Month: May 2022

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The ‘Collinda sisters’ will be “doin’ it for themselves” in heats of the Group 1 RSN Sandown Cup (715m) on Thursday night. Collinda Patty and Collinda Lady – both trained by Jason Thompson https://watchdog.grv.org.au/trainer/-5769 – have their sights firmly set on the $175,000 first prize on May 19. And Thompson believes they’ll be “standin’ on their own (four) feet” and “ringin’ on their own bells”. Collinda Patty – Sandown Park’s 595m track record holder (33.56sec) – is TAB’s fixed odds $1.85F, ahead of NSW superstar Zipping Kansas ($2.40), in Heat…

2022 South Australian Derby betting preview | Saturday, May 14

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What 2022 South Australian Derby Where Morphettville Racecourse – 79 Morphett Rd, Morphettville SA 5043 When Saturday, May 14, 2022 | 4:22pm ACST | Race 8 Prizemoney $502,250 Distance 2500m Status Group 1 Conditions Set Weights | Three-Year-Olds 2021 Winner Explosive Jack (10) | T: Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | J: John Allen (56.5kg) Visit Ladbrokes The 2022 South Australian Derby is the feature event on Saturday’s nine-race card at Morphettville. A capacity field of 16 three-year-olds are set to duke it out for the $502,250 on offer. Online…

Doomben 10,000 runner-by-runner betting preview | May 14, 2022

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What Doomben 10,000 Where Eagle Farm Racecourse – 230 Lancaster Rd, Ascot QLD 4007 When Saturday, May 14, 2022 Prizemoney $1,000,000 Distance 1200m Status Group 1 Conditions Weigh For Age 2021 Winner Eduardo (6) | Trainer: Joseph Pride | Jockey: Nash Rawiller (58.5kg) Visit Ladbrokes The Doomben 10,000 is the first Group 1 of the 2022 Brisbane Winter Carnival, and it will be run and won at Eagle Farm Racecourse this Saturday, May 14. The $1 million sprint will be contested over 1200m, with a field of 15 assembled for…

Gripper and Boy – “I’ve helped him and he’s helped me”

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Trevor Harrison – “everyone calls me Gripper” – has had to deal with a lot of adversity in his life. And meeting a standardbred he called Boy earlier this year has given him a major and unexpected boost. In January 2002 Harrison, who lives at Matamata, broke his neck in a car accident. “I was pretty munted,” he says, “they gave me a 5 per cent chance of ever walking again, on crutches.” He spent six months at the Otara Spinal Unit. “I’m what they call an incomplete walking tetraplegic,”…

Alice Lindsay back on track after tough two years

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The victorious Alice Lindsay (right) and fellow jockey Dan Morgan return to scale after landing the quinella for trainer Greg Connor during a race meeting at Pioneer Park in Alice Springs in 2020. (Nikki Westover Photography) South Australia-based jockey Alice Lindsay is gradually getting her career back in shape after a whirlwind two years. Lindsay headed to Darwin for an opportunity in July 2020 and enjoyed plenty of success before a fall during last year’s Darwin Cup Carnival brought a premature end to her adventure. On July 28, Lindsay was…

Irwin hoping Highly Decorated can handle big weight in Darwin Cup

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Highly Decorated, ridden by Alice Springs jockey Jessie Philpot, wins the 2021 Darwin Cup for trainer Nicole Irwin, who recently relocated from South Australia to the Northern Territory. Trainer Nicole Irwin has long supported Darwin racing. She annually brought a team north from her Murray Bridge base in South Australia. It became so infectious that Irwin decided to relocate to the Northern Territory. And after her galloper Highly Decorated produced one of the more remarkable achievements imaginable during the 2021 Darwin Cup Carnival it perhaps comes as no surprise that…

Michael Walker to return from injury at Pakenham

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Michael Walker returns to the mounting yard on Jigsaw after winning the bet365 Odds Drift Protector 2YO Maiden Plate at Geelong Racecourse on January 7, 2021. (Reg Ryan/Racing Photos) Following a horrific fall aboard Insaaf on the Pakenham synthetic on May 13, 2021, 24-time Group 1-winning jockey Michael Walker is set to make his racing return on Thursday night at Pakenham, 364 days after his injury. The man affectionally known as “The Cuz” has been back at track work since early February for the Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr…

The Kosciuszko

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BettingBookmakersPast Winners The Kosciuszko Betting Guide Date: Saturday, October 15, 2022 Location: Randwick Racecourse Prize Money: $1,300,000 Distance: 1200m The Kosciuszko is a 1200 metre sprint contest run under set weights and penalties conditions in mid October held at Randwick Racecourse with $1,300,000 worth of prize money on offer. To contest The Kosciuszko horses must be under the care of a country trainer with a current stable return lodged on or before midnight May 16, 2022. Anything after this voids the eligibility date. The Kosciuszko is open to horses with…

Doomben 10,000 to be run at Eagle Farm

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The Doomben 10,000 will be run at Eagle Farm on Saturday. (Photo: Michael McInally) The Brisbane Racing Club (BRC) and Racing Queensland have made the decision to transfer Saturday’s Doomben 10,000 meeting to Eagle Farm due to rain. On Monday, the BRC announced a contingency plan to move the meeting should the forecasted rain fall – and on Wednesday, it did. With more rainfall predicted over the next 48 hours, the decision was made to transfer the meeting in the early hours of Wednesday morning, given the unlikelihood that the…