Year: 2025

Sunday’s horse racing offers & bookie promos | August 31, 2025

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Explore a multitude of captivating racing promotions offered by horse racing bookmakers on Sunday, August 31. Immerse yourself in the thrill with generous bonus back offers, elevating your betting experience. Delve into these promotions from top-tier online bookmakers to maximise your betting opportunities. The top Australian racing promotions for August 31, 2025, include: Today’s best horse racing promotions Hobart Race 1 | Bet Back Run 2nd or 3rd Enter the Bonus Code BONUS100 on the Bonus Bets/Offers page, place a fixed win bet on Hobart race 1 and if your…

Final Canterbury winter meeting at Ashburton

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By Mike Love  Ashburton will host the final Canterbury winter meeting today, dubbed the “Goodbye Winter Racing – Hello Spring Racing” race day.  Locals could well be to the fore throughout the day, especially trainer/driver John Morrison. He has a book of seven drives today, three of which look likely to start favourite. In Race 1, the Chertsey Trotting Club Pace over 2400m, Morrison trains and drives the opening favourite of the day, debutant Jesse Owens ($2.50FF). The four-year-old Bettors Delight gelding qualified over a year ago when trained by…

2025 Memsie Stakes Results: Treasurethe Moment Wins, Firms in Cox Plate Betting

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Star Mare Treasurethe Moment Dominates Memsie Stakes The superstar mare Treasurethe Moment has made a breathtaking return to racing, stamping herself as a major spring contender with a dominant first-up victory in the 2025 Memsie Stakes at Caulfield. In a performance that delighted racegoers, the four-year-old daughter of Alabama Express extended her remarkable winning streak […] The post 2025 Memsie Stakes Results: Treasurethe Moment Wins, Firms in Cox Plate Betting appeared first on HorseRacing.com.au.

Treasurethe Moment explodes fresh to win the Memsie

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Treasurethe Moment ridden by Damian Lane winning the Group 1 Memsie Stakes at Caulfield. (Photo: Pat Scala/Racing Photos) Treasurethe Moment announced herself as the mare to beat this spring with a dominant first-up victory in the Group 1 Memsie Stakes (1400m), surging through a gap at the top of the straight and powering clear of Mr Brightside, with Buckaroo flashing home for third. The race was set up by last year’s winner Pinstriped, who rolled at a strong clip. Parked soft on the rail behind the speed, Damian Lane bided…

Magic Time shrugs off layoff with sizzling Cockram Stakes win

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Magic Time ridden by Michael Dee winning the Cockram Stakes at Caulfield. (Photo: George Sal/Racing Photos) Magic Time announced herself all over again at the start of spring, surging from the back to win the Group 3 Cockram Stakes (1200m) and leaving trainer Grahame Begg weighing up a next move that suddenly looks more complicated — and more exciting. On a day when on-pace runners largely held sway, the six-year-old mare bucked the trend under Michael Dee, relaxing early before sweeping widest and reeling in the leaders with a decisive…

Tycoon Star turns tables on rivals in McNeil Stakes

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Tycoon Star ridden by Michael Dee wins the Group 3 McNeil Stakes at Caulfield. (Photo: Pat Scala/Racing Photos) Tycoon Star used second-up fitness and a sharper headspace to square the ledger with Jimmy Recard, controlling the Group 3 McNeil Stakes (1200m) from a handy spot before powering clear under Michael Dee. Outside the pace set by the fast-away McGaw, the Written Tycoon colt travelled sweetly, eased past the leader at the top of the straight and kept finding to the line. McGaw stuck on for second; Vain Stakes winner Jimmy…

Cognito back in top form

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Group Two winner Cognito (So You Think) snapped a 22-month win drought in emphatic style in Saturday’s $50,000 Join TAB Racing Club Open (1580m) at Riccarton. The son of So You Think won three races as a three-year-old headed by the Gr.2 Wellington Guineas (1400m), and he performed with credit at four with a third in the Listed Fulton Family Stakes (1500m), fourth in the Gr.3 J Swap Sprint (1400m) and sixth in the Gr.2 Rich Hill Mile (1600m). However, a third placing in the Gr.3 Counties Cup (2100m) was…

Humza Bey retains unbeaten record

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Despite negotiating the final bend at Wanganui on Saturday like a drunken sailor, promising galloper Humza Bey (NZ) (Belardo) made it two wins from his first two starts as he scored an impressive victory in the third race on the card, the Whanganui Chronicle 1340 (1340m). Rider Kate Hercock had her hands full as the four-year-old gelding made a beeline for the centre of the track after sitting third and one-off the inside rail for the last 800m of the contest, which allowed his nearest pursuers to sneak through along…

Quality mare returns in style at Wanganui

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Quality mare Mary Shan (NZ) (Almanzor) launched her spring campaign in stunning fashion when she stormed home to capture the Cloudsoft Accounting Systems Open (1200m) at Wanganui. The Andrew Forsman-prepared five-year-old was fitted for her resuming run with a pair of Taupo trials, finishing second in the first one over 900m behind Captured By Love (Written Tycoon) before going one better a fortnight later over 1100m with raceday rider Matthew Cameron in the saddle. With the race expected to be run at breakneck speed with several noted frontrunners engaged, the…