Month: September 2021

Moe racing tips, value bets & top odds | Thursday, September 30

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What Moe Races Where Moe Racing Club – Waterloo Rd, Moe VIC 3825 When Thursday, September 30, 2021 First Race 1pm AEST Watch Live Streaming Live at Sportsbet Moe Racing Club is scheduled to host a nine-part card on Thursday afternoon, and HorseBetting’s Victorian horse racing analyst presents his best bets and free quaddie numbers for the meeting. The track is rated a Soft 5, the rail is out 6m for the entire circuit, and the meeting is set to get underway at 1pm AEST. Moe Best Bet: Toorak Playboy…

TAB Great Chase goes west

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GRV was proud to host the first ‘virtual’ TAB Great Chase event for 2021 on Wednesday afternoon, in support of Victoria’s disability sector. More than 25 community groups based across west and northern Victoria logged on to watch the races for the chance to share in $2,500 in prize money. In 2021, the Great Chase is being conducted virtually due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. However, the pandemic did not stop groups sharing in the fun, including cheering on greyhounds that had been randomly allocated to them. 2020 Great Chase…

Thompson’s ‘one-two’ Derby punch

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Champion trainer Jason Thompson holds the key to Friday night’s Geelong Derby final (460m) with inside duo, boom youngster Rebellious (Box 1) and comeback speedster Mr. America (Box 2). Rebellious improved his sensational record to 13 wins from 18 starts when clocking the fastest time in last Friday’s three heats, 25.55sec, while Mr. America, the winner of 10 from 20, was run down in the shadows of the post by Samantha Grenfell’s Nikoli Bale in 25.58sec. Rebellious, a superbly bred son of Barcia Bale and On The Runway, a litter…

Minister reappoints GRV Board pair

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Deputy Chair Emmett Dunne and fellow board member Marika McMahon have been reappointed to GRV’s Board for a further two years. In announcing the reappointments, Minister for Racing, the Hon. Martin Pakula, thanked both for their commitment to greyhound racing. “It’s great that Emmett Dunne and Marika McMahon have agreed to continue on in their service to greyhound racing; their experience and expertise is invaluable to the code,” Minister Pakula said. “The GRV Board has driven significant change and industry improvements, and leaders like Emmett and Marika have an important…

Mahrez makes winning debut

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Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr produced a progressive middle-distance type when Mahrez (NZ) (Iffraaj) made a winning debut at Geelong on Wednesday over 1443m. The son of Iffraaj had put the writing on the wall when second in his only trial and impressed winning rider John Allen despite doing a few things wrong. “He sat midfield and they didn’t go very quick for the first couple of furlongs. He was a little bit keen and new but once the tempo picked up from the 1000m he stelled into a…

Blinkers on Voyage Warrior

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Hopeful of getting Voyage Warrior (Declaration of War) to find another ‘gear’, trainer Ricky Yiu has applied the blinkers in a bid to unlock more from the chestnut’s reserves when he contests Friday’s Gr.3 National Day Cup Handicap (1000m) at Sha Tin.   “Hopefully the blinkers can put another ‘gear’ into him, one more gear, he’s never worn them, so this is the first time to sharpen him up and make him focus more,” Yiu said. “We’ll go forward for the speed in this race,” he said. Adopting a hard and…

Alysha Collett gets big league call-up

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After relocating to New South Wales last year, New Zealander Alysha Collett continues to climb her way up the state’s riding ranks and is gaining greater opportunities as a result. It hasn’t been easy though for Collett, who moved to Australia after a stint in Singapore. “It’s been a massive change of scenery, going from Singapore racing to here,” Collett told Racing.com. “Obviously getting established as well, I was here as an apprentice about six or seven years ago, I only rode for six or seven months, so I did…

Holland to partner Tralee Rose

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Lightweight rider Dean Holland will partner Melbourne Cup hopeful Tralee Rose (NZ) (Tavistock) in Saturday’s Gr.3 Bart Cummings (2520m), with the winner of the Flemington race guaranteed a spot in the Cup. The staying mare has been ridden by Craig Williams in her runs in Victoria this year, but with Williams out of action this weekend through suspension, connections had to search for a replacement rider. “We were just looking for a rider that could commit to coming down to ride her,” trainer Symon Wilde said. “We wanted someone hungry,…

Verry Elleegant Melbourne bound

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The mouth-watering clash between Incentivise (Shamus Award) and Verry Elleegant (NZ) (Zed) is set to take place in the Gr.1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) at Flemington. Verry Elleegant was also an acceptor for the Gr.2 Hill Stakes (2000m) at Randwick on Saturday, but the nine-time Group One winner has already been scratched from that contest. Instead, the mare will travel to Melbourne on Wednesday night to contest the feature at Flemington on Saturday, a race she won last year on her way to winning the Gr. 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) two…

Additional Traralgon delay

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Due to the seven-day lockdown of the City of Latrobe (commenced 28 September), construction has been affected on the Traralgon track. No construction is permitted on site during this time. Pending no extension to the Latrobe lockdown it is anticipated that the current timeline will extend works by a week. RELATED:TRARALGON J-CURVE: THE RISK IS ALL IN THE SCIENCETRARALGON J-CURVE: FAST FACTS