Month: January 2022

Size believes “under-rated” Sight Spirit is a genuine Hong Kong Classic Mile threat

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Sight Spirit surges away for a third straight win. Bearing down on a record 12th trainers’ championship, John Size is hopeful Sight Spirit can continue an upward career trajectory and claim the HKD$12 million Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (30 January). Trailing Frankie Lor 42-39 in the championship, Size will saddle Blaze Warrior (Antoine Hamelin) and Master Delight (Joao Moreira), but the master horseman is confident Vagner Borges and Sight Spirit can contend strongly from barrier seven as the Toronado gelding chases his fourth successive…

Sapphire Coast racing tips & top odds | Sunday, January 30

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What Bega Cup Day Where Sapphire Coast Turf Club – 1695 Sapphire Coast Dr, Wallagoot NSW 2550 When Sunday, January 30, 2022 First Race 1:15pm AEDT Feature Race R7: Bega Showcase Cup (1600m) Watch Live Streaming Live at Sportsbet It’s Bega Cup Day this weekend, and HorseBetting’s New South Wales form analyst has picked out his best bets and quaddie numbers for the Sapphire Coast’s eight-race program on Sunday. The track is rated a Good 4, the rail is in the true position, and the first race is set to…

Royal Performer gearing up for Herbie Dyke defence

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Royal Performer will have one final hit-out at Ellerslie on Sunday before he prepares to defend his crown in the Gr.1 Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa on February 12. The nine-year-old gelding has been lumbered with 62kg in the HR Fiskens & Sons LTD 1400, and while the distance is well short of his best, trainers Jenny and Bob Vance felt it was the best option ahead of the weight-for-age feature. “The race will obviously be too short for him but I have got to get a race…

Bluey’s Chance takes underdog tag once again

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Bluey’s Chance (NZ) (Remind) nearly pulled off one of the biggest upsets in last year’s Gr.3 NZ Campus Of Innovation and Sport Wellington Cup (3200m) and trainer Kenny Moore is hoping he can do the same this year. The son of Remind was a 130-1 outsider in last year’s staying feature and came up just half a length short of winner Waisake (NZ) (Zed). “It was totally unexpected last year,” Moore said. “We were just delighted to be in the field and anything that wasn’t last was going to be…

Stakes hopes look rosy for Team Pitman

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Michael and Matthew Pitman hold a strong hand in the main event on their home track program at Riccarton on Saturday with proven stakes performer Miss Tycoon Rose (Written Tycoon) and the genuine My World (NZ) (Jimmy Choux) to represent the stable. Both runners appeal as leading contenders in the Listed Speight’s Timaru Stakes (1400m) and with little to choose between the pair, apprentice Kavish Chowdhoory’s decision to partner Miss Tycoon Rose may be a guide for punters. “I gave Kavish the choice and he chose to ride Miss Tycoon…

Carl Haas Snr – a greyhound racing ‘impresario’

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Greyhound racing ‘jack-of-all-trades’ Carl Haas Snr has died. Haas passed away in his sleep in the early hours of Saturday morning, January 22 – three days after his 90th birthday. A stalwart of the sport, Haas was highly respected as a greyhound trainer and administrator, and bookmaker. Haas was raised in Malvern and attended Caulfield Grammar before following his father, Rudolf, into bookmaking. And it was as a ‘satchel swinger’ which proved a catalyst to his significant contribution to greyhound racing. “In late 1975, Dad bought a 42-acre property at…

Sale betting tips, value bets & quaddie | Sunday, January 30

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What Sale Races Where Sale Racecourse – 1227 Maffra-Sale Rd, Sale VIC 3850 When Sunday, January 30, 2022 First Race 1:20pm AEDT Watch Live Streaming Live at Sportsbet Sale Racecourse is scheduled to host an eight-race card on Sunday afternoon, and HorseBetting’s Victorian tipping expert brings you his best bets and quaddie picks along with odds from the top online bookmakers. The track is rated a Good 4, the rail is out 4m the entire circuit, and racing is set to commence at 1:20pm AEDT. Sale Best Bet – Designs…

Jason Holder suspended from riding for five months

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Scarecrow ridden by Jason Holder heads to the barrier before the Hyland Race Colours Autumn Stakes at Caulfield Racecourse on February 10, 2018. (Brett Holburt/Racing Photos) Champion South Australian hoop Jason Holder has been suspended for five months having returned a positive reading to a banned substance. The suspension, which will see him miss the rest of the 2021/22 racing season, came about from a sample taken at a random trackwork test at Morphettville in December. Known as ‘Stubby’ to the racing community, Holder has been charged with attempting to…

Punt Drunk: Can anyone get near Anamoe this weekend?

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In this Friday’s edition of Punt Drunk, we look ahead to the highly anticipated return of Anamoe in Saturday’s Expressway Stakes, while two South Australian gallopers will take on the world in Dubai later on tonight. On top of that, we look back to when Racing Twitter’s most hated bloke made his social media return. HOW FAR, ANAMOE? We all know he is a star, but when the Cox Plate runner-up returns in Saturday’s Group 2 Expressway Stakes at Rosehill Gardens, we don’t think it is a matter of if,…