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Newcastle races betting preview & quaddie tips | September 19

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What Newcastle Gold Cup Day 2025 Where Newcastle Racecourse – 100 Darling Street, Broadmeadow NSW 2292 When Friday, September 19, 2025 First Race 1pm AEST Visit Dabble Newcastle is the destination for feature racing on Friday afternoon, where the Group 3 Newcastle Gold Cup (2300m) headlines proceedings on an eight-race program. Clear skies will mirror the perfect Good 4 track rating, and with the rail in its true position, there will be no excuses for fancied runners throughout the day. The first race on Newcastle Gold Cup Day 2025 is…

Slipper Island shooting for five-straight in chute resumption

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Slipper Island (No Nay Never) put together a picket fence form line down the Trentham chute last season and he’ll be aiming to pick up where he left off at the Upper Hutt venue on Saturday. In autumn, the No Nay Never gelding went from winning at Rating 65 grade to defeating Group One winner Pier (NZ) (Proisir) and subsequent Group One placegetter Tomodachi (NZ) (Tarzino) three runs later in the Listed City Of Napier Sprint (1200m). That performance made four straight successes down the dogleg, and while his trainer…

Cvitanovich looking to Knock Off stakes victory

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Knock Off (NZ) (Fabulous) has proven to be a horse of a lifetime for Wanganui trainer Gerard Cvitanovich, who will be vying to record his first stakes victory on Saturday when his charge contests the Gr.3 Hunterville Vet Club Metric Mile (1600m) at Trentham. The semi-retired dairy farmer has been training intermittently over the last 30 years, and has contested three previous stakes races, but Saturday presents as his best opportunity as he gets set to line-up the $6 equal favourite for the mile feature. The occasion will be a…

O’Sullivan: Ka Ying in class of his own

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Ka Ya Rising’s (NZ) (Shamexpress) first-up rating has him right where he needs to be for the upcoming Everest, says form guru Daniel O’Sullivan. While his returning figure of 107 was a few points off his absolute best, it keeps him in a class of his own compared to the rest of the world’s sprinting ranks. Add to that the prospect of Ka Ying Rising improving from his first-up run – a very real possibility according to trainer David Hayes and jockey Zac Purton – and the numbers make it…

Tajana shortening for Group 3 Sunline Vase glory

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Tajana will contest Saturday’s Group 3 Sunline Vase (1400m) at Ellerslie. Photo: Therese Davis (Race Images) Fresh is best for top quality three-year-old Tajana who has thrived since her impressive return to competition last month. The Oaks Stud-bred and raced daughter of Darci Brahma was a resuming winner of the Group 3 Northland Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) ahead of a second-up tilt at Saturday’s Group 3 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Sunline Vase (1400m) at Ellerslie. Tajana, jumping from the seventh gate, is paying $3.20 and is a live chance of winning,…

Tajana ready to further press Classic claims

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Fresh is best for top quality three-year-old Tajana (NZ) (Darci Brahma) who has thrived since her impressive return to competition last month. The Oaks Stud-bred and raced daughter of Darci Brahma was a resuming winner of the Gr.3 Northland Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) ahead of a second-up tilt at Saturday’s Gr.3 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Sunline Vase (1400m) at Ellerslie. “She was very good last time and has done fantastically well, I’m pleased we ran her at Ruakaka,” said Shaune Ritchie, who trains in partnership with Colm Murray. “The four weeks…

Liefting rewarded for selfless act

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Rudy Liefting gave up the opportunity to train subsequent Group One winner Grail Seeker (NZ) (Iffraaj) a few years ago, and he is being rewarded for his selflessness with the rise of another exciting filly. Liefting purchased Grail Seeker, under his Kakapo Lodge banner, out of Jamieson Park’s 2022 New Zealand Bloodstock Book 1 Yearling Sale draft for $130,000 on behalf of clients Sir Trevor Clarke and Chris Jones. While the market proved to be too hot for his initial budget, he managed to coerce his clients to extend a…

Queensland Thoroughbred Awards finalists announced

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Multiple Group 1 winner, Antino. (Photo: Bruno Cannatelli) A trio of champions will battle it out to be crowned Queensland Horse of the Year at the 2025 Queensland Thoroughbred Awards. Earlier today, the finalists for this year’s Awards were unveiled ahead of the gala event at The Star Brisbane on Sunday, October 12, recognising the Sunshine State’s most outstanding gallopers and participants over the past season. The race for the top gong is set to be one of the closest in years with all three nominees enjoying Group 1 success…

Caspar Fownes shines with Happy Valley four-timer

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Lo Rider seals a quartet for Caspar Fownes. (Photo: HKJC) Reprising his role as ‘King of the Valley,’ Caspar Fownes vaulted to the top of the 2025/26 Hong Kong trainers’ championship with a quartet at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (17 September). Hong Kong’s most successful trainer at the track, Fownes boosted his career tally of wins at Happy Valley to 633 after combining with Ellis Wong to post a race-to-race double with Silver Spurs and Mighty Commander before Hugh Bowman triumphed on Rocket Spade, with Harry Bentley delivering a…

Thursday’s horse racing bookmaker promos & offers | September 18

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