Expat New Zealand trainer John Sargent says his secret to training stayers is fairly simple: get the right horse, and a lot of long, slow work. Now based in Sydney, Sargent added to his fine record with long distance horses with two major victories in Australia at the weekend: the Listed Sandown Cup (3200m) with Gin Martini on Saturday, and the Jericho Cup (4652m) at Warrnambool with Bastida a day later. Sargent’s record with stayers prior to this weekend include two Wellington Cups, a New Zealand Cup, and and Oaks…
Year: 2022
Shane O’ConnelI appointed as GRV’s General Manager, Integrity
Shane O’Connell has been appointed as Greyhound Racing Victoria’s (GRV) General Manager, Integrity. Shane will take responsibility for GRV’s Greyhound Racing Integrity Unit (GRIU), and in doing so will lead the development of general operational policies, processes, and programs as part of GRV’s Leadership Team and serve as GRV’s representative on the Racing Analytical Services Limited Board. “He brings a wealth of experience in investigation, team management and strategic analysis and planning to this key role,” GRV CEO Stuart Laing said. “Shane served for more than three decades with Victoria…
Dogs to follow – Tinker Fran, Yamasaki Bale and Every Four Years
Form expert Dale Code has picked out a selection of greyhounds to follow from around Victoria. You may even want to add them to your Blackbook account. TINKER FRAN (Rug 9) Breeding: May ’20 Kiowa Mon Manny x Dyna PeanutTrainer: Correy Grenfell, AnakieRecord: 21 starts 3-5-3 Dale says: I love the way Correy and Samantha Grenfell have been slowly stepping Tinker Fran up in distance from her very first start over 390m at Ballarat to a heat of the Group 1 Bold Trease over 715m at Sandown Park two runs back…
Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | November 28, 2022
Horse Racing on Monday, November 28 will feature three 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 Kyneton. Monday Racing Tips – November 28, 2022 Kyneton 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 28, 2022 check out our…
Horse Racing History: This Day In Racing 28th November
Today 28th November in horse racing news history From the extensive Horse Betting news archives we present the all the thoroughbred racing action in Australian and overseas racing news in history. Delve in and enjoy our walk back in horse racing time. Horse Racing Tips 13 mins ago Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | November 28, 2022 Three horse racing meetings are scheduled around Australia today. See the top tips, best odds and quaddie selections for free …Read More Horse Racing Tips 1 year ago Today’s horse racing…
Stonewall Stud looking forward to Grand Prix meeting
By Joshua Smith, Harness News Desk Amanda Telfer can’t wait to return to Addington Raceway for the Harness Grand Prix meeting after a perfect result at the Christchurch track on Sunday. Three of Stonewall Stud’s juvenile fillies stepped out in the Aces ‘All In’ 2YO Fillies Mobile (Pace) ahead of next Sunday’s Group 1 Ace of Diamonds (1980m) and Telfer was thrilled to see her runners fill the first three spots. Group 1 performer Ardiebytheseaside led home the trifecta, with Blair Orange reining Forever Me home for second, while Sweet…
Emotional win tops super day for Carston
Riccarton trainer Andrew Carston had a super day at Cromwell on Sunday with a trio of wins and two second placings from six runners. The day started with an emotion-charged victory when Bad Flamingo (NZ) (Zacinto), a horse bred and raced by Nigel Babbage who passed away last weekend won the Be My Guest Design Maiden (2030m). “It was awesome to win that race,” Carston said. “It was obviously an emotional win for Nigel’s family and it was nice to get the result for them. “He came to me from…
Bastida lands Jericho Cup for Kiwi connections
There were scenes of joy at Warrnambool as the John Sargent-trained galloper Bastida (NZ) (Pierro) claimed the A$288,000 Jericho Cup (4652m) on Sunday in front of enthusiastic connections who travelled from New Zealand. A New Zealand bred four-year-old, Bastida ($4.60), who won his way into the race after bolting in at Canberra over 3400m last Sunday, sat just rear of midfield and unleashed a winning turn-of-foot under Darryl Horner Jnr. The son of Pierro finished the testing contest two lengths clear of the Kevin Myers-trained raider Botti (NZ) (Jakkalberry) and…
Beasley bows out with a win
Jockey Danny Beasley bid Singapore farewell with a well-timed run in the opener, scoring aboard Lim’s Zoom (NZ) (Zacinto) for his all-time supporters in the Class 5 1200 at Kranji on Saturday. Per Incrown (NZ) (Per Incanto) was closing in on the outside but had to settle for second half-a-length behind at the post. Happy Friday (NZ) (Shooting To Win) finished another three-quarters-of-a-length in third. The happiness doubled six races later after Beasley made an aggressive but smart winning move around the bend on noted stayer King’s Speech (NZ) (Darci…
Ruakaka raiders end Cromwell meeting on a high
Northland trainers Kenny Rae and Krystal Williams had their patience rewarded in more ways than one with a triumphant end to Sunday’s Cromwell Cup meeting. The father-daughter team trekked south from their Ruakaka base and had eight horses entered across the two-day meeting on Friday and Sunday. A solitary third placing was the best result from their first six runners, but they turned it around in style with back-to-back wins in the last two races including the $40,000 Positive Signs and Print Cromwell Cup (2030m). “Fair to say that was…