Month: January 2022

Tamworth racing preview & best bets | Thursday, January 20

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What Tamworth Races Where Tamworth Jockey Club – Britten Road, Taminda NSW 2340 When Thursday, January 20, 2022 First Race 1:15pm AEDT Watch Live Streaming Live at Sportsbet HorseBetting’s New South Wales form analyst brings you his best bets and quaddie numbers at Tamworth on Thursday. The eight-race card will be run from 1:15pm AEDT on a Good 4 track, where the rail will be in the true position for the entire course. Tamworth Best Bet – Casino Lord Cody Morgan was set to have three runners in the opening…

Pakenham betting tips, value bets & quaddie picks | January 20

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What Pakenham Races Where Pakenham Racing Club – 420 Nar Nar Goon–Longwarry Rd, Tynong VIC 3813 When Thursday, January 20, 2022 First Race 5:45pm AEDT Watch Live Streaming Live at Sportsbet Pakenham Racecourse is scheduled to host an eight-race card on Thursday night, and HorseBetting’s Victorian tipping expert presents his best bets and free quaddie picks as well as odds from Australia’s leading online bookmakers. The track is rated a Soft 5, while the rail is out 2m from the 400m to the winning post and then true for the…

Filly out to continue Butt’s fine form

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By Jonny Turner Bob Butt’s team heads to Winton on Wednesday to attempt to continue the trainer’s outstanding new year form. The trainer-driver has started 2022 with a bang and with runners at both the Winton and Addington meetings this week there looks a good chance that momentum can continue. Butt has just one runner in the south with Prima Donna to start in race 6. The three-year-old couldn’t have been much more impressive in her debut at Rangiora on New Year’s Day when powering away from her rivals to…

Wellington’s best to come, Badel chases Centenary Sprint Cup glory

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Wellington is one of Hong Kong’s finest sprinters. Group 1 action returns this Sunday (23 January) to Sha Tin with a pair of top-level contests – highlighted by the reappearance of Golden Sixty as well as a hot renewal of the Centenary Sprint Cup (1200m) – which Alexis Badel is gunning for aboard Wellington. Victorious in the 2021 HKD$18 million Group 1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m) on FWD Champions Day, Wellington has since had a challenging start to the new season – suffering a slight niggle in October before an…

2022 Karaka Million Barrier Draw Announced on SENZ

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With all lead-up races run and won, and with the finishing touches being applied to preparations, the order of entry for the $1m DoubleTree by Hilton Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) and $1m Karaka Million 3YO Classic (1600m) now provides a clear idea of which horses will enter the Ellerslie starting gates this Saturday for New Zealand’s richest sporting event.  New Zealand Bloodstock and Auckland Thoroughbred Racing Inc. will exclusively announce the final fields and barriers of the two $1million dollar features tomorrow morning via the SENZ radio platform and app. View the list…

Déjà vu for Selkrig?

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Astute Devon Meadows trainer Garry Selkrig vividly recalls the ‘salad days’ he enjoyed with his former stars Peter Galo, To The Galo’s and Stagger. At one stage, Selkrig targeted Peter Galo towards the Victorian record of 64 wins – ironically held by his ‘uncle’, Stagger. But the 2018 G2 Shepparton Cup winner retired with a career-ending injury with 47 wins in September 2020. Stagger won the 2012 G2 Warragul Cup and To The Galo’s – an older half-brother of Peter Galo – won 43 races including the 2016 Warragul Cup.…

INDUSTRY UPDATE | Cranbourne Greyhound Racing Update

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Following an independent review of the Cranbourne greyhound racing track, racing and trialing at Cranbourne will remain closed for an extended period because of rail infrastructure issues. GRV is currently working with Warragul, Traralgon and Sale Greyhound Racing Clubs to reschedule racing and trialling. Further information will be made available a soon as possible.

More rich targets ahead for Icebath

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Trainer Brad Widdup has some big plans instore for Kiwi-bred mare Icebath (NZ) (Sacred Falls). The inaugural winner of the A$2million The Invitation (1400m) could head to Melbourne for another rich feature, the A$5million All-Star Mile (1600m), however, the Gr.1 Doncaster Mile (1600m) and Gr.1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) remain her major objectives. “She is trialling on Thursday if the weather permits,” Widdup told RacingHQ. “She will have quiet trial there (Warwick Farm) and then I will give her a second trial on the 29th and we will kick-off in…

Group Three target for Wewillrock

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Hastings trainers Guy Lowry and Grant Cullen are hoping to make their mark on Karaka Million day at Ellerslie on Saturday with their promising three-year-olds Wewillrock (NZ) (El Roca) and The Stoney One (Pierro). Fresh from producing Can I Get An Amen (NZ) (Hallowed Crown) to run fourth in the Gr.1 Telegraph (1200m) at Trentham last Saturday, the Hawke’s Bay trainers have nominated the pair for the Karaka Million 3YO Classic (1600m), while Wewillrock is also entered for the Gr.3 Cambridge Stud Almanzor Trophy (1200m). A son of El Roca,…

Karaka Cup immediate focus for Notabadharada

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A horse brought back to New Zealand with jumps racing in mind will be seeking two big prizes without obstacles in the way in the next two weeks. Owner-trainer Chris Faulkner is planning to start Notabadharada (NZ) (Haradasun) in the Collinson Forex Karaka Cup (2200m) at Ellerslie on Saturday, and then back him up the following week in the Gr.3 NZ Campus of Innovation & Sport Wellington Cup (3200m) at Trentham. A $7000 purchase from Grangewilliam Stud at the 2017 New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale, Notabadharada began his career…