Month: February 2023

What Pakenham Races Where Pakenham Racing Club – 420 Nar Nar Goon–Longwarry Rd, Tynong VIC 3813 When Thursday, March 2, 2023 First Race 5:45pm AEDT Visit Ladbrokes The first of two big back-to-back race nights at Pakenham Racing Club will see the club host a very competitive eight-race program, with the final of the Future Stars Series to be the feature race on the card. The track is currently rated a Soft 5, but with little to no rain predicted on Wednesday and Thursday, we should be racing on a…

Zac Purton has 99 wins this season. Zac Purton will pursue a memorable 100th win this season when he heads to Happy Valley on Wednesday night armed with a full book of rides. Aiming to unseat Joao Moreira as the quickest jockey to reach a century of wins in a Hong Kong racing season, Purton is relying heavily on trainer Jamie Richards for the victory with his last four rides on the nine-race fixture coming in tandem with the New Zealander. “He’s (Jamie Richards) built the momentum as the season…

Val Di Zoldo will contest the Group 2 Lowland Stakes (2100m) at Awapuni on Wednesday. Photo: Race Images Promising filly Val Di Zoldo will kick-start a big period of feature race participation for Cambridge trainer Tony Pike when she tackles Wednesday’s Group 2 Lowland Stakes (2100m) at Awapuni. Last-start Taupo winner Val Di Zoldo will showcase her credentials for the Group 1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) at Trentham on March 18 in the Lowland Stakes, a race Pike expects her to be extremely competitive in. “She’s going great. She’s got…

Injured jockey Kelsey Hannan. Photo: Trish Dunell Kelsey Hannan, the New Zealand’s leading apprentice jockey, has been sidelined following a fall at Riccarton last Friday. Hannan, who sits atop the apprentice premiership and fifth on the New Zealand jockeys’ premiership with 50 wins to date this season, suffered a broken wrist after being dislodged from her mount shortly after the start of the last race at the Christchurch meeting. The Waikato hoop is duly upset about the injury which could require surgery and a prolonged time away from the saddle.…

Legarto pictured during her exhibition gallop at Matamata on Saturday in preparation for her Australian campaign. Photo: Trish Dunell Fresh from a top-level victory last weekend, Ken and Bev Kelso are looking forward to the challenge of another in Melbourne. The Kelsos’ outstanding three-year-old filly Legarto gets on the plane to Melbourne this week, her target the Group 1 Australian Guineas (1600m) at Flemington. Ken Kelso missed watching his star older mare Levante win the Group 1 WFA Classic (1600m) at Otaki on Saturday, instead staying at home to oversee…

Saturday saw the first of the two-year-old features run and won at Sandown, with Blue Diamond Stakes Day featuring the three Group 1 races: Blue Diamond Stakes, Futurity Stakes and Oakleigh Plate. Meanwhile, in New South Wales at Randwick, the Chipping Norton Stakes and Surround Stakes took top billing. Although most of the runners at Sandown and Randwick were deep into their preparations for the two- and three-year-old features, we also saw a number of older spring champions return to the racetrack on their way to bigger races later in…

Horse Racing on Tuesday, February 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 Gosford. Tuesday Racing Tips – February 28, 2023 Gosford 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 February 28, 2023 check out our…

What Happy Valley Races Where Happy Valley Racecourse – Wong Nai Chung Rd, Happy Valley, Hong Kong When Wednesday, March 1, 2023 First Race 6:45pm HKT (9:45pm AEDT) Visit Ladbrokes Hong Kong racing heads to Happy Valley Racecourse on Wednesday evening for a nine-race program under lights. It comes after an amazing Sunday afternoon as Golden Sixty proved too good for Romantic Warrior in the Group 1 Hong Kong Gold Cup. The rail is back in the A position for the entire circuit on Wednesday night, and with a very…