Month: June 2021

Joao Moreira continues remarkable season with Sha Tin treble

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Joao Moreira dominates at Sha Tin. Joao Moreira is poised to surge over the 150-win milestone for the third time in Hong Kong after the Brazilian’s relentless drive for a fourth jockeys’ championship delivered a treble at Sha Tin on Saturday (26 June). Moreira extended the gap separating him from reigning champion Zac Purton to 28 victories with only five meetings left in the 2020/21 season with success aboard Blaze Warrior, Super Fast and Superbella as Francis Lui climbed into outright fourth in the trainers’ championship with a three-timer. The…

Horse betting bookmaker promos for Sunday 27th June 2021

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Horse Betting has reviewed Australia’s best horse racing bookmakers and found today’s best thoroughbred bonus promo offers and specials for Sunday, 27 June 2021. Horse racing promotions are still available almost each and every day with one of Australia’s best thoroughbred bookmakers. If there isn’t a promo on at one, then there is bound to be another bookie with some kind of promotional offer on the table on the gallops. HorseBetting.com.au brings you the best horse racing bookmaker bonuses each and every day. See the best return on your punting…

Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | June 27, 2021

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Horse racing around the country sees eight meetings being held around the country on this Sunday afternoon. Our racing analysts here at horsebetting.com.au have found you a couple of bets and quaddie numbers at the meetings being conducted at Rockhampton Werribee, in a bid to make your Sunday a winning one. Sunday Racing Tips – June 27, 2021 Rockhampton Racing Tips Werribee Racing Tips Horse racing around the country includes meetings at Broome, Casterton, Devenport, Dubbo, Grafton, Naracoorte, Rockhampton and Werribee The first at Casterton kicks off the day of…

Mission accomplished for blueblood mare

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A long-range plan set in place for royally bred Savabeel mare Zayydani (NZ) came to fruition at Eagle Farm on Saturday when she strode to a comprehensive victory in the Listed Tattersall’s Gold Crown (2137m). Bred and raced by Trelawney Stud couple Brent and Cherry Taylor, Zayydani is the daughter of Van Nistelrooy mare Ruqqaya (NZ), a sister to multiple Group One winner and now successful Waikato Stud- based stallion Ocean Park (NZ) (Thorn Park), while she is also the younger half-sister to Gr.1 Australian Guineas (1600m) winner and Australian-based…

Distance rise likely for Tofane

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Back-to-back Group One winner Tofane (NZ) (Ocean Park) will be tried as a miler in the spring after convincing her connections of her middle-distance potential with a powerful finish to grab Saturday’s Gr.1 Tatt’s Tiara (1400m) at Eagle Farm. The dominant win against fellow mares took the Gr.1 Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) winner’s record to three Group One wins over the 1400m trip, but despite never racing beyond that distance, trainer Mike Moroney said the class mare was showing all the signs she can extend out to 1600m. “I think the…

Hughes reaches special milestone

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A win in the opening event at Riccarton on Saturday with Russian Fable (NZ) (Zacinto) brought up a special milestone for popular local trainer Kevin Hughes. The win represented Hughes 500th career training victory with the majority of those achieved in partnership with wife Pam. For the 81-year-old Hughes, the victory was a special moment for a number of reasons. “It’s been a while coming but certainly nice to get it,” he said. “We were lucky in that it was race one and the track was at its best as…

Bankers Choice caps top week for Waikato couple

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A stunning seven length win in the last race on the card at Tauranga on Saturday by the Stephen Marsh-trained Bankers Choice (NZ) (Mongolian Khan) capped a stellar week for owners Ross and Corrine Kearney and their broodmare Signorina. The three-year-old son of Mongolian Khan simply destroyed his rating 65 rivals over 1400m in the hands of Michael McNab just three days after his older Swiss Ace half-sister Jodelin Gal (NZ) had won over 1200m in similar company at Pukekohe on Wednesday for Te Awamutu trainer Carl Henderson. Bred and…

The Arrow spearheads exciting initiatives in new Healesville Festival of Racing

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Sun 4 July – Sun 12 Sept  |  5 Feature Races  |  $800K in prize money          Head-to-head greyhound racing will head up the Yarra Valley straight in one of several exciting new initiatives incorporated into greyhound racing’s inaugural Healesville Festival of Racing. The Arrow – to be run on the last Sunday in August – will involve four head-to-head matches with the greyhound clocking the fastest time declared the overall winner. Connections will need to come up with a $1,000 nomination fee in a classic battle of…

Cox to combine with eachway chances

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By Jonny Turner Driver Jonny Cox will be out to land wins for two of the South Island’s best thoroughbred trainers at the home of one of New Zealand’s greatest galloping exports on Sunday. Cox has a strong book of six drives at Phar Lap Raceway including the Lynn Prendergast trained Sonic Reign in race 7. The six-year-old looks perfectly placed in barrier 2 following his tidy second placing at Addington last weekend. “He was pretty good at Addington last weekend, he did a bit of work to get to…