakes Where Rosehill Gardens Racecourse – James Ruse Dr, Rosehill NSW 2142 When Saturday, October 29, 2022 | 4pm AEDT | Race 7 Prizemoney $3,000,000 Distance 1300m Status Special Conditions Conditions Set Weights + Penalties | 3YO & Up 2021 Winner Eduardo (4) | T: Joseph Pride | J: Nash Rawiller (58.5kg) Visit Ladbrokes The Nature Strip Stakes (1300m) – officially the Winner Stakes, rebranded in honour of the previous year’s Everest champion – will be run and won on Saturday at Rosehill Gardens. Some 10…

2022 Coolmore Stud Stakes preview & best bets | October 29

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What 2022 Coolmore Stud Stakes Where Flemington Racecourse – 448 Epsom Rd, Flemington, VIC 3031 When Saturday, October 29, 2022 | 3:40pm AEDT | Race 6 Prizemoney $2,000,000 Distance 1200m Status Group 1 Conditions Set Weights | 3YO 2021 Winner Home Affairs (13) | T: Chris Waller | J: James McDonald (57kg) Visit Ladbrokes The Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes opens the quaddie on VRC Derby Day at Flemington on Saturday afternoon with a field of 17 three-year-olds scorching the track over the 1200m. Having been taken out by the…

Golden Eagle betting tips & strategy | October 29, 2022

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What 2022 Golden Eagle Where Rosehill Gardens Racecourse – James Ruse Dr, Rosehill NSW 2142 When Saturday, October 29, 2022 | 4:45pm AEDT | Race 8 Prizemoney $10,020,000 Distance 1500m Status Special Conditions Conditions Set Weights | 4YO 2021 Winner I’m Thunderstruck (8) | T: Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr | J: Hugh Bowman (57.5kg) Visit Ladbrokes The 2022 Golden Eagle at Rosehill Gardens will feature 20 of the best four-year-olds in the country right now, with two international horses taking their place in the $10 million race this…

Gypsy Goddess prospecting for gold at Rosehill

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Gypsy Goddess (NZ) (Tarzino) will have just one run this spring but that could be more than enough to keep the wolf from the door. The Gr.1 Queensland Oaks (2400m) winner will head into the A$10 million Golden Eagle (1500m) at Rosehill on Saturday first-up, which was always the plan for trainer David Vandyke after his mare’s busy three-year-old season. “She had a very long, arduous time as a three-year-old and we just wanted to give her a nice, little preparation and the one run seemed ideal,” Vandyke told RacingHQ.…

Long path to races for La Verite

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If everything had gone to plan, La Verite (Delago Deluxe) would be an unraced broodmare in China by now. But after a series of events she ended up with Matamata trainer Cody Cole and as a five-year-old she’s starting to make up for lost time quickly on the racetrack. La Verite is set to make her second raceday start at Matamata on Saturday in the CW Cole Racing 1050, a Rating 65 event sponsored by her trainer, and she is likely to be very well supported. She didn’t make her…