Time is running out for those those wanting to qualify for the lucrative Racing Rewards Showcase at Addington. Sunday’s Cheviot Harness Racing Club meeting will be the last chance for horses to earn enough points to force their way into the series, at Addington the following weekend, on Easter Saturday. The highly popular series, which was last year known as the RATTO Showcase, will feature three pacing and two trotting races over 2600m, each worth $27,000. There will be 16 trotters and 14 pacers in their respective races. To qualify horses…
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Muswellbrook racing tips & quaddie picks | Friday, March 31
What Muswellbrook Cup Day Where Muswellbrook Race Club – Skellatar Park, 15 Racecourse Rd, Muswellbrook NSW 2333 When Friday, March 31, 2023 First Race 1:25pm AEDT Visit Ladbrokes We head to Muswellbrook Race Club on Friday afternoon as Big Dance qualification continues with the 2023 Muswellbrook Gold Cup. There is $150,000 in prizemoney on offer, and a free ticket into The Big Dance on the first Tuesday of November. We’ve got a total of eight races on the bill, and the track should be in peak condition with the rail…
Cranbourne best bets & quaddie tips | March 31, 2023
What Cranbourne Races Where Cranbourne Turf Club – 50 Grant St, Cranbourne VIC 3977 When Friday, March 31, 2023 First Race 6:15pm AEDT Visit Ladbrokes Racing returns to the Cranbourne Turf Club this Friday evening, where a competitive eight-race program is scheduled. With a bit of luck we can steer you into a few winners to help kickstart a massive weekend on the punt. Following a wet week in Melbourne’s south-east, expect to be racing on a Soft 7 or Heavy 8 come the opening event. The first of eight…
Darwin racing tips, best odds & quaddie | Friday, March 31
What Darwin Races Where Fannie Bay Racecourse – Dick Ward Dr, Fannie Bay NT 0820 When Friday, March 31, 2023 First Race 3:07pm ACST Visit Ladbrokes All roads may lead to the Red Centre with the Alice Springs Cup Carnival starting on April 8, but the Darwin Turf Club will host a competitive five-race meeting this Friday. The fields might be on the light side with just 35 runners on deck, but – as usual – it’s no easy task when it comes to picking winners. For some runners, a…
Addington Weekly : March 29
Here’s Greg O’Connor and Darrin Williams with the latest Addington News.
News Briefs : March 29
Smolenski recovering after mishap Mark Smolenski is on the mend after a track accident at Rangiora earlier this month. The well-known trainer was tipped from his cart, bruising his back and lungs. He then developed pneumonia and had a week in hospital recovering. He is now back home and making good progress though it will be a few weeks before he’s back in the cart. Speedy trotter moving south Current New Zealand record-holder Quik Barbie is heading south. The four-race winner has been transferred from Cambridge trainer Matty White to…
Meet Dan Fogarty – the new voice of racing
By Dave Di Somma, Harness News Desk This country’s newest commentator Dan Fogarty reckons he’s had the racing bug for 15 years. Nothing unusual about that you might think – except that Fogarty has only just turned 20. Based in Christchurch he is now a Trackside regular calling the dogs as well as selected harness meetings, trials and workouts. “It was my dream job since I was five.” “It was the 2008 Melbourne Cup and I was five years old and we had a sweepstake at home.” He drew the…
‘Refreshed’ Rejuvenate
Excitement machine Rejuvenate is ‘as fresh as a daisy’ leading into the Group 2 Sportsbet Ballarat Cup series (450m), which kicks off with five enthralling heats on Friday night. Prepared at Burramine by Paul Brown, Rejuvenate (Box 4) – a winner of 16 races, with two seconds, from 19 starts – will contest Heat 1 (Race 3, 7.49pm). The incumbent Shepparton 450m track record holder (24.59sec), Rejuvenate bypassed the recent G2 Shepparton Cup series in preference for a tilt at the G1 Golden Easter Egg series. But that plan went astray,…
Alligator Blood has already paid dues ahead of Doncaster Mile
Alligator Blood pictured winning the Futurity Stakes at Sandown on February 25. The star gelding is a good-value $11 winning chance for the Doncaster Mile at Randwick on Saturday. Picture: Bruno Cannatelli. Alligator Blood owner Jeff Simpson says his star gelding has already repaid him after overcoming a debilitating “kissing spine” condition ahead of the Doncaster Mile at Randwick on Saturday. The six-year-old gelding is a good-value $11 winning chance across betting sites going into the Group 1 feature worth $4 million. He would not be lining up as a…
Top Aussie driver confirmed for Cambridge’s big day
by Adam Hamilton Champion Aussie driver Chris Alford will be at Cambridge on The Grins Night of Champions on April 14. Alford confirmed he’s crossing the ditch to drive star Aussie trotter Aldebaran Zeus in the Group 2 trotting sprint on the night for trainer Brent Lilley. But could Alford also drive in the Race by Grins itself? While nobody would confirm it and maybe no decision has been made, Alford is believed to be the front-runner to drive the Jess Tubbs-trained Triple Eight in the $1mil slot race. Of…
