Year: 2022

The Follow Files: Magic Millions colt impresses at Ballarat

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This Saturday we had the Listed Ballarat Cup and feature Magic Millions races from Ballarat on the club’s annual Cup Day. Meanwhile, over in Perth, the second day of The Pinnacles took place with Railway Stakes Day, highlighted by the Group 1 Railway Stakes and Group 2 WA Guineas. In this week’s Follow Files, we have found three horses that are worth following next start after impressive runs on Saturday. Both tracks played quite fairly for most of the day, with runners winning from everywhere at Ascot, and at Ballarat…

Geraldine – “the lure of grass track racing is real”

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Geraldine is gearing up for one of its biggest days of the year, with 12 races scheduled for its annual pre-Christmas meeting on Saturday. After getting 259 nominations big wide open fields will be the order of the day. “The lure of grass track racing is real,” says Geraldine Trotting Club President Mark Weaver, “we have had tremendous support from owners, trainers, the public, and sponsors and on a good day we could have 2-3000 people on course.” Saturday’s meeting marks 75 years since the first harness racing meeting was…

Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | November 23, 2022

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Horse Racing on Wednesday, November 23 will feature six meetings in Australia. Our racing analysts here at horsebetting.com.au have found you the top bets and the quaddie numbers for the meetings at Sandown & Warwick Farm. Wednesday Racing Tips – November 23, 2022 Sandown Racing Tips Warwick Farm 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…

Wyong racing tips & quaddie picks | Thursday, November 24

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What Wyong Races Where Wyong Race Club – 71-73 Howarth St, Wyong NSW 2259 When Thursday, November 24, 2022 First Race 1:15pm AEDT Visit Ladbrokes NSW provincial racing heads to Wyong on Thursday afternoon for a competitive eight-race program. We’re in for a terrific day of racing as the rail sits back in the true position and a Good 4 track is on the cards. The action gets underway from 1:15pm AEDT. Best Bet: Edge Of Reward Edge Of Reward finds a perfect race to break his maiden status on…

Kite’s trio well placed at Ascot Park

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By Jonny Turner A quality line up of drives awaits Oliver Kite at Ascot Park on Wednesday. The junior reinsman won’t lack horsepower when he combines with the talented Rakamurph in race 5. The two-year-old steps back in grade after starting in the Group One Sires Stakes Final on New Zealand Cup Day. The pacer looks thrown in on Wednesday, taking on maidens and first starters as a two-win horse. “He had a couple of days off after he came home from Christchurch,” Kite said. “He probably wasn’t at his…

Elleegant share sold after post-auction deal done

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After initially being passed in, a share in Melbourne Cup winner Verry Elleegant (NZ) (Zed) has been snapped up by one of the existing owners. A 12-1/2-percent share 11-time Group 1 was offered online via Gavelhouse for almost a week but was passed in after the final bid of NZ$350,000 (AU$323,000) did not meet the reserve. Tim Barry, the part-owner who offered the share, later came to an agreement with one of his co-owners to offload his share in the seven-year-old daughter of Zed. “We are pleased to announce that…

Bolt draws well for opening ID heat

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By Adam Hamilton All eyes will be on star Kiwi trotter Bolt For Brilliance on Inter Dominion night at Ballarat on Saturday. The barrier gods were kind with gate two over the 2200m, but he’s got top-class local and probably leader Majestuoso draw right inside him. Trainer-driver Tony Herlihy’s anxious times with Bolt For Brilliance his Addington flop and illness have been well documented, so it’s as much about running well and getting through night one in good order as it is winning. This Inter Dominion needs Bolt For Brilliance…

Ray Green “feeling okay” and out of ICU

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By Michael Guerin Just two weeks after Copy That gave him the greatest victory of his training career Ray Green is in an Auckland hospital after being kicked by a horse, with his wife Deb saying “he is not out of the woods yet.” But the remarkable 77-year-old has been moved out of Middlemore Hospital’s intensive care unit and was soon asking for his phone so he can keep tabs on his Pukekohe stable. The enormously popular trainer was on top of the harness racing world at Addington on November…

Bendigo best bets & quaddie tips | November 24, 2022

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What Bendigo Races Where Bendigo Jockey Club – Heinz St, White Hills VIC 3550 When Thursday, November 24, 2022 First Race 1:30pm AEDT Visit Ladbrokes Racing heads to the Bendigo Jockey Club on Thursday afternoon for a competitive eight-race program. As has been the case in Victoria in recent weeks, we are set to be racing on rain-affected ground, with the track currently rated a Soft 6, while the rail out 9m for the entire circuit. As the meeting goes on, we expect jockeys to veer away from the rail…

The countdown is on to Harness Racing’s new Grand Prix

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By Michael Guerin If the appetiser is anything to go by we are in for a stunning first Grand Prix meeting at Addington on December 4. The new multi-Group 1 meeting on Sunday week was always going to be spectacular but being a new meeting it is still very much a journey into the unknown. But the road map there is Addington’s prelude meeting on Friday night and it will whet the appetite for what comes nine days later. Many of the big names who will head to the Grand…