Month: May 2022

Entriviere to fly New Zealand flag in Doomben 10,000

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Entriviere will line up in the Group 1 Doomben 10,000 (1200m) this Saturday. (Photo: Kirstin Ledington) Group 1-winning mare Entriviere will be the sole New Zealand galloper in Saturday’s Doomben 10,000 (1200m) field, with Te Akau trainer Mark Walker opting to save three-year-old colt Sword Of State for another day. Entriviere won her first and only Group 1 on New Year’s Day in the New Zealand Railway Stakes (1200m) at Ellerslie, defeating subsequent Newmarket Handicap (1200m) fourth-place getter Levante by 1.5 lengths, while the Newmarket winner, Roch ‘N’ Horse, finished…

Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | May 10, 2022

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Horse Racing on Tuesday, May 10 will feature three meetings in Australia. Our racing analysts here at horsebetting.com.au have found you the top bets and the quaddie numbers for the meeting at Sale. Tuesday Racing Tips – May 10, 2022 Sale Racing Tips As always there a plenty of promotions available for Australian racing fans, check out all the top online bookmakers to see what daily promotions they have. If you are looking for a new bookmaker for the horse racing taking place on May 10, 2022 check out our…

Well-travelled Cross happy on WA country racing circuit

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Much-travelled jockey Kayla Cross securing victory on the Ray Malpass-trained Volpe in the Vale Garry “Cracker” Hardie 0-56 Handicap (1400m) at Carnarvon in Western Australia on May 7, 2022. (Photo supplied) Kayla Cross is happy to be living in Western Australia, but the jockey has travelled far and wide to forge a career in the saddle. She started her apprenticeship in NSW, rode in Queensland and the Northern Territory, completed her apprenticeship in South Australia, and then relocated to Western Australia. It has well and truly been a long and…

Brisbane Racing Club announce contingency plan for Doomben 10,000

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The Brisbane Racing Club have implemented a wet-weather contingency plan for Saturday’s Doomben 10,000 meeting. The Brisbane Racing Club (BRC) on Monday afternoon announced a contingency plan for Saturday’s Doomben 10,000 meeting which sees final acceptances for all races, including the Group 1, pushed back to 11am AEST on Wednesday, May 11. With significant rainfall forecast over the next week in the Queensland state capital, the BRC and Racing Queensland have decided that a potential switch to Eagle Farm would be the most viable option should Doomben‘s surface be deemed…

Copy That finally back home – tubby but healthy

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By Michael Guerin One fact helped trainer Ray Green get through having to watch millions of dollars worth of races that his stable pacing star Copy That should have been in. “I know all going well we can have a go at those same races next season,” says Green as he welcomes the injured hero back to his Pukekohe stables. It feels like an age since Copy That ruled Australasian pacing beating Self Assured and South Coast Arden in the New Zealand Cup at Addington but it has only been…

Butt to make racing return

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By Joshua Smith, Harness News Desk Rugby and racing have been Roddy Butt’s two main passions in life and he is looking forward to returning to the latter at Addington Raceway on Tuesday. Butt will line-up Judicate in the IRT. Your Horse. Our Passion. Mobile Trot (1980m), but he holds reserved expectations with the mare in her debut outing. “It is just a starting point for her, she has got a bit to learn. You have got to start somewhere, and I thought I would put her in,” Butt said.…

Ramsden test for Through Irish Eyes

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Progressive stayer Through Irish Eyes (NZ) (Tavistock) is likely to be the only runner of the in-form Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable in the Melbourne Cup qualifier at Flemington. The Listed Andrew Ramsden Stakes (2800m) at Flemington on Saturday is restricted to three, four and five-year-olds and offers the winner a ‘Golden Ticket’ into the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington in November. Eustace said he likes the idea of the race and giving up-and-coming stayers the chance to gain a place in the Melbourne Cup but would also…

Change of plans for Ayrton

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Ayrton (NZ) (Iffraaj) is to be paid up as a late entry into the A$1.5 million Gr.1 Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) at Eagle Farm after disappointing in the Gr.2 Hollindale Stakes (1800m) when eighth. Trainer Mick Price said on Monday that a combination of factors, including the dire weather forecast, had forced a revision of his winter plans with connections opting to redirect the four-year-old to the 1400m feature rather than go up in distance in the Gr.1 Doomben Cup (2000m). ‘’I’ve have had a think about where to go with…

Windsor Park Stud Yearling Sale and Sports Luncheon

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When: Friday 13 May, 12 noon to 3pm Where: Show Gate, Riccarton Park Sales Catalogue: https://issuu.com/windsorparkstud/docs/windsor_park_rugby_racing_and_beer_catalogue Following the success of their ‘Rugby, Racing and Beer’ auction last year, Windsor Park Stud have decided to make it an annual event and will return to Riccarton this coming Friday. This year the Cambridge farm will offer nine yearlings to the public. Yearlings are by current leading second crop sire of stakes winners Turn Me Loose, hot stallion Charm Spirit (sire of four Australasian stakes winners and five stakes horses this season), along with progeny by…

Hank’s ‘heist’

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Victorian staying star Hank The Hustler pulled off a daring ‘heist’ at Wentworth Park in Sydney on Saturday night. Hank The Hustler ‘swindled’ two of the finest stayers in New South Wales – Zipping Kansas and Super Estrella – to claim the $50,000 first prize in the Group 3 Wentworth Park Gold Cup Final (720m). Trained at Anakie by Jeff Britton, Hank The Hustler ($13), which was last in the early stages, came home at the rate of knots to defeat Super Estrella ($2.50) by one length in 42.27sec. Zipping…