Month: April 2022

Geelong betting preview & best odds | Tuesday, April 19

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What Geelong Races Where Geelong Racecourse – 99 Breakwater Rd, Breakwater, VIC, 3219 When Tuesday, April 19, 2022 First Race 1:30pm AEST Visit Ladbrokes Following a big Easter long weekend of racing, we head down the highway to Geelong on Tuesday afternoon where an eight-race card is set to be run and won. Horsebetting’s Victorian tipping expert has gone through the card and have found a couple of best bets, including a play upwards of $20 for a horse stepping out of Stakes grade. We’re set to be racing on…

Young female jockey Jade Hampson wins at her first race ride

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Jade Hampson after winning her first race as a jockey at her first race ride. (Photo: Nikki Westover Photography.) It’s no secret that female jockeys are making a serious impact on the Northern Territory racing landscape of late. They have been booting home winners on a regular basis in Darwin and Alice Springs. Jade Hampson has now joined the jockey ranks and she maintained the status quo with victory in her first race during last Thursday’s meeting at Fannie Bay. The 18-year-old apprentice booted home the Tayarn Halter-trained four-year-old mare…

Pakenham betting tips & quaddie selections | Monday, April 18

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What Pakenham Races Where Pakenham Racecourse – 420 Nar Nar Goon – Longwarry Rd, Tynong, VIC, 3813 When Monday, April 18, 2022 First Race 12:25pm AEST Visit Ladbrokes As the Warrnambool May Racing Carnival approaches, we head to Pakenham on Easter Monday for a six-race card, with each race set to be run over the sticks. Horsebetting’s Victorian form expert has found a couple of best bets and a skinny quaddie in a bid to round out the Easter long weekend on a winning note. We’re racing on a Good…

Taplins looking for final hurrah before Queensland move

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Isla Bank trainers Ian and Kerry Taplin are looking to make the most of an interrupted weekend of racing on their nearby home patch at Riverton on Monday before heading for a ten-day break in Queensland to secure a new base for their future training aspirations. After five years of contemplating a move across the Tasman, the couple have bitten the bullet and sold up their 800-cow dairy operation to take the plunge on training full time on a smaller scale in Australia. “We’ve been thinking about moving for about…

Pike ready to confirm his Queensland winter carnival team

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A resolute run for second at Te Rapa on Saturday could see promising two-year Rudyard (NZ) (Charm Spirit) added to the team that Cambridge trainer Tony Pike will take to Brisbane next month for an assault on the Queensland Winter Carnival. The son of Windsor Park Stud stallion Charm Spirit and multiple stakes winner Lady Kipling went into Saturday’s 1100m contest off the back of a debut win at Rotorua but had to settle for the runner-up position behind speedy filly Westwood (NZ) (Charm Spirit) after getting a long way…

Baker winding down but still adding to his winner’s ledger

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While there may be only a couple of weeks left before Murray Baker hands over the stable reins to training partner Andrew Forsman, the pair are still churning out a regular stream of winners as evidenced on Saturday. The Cambridge-based combination produced speedy two-year-old Charm Spirit filly Westwood (NZ) to win convincingly in the hands of apprentice Niranjan Parmar in an 1100m juvenile event at Te Rapa on Saturday, while promising maiden debutant St Lawrence (NZ) (Redwood) produced an eye-catching late run to take out a 1400m three-year-old contest at…

Daily Mail: Egg-cellent Easter Sunday at Bendigo

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G3 winner Collinda Patty faces dual G1 champion Jarick Bale in this afternoon’s $12,000 to-the-winner Bendigo Stayers Cup, but G3 winner Hank The Hustler and the in-form Golden Quest cannot be discounted. Aston Exceed has been terrific winning his heat and semi-final of the Bendigo Gold Rush Maiden and he is favoured to complete the hat-trick in the $10,000 to-the-winner final. Two-time G3 winner Barooga Smoke and G3 placegetter Old News is a clash of kennelmates in the Easter Cup, while there are finals of the Beau and Belle of…

Sandown Lakeside Preview & Best Bets | Easter Monday | April 18

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What Sandown Easter Monday Races Where Sandown Lakeside Racecourse – Springvale, VIC, 3171 When Monday, April 18, 2022 First Race 12:50pm AEST Visit Ladbrokes We are racing on the Lakeside circuit at Sandown on Easter Monday where an eight-race meeting is scheduled to be run and won. Horsebetting’s Victorian tipping expert has found a couple of best bets in a bid to end the Easter long weekend on a winning note. We’re set to be racing on a Good 4, with the rail out 4m the entire circuit, whilst racing…