Month: May 2022

Horse Racing History: This Day In Racing 24th May

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Today 24th May in horse racing news history From the extensive Horse Betting news archives we present the all the thoroughbred racing action in Australian and overseas racing news in history. Delve in and enjoy our walk back in horse racing time. Horse Racing Tips 5 hours ago Canterbury Park best bets, value bet & quaddie | 25/5/2022 HorseBetting’s New South Wales racing analyst presents you with his best bets and quaddie numbers for Wednesday’s seven-race metropolitan meeting …Read More Horse Racing Tips 5 hours ago Sale racing preview &…

Canterbury Park best bets, value bet & quaddie | 25/5/2022

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What Canterbury Races Where Canterbury Park Racecourse – King St, Canterbury NSW 2193 When Wednesday, May 25, 2022 First Race 12:50pm AEST Visit Ladbrokes HorseBetting’s New South Wales racing analyst presents you with his best bets and quaddie numbers for Wednesday’s seven-race metropolitan meeting at Canterbury Park. With more inclement weather around, the track is rated a Heavy 10, while the rail is out 3m for the entire course. The first race is scheduled to jump at 12:50pm AEST, which features a nine-horse two-year-old colts and geldings maiden over 1100m.…

Sale racing preview & top value bets | Wednesday, May 25

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What Sale Races Where Sale Turf Club – 1227 Maffra-Sale Rd, Sale VIC 3850 When Wednesday, May 25, 2022 First Race 12:25pm AEST Visit Ladbrokes Sale is home to an eight-race program on Wednesday, kicking off at 12:25pm AEST. Without much rain about, gallopers are predicted to be racing on a Good 4 surface. Race five starts the first leg of the quaddie at 2:45pm, while the last race is at 4:25pm. The first four races of the afternoon are maiden encounters which look tricky for punters, yet our best…

Former halfback now racehorse owner and sponsor

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By Dave Di Somma, Harness News Desk  Some people are born into racing. Others, like former Crusaders and Hurricanes halfback Tyson Keats, marry into it. And for someone who says he “doesn’t know much” he’s now getting involved at various levels of the sport. After marrying the then Chelsea Jones, Keats found himself part of the extended Jones clan, one of racing’s most famous families. His in-laws are Derek and Adele Jones, who have recent success with the likes of open class trotter Majestic Lavros and Rangiora Winter Cup winner Kiss…

Jungle Magnate Hong Kong bound

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Gr.1 South Australian Derby (2500m) winner Jungle Magnate’s racing future now lies in Hong Kong. His sale was confirmed on RSN by Mick Price who trained the gelding in partnership with Michael Kent Jnr. The son of Tarzino was purchased by Price out of Westbury Stud’s 2020 New Zealand Bloodstock Book 1 Yearling Sale draft for $75,000. He has gone on to win four of his nine starts and was twice stakes-placed in the spring, having finished runner-up in the Listed Hill Smith Stakes (1800m) and third in the Gr.2…

Coventina Bay thriving ahead of Cup

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The abandonment and subsequent transfer of the Gr.1 Doomben Cup (2000m) to Eagle Farm this Saturday could be a blessing in disguise for Coventina Bay (NZ) (Shamexpress). The race was initially set to run at Doomben on Wednesday following Saturday’s abandonment, however, that meeting has also been abandoned. With 30mm of consistent rain over the past 24 hours, it was decided the Doomben track was too waterlogged to proceed with the meeting following an inspection. The abandonment of Wednesday’s meeting will result in a “Super Saturday” program at Eagle Farm…

Wordsworth returns to form at Te Rapa

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Wordsworth (NZ) (Makfi) was back in form at Te Rapa on Saturday, picking up the seventh win of his career when victorious in the Jones Trucking 2100. The five-year-old gelding disappointed when beating just one runner home at Hawera a week prior and trainer Margaret Falconer was pleased to see him fulfil expectations on the weekend. “We took him to Egmont thinking he would go well and for some reason he got a long way back,” Falconer said. “We decided to back-up and that was where we thought he was…

Racing royalty combines for memorable success

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Members from two of Australasia’s most famous racing families with winning ties to the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) joined forces for a memorable victory at Hawera. The Jaimee-Lee Lupton-prepared Lostcause (NZ) (Sweynesse) was successful in Sunday’s BHL Feeds ‘Copper Weave’ Maiden (1400m) with the trainer sharing the strapping duties with Stevie Payne. The Waverley-based Lupton is the grand-daughter of the late Snow Lupton, who co-owned and trained Kiwi (NZ) (Blarney Kiss) to claim a breath-taking win in the 1983 Melbourne Cup, while Payne strapped 2015 Flemington hero Prince Of Penzance…

2022 Stradbroke Handicap weights released

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Kementari will carry the top weight in the 2022 Stradbroke Handicap. (Photo: Steve Hart) The weights have been released for the 2022 Stradbroke Handicap (1400m), with Kementari set to wear the number one saddlecloth on June 11. Over 120 horses have been nominated for the $1.5 million event, including 14 Group 1 winners. On Monday afternoon, Racing Queensland released the weights and order of entry for the famous 1400m sprint, with just over two-and-a-half weeks until the field will face the starter at Eagle Farm. Exempt from ballot are the…

NZB weanling sale this Thursday

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More than 100 weanlings, from established as well as emerging sires, will go under the hammer when the NZB Standardbred weanling sales are held at Karaka this Thursday, a day before the Auckland Cup meeting at Alexandra Park. Sixteen sires feature. In the pacing ranks Art Major, Sweet Lou and Downbytheseaside front up with the biggest numbers while super sire Bettor’s Delight will be represented by just two fillies, including Lot 52 who is a full sister to Spanish Armada. Buzz sire Always B Miki will have six lots, closely…