Moroney happy to be back at Karaka

International bloodstock agent Paul Moroney is happy to once again be back on home soil to attend New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Weanling Sale at Karaka this week. Moroney made his return to Karaka at the Yearling Sales in March after being unable to attend any sales at the Auckland complex for the last few years as a result of COVID-19 border measures. “I got back here for the yearling sales earlier in the year and for a while there I wasn’t going to come across for the (weanling) sale, but…

Kneebone buoyant about Weanling Sale

New Zealand Bloodstock Director of Business Development Mike Kneebone is in a buoyant mood ahead of the sales company’s annual weanling sale at Karaka on Friday. “I am pleasantly surprised. Going around, I think there are some really nice weanlings here. I think the icing on the cake is having the Valachi weanlings,” Kneebone said. “They have got some great stock that are beautifully bred and to kick the sale off with them is going to be a very good springboard into the sale. “There are nice horses right throughout…

Positive mindset leads Prastiyou back to winner’s stall

It’s been a tough few years for jockey Doni Prastiyou, but a positive mindset led the Malaysian native back to the winner’s stall at Cambridge on Wednesday. Prastiyou has suffered some health issues in recent years, but his dogged determination resulted in his return to the saddle, culminating in his first victory in two years when riding Kantra to a long neck victory in the The Oaks Stud 2000 for trainer Jason Price on the Cambridge polytrack. Prastiyou was elated to salute the judge once more, especially after trying times…

Hulbert hoping Kipling’s Journey can overcome wide barrier

Kipling’s Journey has drawn barrier 10 in Saturday’s Provincial Stayers Final at Ipswich. (Photo: Darren Winningham) The day Will Hulbert draws a good barrier might be the day he gives horse training away. This weekend, the training partnership of Will and his father Peter saddle up three runners across Queensland, with all of them drawn in barrier 10. The stable takes one runner to Ipswich’s feature meeting on Saturday, with last-start winner Kipling’s Journey lining up in the Provincial Stayers Final over 2500m – the same race Incentivise won 12…

Friday’s Sunshine Coast racing tips & quaddie | June 17, 2022

What Sunshine Coast Races Where Sunshine Coast Turf Club – 170 Pierce Ave, Caloundra QLD 4551 When Friday, June 17, 2022 First Race 3:04pm AEST Visit Ladbrokes A Friday evening race meeting will be contested at the Sunshine Coast’s Corbould Park this week, with seven races scheduled. HorseBetting’s Queensland racing analyst has done the form for the meeting and brings you his bets bets and quaddie numbers. We are back racing on a Good 4, while the rail is out 9m for the entire course. The first race of the…

2022 W.J. McKell Cup Day best bets & quaddie | Saturday, June 18

What McKell Cup Day 2022 Where Rosehill Gardens Racecourse – James Ruse Dr, Rosehill NSW 2142 When Saturday, June 18, 2022 First Race 11am AEST Visit Ladbrokes Rosehill Gardens will host 10 metropolitan races in New South Wales on Saturday, June 18, with just the one black-type race – the Listed W.J. McKell Cup (2000m). HorseBetting’s New South Wales racing analyst presents his best bet in the feature race, as well as his top tips and quaddie numbers throughout the course of the program. The track is rated a Good…

Murray Bridge best bets, top odds & quaddie | Saturday, June 18

What Murray Bridge Races Where Murray Bridge Racing Club – 342 Brinkley Rd, Murray Bridge South SA 5253 When Saturday, June 18, 2022 First Race 11:32am ACST Visit Ladbrokes A nine-race card is scheduled for Murray Bridge on Saturday afternoon. HorseBetting’s South Australian betting expert presents his best bets and quaddie selections for the meeting, along with odds from the best bookmakers in Australia. The track is rated a Soft 6, the rail is in the true position, and racing is set to get underway at 11:32am ACST. Best Bet…

Flemington racing tips, value bets & quaddie | June 18, 2022

What Flemington Races Where Flemington Racecourse – 448 Epsom Rd, Flemington VIC 3031 When Saturday, June 18, 2022 First Race 11:50am AEST Visit Ladbrokes Racing returns to Flemington on Saturday for a nine-part card headlined by the Listed A.R. Creswick Stakes. The track at headquarters has absorbed the rain in the area and somehow come up a Soft 5 for racing, while the rail comes out 12m for the entire circuit to deal with the amount of traffic on the inside half of the track in recent weeks. These are…

Ipswich Cup Day 2022 betting tips & quaddie | Saturday, June 18

What Ipswich Cup Day Where Ipswich Turf Club – 219 Brisbane Rd, Bundamba QLD 4304 When Saturday, June 18, 2022 Feature Race Race 7: Listed Ipswich Cup (2150m) First Race 11:43am AEST Visit Ladbrokes While Ipswich Cup Day may not hold the prestige of some of Brisbane’s major Group 1 race days, this meeting has attracted the biggest crowd to a Queensland racetrack in the past few years. HorseBetting’s Queensland racing expert brings you his best bets in the three feature races at Ipswich this Saturday, as well as top…

Stablemates hard to split in open sprint

Aero De Paris and Star Treasure give Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott a strong hand in the open sprint handicap at Te Rapa on Saturday with the trainers finding it hard to choose between the pair. The former will kick off his winter campaign in the Matost 60th Celebration Handicap (1200m) and has an imposing first-up record while Star Treasure is genuine and has excelled in all three outings this preparation. Aero De Paris will be ridden by Sam Weatherley, who has been successful on the son of Tavistock in…