Trainer Mark Walker saddled three runners in the Listed Riccarton Park Function Centre Welcome Stakes (1000m) at Riccarton on Wednesday and scooped the pool with a trifecta. Under visiting Sydney jockey Josh Parr, Sky On Fire jumped well from barrier 4 and was able to find the lead and the rail, and despite absorbing good pressure from stablemate Rubicon Crossing, was able to go and score in the first juvenile stakes race of the season. The Exceed And Excel filly won by just under a length from Ruick filly Rubicon…
Year: 2022
Justice served as Wright gets his Guineas
85-year-old Barry Wright was on-hand to cheer home his Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) hero Pier at Riccarton last weekend, with the elite-level victory a first in more than 45 years as an owner. The gritty victory by the Darryn and Briar Weatherley-trained Proisir gelding rewarded Wright’s persistence. In addition to owning 50 percent of the leading three-year-old he also bred him with Darryn and Louise Weatherley, with Wright’s involvement in the family of the Guineas winner stemming back to his granddam Naturo. 16 year’s earlier Wright had ventured…
Meadows out to upstage generous uncle in New Zealand Cup
Kevin Myers’ quest for a third victory in the Gr.3 Martin Collins New Zealand Cup (3200m) could be undone by a horse he provided to his nephew Ashley Meadows in generous circumstances. Myers heads into the Riccarton feature with two solid chances: last year’s winner Mondorani and the current $4.50 TAB co-favourite Aljay, runner-up in last weekend’s Listed Nautical Boat Insurance Metropolitan Trophy (2500m). But looming as a strong chance is Inmyshadow, who was originally with Myers before he generously handed the horse to Meadows. “I had a group of…
Shootout ‘High Noon’
Let’s all walk 10 paces and draw a huge breath! Wow… This is going to be bigger than the Gunfight at the OK Corral. Four of the sport’s slickest sharpshooters ‘ride into town’ for Night Two of the inaugural $4.1m world’s richest Sportsbet Dream Chasers Festival. With ‘paws on holsters’, they’ll contest the $72,500 Group 3 Shootout (515m) – Race 9, 9.25pm – at Sandown Park on Saturday night. The field comprises two Million Dollar Chase winners – including Australia’s highest stakes earner – a dual G1 winner who was…
The Hunter preview & betting strategy | November 12, 2022
What 2022 The Hunter Where Newcastle Jockey Club – 100 Darling St, Broadmeadow NSW 2292 When Saturday, November 12, 2022 | 4:40pm AEDT | Race 8 Prizemoney $1,000,000 Distance 1300m Status Special Conditions Conditions Three-year-olds and upwards 2021 Winner Lost And Running (17) | T: John O’Shea | J: Hugh Bowman (59kg) Visit Ladbrokes The Hunter for 2022 will take place at Newcastle over 1300m on Saturday, with a full field of 16 runners taking their place in the $1 million race where the winner takes home $580,000. This year’s…
Third time lucky for Rock N Roll Doo?
By Michael Guerin Aussie star Rock N Roll Doo should get his shot at Cup week redemption in the $200,000 Airpark Canterbury NZ Free-For-All at Addington on Friday. The Victoria Cup winner lost all chance with an early gallop in the New Zealand Cup on Tuesday, the second time he has missed away from a standing start on this trip. But he returns to a more favourable mobile start for the 1980m Group 1 on Friday and has a handy front line draw at barrier 5. While it won’t be…
Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | November 9, 2022
Horse Racing on Wednesday, November 9 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 Ipswich, Bendigo and Hawkesbury. Wednesday Racing Tips – November 9, 2022 Bendigo Racing Tips Hawkesbury Racing Tips Ipswich 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…
Five Elements chases elusive first win at Happy Valley
After seeing Money Catcher (NZ) (Ferlax) end his exasperating winless run in Hong Kong, trainer Frankie Lor is hopeful Five Elements (NZ) (Telperion) can emulate his stablemate when he lines up in the Class 3 Tai Ping Shan Handicap (1200m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday night by ending his own luckless run of outs with a first win in Hong Kong. Five Elements has been beaten four times by under length and boasts five top-three finishes since arriving in Hong Kong. He is out to join Money Catcher who left…
Pakenham best bets & quaddie tips | November 10, 2022
What Pakenham Races Where Pakenham Racing Club – 420 Nar Nar Goon–Longwarry Rd, Tynong VIC 3813 When Thursday, November 10, 2022 First Race 1:30pm AEDT Visit Ladbrokes This Thursday, the Pakenham Racing Club will host a meeting on its turf circuit for the second time in just under a week. The track is currently rated as a Soft 6, but with warm weather forecasted on Wednesday and Thursday, we expect to see an upgrade into the Good range come raceday. The rail will be in the 7m position for the…
Ipswich best bets & quaddie tips | November 9, 2022
What Ipswich Races Where Ipswich Turf Club – 219 Brisbane Rd, Bundamba QLD 4304 When Wednesday, November 9, 2022 First Race 1:18pm AEST Visit Ladbrokes The Ipswich Turf Club will host a very competitive eight-race program on Wednesday. The track is currently rated a Soft 5, but there is good weather on the forecast over Tuesday and Wednesday, so hopefully there will be an upgrade at some stage. The rail will be in the 6m position, and we expect the track will play favourable to leaders and on-pace runners for…