Top quality performer Two Illicit (NZ) (Jimmy Choux) will be chasing the perfect end to a stellar racing career when she steps out in Saturday’s Gr.2 Travis Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa. The Roger James and Robert Wellwood-trained daughter of Jimmy Choux has carried the colours of breeder Trelawney Stud with distinction and, as such, a highly valuable addition to the Cambridge farm’s broodmare band. Two Illicit has won seven of her 20 starts, including the Gr.1 Captain Cook Stakes (1600m) and succeeded at Group Two level in the Royal…
Month: April 2022
Enraptured pleases in Te Rapa hit-out
Promising juvenile filly Enraptured (NZ) (Preferment) looks to be on track for her first tilt at stakes level next week after pleasing co-trainer Shaune Ritchie with her track gallop at Te Rapa on Tuesday. The daughter of Preferment is set to tackle the Listed Waikato Equine Veterinary Centre 2YO Stakes (1200m) at Te Rapa next Saturday and Ritchie said Tuesday’s work was ideal after winning on debut at Matamata last month. “That was exactly what we wanted,” said Ritchie, who trains in partnership with Colm Murray. “It is five weeks…
Yozo Bale’s Masters mission
After his memorable Group 2 Geelong Gold Cup heroics last Friday, veteran marvel Yozo Bale will make his Wentworth Park debut on Wednesday night in the heats of the lucrative Masters Meteor (520m) series. A master in every sense of the word, Yozo Bale incredibly won the Geelong Cup in his third appearance in the race, adding a third Victorian country cup title to his 2020 Bendigo and Ballarat Cups victories. Being staged in conjunction with the Million Dollar Chase, the Masters Meteor, restricted to greyhounds that have turned four…
Collarbone, neck, rib and pelvis injuries for fallen Philpot
Rose Of Duport breaks her maiden at the Sunshine Coast. (Photo: Montana Philpot/Facebook) Jockey Montana Philpot has provided an update on her injuries following a nasty fall after the winning post in race six at the Sunshine Coast on Sunday, April 24. The 22-year-old hoop partnered the Stuart Kendrick-trained Rose Of Duporth to a comfortable victory in race five, bringing up her first win for the stable in what she described as the “highs” of racing, while the “lows” came one race later. https://horsebetting.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Rose-of-Duporth-SUN-24042022.mp4 Philpot rode Damien Batters’ Blue Pacific…
Ryan & Alexiou plan Hawkesbury assault
Flying Crazy wins the Listed Daybreak Lover at Eagle Farm. (Photo: Darren Winningham) After a successful week at Eagle Farm on April 16, Gerald Ryan & Sterling Alexiou will be looking to repeat the dose this weekend at Hawkesbury. The Rosehill-based training partnership have nominated six horses for Hawkesbury’s standalone Saturday metropolitan meeting, including Flying Crazy and promising two-year-olds Green Shadows and Master Showman. Both Flying Crazy and Green Shadows were successful in their Queensland runs a little over a week ago, so the stable is hoping they can continue…
Well-known harness racing property up for sale
by Dave Di Somma, Harness News Desk Having turned 70 last year colourful harness racing identity Lew driver is downsizing – and among the things that are going are his 10 acre property a stone’s throw from the Kumeu track. The property at 15 Trotting Course Drive, complete with three-bedroom house, two barns and 23 paddocks, will go to auction in Auckland next week. “It’s time to smell the roses,” says Driver, who’s trained more than 300 winners in the past 40 years. He’s doing his own Marie Kondo as…
Krug off for two month spell
By Michael Guerin Star four-year-old pacer Krug has earned himself a rest. The three-time Derby winner is in the paddock after a luckless end to his campaign when he locked wheels with South Coast Arden at the 900m mark in last Friday’s Taylor Mile. That took both horses out of the race and Krug out of the autumn. “He didn’t take any harm from it but he is ready for a break,” says co-trainer Cran Dalgety. “So he can have a good two months off now and I am sure…
The Big Dance
BettingBookmakersPast Winners The Big Dance Betting Guide Date: Tuesday, November 1, 2022 Location: Randwick Racecourse Prize Money: $2,000,000 Distance: 1600m The Big Dance is a new race created by Racing NSW, set to be run over 1600m at Randwick Racecourse on the first Tuesday in November each year. The Big Dance is set to be Racing NSW’s answer to the Melbourne Cup on the first Tuesday in November, with the race restricted to eligible Country Cup horses. The field for The Big Dance will be drawn from the winners and…
Sale racing tips & best value bets | Wednesday, April 27
What Sale Races Where Sale Turf Club – 1227 Maffra-Sale Rd, Sale VIC 3850 When Wednesday, April 27, 2022 First Race 12:25pm AEST Visit Ladbrokes Sale Racing Club showcases midweek racing this Wednesday on a predicted Soft 7 surface with the rail out 7m. On an eight-race program, a two-year-old maiden gets us underway at 12:25pm, with the last race starting at 4:30pm. The quaddie legs start at 2:45pm, an interesting affair with all nine runners coming off an unplaced effort at their latest outings. The Busuttin & Young combination…
Ipswich best bets, top odds & quaddie | April 27, 2022
What Ipswich Races Where Ipswich Turf Club – 219 Brisbane Rd, Bundamba QLD 4304 When Wednesday, April 27, 2022 First Race 12:33pm AEST Visit Ladbrokes An eight-race card will be contested at Ipswich on Wednesday afternoon, with big and competitive fields on the agenda. HorseBetting’s Queensland racing analyst has found a couple of horses that he is keen to tip you into, while he also brings you his suggested quaddie numbers. The track is currently a Soft 5, while the rail has been moved out 7m for the entire course.…