Sunday’s free horse racing tips & best bets | January 12, 2025

There are seven horse racing meetings set for Australia on Sunday, January 12. Our racing analysts here at horsebetting.com.au have found you the best bets and the quaddie numbers for Warrnambool & Sha Tin (HK). Sunday’s Free Horse Racing Tips – January 12, 2025 Warrnambool Racing Tips Sha Tin (HK) 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…

Name Dropper dictates for Flemington triumph

Talented galloper Name Dropper notched his third victory from seven career starts when leading throughout to land the Stud and Stable Staff Awards (1400m) at Flemington on Saturday. The late-blooming son of Tavistock was perfectly rated by Blaike McDougall and comfortably held placegetters My Brothers Keeper and Impending Link. The Richard Laming-trained gelding was fourth emergency but was supported into $15, with Name Dropper unusually carrying the number 20 saddlecloth to victory at headquarters. Name Dropper was a well-backed Eagle Farm winner on debut in August 2023 and was sent…

Australia Day Cup target for Bullets High

It wasn’t pretty but talented four-year-old Bullets High scored a narrow victory in the De Bortoli Wines Benchmark 88 Handicap (2100m) at Wyong on Saturday as he repaid the faith of his many supporters. Having placed in four of his previous five starts, the Joe Pride-trained gelding was sent out the $3.20 favourite for Saturday’s contest. Jockey Alysha Collett elected to use petrol early and push forward on the son of Ace High after beginning well and despite looking under pressure entering the home straight, fought on gamely to defeat…

Impact made at Wyong

Talented Kiwi-bred galloper Grand Impact was back in the winner’s circle after an all-the-way victory in the Domeland Benchmark 100 Handicap (1350m) at the Wyong standalone meeting on Saturday. Ridden by Winona Costin, Grand Impact had a relatively soft lead and kicked well off the bend to deny Coastwatch by three-quarters of a length, with Strait Acer third. Prepared by Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr, connections of Grand Impact were rewarded for their patience with the now five-year-old, having last saluted in the Gr.3 Blue Sapphire Stakes (1200m) in…

Treybon salutes in Kumara Gold Nuggets

Promising apprentice Donovan Cooper made good use of his 2kg claim as he guided the Christchurch-trained Treybon to a clear cut victory in Saturday’s Vernon & Vazey 0800 Truck Parts Kumara Gold Nuggets (1810m). Cooper who made the move south last year when transferring his apprenticeship to Treybon’s trainer Ross Beckett, has been in white hot form in recent weeks and produced a brave effort on the seven-year-old son of Sweynesse as he took the initiative at the 600m to improve quickly on the outer to be up challenging for…

Nelson win dedicated to Denise Nyhan

By Dave Di Somma, Harness News Desk    Margo Nyhan has been training winners for more than 20 years but yesterday’s victory with Knowing Me at Nelson was a stand out. It came just less than a fortnight after her mother Denise died “unexpectedly” at age 87. She suffered a stroke just before Christmas and died in Christchurch Hospital on December 29. “We tried really hard to get a win over on the Coast over Christmas time before Mum passed and we missed out but to get one yesterday was pretty special for…

First-starter digs deep for Wellesley win

To Cap It All winning Saturday’s Listed Wellesley Stakes (1100m) at Trentham. Photo: Peter Rubery (Race Images Palmerston North) To Cap It All was clearly headed in the straight in Saturday’s Listed Wellesley Stakes (1100m), but the highly rated first-starter fought back fiercely to kick off her career on a stakes-winning note at Trentham. The Capitalist filly had always been held in high regard by the Stephen Marsh stable and scored a two-length win in her only trial at Pukekohe on December 17. Saturday’s $100,000 Wellesley Stakes was a daunting…

Sha Tin Sunday races free betting tips & quaddie | January 12

What Sha Tin Races Where Sha Tin Racecourse – Tai Po Rd, Sha Tin District, Hong Kong When Sunday, January 12, 2025 First Race 1pm HKT (4pm AEDT) Visit Dabble Hong Kong racing resumes at Sha Tin on Sunday afternoon, with a mixture of turf and all-weather races lined up for a bumper 10-race program. The rail is in the C+3 position for all races on the course proper, and with nothing but sunny skies forecast across the weekend, punters are ensured a genuine Good 4 surface. All the action…

Te Akau out to boost feature prospects at Ellerslie

Hakkinen will contest Sunday’s Listed Gingernuts Salver (2100m) at Ellerslie. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) The $1 million Group 1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) is less than two months away and Te Akau Racing is hoping to unveil a couple of key prospects in Sunday’s Listed Gingernuts Salver (2100m) at Ellerslie. The first of their three-year-olds will be the lightly-tried Hakkinen, who comfortably put away a Rating 60 field as a maidener in his second raceday appearance last month. Sam Bergerson, who trains the gelding in partnership with Mark Walker,…