Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | April 17, 2022

Horse Racing on Sunday, April 17 will feature seven 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 Albany, Stawell and the Sunshine Coast. Sunday Racing Tips – April 17, 2022 Albany Racing Tips Stawell Racing Tips Sunshine Coast 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…

Albany Cup Day best bets & quaddie selections | Sunday, April 17

What Albany Cup Day 2022 Where Albany Racing Club – 261 Roberts Rd, Torndirrup WA 6330 When Sunday, April 17, 2022 First Race 12:12pm AWST Visit Ladbrokes We head right down to the south of Western Australian on Sunday afternoon when nine races are set to be run and won at Albany for Albany Cup Day. We’re set fair for a perfect day of racing with the track coming up a Good 4, with the rail in the true position for the club’s marquee day of the year. The day…

Mark Waugh on his love of winners, the punt, and great mate Shane Warne

Late Australian cricket legend Shane Warne shares a laugh with great mate and fellow former star Mark Waugh in the commentary box. (Photo: Fox Sports) Australian cricket legend Mark Waugh believes the thrill of being a winning horse owner is a similar feeling to scoring a ton or taking a prized wicket. But it was something his late great mate and fellow legend of the bat-and-ball game, Shane Warne, never quite got into – despite his love of a punt. They were Waugh’s reflections after overseeing Garrison’s victory in the…

Brisbane beckons for Caulfield Group 3 Victoria Handicap winner Ayrton

Jamie Kah after Ayrton (NZ) won the Neds Victoria Handicap, at Caulfield Racecourse on April 16, 2022 in Caulfield, Australia.(Reg Ryan/Racing Photos) Ayrton has claimed the Group 3 Victoria Handicap (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday with sizzling first-up win under a perfect steer from Jamie Kah. The four-year-old was having his first run since last September for trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent after a spider bite halted his spring campaign and delayed his start to his 2022 return. Starting a +180 clear favourite with online bookmakers, Ayrton settled up…

Sydney Autumn Carnival closes with Fireburn, Nature Strip, Waller & McDonald stars

Fireburn wins the 2022 Golden Slipper. (Photo: Lisa Grimm) A dominant filly in Fireburn winning the Australian Turf Club’s prestigious race for two-year-olds and a third consecutive victory by Nature Strip in Australia’s premier Autumn sprint were two shining highlights in a world-class Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival which concluded yesterday. More than $37 million in prizemoney was won by owners, trainers, jockeys and strappers during the six-week Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival – including in 18 Group 1 races amongst 48 Black Type events across 60 races. A total of 679…

Zac Purton regains jockeys’ championship lead

A treble has restored Zac Purton’s edge over Joao Moreira. The rollercoaster tussle for the Hong Kong jockeys’ championship continued at Sha Tin on Saturday (April 16) when a treble propelled Zac Purton back into the lead as former Italian galloper Campione continued an impressive emergence for Tony Cruz. Trailing Joao Moreira by two wins before the meeting, Purton edged to a 104-103 buffer after success on Red Brick Fighter, Run Run Cool and Blotting Paper while Campione underlined his quality with an excellent performance under Matthew Poon in the…

The Falcon soars in Country Championship

by Jonny Turner The Falcon did his New Zealand Cup prospects absolutely no harm when he flew along the inner to win the Listed Country Championship at Addington on Saturday night. The four-year-old outstayed his opposition in the 3200m feature, registering the biggest win yet Geoff and James Dunn’s father and son training partnership. The inaugural running of the Country Championship has been the focus for the Dunn camp with The Falcon which means they will now need to do some planning for the future. Though it was just win…

Ayrton back with Group Three bang

Classy galloper Ayrton sounded an ominous warning to his Queensland Winter Carnival rivals when resuming from a lengthy break to win the Gr.3 Victoria Handicap (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday. The four-year-old was having his first run since last September after a spider bite halted his career. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained galloper was given a perfect run behind the speed by Jamie Kah and accelerated when a gap presented in the straight to defeat Streets of Avalon by 1¼ lengths, with Excelida third. A son of Iffraaj,…

Milford breaks through in Easter Cup

The Michael Moroney-trained Milford scored a narrow triumph in Saturday’s Gr.3 Easter Cup (2000m) at Caulfield. The four-year-old son of Savabeel was back in the winner’s circle for the first time since winning the Listed Gingernuts Salver (2100m) in January of last year when prepared by Stephen Marsh in a campaign that culminated in a runner-up finish in the Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) behind Rocket Spade. Milford, who sports the colours of Lib Petagna, has been in good form this campaign, with his two lead-up races solid including a…

Another Group Three for Polly Grey

She is the gift horse that just keeps on giving and on Saturday at Randwick seven-year-old mare Polly Grey recorded her sixth black-type success when a dominant on-pace winner in the Gr.3 JRA Plate (2000m). The New Zealand-bred daughter of Azamour relishes rain-affected going and doubled her Group Three tally having won the Epona Stakes (1900m) last year. A surprise leader under an inspired Hugh Bowman ride, the Chris Waller-trained mare always looked to be travelling comfortably and gapped her rivals to win by 5¼ lengths from  Numerian with Icebath…