White Noise (NZ) (El Roca) was the least fancied runner of Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman’s pair in the Gr.3 Lucia Valentina Wellington Stakes (1600m) at Otaki on Thursday, but somebody forgot to tell the grey gelding that. The son of El Roca was sent out an $11.90 prospect and ran away to a dominant win in the three-year-old feature. Fairly away from the gates, jockey Ryan Elliot elected to settle off the pace with White Noise, while stablemate Turn The Ace (NZ) (Turn Me Lose) took the opposite approach,…
Month: November 2021
Filly cutting shapes just like mum
Just Dance (NZ) has inherited plenty of her mum’s ability, according to Hamilton trainer David Greene, who will saddle the unbeaten Tavistock filly in Saturday’s Listed Trevor & Corallie Eagle Memorial (1500m) at Te Aroha. Greene prepared Just Dance’s dam Stolen Dance (NZ) (Alamosa) for much of her career, including a win in the Gr.3 Eagle Technology Stakes (1600m) at the corresponding meeting in 2015, and said the legacy was strong with the filly. “This filly is a lot like her mum. She’s got that same nervous energy, though she’s…
Ascot racing tips & top value bets | Saturday, November 27
What Winterbottom Stakes Day 2021 Where Ascot Racecourse – 71 Grandstand Rd, Ascot WA 6104 When Saturday, November 27, 2021 First Race 12:05pm AWST Watch Live Streaming Live at Sportsbet Ascot is scheduled to host a bumper nine-race card on Saturday afternoon for Winterbottom Stakes Day, and HorseBetting’s West Australia horse racing expert presents his best bets and free quaddie selections for the afternoon. The track is rated a Good 4, the rail is out 6m for the entire circuit, and racing is set to commence at 12:05pm AWST (3:05pm…
Friendly competition now etched in Cup history
Trainers David Geall and Angela Langton consider each other to be their best friends in greyhound racing. Based in the Geelong region, they’ve been that way for over 15 years, sharing road trips while racing interstate, taking family holidays together, and even weekly dinners with their respective partners, Rose and Jeff. So it was apt that the pair should share a piece of history last Friday when Geall’s Koblenz and Langton’s Jepara dead heated in the night’s opening TAB Melbourne Cup heat. “If we had to draw with somebody, to…
GAP candidate chases ‘untapped’ Group 1 glory
There was a time when Untapped was a potential ‘applicant’ for GRV’s Greyhound Adoption Program (GAP). Incredibly, she’ll compete in the Group 1 Bold Trease final (715m) at Sandown Park on Friday night. Untapped (Box 1) is a $7.00 chance on TAB. Failure can’t cope with persistence and her Dennington trainer, Dustin Drew, has shown the ‘patience of Job’. “As a pup she wouldn’t go a yard and it took a lot of tolerance to get her going. In fact, she just stood next to me at her first trial,”…
How to spend $20 on the TAB Melbourne Cup Final
Form expert The Watchdog has bravely predicted that Friday night’s Group 1 TAB Melbourne Cup final is favourite Aston Rupee’s “race to lose”. Striving to become only the second sprinter after the great Bombastic Shiraz in 2003 to complete the ‘Triple Crown’ of the Topgun, Shootout and Melbourne Cup, Aston Rupee sits atop TAB’s market at $2.30 after a barnstorming come-from-behind heat victory; his eighth win from his past nine starts. The time of 29.47sec was well outside Aston Rupee’s Sandown Park 515m track record of 28.79sec, but trainer Glenn…
Caulfield racing tips, value bets & odds | Saturday, November 27
What Caulfield Races Where Caulfield Racecourse – 22 Station St, Caulfield East VIC 3145 When Saturday, November 27, 2021 First Race 12:35pm AEDT Feature Race Zipping Classic – Race 7 Watch Live Streaming Live at Sportsbet Zipping Classic Day has a different look about it this year, moving from Sandown to Caulfield, and a bumper crowd of up to 30,000 is expected on course for the nine-part program. HorseBetting’s Victorian horse racing analyst presents his race-by-race preview, best bets and free quaddie numbers for the afternoon, which is set to…
Loves Only You and five from Ballydoyle head list for 2021 HKIR
Loves Only You returns to Hong Kong looking to remain unbeaten over 2000m at Sha Tin. Loves Only You is among a stellar line-up of 49 horses selected for the HKD$100 million LONGINES Hong Kong International Races (HKIR) at Sha Tin on Sunday, 12 December. Fresh off Breeders’ Cup success in the United States of America, Yoshito Yahagi’s mare is just one of 22 Group 1 winners set to compete. Returning to Hong Kong in a bid for a second Group 1 success in the city, the daughter of Deep…
Canterbury racing preview & quaddie tips | Friday, November 26
What Canterbury Races Where Canterbury Park Racecourse – King Street, Canterbury NSW 2193 When Friday, November 26, 2021 First Race 6pm AEDT Watch Live Streaming Live at Sportsbet HorseBetting’s New South Wales form analyst has picked out his best bets and quaddie numbers for Friday’s twilight meeting at Canterbury Park. The track is rated a Heavy 8, the rail is out 6m for the entire course, and the first of eight races is set to jump at 6pm AEDT. Canterbury Best Bet – Cross Talk In the second leg of…
Morphettville tips, odds & value bets | Saturday, November 27
What Morphettville Races Where Morphettville Racecourse – 79 Morphett Rd, Morphettville SA 5043 When Saturday, November 27, 2021 First Race 12:17pm ACDT Watch Live Streaming Live at Sportsbet Morphettville is scheduled to host a nine-race card on Saturday, and HorseBetting’s South Australian horse racing expert presents his best bets and free quaddie selections for the afternoon. The track is rated a Soft 5, the rail is in the true position throughout, and racing is set to start at 12:17pm ACDT (12:47pm AEDT). Morphettville Best Bet – Keep Reading The Richard…