Year: 2021

Warwick Farm tips, odds & quaddie picks | Wednesday, December 8

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What Warwick Farm Races Where Warwick Farm Racecourse – Governor Macquarie Dr, Warwick Farm NSW 2170 When Wednesday, December 8, 2021 First Race 2:20pm AEDT Watch Live Streaming Live at Sportsbet HorseBetting’s New South Wales form analyst brings you his top tips and quaddie picks for the seven-race meeting at Warwick Farm on Wednesday. The track is currently rated a Soft 5, while the rail is out 5m from the 1000m to the winning post and then out 3m for the remainder of the course. The field for the first…

Gibbs pair thriving ahead of Palmy

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By Joshua Smith, Harness News Desk Levin trainer Murray Gibbs is looking forward to heading to Manawatu Raceway on Tuesday where he will line-up two in-form runners. Smokinhotcheddar has been a bit of a bridesmaid of late, finishing second in her last two starts at Palmerston North and Gibbs is hoping she can go one better in the Royden Williams Photography Retirement Mobile Pace (2000m). Gibbs was pleased with her previous two outings and believes she has continued to improve since her run last month. “In her last handful of…

Awkward draw for King Of Swing

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By Adam Hamilton  If King Of Swing’s back row draw worried Luke McCarthy, you wouldn’t know it. Just moments after King Of Swing drew gate 11 (three-out on the back row), while gates three and four were still available, McCarthy grinned and said: “I like it, I like it a lot.” McCarthy is mindful of the marathon 3009m trip of Saturday night’s Inter Dominion and being able to settle King Of Swing into a rhythm while those off the front burn early and jostle for positions. “I’ll just sit back,…

Attention participants: Greyhounds Australasia want to hear from you!

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Greyhounds Australasia (GA) have partnered with Strategic Project Partners (SPP) to conduct a research project with the aim of better understanding the experiences, activities and attitudes of participants across the broader Australian and New Zealand greyhound racing industry. GA is seeking your feedback via the completion of an online survey, the results of which will assist with the improvement and development of service and support programs.  Participation in this research is voluntary and will take approximately 10 – 15 minutes to complete. To complete this anonymous survey, visit GA-Service-and-Support-Demand Questionnaire…

Sandown Hillside betting tips & odds | Wednesday, December 8

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What Sandown Hillside Races Where Sandown Racecourse – 591-659 Princes Hwy, Springvale VIC 3171 When Wednesday, December 8, 2021 First Race 3:40pm AEDT Watch Live Streaming Live at Sportsbet The Hillside track at Sandown is scheduled to host an eight-race card on Wednesday afternoon as part of the twilight racing season in Victoria. HorseBetting’s Victorian form analyst presents his best bets and free quaddie numbers for the meeting, with odds from Australia’s leading online bookmakers. The track is rated a Good 4, the rail is in the true position, and…

Super summer in-store for Collett

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The opening of the Auckland borders on December 15 can’t come quickly enough for Richard Collett. The Pukekohe trainer has been stuck inside the borders for four months now, and though he’s been able to send horses away to race outside the region, he said they would appreciate the return of racing to the Auckland tracks, Ellerslie and Pukekohe, for December. “We’re looking forward to them, racing on the big right-handed tracks they are trained on up here,” Collett said. “When you train your horses right-handed, and the majority of…

Northern summer sojourn for Asano

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Leading apprentice jockey Kozzi Asano has decided to head north to Cambridge for the summer and if everything goes to plan it could be a permanent move. Previously based in Christchurch with Riccarton trainer Andrew Carston, Asano has had a couple of previous stints in the north, including a few months in Matamata at Wexford Stables under the tutelage of trainer and former top jockey Lance O’Sullivan. Asano enjoyed his experience in the north and has decided to test the waters over the summer where he will ride work for…

Bergerson’s plans for Wolverine in disarray

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Trainer Roydon Bergerson has been left angry and bemused by the decision to reprogram the feature events from Saturday’s abandoned Trentham meeting to Te Rapa this Saturday. The Gr.1 Rydges Wellington Captain Cook Stakes (1600m) and the Gr.2 Wakefield Challenge Stakes (1200m) will be run at the northern venue, which has infuriated the Awapuni-based horseman. The Trentham race was to have been a key lead-up to the Listed Karaka Million (1200m) for his debut winner Wolverine (NZ) (Tivaci) and plans for the filly are now up in the air. “It’s…

Incentivise under injury cloud for Brisbane Winter Carnival

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Incentivise ridden by Brett Prebble wins the Caulfield Cup on October 16, 2021. (Pat Scala/Racing Photos) Caulfield Cup winner Incentivise is set to miss the upcoming autumn and winter racing carnivals due to an injury he picked up in the 2021 Melbourne Cup, where he ran second behind Verry Elleegant. The son of Shamus Award arrived back in Queensland, where he is set to spell over the warmer months before targeting the Brisbane Winter Carnival and Melbourne Spring Carnival once again, but after a recent check-up at the University of…

Punt Drunk: Purton hits prizemoney milestone ahead of HKIR 2021

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Another week of racing is over, as too is Group 1 racing in Australia for the 2021 calendar year. That’s alright, though, because Hong Kong has four Group 1 races for us this coming Sunday, and if there is one man for the job, it is our very own and very rich Zac Purton. We’ve seen some good rides in our time and we’ve seen some bad ones, but at Aqueduct on Friday, we may have seen the worst ride of them all. Meanwhile, on our own shores, the hat-trick…