What Wellington Cup Day 2022 Where Wellington Race Club – Mount Arthur NSW 2820 When Sunday, March 27, 2022 First Race 12:55pm AEDT Watch Live Streaming Live at Sportsbet HorseBetting’s NSW racing analyst has picked out his best bets and quaddie selections for Sunday’s eight-race card at Wellington, including top tips in the $200,000 Wellington Boot (1100m) and the $100,000 Wellington Cup (1700m). The track is rated a Heavy 9 and the rail is in the true position for the entire course, while the first race is scheduled to jump…
Month: March 2022
Last Bid Liam out to take home Wellington Boot this Sunday
Last Bid Liam wins a 2YO Handicap (1000m) at Dubbo on February 13, 2022. (Photo: Amy McIntyre) The Wellington Boot has been a popular fixture on the Country NSW racing calendar since its inception in 1981. Boasting $200,000 in prizemoney, the 1100m open two-year-old race attracts a mix of Country, Provincial and Metropolitan juveniles and garners attention from all over the globe because of its unusual name. Situated 350km west of Sydney between Dubbo and Orange, the Wellington Race Club put on a terrific two-day racing carnival which draws in…
2022 Vinery Stud Stakes Field & Betting Update: Hinged Favourite for Waller
Master Sydney-based horseman Chris Waller chases a third win in four years saddling-up three fillies including the well-backed favourite Hinged in Saturday’s Group 1 $500,000 Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill. Surround Stakes winning filly Hinged is one of the best in 2022 Vinery Stud Stakes betting at Rosehill this weekend. Photo: Steve Hart. One of two Group 1 races on the card in Sydney this weekend along with the Tancred Stakes, the Vinery Stud Stakes field features a class line-up of potential Australian Oaks-bound fillies. Heading the Vinery Stud…
Clairvoyance on comeback trail after life-threatening injury
Clairvoyance wins the Pinjarra Classic. (Image: Western Racepix) Star Western Australian mare Clairvoyance is making her recovery after suffering a life-threatening pelvis fracture earlier in the month. A winner of seven from 11 starts and over $500,000 in prizemoney, the four-year-old suffered a complete fracture of the pelvis at trackwork on March 15, but a video posted by her trainer Darren McAuliffe on Friday morning suggested she came through the surgery well. Clairvoyance getting some love from her strapper Rhys she’s doing ok, resting at Beldare Park and we are…
Trekking ready to go for William Reid Stakes at The Valley
Having placed in both the Moir Stakes and Manikato Stakes, Trekking will be looking to bring up his maiden Group 1 win at Moonee Valley in the 2022 William Reid Stakes (1200m) this Friday night. The seven-year-old has had five starts at the track for four minor placings, three of which have come at the highest level, but he is yet to salute at the course. Despite racing four times at Group 1 level at The Valley, Friday evening’s William Reid Stakes will be his first attempt at this race,…
Tancred Stakes 2022 Field & Betting Update: Duais Dominant Favourite
Edward Cummings’ last start Australian Cup winning mare Duais is dominant favourite to secure another Group 1 win returning to Sydney this weekend in the $1.5 million Tancred Stakes (2400m) at Rosehill Gardens. Duais is favoured to win Sydney’s Tancred Stakes 2022 this weekend off her Australian Cup victory at Flemington. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos. There is a top-class field of weight-for-age stayers engaged in this year’s Tancred Stakes and Duais is the one to beat paying $2.90 through Ladbrokes.com drawn well mid-field in barrier seven for jockey Joshua Parr.…
Hannan to kick-off riding career
Kelsey Hannan is looking forward to kicking off her riding career at Tauranga on Saturday where she will have two rides for her employers Shaun and Craig Phelan. The 18-year-old apprentice jockey originally hails from Northland where she first became involved in racing under the tutelage of local horseman Kenny Rae. “Kenny Rae brought me into it about two years ago. I hadn’t had anything to do with racehorses, just riding hacks and ponies with family friends,” Hannan said. “I have wanted to be a jockey since I was really…
Brand new Karaka hotel opens this weekend
A smart new addition to the Karaka countryside is set to open its doors this Saturday with the official opening of New Zealand Bloodstock’s DoubleTree by Hilton Karaka Hotel. Set amid the beautiful grounds of NZB’s iconic horse auction and stabling facilities, the Hotel is just a couple of minutes’ walk from the main sales auditorium, 30 minutes from Auckland city, and just 20 minutes from the airport. Exuding five-star quality and elegance, the 122-room property boasts a pool and gym, its signature Horseshoe bar, wedding and conference facilities, a…
Callsign Mav taking time out at beach
Multiple Group One winner Callsign Mav is enjoying an easy time at the beach before a decision is made on his immediate future. The son of Atlante was successful three-times at the highest level for Hastings horseman and part-owner John Bary and remained in Australia after he ran seventh in last year’s Gr.1 Cox Plate (2040m). Callsign Mav finished a close second in last month’s Gr.3 Carlyon Cup (1600m) at Caulfield in his first appearance from Danny O’Brien’s stable and was then unplaced in the Gr.1 Australian Cup (2000m) and…
Jason Collett faces stint on the sidelines
Kiwi expat Jason Collett will undergo shoulder surgery after fracturing his clavicle in a race day fall at Warwick Farm. Racing NSW stewards confirmed the injury late on Wednesday night and the top jockey is expected to go under the knife on Thursday. “Jason has a fractured clavicle that requires surgery by (Racing NSW doctor) Dr Duckworth tomorrow,” Racing NSW said in a statement. Collett, who celebrated his fourth Group One win aboard Montefilia in the Gr.1 Ranvet Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill on Saturday, was riding the Matthew Smith-trained Flambeur…