The Follow Files: In The Congo back in good shape

A mammoth day of Group 1 racing was run and won at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday, while the All-Star Mile raceday at Flemington saw plenty of good horses go around. With a lot of horses running in their ‘grand finals’ on Saturday, there weren’t too many horses that we want to be on next start, but there is one that caught out eye first-up. Rosehill Gardens | Track: Heavy 9 | Rail: +2m Entire Course Race 9: Group 1 The Galaxy Stakes (1100m) | Time: 1:06.15 Horse to follow: In…

Zipping passes away, aged 20

Zipping wins the Sandown Classic Living Legends have advised that four-time Sandown Classic winner Zipping has died this morning due to a paddock accident. The 20-year-old gelding won over $4.5 million in prizemoney for owners Lloyd & Nick Williams, including 16 individual victories. It is with deep sadness that we share with you this morning that Zipping has passed away. Zip was an iron horse on the racetrack, a 4 x winner of the Sandown Classic and in recognition of this feat the race was renamed in his honour to…

Richard Bright  – “a character, who loved hunting, fishing and horses”

Trainer John Dickie says he is still struggling to process the death of his mate and well-known Cambridge publican Richard Bright. The 63-year-old was one of five people who died after the charter boat Enchanter sunk at North Cape on Sunday night. There were ten people onboard at the time. A rogue wave is understood to have hit the boat. “It’s just so unexpected,” said John Dickie,” I have not come to terms with it.” Dickie and Bright have known each since the late 1970s and raced and bred a…

Breeding numbers stabilise in 21/22 breeding season

On the back of an extremely successful NZB Standardbred national yearling sales where almost every key indicator reached record levels, the positivity has continued in the breeding sector with news of a slight increase in the number of mares bred. For just the third time in the last 15 years the number of individual standardbred mares served has increased. The ‘increase’ in mares bred is incremental and probably better described as a stabilisation of breeding numbers. 2005 individual mares were served in 2020/21 to 2037 individual mares served in 2021/22,…

Warrior creates Hong Kong Derby history for Danny Shum, Karis Teetan

Romantic Warrior and California Spangle fight out a superb Derby. Romantic Warrior has forged into BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) history as the first triumphant graduate of the Hong Kong International Sale after crowning a meteoric rise by snaring the HKD$24 million Classic with dramatic victory over California Spangle at Sha Tin on Sunday (20 March). Purchased at the June 2021 sale for HKD$4.8 million by owner Peter Lau on trainer Danny Shum’s recommendation after being originally selected out of the 2019 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale by former champion Irish…

Sandown Hillside betting tips & top odds | Wednesday, March 22

What Sandown Hillside Races Where Sandown Racecourse – 591-659 Princes Hwy, Springvale VIC 3171 When Wednesday, March 22, 2022 First Race 2:30pm AEDT Watch Live Streaming Live at Sportsbet The Hillside track at Sandown is the venue for midweek racing in Victoria on Wednesday afternoon with a 2:30pm start scheduled. Anthony Freedman has two of the seven runners in race one, while in the quaddie legs, 50-year life members John Collins, Gerald Heaslip, Anthony Lloyd and Michael Scarcella will be honoured. Here are the best bets for the day, with…

Injured Macnab upbeat with big day looming

Multiple Group winning jockey Sarah Macnab is counting herself fortunate, despite suffering serious injuries in a race fall at Trentham. Macnab hit the turf in an incident in the closing stages of Saturday’s Listed Lightning Handicap (1200m) when her mount Scotch clipped heels and fell. The 22-year-old now faces up to six weeks on the side-line, but sees the situation as a glass half-full one with a major life event on her calendar to look forward to this weekend. “It could have so much worse so I’m happy with the…

Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | March 22, 2022

Horse Racing on Tuesday, March 22 will feature four meetings in Australia. Our racing analysts here at horsebetting.com.au have found you the top bets and the quaddie numbers for the meetings at Geelong & Newcastle. Tuesday Racing Tips – March 22, 2022 Geelong Racing Tips Newcastle Racing Tips As always there a plenty of promotions available for Australian racing fans, check out all the top online bookmakers to see what daily promotions they have. If you are looking for a new bookmaker for the horse racing taking place on March…

Billy Egan set to join Queensland riding ranks

Defibrillate (NZ) ridden by Billy Egan wins the Neds Mornington Cup Prelude at Caulfield Racecourse on February 26, 2022 in Caulfield, Australia. (Pat Scala/Racing Photos) Victorian jockey Billy Egan is set to move to Queensland, where an association with the in-form Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted stable beckons. The 32-year-old hoop has had a strong association with Patrick Payne at country and metropolitan tracks in Victoria over the past year, but he now looks set to make a permanent move to the Sunshine State within the next month. Egan will…

Daily Mail: Will he ‘decimate’ rivals at Warragul?

Listed Western Districts Derby placegetter Decimate is tipped to bolster his record to 12 wins from 23 starts in a Mixed 4/5 460m race at Warragul tonight, but he does face well-performed chasers headlined by Spring Scout. One’s Obsession v G3 finalist Ha Ha Magoo v Disorientated should be a competitive 400m Free For All, while Allan Coe is looking to stay unbeaten after four starts in a Grade 5 400m event. In-form chasers Invictus Benson (won his last two) and My Neo (won four of his last five) clash…