Love Poem will back-up Saturday’s Group 1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) Well-bred filly Love Poem will take on some of the best of her generation for the second time in a week when she lines up in Saturday’s Group 1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton. The daughter of Snitzel is backing up from last Saturday’s Group 1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m), in which she ran a gallant second behind standout colt Savaglee. “I thought it was a brilliant run,”…
Month: November 2024
Dionysus chasing Australian success in The Beauford
Dionysus will contest Saturday’s Listed Beauford (2300m) at Newcastle. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) New Zealand raider Dionysus will attempt to secure stakes success for his connections when he heads to Newcastle on Saturday to contest the Listed The Beauford (2300m). Cambridge trainers Roger James and Robert Wellwood had found it hard to place the seven-year-old gelding in New Zealand and looked offshore for potential targets and felt the Beauford presented as an ideal race. “He was getting to the stage where he was hard to place here. He was…
Mr Have A Chat chasing more Darwin success for Chris Nash
Darwin trainer Chris Nash with Victorian apprentice Hannah Le Blanc after Mr Have A Chat saluted at Fannie Bay in October. Chris Nash’s Mr Have A Chat will aim to win his first race at the top level in Darwin when he takes on 0-76 opposition this Saturday. The seven-year-old gelding has come close with three minor placings against quality opposition since debuting in the Top End in February. Mr Have A Chat impressed over 1200m in 0-70 ranks a month ago when he chased down Gary Clarke’s Change Is…
Galaxy Patch primed for Sha Tin Group 2
Galaxy Patch lands the Group 2 Sha Tin Trophy in style. Pierre Ng hopes the HK$5.35 million Group 2 BOCHK Private Wealth Jockey Club Mile (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday will deliver further evidence of Galaxy Patch’s status as a leading contender for next month’s HK$36 million Group 1 Hong Kong Mile (1600m). To face Group 1 winners Voyage Bubble (128lb) and Beauty Eternal (128lb) for the second time this season, along with Straight Arron (123lb), Beauty Joy (123lb), Happy Together (123lb), Red Lion (123lb), Taj Dragon (123lb) and…
Costae set for Group 1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas challenge
Costae will line-up in Saturday’s Group 1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton Park. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) Emerging filly Costae has taken the rarest of avenues to the Group 1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton, where she will bid to deliver a dream result for a new ownership group. The daughter of Ribchester successfully progressed through a poly-track path before an impressive last-start victory at Ellerslie to book her place in Saturday’s Barneswood Farm-sponsored Classic. Trained by Shaune Ritchie and Colm Murray, Costae placed in…
Ladies Man to chase Group 2 success at Tauranga
Ladies Man will contest Saturday’s Group 2 Tauranga Stakes (1600m) at Tauranga. Photo: Peter Rubery (Race Images Palmerston North) New Plymouth trainer Allan Sharrock is pleased he made a late change to the spring itinerary of Ladies Man, who will now line up in the Group 2 Tauranga Stakes (1600m) on Saturday. The winner of seven of his 29 starts headed by the Group 1 Livamol Classic (2040m) at Hastings last year, Ladies Man was originally entered for the Group 3 Thompson Handicap (1600m) at Trentham on October 27. However,…
Country Cups take centre stage at Cambridge
By Brigette Solomon Local trainer-driver David Butcher lines up three runners in the Thames Country Trotting and Pacing Cups at Cambridge tonight, though he won’t be there himself. “They’re all going well, and I think they’re all capable of finishing in the placings tonight but I’m driving at Addington tonight,” says Butcher, who is engaged to drive the Arna Donnelly-trained Mako in the inaugural running of the Hill Lee and Scott THE VELOCITY three-year-old Pace. In the Thames Pacers Country Cup (7.27pm) Butcher starts Louezyana and Hooray Henry, to be…
Chase A Dream clear top pick in THE VELOCITY
By Michael Guerin The only filly in the first running of the $500,000 Hill Lee and Scott THE VELOCITY today (6.36pm) may decide the fate of the best boy in the race. Chase A Dream will start a short priced favourite in the slot race for three-year-old pacers but faces the tricky prospect of starting from one on the second line in the 10-horse field. That could be a good or bad thing depending on how the sole filly in the race Coastal Babe leaves from barrier 1 and the…
Today’s horse racing tips & free betting previews | November 15
There are six horse racing meetings set for Australia on Friday, November 15. Our racing analysts here at horsebetting.com.au have found you the best bets and the quaddie numbers for Canterbury & Moonee Valley. Friday’s Free Horse Racing Tips – November 15, 2024 Canterbury Racing Tips Moonee Valley Racing Tips As always, there are 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…
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