By Adam Hamilton The records keep tumbling for young gun driver Emily Suvaljko. The diminutive Suvaljko became the first female to snare a Group 1 Fremantle Cup winner when she drove a glorious race and caused an upset on $31 shot Mighty Ronaldo in last Friday night’s feature at Gloucester Park. “That was a huge thrill and a bit of a surprise. I missed the WA Cup winning drive on Vultan Tin two years ago when I suspended and then ran second in that race on Miracle Moose,” Suvaljko said.…
Month: January 2023
Cranbourne takes out Australian debut
By Adam Hamilton Caretaker trainer David Aiken thinks former Kiwi pacer Cranbourne could “pinch” a really big win before he moves to the US. Aiken was thrilled with the six-year-old’s narrow but impressive first-up win in Australia in last night’s $75,000 Group 2 Shepparton Gold Cup (2690m). Cranbourne, who won 12 of his 42 runs in NZ, came through the win so well he will definitely back up in the Group 1 Ballarat Cup next Saturday night. “He didn’t go much quicker than he would have in a trial and…
Dunns dominate second day at Nelson
By Joshua Smith, Harness News Desk Diamond Racing were a dominant force at Nelson on Sunday, with trainers Robert and Jenna Dunn taking out half of the 12-race card at Richmond Park. Their charge was headed by Mighty Looee, who backed up his Nelson Cup (3000m) heroics on Friday to win the Nelson Classic (1609m) two days later. “He burnt hard quite early, but he held them off quite nicely in the finish,” driver John Dunn said. “It was good that he backed up from his good run on the…
Melbourne targets on the horizon for Sagunto
A trip to Melbourne could be on the cards for Sagunto (NZ) (O’Reilly) after his brave runner-up result in the Gr.3 Trentham Stakes (2100m) on Saturday. From his outside barrier (14), the seven-year-old gelding was sent forward early by jockey and co-trainer Shaun McKay to take up his customary front-running role. McKay gave his charge his head and he quickly distanced his rivals, opening up a 10-length advantage down the backstraight. The son of O’Reilly continued to apply pressure and had several margins up his sleeve turning for home. He…
Trans-Tasman trip possible for perennial bridesmaid
Trainer Ben Foote is getting used to the bridesmaid’s tag with his classy sprinter Babylon Berlin (All Too Hard). For the second consecutive time, the five-year-old mare was nabbed late to finish runner-up in a Group One, this time by champion mare Levante in Saturday’s Telegraph (1200m) at Trentham. Babylon Berlin jumped away well and settled outside pacemaker Packing Rockstar, hitting the lead with 300m to go before entering a duel with Levante, with the Ken and Bev Kelso-trained mare getting the better of her rival to win by a…
‘Salad’ has Traralgon 450m TR tossed
Multiple Group 1-winning trainer Anthony Azzopardi admits he’s never really considered Salad Dodger capable of being in the track record-breaking ‘mix’. But his highly underrated speedster had the Traralgon 450-metre track record ‘tossed’ last Wednesday night. Exiting from box four, Salad Dodger led from go to whoa against a classy Mixed 4/5 field comprising Healesville 300m TR holder Unleash Collinda ($1.50F), which was chasing his eighth win from his past nine starts. Salad Dodger ($5.10) defeated Perfect Colour ($23.60) by 4L, with Shadow Riot ($6.70) – also trained by Azzopardi –…
Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | January 15, 2023
Horse Racing on Sunday, January 15 will feature seven 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 Moe & Sha Tin (HK). Sunday Racing Tips – January 15, 2023 Moe Racing Tips Sha Tin (HK) 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…
Horse Racing History: Today in Racing 15th January
This day 15th January 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 1 hour ago Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | January 15, 2023 Horse Racing on Sunday, January 15 will feature seven meetings in Australia. Our racing analysts here at horsebetting.com.au have found …Read More Horse Racing Tips 12 months ago Yarra Valley…
Austin seeking sentimental win
By Joshua Smith, Harness News Desk Sentimentality has drawn Rodger Austin to Nelson on Sunday where he hopes to take out the race named in honour of his father, Mike Austin. Mike Austin was synonymous with the trotting gait and bred Idle Stuartia, who his son will line-up in the Mike Austin Memorial Trot (2400m) this weekend. “He bred her and the race is one of the main reasons why we are going to Nelson,” Austin said. The daughter of Superfast Stuart finished eighth on the opening day of the…
NZ Racing and Breeding News – 15 January 2023
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