Month: May 2022

What Cranbourne Races Where Cranbourne Turf Club – 50 Grant St, Cranbourne VIC 3977 When Friday, May 20, 2022 First Race 5:45pm AEST Visit Ladbrokes Cranbourne Turf Club is set to host the second-to-last Friday night meeting of the racing season, with eight races to be run and won. HorseBetting’s Victorian form expert has gone through the card and found a couple of best bets, as well as free quaddie selections for the night. The track is rated a Soft 6, with the rail in the true position from the…

Zaaki is looking to defend his crown in Saturday’s Doomben Cup. (Photo: Michael McInally) Following another win in the Hollindale Stakes, star galloper Zaaki is back to defend his crown in the Group 1 Doomben Cup (2000m) this Saturday at Doomben. In the 2021 edition of the Doomben Cup, Zaaki thrashed his rivals winning by seven lengths, and his odds suggest that a similar showing could be on the cards this weekend. Upon dismounting after the Hollindale, winning rider James McDonald said that the seven-year-old was very fresh, so trainer…

Queensland trainer Danny Bougoure is being evicted from his stables at Eagle Farm. (Picture: Getty Images) After weeks of speculation, the Brisbane Racing Club have finally broken their silence and explained the reasoning behind evicting trainer Danny Bougoure from his Eagle Farm stables. With his stables based in the infield at Eagle Farm alongside some of Queensland’s top trainers in Tony Gollan, Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted, Chris Anderson, Chris Munce, Rob Heathcote, and Desleigh Forster, the BRC have put Bougoure’s eviction down to “a significantly lower standard” of performance…

What The Goodwood 2022 Where Morphettville Racecourse – 79 Morphett Rd, Morphettville SA 5043 When Saturday, May 21, 2022 | 3:47pm ACST | Race 8 Prizemoney $502,250 Distance 1200m Status Group 1 Conditions Set Weights & Penalties | 3YO & Upwards 2021 Winner Savatoxl (2) | T: Tony & Calvin McEvoy | J: Barend Vorster (56kg) Visit Ladbrokes The South Australian Racing Carnival comes to an end on Saturday at Morphettville, where The Goodwood at Group 1 level is the feature event on a nine-race card. It is a capacity…

What Doomben Cup 2022 Where Doomben Racecourse – 75 Hampden St, Ascot QLD 4007 When Saturday, May 21, 2022 Prizemoney $1,000,000 Distance 2000m Status Group 1 Conditions Weight For Age 2021 Winner Zaaki (9) | Trainer: Annabel Neasham | Jockey: James McDonald (59kg) Visit Ladbrokes Group 1 racing returns to Doomben on Saturday for the running of the $1 million Doomben Cup (2000m), where the reigning champion, Zaaki, has come up a very short-priced favourite. A field of 10 has been assembled for the weight-for-age event, with six countries all…

What Pakenham Races Where Pakenham Racing Club – 420 Nar Nar Goon–Longwarry Rd, Tynong VIC 3813 When Thursday, May 19, 2022 First Race 5:15pm AEST Visit Ladbrokes Racing returns to Pakenham on Thursday with all fields featuring eight or more runners, which will please punters. In race one, 11 of the 14 runners are racing for the first time, with many leading trainers presenting their horses for showing. That race starts at 5:15pm, while the last race closes the program at 8:45pm. For the quaddie players, it kicks off in…

What Hawkesbury Races Where Hawkesbury Race Club – 1 Racecourse Rd, Clarendon NSW 2756 When Thursday, May 19, 2022 First Race 11:40am AEST Visit Ladbrokes Nine races are set to be run and won at Hawkesbury on Thursday, May 19, and HorseBetting’s New South Wales racing analyst has picked out his best bets and quaddie numbers for the program. The track is currently rated a Soft 7, while the rail is out 3m from the 1100m to the 450m and then true for the remainder of the course. Racing is…

Alice Springs trainer Carrol Hunter (right) with partner and former leading Central Australia trainer Ken Rogerson. There is no denying the fact that Exonerate has been a model of consistency since arriving in Alice Springs from New Zealand. The eight-year-old gelding has had 47 starts in the Red Centre since June 2018 and has only finished outside the top four on nine occasions. A record of seven wins, 11 seconds and thirds, and nine fourth placings is an outstanding resume. Suddenly, Exonerate’s future appeared bleak when he failed to finish…

Trainer Terry Gillett and jockey Stan Tsaikos. It wasn’t all that long ago that Alice Springs trainer Terry Gillett boldly declared that he planned to take unbeaten three-year-old filly Dakota Lee to Queensland. Well, the time has come. And that’s despite a frustrating setback when, as an odds-on favourite, Dakota Lee refused to load for the $50,000 NT Guineas (1600m) at Pioneer Park on April 16 and was scratched. Gillett has dominated the Red Centre landscape in recent years and is set to defend his trainers’ premiership, but the Guineas…