Month: January 2021

Moruya Cup tips, form and odds comparison | Jan 14

AAP

What Moruya Cup Where Moruya When Thursday, January 14, 2021 Race time 16:45pm AEDT Streaming Live at Sportsbet The $73,500 Moruya Showcase Cup is the feature race around the country on Thursday. Run over 1425m at Benchmark 87 level, a field of 17 classy country gallopers has been assembled, topped by Donandkim and Gunga Din. Payton Place will lead the big field, while East Indiaman, Hay Bale and Shangani Patrol will likely push on from the deep. More: Moruya Cup day best bets and tips We are siding with ex-Victorian…

Portelli’s Mare Late With Penny Drop

AAP

Estrado is looking to make it successive wins when she runs at Rosehill. It has taken Estrado 28 starts, but Warwick Farm trainer Gary Portelli believes the penny has finally dropped for the Stratum mare. So much so that Portelli believes Estrado can overcome her wide draw and chalk up a second consecutive win when she starts at Rosehill on Saturday over 1100 metres in a Benchmark 78. In addition to winning four races, Estrado has also been placed ten times but Portelli believes the best is yet to come.…

Moruya betting tips, best bets & quaddie selections | 14/1

AAP

What Moruya Races Where Moruya Racecourse, 100 Donnelly Dr, Moruya NSW 2537 When Thursday, January 14, 2021 First Race 1:04pm AEDT Streaming Live at Sportsbet Eight races will be run and won at Moruya for the club’s postponed Cup meeting. The track is rated a Good 4, with the rail in the +3m position from the 1000m-380m before the cutaway rail comes into play. Race 1 will jump at 1:04pm. Best Bet – Race 3 #13 Boomahnoomoonah $1.90 Tommy Berry heads to Moruya on Thursday and we’ve got good reason…

Ararat racing tips and best bets | VIC preview 14/1

AAP

What Caulfield Races Where Ararat Racecourse, Cnr Western Highway and, Geelong Rd, Ararat VIC 3377 When Thursday, January 14, 2021 First Race 1pm AEDT Streaming Live at Sportsbet Ararat hosts an eight race card as the first of two meetings in Victoria gets underway on Thursday afternoon. With near perfect conditions forecast, the track should remain as a Good 4 and with the rail in the true position we’re set for what looks to be a nice little mid-week card in Country Victoria. There is also a couple of good…

Halvorsen Will Sail Home Late At Return

AAP

Halvorsen will rekindle his love affair with the Flemington straight on Saturday. Robbie Griffiths is expecting a flashing light return to racing from his smart sprinter Halvorsen when he resumes from a long spell at Flemington. Griffiths said all the indications were that Halvorsen had returned as good if not better than when he last campaigned. Halvorsen will run in the Kensington Stakes (1000m) at Flemington which will be his first run since last year’s Oakleigh Plate. He finished seventh, beaten less than three lengths by Pippie, but he had…

Gollan: Isotope ready for Away Game challenge in MM Guineas

AAP

Isotope is the horse to beat in the 3YO Magic Million Guineas at the Gold Coast on Saturday. Isotope is ready for the $2 million Magic Million Guineas (1400m) and a past failure over the distance holds little concern, trainer Tony Gollan said of Saturday’s race. Isotope is the $2.50 favourite with Sportsbet for the 3-year-old feature, ahead of Away Game ($3.80) and Forbidden Love ($5), with this trio the only runners in single digit odds. The Deep Field filly has been in fine form so far this campaign, winning…

Beaufort Downs bring international flavour to Karaka

NZRacingDesk

While international buyers won’t be able to be physically present at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sales later this month, Beaufort Downs will ensure there is still some international flavour at their Karaka Sales Complex. Beaufort Downs principals, Annabel Wigley and Olly Tuthill, will offer an eight-strong Book 1 Sale draft, including a couple of yearlings out of mares the couple sourced in England at the twilight of their athletic careers. Wigley was a top-level eventer in the United Kingdown, representing New Zealand, while Tuthill represented England in polo. “I…

Derryn yearlings add new element for high-flying Grangewilliam

NZRacingDesk

While remarkable stallion Zed (NZ) (Zabeel) continues to put Grangewilliam Stud’s name in lights on both sides of the Tasman, the next generation gets its time to shine with Derryn’s (Hinchinbrook) first yearlings going under the hammer at Karaka 2021. Grangewilliam can lay claim to New Zealand’s highest-ranked sire in Australia this season, with Zed currently sitting in 14th place on the Australian premiership. His progeny have amassed more than A$4.6 million across the Tasman in 2020-21, headed by Gr.1 Caulfield Cup (2400m), Turnbull Stakes (2000m) and Winx Stakes (1400m)…

Adelaide Cup tilt likely for Defibrillate

NZRacingDesk

Kiwi-bred horses have had a strong record in the Gr.2 Adelaide Cup (3200m), with the likes of Surprise Baby and Fanatic winning recent editions, and Plumpton trainer Patrick Payne is looking to extend that run with his in-form gelding Defibrillate. The six-year-old son of Shocking has won two of his three starts this preparation, including the Listed Lord Stakes (1700m) at Caulfield on Boxing Day and the Lexus Handicap (2000m) at Flemington on Saturday. Payne was pleased with the win last weekend and said he has come through the run…

Golden Sixty primed for Stewards’ Cup

NZRacingDesk

New Zealand Bloodstock graduate Golden Sixty pleased his connections with his trial on Tuesday ahead of his tilt at the Gr.1 Stewards’ Cup (1600m) at Sha Tin on January 24. “I’m happy with his trial, in the trial you can relax him – he doesn’t show much, he never does,” trainer Francis Lui said.  The son of Medaglia d’Oro went through his first barrier trial of the new year under his own steam, travelling wide throughout before crossing the line fourth, while the Caspar Fownes-trained Southern Legend went home best…