Month: February 2021

Townsville betting tips, value bets & quaddie – Friday 12/2/21

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What Townsville Races Where Townsville Turf Club – Racecourse Rd, Cluden QLD 4811 When Friday, February 12, 2021 First Race 1:34pm AEST Watch Live Streaming Live at Sportsbet Townsville Betting Preview – February 12, 2021 Cluden Park will host the eight races on Friday afternoon in North Queensland. The track is currently a Soft 7, the rail is in the true position for the entire course, and the first race will jump at 1:34pm local time. Best Bet: Overseas The Trinity Bannon stable is flying of late with a 33%…

Key Gear Change For Hungry Heart’S Return

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Ever the perfectionist, Chris Waller admits he made mistakes with Hungry Heart in the spring and he is determined to rectify them this preparation. The premier trainer has decided to start with a clean slate, taking the blinkers off the filly for her return in the Group Two Light Fingers Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday. “I just don’t know if she needs them,” Waller said. “They haven’t done anything for her.” A daughter of champion Frankel, Hungry Heart claimed the 2020 Sweet Embrace Stakes as a two-year-old but has…

Wide Alley Concerns For Kylease At Doomben

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A wide draw has connections of speedy mare Kylease in two minds over whether to run her at Doomben. Connections of talented sprinter Kylease are weighing up whether to give the green light to a start at Doomben on Saturday. Kylease has drawn awkwardly in barrier 11 for the class six Handicap (1200m) with several speed runners drawn to her inside. “It’s a race that looks to have a heap of speed so we’ll have to sit down and talk with the owners but there’s a chance she may not…

Mugatoo Out To Flag All-Star Credentials

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Connections of Mugatoo are hoping he can win over All-Star Mile voters when he resumes at Randwick. The lure of a start in the $5 million All-Star Mile has prompted Kris Lees to enter unchartered waters in his choice of campaign starting points for Mugatoo. One of the rising stars of Australia’s middle-distance ranks, Mugatoo will resume against a slick field in the Group Two Apollo Stakes (1400m) at Randwick. Saturday’s race will be the first time the six-year-old has competed over a sprint distance as Lees looks to keep…

Bivouac In Bid To Emulate Black Caviar

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Bivouac is favourite to add to his outstanding record at Flemington in the Black Caviar Lightning. James Cummings is hoping Bivouac can add his name to the long line of champions who have won the Black Caviar Lightning and complete the unofficial triple crown of Flemington sprint events. In the past year, Bivouac has won the Newmarket Handicap and VRC Sprint Classic and the Black Caviar Lightning is the other major sprint held each season down the famous straight. If he can win on Saturday, Bivouac will emulate the deeds…

New Zealand Stakes Winner Tops Goffs February Sale

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Rubira was the headline act of the Goffs February Online Sale on Wednesday with Alex Elliott going to €100,000 to secure the daughter of Lope De Vega. A winner of the 2018 Listed Champagne Stakes (1600m) in New Zealand for Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman, Rubira was offered in foal to New Bay. Rubira is from the family of German Listed winner Royal Intrigue and South African Grade One winner Noordhoek Flyer. Elliott purchased her for a syndicate in Ireland and will look to put her in foal to Camelot…

Crosshaven’s connections counting All-Star votes

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With no three-year-old currently occupying a spot in the top 10 places on The All-Star Mile leaderboard, co-trainer Ben Hayes is hoping his galloper Crosshaven (Smart Missile) can provide the x-factor into the A$5 million race at Moonee Valley on March 13. Crosshaven finished third when resuming in last Saturday’s Gr.1 C.F. Orr Stakes (1400m) and the Lindsay Park team now face the task of rallying the votes for the son of Smart Missile, who as of midday Thursday sat 14th on The All-Star Mile leaderboard. “He is obviously very…

Entries Open for NZB’s South Island Sale

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Entries for New Zealand Bloodstock’s South Island Sale are now open, with the Sale set to be held on NZB’s online subsidiary Gavelhouse Plus for the second year in a row. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, NZB made the decision to develop a premium online auction platform, with last year’s South Island Sale undertaken on Gavelhouse Plus. Quality Southern-breds continue to showcase their versatility and durability on the international stage, with southern raiders Etah James and The Chosen One celebrating a quinella in the 2020 Gr.1 Sydney Cup…

Force Of Will out of Waikato Guineas

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Promising filly Force Of Will’s (NZ) (Power) path to the Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld New Zealand Oaks (2400m) has hit a snag just a month out from the Trentham Classic. The three-year-old daughter of Power was set to line-up in the Gr.2 Legacy Lodge Waikato Guineas (2000m) at Te Rapa on Saturday, however, trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott have taken a cautious approach and scratched her from the race after findings from her bloodwork on Thursday morning. “We took a routine blood off her this (Thursday) morning and she…

Vale Arthur Ormond

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A true gentleman with a leadership style that was hard to beat, best describes NZTBA Life Member and former President Arthur Ormond who passed away this week. He was a foundation member of the NZTBA Wellington branch and then of the Hawke’s Bay branch. He was elected to the NZTBA Council in 1991 and was its President from 1996 until 2001. Arthur was the NZTBA’s nominee to the Board of New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing from 1999 until 2001 and chaired the New Zealand Equine Industry Training Organisation for more than…