By Jonny Turner It might be a case of rugby, racing and beer for junior driver Max Hill following his win with Mach’s Back at Winton on Saturday. Hill produced a pinpoint drive behind the sprint specialist on Wairio’s Mile Day when controlling his race in front and unleashing the seven-year-old for a sharp final 400m. Mach’s Back has been in brilliant form this year after returning to his best with a huge late-closing effort at Cromwell in January. His work leading into Saturday’s win confirmed the pacer is…
Month: April 2021
Cox jumps behind NZ Cup winner in Classic
By Jonny Turner The catch drive of all catch drives awaits Jonny Cox in the Rangiora Classic on Sunday. Cox will sub in for Mark Purdon behind New Zealand Cup winner and race-favourite Self Assured in the Group Three Feature. Behind the best horse in New Zealand, the reinsman is set to have every possible weapon at his disposal. “He is a pretty handy horse to be getting behind, that’s for sure,” Cox said. “We have got a lot of options there, probably the main thing is not to overdrive…
Geelong Gold Cup Heats Preview
Sky Racing columnist Allan Hawskwell outlines some of the key players across the five star-studded heats, to be held tonight at Geelong. Click HERE to read
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Taking Aim justifies Douglas Whyte’s faith after breaking back into winners’ list
Taking Aim wins the nightcap. Winless for more than two years, Taking Aim completed a long, eventful trek from the brink of enforced retirement to Sha Tin’s winners’ stall after the Australian import trounced his rivals in the Class 3 Devon Handicap (1400m) on Saturday (17 April) Placed only once in 17 starts since the end of the 2018/19 season, the Choisir gelding badly injured his nearside hock in a float mishap two years ago and, if not for the persistence of owner Edwin Cheung, the chestnut almost certainly would…
Terang Cup Day betting preview & tips | Sunday, 18/04/21
What Terang Cup Day Where Terang Racecourse- 10 Keilambete Rd, Terang, VIC, 3264 When Sunday, April 18, 2021 First Race 1:00pm AEST Watch Live Streaming Live at Sportsbet Terang takes centre stage for racing in Victoria on Sunday afternoon when the track hosts the Terang Cup as part of their eight race card. Big fields are the story of the day, and the team at horsebetting.com.au bring to you the best bets, top odds and quaddie selections for the meeting set to be run on a Soft 5, with the…
Eagles and Kismet ‘flying high’?
‘Feathers will fly’ as the Eagles and Magpies ‘swoop’ each other in a do-or-die Round 5 encounter in Perth tonight. And West Coast fans will have an ‘eagle eye’ on a special AFL/GREYS offer. TAB has put up a $3.50 quote on West Coast Eagles ‘ruffling’ Collingwood and Kuro Kismet winning a Group 2 Geelong Gold Cup heat (520m). The Eagles – shock 20pts losers to the Saints last week – are seventh on the AFL ladder with two wins from four games, while the Magpies – who went down…
Sunset to shine in Galaxy
Two of Victoria’s finest greyhounds are chasing breakthrough Group 1 victories at Saturday night’s Perth Cup meeting – Tiggerlong Tonk in the Perth Cup (520m) and powerhouse stayer Sunset Bourbski in the Galaxy (715m). Trained by Andrea Dailly, Sunset Bourbski, a superbly bred daughter of Fernando Bale and Bourbski Fever (winner of the G1 Bold Trease for ‘Team Dailly’ in 2015), will be striving to emulate her mother’s feat in her fifth G1 appearance. Sunset Bourbski ran third in both the Zoom Top and Fanta Bale Super Stayers during this…
‘LITTLE SHIMA’ TO SHINE!
The Group 2 Geelong Gold Cup heats (520m) comprise some of the most exciting prospects in the land – with Shima Classic one of the star attractions. “Little Shima” – a younger half-sister of dual G1 winner and superstar Shima Shine – has inherited the family genes. She made the G1 Australian Cup final (525m) at her 10th start and was a recent Ballarat Cup finalist (450m), after posting the fastest heat win (24.76sec). Only 24 months old, she’s already a winner of eight races from 14 starts. “With slow…
‘REAL DEAL’ RADEK
The Andrea Dailly trained Radek Bale is the ‘real thing’. A middle-distance convert, he’s been brilliant in his past two over 515m at Sandown Park and now steps up to 595m. And The Watchdog says “he’ll have no trouble covering the extra ground”. But the expert form analyst expects Riccarton Rick, who made his 595m debut last week, to “put the heat on the ‘red’ for most of the trip. He Shall Blitz also made his 595m debut last week, and The Watchdog says he has the “potential to become…