Month: November 2024

Tomlinson the trainer debuts at Oamaru today

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By Jonny Turner  Win, lose, or draw Kerryn Tomlinson will notch another milestone in her harness racing career on Thursday. The Oamaru horsewoman will line up her first starter as a trainer at her home track in race 5, the Brad Williamson Racing Stables Mobile pace.  Tomlinson has plenty of experience preparing horses at Brad Williamson’s stable, but at Thursday’s Oamaru meeting she will put her name up in lights for the first time.  “I am looking forward to it, I have got a couple of horses in work and…

Today’s free horse racing tips & best bets | November 7, 2024

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There are five horse racing meetings set for Australia on Thursday, November 7. Our racing analysts here at horsebetting.com.au have found you the best bets and the quaddie numbers for Flemington & Hawkesbury. Thursday’s Free Horse Racing Tips – November 7, 2024 Flemington Racing Tips Hawkesbury 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 on November…

Cracking fields confirmed for harness racing’s biggest day

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By Michael Guerin Harness racing looks set for a betting bonanza after some stunning fields were drawn for IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup day at Addington raceway on Tuesday. The Cup is full and fantastic, there are plenty of Australians in the $400,000 Renwick Farms Dominion and the Sires’ Stakes Final shapes as a classic North versus South contest. Add in a TAB Junior Free-For-All boosted by a Miracle Mile winner in Catch A Wave, Sooner The Better and Cup emergency Aroda from Queensland and this is a Cup day…

Flemington full racing preview & best bets | VRC Oaks Day 2024

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What VRC Oaks Day 2024 Where Flemington Racecourse – Melbourne, Victoria When Thursday, November 7, 2024 First Race 12:40pm AEDT Visit Dabble The Group 1 VRC Oaks (2500m) headlines a nine-race card on day three of the Melbourne Cup Carnival as the ladies take centre stage at Flemington on Thursday afternoon. The Group 3 Red Roses Stakes (1100m) and a couple of Listed races serve as a suitable undercard to what looks like a competitive day of racing. Once again, a perfect Good 4 track will greet punters, and with…

Wynne set for thrilling Cup Week kickoff with Pegasus

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New Zealand Cup Week is the highlight of the racing calendar for multi-talented horsewoman Samantha Wynne, and this Saturday, she will partner her own Amberecho(NZ) (Echoes Of Heaven) in the Listed Donaldson Brown Pegasus Stakes (1000m). Wynne has been race-riding in the South Island for over a decade with well over 400 winners to her credit, while in recent seasons, she has added another string to her bow, building a team of horses that she trains out of Canterbury. Talented sprinter Amberecho has been a recent addition to Wynne’s stable,…

Leica Lucy set for Oaks path

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An Oaks path is being tipped for three-year-old filly Leica Lucy(NZ) (Derryn) following her debut win in the Christmas At The Races Friday 5th December (1400m) at New Plymouth on Wednesday. Favourite Merchant Banker flew the gates and assumed an early lead, while jockey Joe Doyle was able to find the rail three deep with Leica Lucy and follow the speed. The pack swung wide when turning for home on the rain-affected surface, but Doyle elected to take the shortest way home and continued to stalk Merchant Banker, drawing level with…

Promising Future Predicted for Confiance

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A bright future is tipped for promising mare Confiance(NZ) (Proisir) following her eye-catching win in the NZB Ready To Run Sale Trainers Series 1600 at Ellerslie on Tuesday. The daughter of Proisir was taken straight to the back of the field from her outside barrier by jockey Warren Kennedy where she had an economical trip throughout. Kennedy asked her to improve when turning for home and she showed a brilliant turn of foot, quickly reeling in her rivals and ran out a convincing 1-3/4 length victor. Trainers Graham Richardson and…

Wexford Stables Brings Strong Quartet to Legacy Lodge

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Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott are not short of sprinting talent in their Matamata stable, with four runners set to contest Saturday’s Listed Legacy Lodge Sprint (1200m) at Te Rapa. The Waikato racecourse has been a happy hunting ground for each of their quartet, particularly so for Little Bit Of Love(NZ) (Time Test), a winner in three of his four starts at the venue in his last campaign. “He had quite a winning sequence there over the winter months, and he’ll have to quicken on the fast ground, which we’re…

Quality Filly Boosts Trainer’s Guineas Prospects

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Love Poem’s progress this preparation earned the gifted filly an earlier than anticipated flight to Christchurch to bolster Stephen Marsh’s hand in the Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton. The daughter of Snitzel put up a compelling argument to join stablemate Kiwi Skyhawk in Saturday’s Al Basti Equiworld Dubai-sponsored Classic and their Cambridge trainer can’t split the pair. “They have both done super jobs, I think it will come down to luck in the running,” he said. “It wasn’t always the plan to run her, but we thought…

Bella Nipotina, Giga Kick headlines Champions Sprint

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Bella Nipotina winning the Russell Balding Stakes. Photo: Bradleyphotos.com.au The Group 1 Champions Sprint (1200m) has attracted a quality field of 12 set burn the turf down the Flemington straight course on Saturday afternoon. The Everest (1200m) winner and runner-up are set to go head-to-head once again, with Bella Nipotina and Giga Kick locking horns after a ding-dong battle in the $20 million feature on October 19. It’s the Ciaron Maher-trained mare that holds the call with horse racing bookmakers at $4.00, however, after securing back-to-back wins for the first…