by Michael Guerin New Zealand’s greatest ever harness driver Tony Herlihy thought he was going to Alexandra Park this Friday without an open class drive yet has ended up on the best pacer in the country. Herlihy didn’t enter his stable star Bolt For Brilliance for the open mile trot at Alexandra Park’s huge meeting on Friday as he will keep him fresh for the National Trot next week and the major trotting races ahead next month culminating in the Rowe Cup. Remarkably since Herlihy is our most successful ever…
Month: April 2022
Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | April 20, 2022
Horse Racing on Wednesday, April 20 will feature five 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 Bendigo, Canterbury & Ipswich. Wednesday Racing Tips – April 20, 2022 Bendigo Racing Tips Canterbury Racing Tips Ipswich 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…
Newcastle racing tips & betting preview | Thursday, 21/04/2022
What Newcastle Races Where Newcastle Jockey Club – Darling St Broadmeadow NSW 2292 When Thursday, April 21, 2022 First Race 12:40pm AEST Visit Ladbrokes An eight-race program will be contested at Newcastle Jockey Club on Thursday, so HorseBetting’s New South Wales racing analyst has presented you with his best bets and quaddie numbers, along with odds from Australia’s best bookmakers. Racing is scheduled to get underway at 12:40pm AEST. Newcastle Best Bet – Newly Wed The Hawkes camp will resume their promising three-year-old filly Newly Wed on Thursday in an…
Golden Sixty on the cusp of history ahead of Champions Mile
Golden Sixty is Hong Kong’s reigning Horse of the Year. Victory in Sunday’s (April 24) HKD$20 million Group 1 FWD Champions Mile (1600m) would elevate Golden Sixty to status as the highest prize money earner in Hong Kong racing history and, if his latest win wasn’t convincing enough, trainer Francis Lui has issued an ominous warning to rivals that Hong Kong’s champion is back in a very, very big way. “He seems to have improved his condition, he seems to be back – he showed that,” said Lui of the…
Personal best within reach for Poon
Matthew Poon has 184 wins in Hong Kong. Unruffled by Circuit Seven’s wide draw in Wednesday’s (April 20) Class 4 Po Lam Handicap (1000m) at Happy Valley, Matthew Poon is heading to the city circuit with one thing in mind – hitting a new personal best by season’s close on 16 July after he surged to a new high of 37 wins last term. Currently with 26 victories this campaign, Poon is 11 shy of his career-best haul – a figure he is looking to better across the remaining 24…
Pakenham racing tips & top value bets | Thursday, April 21
What Pakenham Races Where Pakenham Racecourse – 420 Nar Nar Goon–Longwarry Rd, Tynong VIC 3813 When Thursday, April 21, 2022 First Race 5:45pm AEST Visit Ladbrokes Thursday night racing continues at Pakenham with an eight-race card that kicks off at 5:45pm AEST. And it’s not a bad program, either, despite featuring four maiden events. The field sizes are healthy, which gives added value to those having a bet on the meeting. The tricky races for punters come in races three and four, so it might be worth looking for value…
Ipswich betting tips, quaddie picks & odds | April 20, 2022
What Ipswich Races Where Ipswich Turf Club – 219 Brisbane Rd, Bundamba QLD 4304 When Wednesday, April 20, 2022 First Race 11:58am AEST Visit Ladbrokes Nine races will be run and won at Ipswich on Wednesday, with big fields the order of the afternoon. The track is rated a Good 4, the rail is out 4m for the entire course, and racing is scheduled to begin at 11:58am AEST. HorseBetting’s Queensland form analyst provides his best bets and quaddie selections for the day, along with odds from Australia’s best bookmakers.…
Golden Sixty on the cusp of history ahead of FWD Champions Mile 
Victory in Sunday’s HK$20 million Gr.1 FWD Champions Mile (1600m) would elevate Golden Sixty (Medaglia d’Oro) to status as the highest prize money earner in Hong Kong racing history and, if his latest win wasn’t convincing enough, trainer Francis Lui has issued an ominous warning to rivals that Hong Kong’s champion is back in a very, very big way. “He seems to have improved his condition, he seems to be back – he showed that,” said Lui of the six-year-old gelding who sauntered to success by two lengths in…
Time called on outstanding jumper Zed Em
Grand Annual Steeplechase hero Zed Em (NZ) (Zed) will not make it to a fifth consecutive marathon after falling for the first time in his lengthy career at Pakenham on Easter Monday, with connections electing to retire the grand jumper. Just two and a-half weeks before the Grand Annual is run over 5500m at Warrnambool, the 11-year-old made a mistake at the second last fence of the J.E.H Spencer Memorial Steeplechase and suffered a shoulder injury when he came to grief. The Kiwi bred son of Zed earned a cult…
Meritable books Queensland passage
Quality three-year-old Meritable (Snitzel) pleased connections when winning a 1200m trial at Taupo on Tuesday. It was the second trial for the Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained son of Snitzel, who was last seen on raceday finishing runner-up to Noverre (NZ) (Savabeel) in the Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m). Raced by the China Horse Club, Meritable came from last in his heat to score from Helena Baby (NZ) (Guillotine) by a head and has all but booked his passage to Queensland for the Winter Carnival. “I’m really happy, obviously…