Month: July 2021

Double caps standout season for O’Reilly

NZHarnessNews

By Joshua Smith, Harness News Desk Sarah O’Reilly has been on fire in the last month and she continued her run of form at Addington Raceway on Thursday. The talented reinswoman recorded a double at the final southern meeting of the season, including the coveted Darren Defilippi Memorial Handicap Trot (2600m) behind Fighting Fire. The erratic trotter was fractious at the start but once underway he was strong in his gait and O’Reilly pressed forward with the Paul Kerr-trained gelding until they found the lead down the back straight. They…

Good Friday racing set for Sale in 2022

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On Thursday morning, Racing Victoria (RV) alongside Country Racing Victoria (CRV) announced that Sale Racecourse will host the inaugural Good Friday meeting in Victoria in 2022, subject to parliamentary approval. RV and CRV had announced in June that they were in talks with Country Victoria race clubs as to who would host the inaugural race meeting, with Sale in the Gippsland region the destination for next year’s marquee event. The meeting is set to give the region a big economical boost with plenty of racing fans expected to make the…

Lloyd looking for strong finish to season on Alpine Edge

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Apprentice Jaden Lloyd teams up with one of Queensland’s top two-year-olds, Alpine Edge, at Eagle Farm on Saturday in a last-ditch bid to win QTIS money before the new racing season begins on Sunday. A winner of $600,000 in prizemoney in just four career starts, the Group 3 winner won both the Listed Phelan Ready Stakes and the Group 3 BJ McLachlan Stakes in December before finishing second to Shaquero in the Gold Coast Magic Millions 2YO Classic. Lloyd has been booked on Saturday to make use of his 3kg…

Ipswich betting preview, top tips & quaddie | Friday 30/7/2021

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What Ipswich Races Where Ipswich Turf Club – 219 Brisbane Rd, Bundamba QLD 4304 When Friday, July 30, 2021 First Race 11:45am AEST Watch Live Streaming Live at Sportsbet A bumper nine-race card is scheduled for Ipswich Turf Club on Friday afternoon, and HorseBetting’s Queensland racing expert has picked out his best bets and quaddie selections for the meeting. The track is rated a Soft 5, with the cutaway in play and the rail out 1100m to the 300m mark. Racing is set to get underway at 11:45am AEST. Ipswich…

Morphettville tips, value bets & top odds | Friday, July 30

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What Morphettville Races Where Morphettville Racecourse – 79 Morphett Rd, Morphettville SA 5043 When Friday, July 30, 2021 First Race 12:15pm ACST Watch Live Streaming Live at Sportsbet A rare eight-race card is scheduled for the Morphettville Parks track on Friday afternoon owing to the rescheduled meeting washed out by rain on July 24. HorseBetting.com.au’s South Australian form expert presents his best bets and top quaddie numbers for the day, with odds from the country’s top online bookmakers. The track is rated a Heavy 8 with the rail out 2m…

Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | July 29, 2021

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Horse racing around the country sees four meetings being held around the country on this Thursday afternoon. Our racing analysts here at horsebetting.com.au have found you a couple of bets and quaddie numbers for the meeting being conducted at Wyong. Thursday Racing Tips – July 29, 2021 Wyong Racing Tips Horse Racing meetings are scheduled to be run at Cairns, Gawler, Northam and Wyong. The first race at Wyong kicks off the day at 12:25pm AEST on a Good 4, with the final race at Northam rounding out the day…

Bobby’s ‘brutish’ racing return

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Three-time Group placegetter Bobby The Brute has been making up for lost time since returning from an injury-enforced six-month stint on the sidelines. Trained by Brendan Pursell at Lara, Bobby The Brute, the winner of 13 from 44, is chasing his fifth win from his past six starts at The Meadows on Saturday night in Race 8, a FFA (525m) to be run at 9.02pm. However, that purple patch stretches back to January, when the son of KC And All and She’s Scandalous claimed back-to-back 600m successes at The Meadows,…

Daily Mail: Rupee to ‘cash’ in at Sandown

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Potential superstar Aston Rupee, widely regarded as the fastest greyhound in the land, will headline Thursday night racing at Sandown Park. Brilliant winner of the G3 Speed Star last month, Aston Rupee (10 from 19 – 2 from 2 Box 3 – 29.06sec PB) returns to Sandown in a strong Grade 5, where his opposition includes last start G1 Australian Cup finalist Hill Top Jack (13 from 30 – 3 from 5 Trk/Dst) and Shadow Mist (27 from 65 – 6 from 9 Box 2), which drops back to 515m…

Welfare initiatives gain support

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As flagged at the NZTR Annual General Meeting last November, a 1 percent deduction will be applied to stakes to fund Thoroughbred welfare initiatives from 30 August 2021. “Thoroughbred welfare is at the heart of what we do, and NZTR has been progressively rolling out initiatives to fulfil the industry’s collective obligation for the guardianship of our horses,” NZTR GM Welfare & Sustainability Martin Burns said. “These initiatives are in addition to our standard welfare provisions – such as raceday procedures, plastic running rails and drug testing for example –…

Three-year-old shows plenty of spirit at Awapuni

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Talented three-year-old Invisible Spirit (NZ) (Charm Spirit) recorded his third career victory when digging deep late to land the Courtesy Ford 3YO (1400m) at Awapuni on Thursday for trainers Johno Benner & Hollie Wynyard. Sent out a $1.40 favourite, the son of Charm Spirit looked in trouble at the top of the straight but burst between runners late to run out a comfortable winner and provide jockey Lisa Allpress with the second leg of a double. “It was a good win, as he is still weak and he carried top-weight,”…