Month: August 2025

Caulfield races betting tips & quaddie | Memsie Stakes Day 2025

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What Memsie Stakes Day Where Caulfield Racecourse – Gate 2, Station St, Caulfield East VIC 3145 When Saturday, August 16, 2025 First Race 12:05pm AEST Visit Dabble Group 1 racing returns to Caulfield on Saturday afternoon as the Memsie Stakes (1400m) headlines a 10-race program. With plenty of rain forecast for Friday and up to 8mm on race day, the track will likely be in the Heavy range. The rail will be in its true position for the entire circuit, with the opening race of the 2025 Melbourne Spring Carnival…

New fixed odds feature on website

NZHarnessNews

A new fixed odds feature is proving popular on hrnz.co.nz Displayed in the “Fields” section of the website, the odds are posted alongside the horse, driver and trainer information. Anyone clicking on a runner’s price will then be directed to the TAB website or app, and to the race in question. The odds go up on hrnz.co.nz as soon as the TAB has framed their market for the meeting, with the updates getting more regular the closer it gets to race time. “Harness racing is a wagering-driven sport, and punters…

Lady Of The Light vs Mantra Blue at Alexandra Park tonight

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By Michael Guerin One of the great strengths of New Zealand’s best ever standardbred stallion Bettors Delight could also be a reason Lady Of the Light gets beaten at Alexandra Park tonight. Lady Of The Light opened favourite for tonight’s $20,000 Thank You To The ATC Stewards Pace (8.08pm), in which she faces a 20m handicap over 2200m. Overcoming that alone is no easy feat but adding to her factor of difficulty is Lady Of The Light being fresh up tonight since January and having only had two workouts. “There…

Jumal faces quality opposition at Addington tonight

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By Michael Guerin The path to us finding out just how good Jumal really is starts at Addington tonight. And that could range from a very good early season juvenile to an actual superstar and genuine elite level pacer. The Steven Reid-trained colt resumes in the $14,000 Tabak Business Sales and Vivace 2YO Mobile Pace (7.28pm) tonight that bats far above its stake level, with stunning debut winner Zeus Lightning, four reps from Team Telfer and the Regan Todd-trained Stumblin In also engaged. So we might know a fair bit…

Pakenham racing tips & free quaddie numbers | Friday, August 29

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What Pakenham Races Where Southside Racing Pakenham – 420 Nar Nar Goon – Longwarry Rd, Tynong VIC 3810 When Friday, August 29, 2025 First Race 4:45pm AEST Visit Dabble The synthetic surface at Pakenham is the destination for a competitive eight-race program on Friday evening. A stack of rain is forecast for the south-east on race day, meaning being up on speed could be beneficial to avoid kickback throughout the journey. The first event is set to jump at 4:45pm AEST. Best Bet at Pakenham: Leaving Las Vegas Leaving Las…

Total of 75 nominations for IRT NZ Cup and Renwick Farms Dominion Trot

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The big guns are coming. Nominations for the IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup and the Renwick Farms Dominion Trot closed at 3pm (NZT) today.  There are a total of 34 nominations for the New Zealand Cup and 41 for the Dominion – both Group 1s will be held at Addington Raceway on Tuesday, November 11. Headlining the nominations for the Cup are the two gun Australians, Leap To Fame and two-time champion Swayzee while another feature of the final nominations are the four Lee-trained runners from Victoria including trotting superstar Keayang…

Rosehill betting tips & quaddie picks | San Domenico Stakes 2025

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What San Domenico Stakes Day 2025 Where Rosehill Gardens Racecourse – James Ruse Dr, Rosehill NSW 2142 When Saturday, August 30, 2025 First Race 11:45am AEST Visit Dabble Feature racing returns to Rosehill this Saturday, with the Group 3 San Domenico Stakes (1100m) and Group 3 Up And Coming Stakes (1300m) sharing top billing on a bumper 10-race program. The rail moves out +3m for the entire circuit, and with the forecast ensuring a reprieve from the heavy rainfall that has drenched Sydney in recent weeks, the surface should be…

Moir for Niance

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Six-year-old mare Niance (NZ) (Swiss Ace) will kick off a new campaign when she lines up in the Gr.1 Moir Stakes (1000m) at The Valley on Saturday week. The Grahame Begg-trained daughter of Swiss Ace has had two jump outs to prepare for the early spring target, winning an 800m hitout at Cranbourne on Monday. The Kiwi import has only raced once over the short course of 1000m, when winning a Pakenham 0-64 at her first start for Begg. Initially trained by Shaun and Emma Clotworthy in New Zealand, Niance…

Fannins hoping to continue golden run

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It’s been a winter to remember for Shaun and Hazel Fannin, and they are hoping their golden run continues at Te Aroha on Sunday. Stable representative Jesko (NZ) (Atlante) has been the rising star among the country’s steeplechasers, winning the Manawatu Steeplechase (4000m), Wellington Steeplechase (4900m), Koral Steeplechase (4250m) and was runner-up in the Grand National Steeplechase (5600m). The eight-year-old gelding, who carries the gold silks of micro-share syndicator The Frac Club, will be among the leading chances in next month’s Ben And Ryan Foote Great NZ Steeplechase (6200m) at…

War Princess seeking crowning glory

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Awapuni filly War Princess (NZ) (U S Navy Flag) will head up State Highway Three on Saturday to Wanganui in search of all-important black-type in the Listed HS Dyke Wanganui Guineas (1200m). The daughter of U S Navy Flag won two of her three starts as a juvenile, and was unplaced in the Gr.1 Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) in March, and trainer Peter Didham is pleased with the way she has returned as a three-year-old. She won a 1000m trial at Awapuni earlier this month, which piqued the interest…