Month: February 2022

Newcastle betting tips & quaddie picks | Thursday, February 24

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What Newcastle Races Where Newcastle Racecourse – 100 Darling St, Broadmeadow NSW 2292 When Thursday, February 24, 2022 First Race 1:15pm AEDT Feature Race Race 7: Provincial-Midway Championships Qualifier (1400m) Watch Live Streaming Live at Sportsbet HorseBetting’s New South Wales form analyst presents his best bets and quaddie numbers for the eight-race card at Newcastle on Thursday, including a pick in the featured Provincial-Midway Championships Qualifier. The track is rated a Good 4, and the rail is in the true position for the entire course. The first race gets underway…

Group One tilt for Hasabro

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Andrew Carston believes Hasabro (NZ) (Savabeel) deserves a crack at elite level and he will get his chance when he heads to Otaki on Saturday to line-up in the Gr.1 El Cheapo Cars WFA Group One Classic (1600m). The Savabeel gelding has been in fine form since joining Carston’s Riccarton stable in spring last year, winning four of his seven starts, including the Listed Hazlett Stakes (1200m) at Wingatui on Boxing Day and the Gr.3 White Robe Lodge (1600m) at the same track earlier this month. “I can’t fault him…

Icebath after rich wildcard

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Trainer Brad Widdup is still hopeful his star mare Icebath (NZ) (Sacred Falls) can gain a berth in next month’s A$5 million All-Star Mile (1600m). The daughter of Sacred Falls has already featured in two other Australian rich features, finishing runner-up in last year’s A$7.5 million Golden Eagle (1500m), and winning the inaugural A$2 million The Invitation (1400m). However, the five-year-old would need a wildcard to make the field, so Widdup is currently playing the waiting game but has several other targets in-mind. “The target will be the Doncaster (Gr.1,…

Stable banking on lightning striking twice

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Desert Lightning (Pride of Dubai) made a belated start to his racing career earlier this month and the wait proved worthwhile at Ruakaka where the colt was an impressive winner. That performance has earned the Peter and Dawn Williams-trained son of Pride Of Dubai a crack at black type level in Saturday’s Gr.3 Fairview Matamata Slipper (1200m) and an opportunity to prove his tractability. “He’ll have a go there and his first time left-handed so we thought it would be a nice race for him,” said Peter Williams, who trains…

Orlando ‘blooms’ in Cup surprise

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Group 1 TAB Australian Cup surprise packet Orlando may have been named after a movie star, but nobody – aside from his trainer Lee Moore – expected the unheralded sprinter to play a leading role in last Saturday’s Cup heats. Orlando was a $28 outsider but defied his price in a dominant 29.86sec performance to give 56-year-old Moore his first G1 finalist and an unlikely shot at greyhound racing immortality. “I’m one-out in the crowd, against the usual faces – the Daillys, Jason Thompson,” Moore said on Sunday afternoon. “I’m…

Official 2022 Neds Blue Diamond Stakes Field & Barrier Draw

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The official Group 1 $1.5 million Neds Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) field and barrier draw are now out ahead of the jewel two-year-olds race of the autumn in Melbourne taking place at Caulfield Racecourse this weekend. Jacquinot is narrow favourite for Saturday’s Group 1 $1. 5 million Neds Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos. A capacity field of 16 juveniles is engaged for the Blue Diamond Stakes on Saturday including 10 colts and geldings and six fillies. “It’s great to have a capacity field in the Neds…

Sunshine Coast tips, odds & quaddie | Wednesday, February 23

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What Sunshine Coast Races Where Corbould Park Racecourse – 170 Pierce Ave, Caloundra QLD 4551 When Wednesday, February 23, 2022 First Race 1:38pm AEST Watch Live Streaming Live at Sportsbet The Sunshine Coast is set to hold its third meeting in just five days when the local turf club hosts a seven-race metropolitan card on Wednesday. HorseBetting’s Queensland form analyst brings you his best bets and quaddie numbers for the day, with odds from the country’s top online bookmakers. The track is rated a Good 4, the rail is out…

Launceston racing tips, top odds & quaddie | February 23

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What Launceston Cup Day 2022 Where Tasmanian Turf Club – Jellico St, Mowbray TAS 7248 When Wednesday, February 23, 2022 First Race 1:05pm AEDT Watch Live Streaming Live at Sportsbet The Tasmanian Turf Club is scheduled to host a bumper 10-race card on Wednesday afternoon, headlined by the Group 3 Launceston Cup. HorseBetting’s Tasmanian racing expert has come up with top tips in the three black-type races as well as a best bet for the card. The track is rated a Soft 5 with the rail out 3m, and following…

Medina Spirit stripped of Kentucky Derby as Baffert cops ban

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American trainer Bob Baffert (AAP) Medina Spirit has been disqualified from the 2021 Kentucky Derby, while the colt’s trainer, Bob Baffert, has been fined and suspended over the incident. The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission (KHRC) said on Monday that Medina Spirit had been stripped of his victory after a sample taken from the horse’s blood was found to contain betamethasone, which is a steroid medication. The ruling means that Medina Spirit is just the second horse in the 147-year history of the Kentucky Derby to be disqualified for a failed…

Vlad Duric to return to the saddle at Pakenham

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Vlad Duric is back riding in Victoria. (AAP) Group 1-winning jockey Vlad Duric is set to make his return to the saddle on Thursday night in the final event on Pakenham’s eight-race card. Duric is set to partner the Wendy Kelly-trained Jesta Dreama in a Benchmark 64 over 1600m to round out Thursday’s card in what will be his first ride in Australia since taking the steer on Excess Knowledge in the 2016 Melbourne Cup. The 44-year-old has been based in Singapore since May 2016 and joins several jockeys and…