Month: June 2022

Wangaratta racing tips, top odds & quaddie | June 16, 2022

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What Wangaratta Races Where Wangaratta Racecourse – Racecourse Rd, Wangaratta VIC 3677 When Thursday, June 16, 2022 First Race 1pm AEST Visit Ladbrokes Wangaratta will host an eight-race program on Thursday afternoon on a Soft 7 surface. The rail will be out three metres and the first race is set to take place at 1pm for the two-year-olds. The quaddie starts at 3pm, with the last race concluding at 4:30pm in what looks to be a very open race for the last leg of the quaddie. BEST BET: SENEGALIA FROM…

Chance to press claims for Australian venture

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Talented winter stayer Prince Leo (NZ) (Jimmy Choux) will have an opportunity at Trentham on Saturday to prove himself worthy of joining his half-brother in Australia. The five-year-old son of Jimmy Choux is raced and trained by his Foxton-based breeder Ian Shaw, who has enjoyed black-type success in Victoria this year with Tigertiger (NZ) (Zed). They are out of the Zerpour mare Hoorang (NZ) and she was a well-performed distance mare for Shaw with nine victories, including the Gr.2 New Zealand Cup (3200m) and the Listed Marton Cup (2200m). Prince…

Foote using home track to advantage

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Trainer Ben Foote believes the Cambridge polytrack has been a godsend for the racing industry over winter and he took full advantage of his home track once again on Wednesday. Cathay Empress got Foote’s day off to a winning start in the NZB Pearl Insurance Race (1550m) and two races later Ultimate Focus realised his potential when winning the Liquorland Cambridge 1300 by six lengths over stablemate Jimmy Dean. “It was more about teaching this horse; he has got all the ability in the world,” Foote said. “But to do…

Highly-rated Green Luck makes NZ debut

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Paul Harris hopes Thursday’s Riccarton Park Function Centre 1400 can become the launchpad to Group race success early next season for new stable recruit Green Luck (Street Cry). The Rangiora trainer welcomed Street Cry seven-year-old gelding Green Luck into his stable earlier this year, the former Australian galloper having raced up to class one level in Hong Kong. A winner of eight of his 42 starts, two in Australia and six up to class two level in Hong Kong, Green Luck will carry 62kg in his New Zealand debut at…

Ella Clarke, Dakota Gillett looking to carry family legacy

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Dakota Gillett, daughter of prominent Alice Springs trainer Terry Gillett, has her sights on becoming a jockey. In Northern Territory racing circles, the name ‘Clarke’ in Darwin is just as synonymous as the name ‘Gillett’ in Alice Springs. Gary Clarke has been the champion trainer in the Top End for the past nine years and is set to win the title for the 2021/22 season as he holds an unassailable lead. Terry Gillett, who is a former jockey like Clarke, leads the way in his quest to win the Alice…

Grantham has high hopes for Kaptain Kaos after Hyperion win

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Michael Grantham with winning jockey Chris Parnham after Kaptain Kaos’ win in the $200,000 Hyperion Stakes at Belmont on Saturday. (Picture: Western Racepix) Talk to anyone who knows young trainer Michael Grantham well, and they’ll tell you he works his backside off and deserves every bit of success he’s already achieved at 27. Which is just part of the reason why Kaptain Kaos’ win in the $200,000 Hyperion Stakes (1600m) at Belmont on Saturday was so memorable, jockey Chris Parnham’s record now seven wins from 11 starts on the four-year-old.…

Would Nature Strip have beaten Black Caviar?

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Nature Strip lit up the opening day of Royal Ascot with a stunning victory in the King’s Stand Stakes. (Photo: Getty Images) In the wake of Nature Strip’s “breathtaking” — as trainer Chris Waller described it — win over the world’s best sprinters at Ascot overnight, the question has to be asked. Could Nature Strip, at his best, have ruined Black Caviar’s 25-win unbeaten career record? Nature Strip, with James McDonald in the saddle, blew away his opposition to win eased down by more than four lengths in a stunning…

New approach with Sundees Son

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Sundees Son is to undergo stem cell treatment as his connections eye up a third Dominion title with the superstar trotter in November. The reigning horse of the year is currently in the Waikato where he’s had his annual scintigraphy examination with Dr Barb Hunter at the Matamata Vet Clinic. “The result is very similar to the last two years with his off-hind fetlock needing attention,” says Sundees Son’s breeder Colin Hair, who races the horse with his wife Nancy. But this time Dr Hunter and Sundees Son’s regular vet…

Wyong racing tips & free quaddie numbers | Thursday, June 16

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What Wyong Races Where Wyong Race Club – 71-73 Howarth St, Wyong NSW 2259 When Thursday, June 16, 2022 First Race 12:10pm AEST Visit Ladbrokes An eight-race program is scheduled to be run at won at Wyong this Thursday, and HorseBetting’s New South Wales racing analyst has found three bets and some quaddie numbers for the afternoon. The track is rated a Soft 7, while the rail is out 4m from the 1350m to the 1000m and then 1m for the remainder of the course. The first race is set…

Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | June 15, 2022

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Horse Racing on Wednesday, June 15 will feature five meetings in Australia. Our racing analysts here at horsebetting.com.au have found you the top bets and the quaddie numbers for the meetings at Doomben, Randwick-Kensington & Sandown. Wednesday Racing Tips – June 15, 2022 Doomben Racing Tips Randwick-Kensington Racing Tips Sandown 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…