Check out Friday night’s ‘doodle dandy’ AFL/Greys offer from TAB, which is sure to have Tiges’ fans ‘sticking a feather in their cap’ – and mitts in their wallets! The betting giant’s $3.50 proposition is for Richmond to defeat St Kilda by 26pts or more and Gypsy Yankee to go ‘riding on a pony’ at Geelong. Richmond is eighth with seven wins from 13 matches and St Kilda 13th with five wins. The Tiges and Saints are both coming off byes. It’s also worth recalling Richmond belted St Kilda to…
Month: June 2021
Daily Mail: Winter sparkle
Pink Diamond graduate Mepunga Ruby may have only had nine starts (five wins), but she is the greyhound to beat in tonight’s main event, the $15,250 Winter Cup Final (660m) at Bendigo. However, she’ll need to overcome some well-credentialled opposition including SA star Shadow Mist (27 wins). Read more Another big name racing at Bendigo tonight is Blackpool Flash (23 from 42), who made it four straight wins in last Sunday’s Puppy Championship Final at Healesville. Speaking of the Yarra Valley straight – a great battle will take place there…
Diamond finish for 2020-21 year
Industry update Greyhound Racing Victoria’s (GRV) inaugural Pink Diamond series for Victorian-bred dogs of all ages and abilities was a great finish to an exceptional year for the sport. The series, held across five provincial tracks from 4-18 June, boasted prize money and breeder bonuses of around $800,00 – $600,000 on finals night -making it the richest provincial race in Victoria, if not the world. Two hundred and twenty Victorian breeders, and many more trainers and owners, took part. Strong praise and endorsements from leading trainers and fans helped generate…
Subpoenaed on target for Tiara
Hugh Bowman and Chris Waller have celebrated some magical moments on the racetrack courtesy of Winx (Street Cry) and they could be set to share another if Subpoenaed (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle) wins the final Group One race of the season. The top jockey will team up with the Waller-trained mare in Saturday’s Tattersall’s Tiara (1400m) at Eagle Farm and if she wins, it will give Bowman the 100th major of his career. In doing so, he would join a select club with only Damien Oliver and George Moore having…
Schofer extends lead for apprentice title
Hazel Schofer has extended her lead in the New Zealand apprentice jockey premiership after riding a treble at Otaki on Friday. Schofer now sits on 72 wins this season, 12 clear of last year’s premiership winner Kozzi Asano, who returned to raceday riding at Phar Lap Raceway on Thursday after an injury enforced layoff. The Taranaki hoop kicked home the first three winners on the nine-race card, including a double for her employer Allan Sharrock, who now sits on 51 wins this season, his best tally to date. Schofer began…
Racing officials move Randwick meeting
Racing officials have transferred Saturday’s Civic Stakes meeting from Randwick to Rosehill in response to the NSW government’s latest COVID orders. The Australian Turf Club and Racing NSW announced the shift on Friday after the state government announced anyone living or working in a number of Sydney’s eastern suburbs areas, including Randwick, must stay at home. The Randwick local government area has been one of the regions most heavily impacted by Sydney’s COVID outbreak. Only essential staff will be allowed trackside at Rosehill, along with owners who have horses competing on the nine-race program. “Due…
Riccarton next as Tyler bandwagon marches on
Kelvin Tyler isn’t sure whether he has the horsepower to deny Riccarton trainers Michael and Matthew Pitman of their fifth straight South Island trainers’ premiership but he’s giving it his best shot. Tyler, who trains in partnership with his daughter Aimee out of Riverton, goes into Saturday’s Riccarton meeting three wins behind the Pitmans, who extended their lead with a brace of wins at Timaru on Thursday to take their season tally to 54. Michael Pitman has dominated South Island racing for the past two decades and since taking his…
Richardson hoping for fruitful day at Tauranga
Graham Richardson is hoping for a fruitful day when he heads across the Kaimai Ranges to Tauranga on Saturday. The Matamata horseman, who trains in partnership with Rogan Norvall, will have four runners at the Bay of Plenty meeting this weekend, headed by Paisley Park in the Seeka Kiwifruit Cup (2100m). The Listed Kaimai Stakes (2000m) winner was set to lumber 62kg on Saturday, however, Richardson has elected to utilise apprentice jockey Masa Hashizume and his two-kilogram claim. “He is not an easy horse to ride, but Masa rides like…
Whale Watch – Addington – Tonight (Friday)
Craig “The Whale” Thompson gives his thoughts on tonight’s meeting at Addington – Friday June 25.
Tomlinson continues northern raid at Cambridge
By Joshua Smith, Harness News Desk Maudarchy has seen a fair bit of New Zealand in the last month. The Brad Williamson-trained trotter finished second at Invercargill earlier this month before travelling to the opposite end of the country to run third at Alexandra Park last week. The lure of a penalty free win enticed owner Kerryn Tomlinson to send her mare north, and the junior reinswoman will travel to Cambridge Raceway from her Oamaru base on Friday to drive the six-year-old in the Betavet Trot (2700m). Tomlinson was pleased…