Month: May 2022

Echuca racing tips, best odds & quaddie | Thursday, June 2

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What Echuca Races Where Echuca Racing Club – Murray Valley Hwy, Echuca VIC 3564 When Thursday, June 2, 2022 First Race 12:30pm AEST Visit Ladbrokes Winter has well and truly set in across Victoria, as Echuca Racing Club will present racing on a Heavy 10 surface this Thursday afternoon. The first of nine races will start at 12:30pm AEST, while the last race will set off just after 4:30pm. The quaddie legs start at race six, which is scheduled for 3pm. ECHUCA BEST BET: IDONT’GETIT Peter Chow and Joe Bowditch…

Wyong racing preview, quaddie tips & best bets | 2/6/2022

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What Wyong Races Where Wyong Race Club – 71-73 Howarth St, Wyong NSW 2259 When Thursday, June 2, 2022 First Race 12:15pm AEST Visit Ladbrokes Eight provincial races will be run and won at Wyong on Thursday, June 2, on what is expected to be a Heavy 10 surface. The rail is out 4m in the chute from the 1350m to the 1000m, before it moves into the 3m position for the remainder of the course. HorseBetting’s NSW analyst has picked out some top tips and quaddie numbers for the…

Doomben racing preview, best bets & quaddie | June 1, 2022

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What Doomben Races Where Doomben Racecourse – 75 Hampden St, Ascot QLD 4007 When Wednesday, June 1, 2022 First Race 11:26am AEST Visit Ladbrokes Doomben will play host to its second metropolitan meeting in the space of three days on Wednesday, with a nine-race program scheduled to see in the winter months. HorseBetting’s Queensland racing expert presents his best bets and quaddie numbers for the meeting, which is set to begin at 11:26am AEST. The track has improved from a Heavy 8 to a Soft 6 this week and could…

New targets for top southern trainer

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by Dave Di Somma, Harness News Desk One milestone negotiated, Phil Williamson already has his eye on another. When favourite Dwindle Star won on Sunday at Timaru it gave him training success number 700, with Williamson noting “it’s a good number.” “It did look a very winnable race, she’s got lovely manners and you don’t get many easier watches.” The four-year-old Muscle Mass mare cruised to her second career win by one and a half lengths. It was a notable win for the Williamson family as Dwindle Star is owned…

Change of tactics with Gin Martini

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Trainer John Sargent is changing his tactics with Kiwi-bred filly Gin Martini (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle) ahead of the Gr.1 Queensland Oaks (2200m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The Gr.1 Australian Oaks (2400m) placegetter has been ridden positively and finished fourth in her subsequent starts in the Listed Gold Coast Bracelet (1800m) and Gr.2 The Roses (2100m). Sargent is looking for that Classic win and he believes a change in tactics could prove the difference. “We are probably going to ride her a bit colder to see if she can…

Sierra Sue retired

NZRacingDesk

Dual Group One winner Sierra Sue (NZ) (Darci Brahma) has been retired. Sierra Sue was purchased out of Ardsley Stud’s 2019 New Zealand Bloodstock May Sale draft for $2,000 by Peter Lock. She had two trials for the Te Aroha trainer before she was purchased privately by a prominent group of Australian owners, headed by developer, hotelier and horseracing identity Ozzie Kheir through bloodstock agent Phill Cataldo. She entered the stable of Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young for whom she won nine of her 24 starts, including the Gr.1 Futurity…

Forsman setting a merry pace

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Andrew Forsman has made a strong start to his solo training career with a brace of stakes wins already on the board within a month. The Cambridge horseman produced Francesca (NZ) (Iffraaj) for an impressive first-up win in the Gr.3 Rotorua Stakes (1400m) to open his black-type account and Leedox (NZ) (Time Test) then landed last Saturday’s Listed Futurity Stakes (1400m). Forsman will attempt to add to his tally at Wanganui on Saturday with two-year-old Wessex (NZ) (Turn Me Loose) in the Listed John Turkington Forestry Castletown Stakes (1200m) and…

Contrasting fortunes for Patterson trio

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New Plymouth trainer Robbie Patterson hasn’t given up hope on his trio of Queensland runners bringing home a major prize after they had contrasting fortunes at Eagle Farm last Saturday. Patterson was extremely happy with the effort of his improving stayer The Fearless One (NZ) (The Bold One), who finished third in the Gr.3 Premier’s Cup (2400m), while he said the runs of Coventina Bay (NZ) (Shamexpress) in the Gr.1 Doomben Cup (2100m) and Nom De Plume (NZ) (El Roca) in the Gr.2 Roses (2100m) were better than they looked.…

Daily Mail: ‘Compliance’ to ascend at Warragul

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G2 Ballarat Cup winner Compliance stands out in a Mixed 4/5 460m race at Warragul tonight that also includes G1 Harrison-Dawson placegetter Here Comes Pie. G2 runner-up Gracie Bale v Zipping Scorcher v Ferocious Rust v Jet Like Rico and Fish Tog Giblet v Golden Skyrocket v the in-form Anita Sonic Love are both exciting contests. Four-time G2 country cup champion Ferdinand Boy is the headline act in a 410m Free For All at Horsham early this evening with last-start winner Lektra Heckler considered the main danger. G3 finalist Rio…