Month: April 2022

In The Boat smashes rivals in The Country Discovery

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In The Boat ridden by Blaike McDougall wins the The Country Discovery at Sale. (Scott Barbour/Racing Photos) The inaugural running of the $500,000 The Country Discovery (1100m) has been won in impressive fashion by the ever consistent In The Boat for Warrnambool trainer Lindsay Smith. The four-year-old Nostradamus gelding notched up his seventh win from just eleven starts in the feature and took his prizemoney to over $600,000. Having never been out of the placings, In The Boat was coming off a Listed win in the Abell Stakes (1200m) at…

Jordan Childs claims a Good Friday double at Sale

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Splendiferous ridden by Jordan Childs returns to the mounting yard after winning the Gippsland Racing Clubs’ Country Oaks at Sale. (Scott Barbour/Racing Photos) Jordan Childs has ridden a double in two of the feature races on the Sale Good Friday card, steering the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Spleniferous to victory in the $150,000 Country Oaks (2200m) before backing up with Thought Provoking for Mick Price and Michael Kent (Jnr) in the $100,000 Good Friday Appeal Cup (2200m). Splendiferous who paid $4 with online betting sites was coming off a…

Mo’unga tops Neasham’s trio

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Annabel Neasham heads into the final Group One of the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival with a three-pronged attack on the All Aged Stakes and she will be hoping that a bit of misfortune could prove to be a blessing in disguise. The most fancied of Neasham’s runners is Mo’unga (NZ) (Savabeel), who hasn’t raced since his runner-up effort in the Gr.1 Futurity Stakes (1600m) at the end of February. The four-year-old entire missed out on taking his place in the Gr.1 George Ryder Stakes (1500m) last month, but Neasham said…

Randwick pipe-opener for Mali Ston

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Matamata-trained Mali Ston will make his Australian debut on Saturday, with the son of El Roca to step out in the Silverdale Farm Handicap (1400m) at Randwick. The four-year-old gelding is one of the more progressive milers in New Zealand, putting together a winning streak of four that culminated in the Gr.2 Rich Hill Mile (1600m) at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day, followed by a third placing in the Gr.1 Thorndon Mile (1600m) at Trentham back in January. Trainer Darryn Weatherley believes his charge will acquit himself well on Saturday…

Campbell hoping to set Cup record straight

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Hastings trainer Patrick Campbell has unfinished business with Saturday’s Listed Power Farming Hawke’s Bay Cup (2200m) on his home track. Campbell has targeted the race on several occasions but has come up empty-handed so far, a record he’d love to set straight with topweight Hunta Pence this weekend. “It’s been a horrible race for me. I’ve come to hate the race,” Campbell quipped. “Way back, Tarlton got beaten in a photo finish in 1979. Lagerfeld was beaten in the last few strides (in 1988) and Val D’Arno just got beaten…

Jesta Dreamer & Smart Mozzie claim Country Trainers Series Finals

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Jesta Dreama ridden by Vlad Duric wins the Preston Rowe Paterson Country Trainers Series Final at Sale. (Scott Barbour/Racing Photos) The inaugural Good Friday meeting at Sale kicked off with the running of the Country Trainers Series Finals. The new initiative from Racing Victoria is exclusive to trainers who are licenced in Victoria and had less than 50 metropolitan starters in the 2020-21 racing season and less than five metropolitan winners in the same period. The series culminating in the two $150,000 finals, a 1200m Benchmark 70 and a 1500m…

Luckie looking for Bendigo Gold

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After his superstar sprinter Hard Style Rico’s record-breaking victory in the 2020 Melbourne Cup final from Box 5, poor draws in feature finals don’t hold any fears for Luckie Karabitsakos. Karabitsakos is hoping that will be the case at Bendigo on Sunday afternoon when superbly-bred youngster High Tribe Rico, a half-brother to Hard Style Rico, exits Box 4 in the prestigious $14,960 Jarrod Larkin Concreting Gold Rush Maiden final (425m). A July ’20 son of super sire Fernando Bale and Bella Rico, High Tribe Rico has been impressive in strong-finishing…

Can Kerrin McEvoy and Williamsburg upset Fireburn’s triple crown?

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Williamsburg takes out the Fernhill Mile in the opening event on Day 2 of The Championships Star jockeys Kerrin McEvoy and Tommy Berry agree – it’s going to be next to impossible to beat Fireburn in the $500,000 Moet & Chandon Champagne Stakes (1600m) at Randwick on Saturday. The brilliant two-year-old filly has been given near-unbackable odds of $1.55 with Ladbrokes to record her sixth-straight victory and, in doing so, become the first filly to win the Triple Crown since Burst 30 years ago. But there is one slight question…

Easter Monday best bets & quaddie for Warwick Farm | 18/4/22

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What Warwick Farm Races Where Warwick Farm Racecourse – Governor Macquarie Drive – Warwick Farm NSW 2170 When Monday, April 18, 2022 First Race 12:35pm AEST Visit Ladbrokes One thing that Racing NSW tends to do very well is get families involved at the races on Monday public holidays – so we are expecting to see big crowds trackside at Warwick Farm for Easter Monday racing. HorseBetting’s New South Wales racing analyst presents you with his best bets and quaddie numbers for this eight-race program, which is set to begin…

Nash Rawiller last chance in All Aged Stakes before suspension

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Nash Rawiller produces “ride of the century” on Think It Over. (Photo: Bradley Photos) He has a costly two-week suspension looming, but champion jockey Nash Rawiller has one last opportunity to take a winner’s high into his ban, at Randwick this Saturday. The 47-year-old will pilot $14 chance with Unibet, Ellsberg, in the $600,000 Group 1 Schweppes All Aged Stakes (1400m). His suspension will then come into effect from Sunday – which ends on May 1 – for excessive whip use on Think It Over for his remarkable ride on…