Month: June 2022

Mornington racing preview, best bets & quaddie | Monday, June 13

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What Mornington Races Where Mornington Racecourse – 320 Racecourse Rd, Mornington, VIC, 3931 When Monday, June 13, 2022 First Race 12:25pm AEST Visit Ladbrokes HorseBetting’s Victorian racing analyst has run his eye over the eight-race meeting at Mornington set to be run on Monday afternoon and has come up with his best bets, free quaddie numbers and top odds for the meeting set to be run on a Heavy 9. The rail returns to the true position for the Queen’s Birthday meeting scheduled to get underway from 12:25pm AEST. Best…

Kiwi-breds salute at Sandown

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Moscow Red (NZ) (Road To Rock) and Horrifying (NZ) (Shocking) combined to deliver an impressive winning double for New Zealand-breds at Sandown on Saturday afternoon. Veteran mare Moscow Red took her career earnings past A$300,000 with a powerful come-from-behind performance in the Ladbrokes Switch Handicap (1600m), which was the ninth win of a 54-start career for the eight-year-old mare. “She’s an absolute legend, she really is,” said Ashley Jarvis, representing trainer Henry Dwyer. “Henry is up at Swan Hill, and he’ll be ecstatic. It was a great ride from Will…

Gibbs doubles up on home turf

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Local trainer Chris Gibbs was left with a large smile on his face at the conclusion of racing at Ruakaka on Saturday after securing a winning double with promising gallopers Diamond Girl and Cakebytheocean. Lightly raced five-year-old mare Diamond Girl hadn’t been seen since running a brave fifth at Ellerslie over 1600m back in March and went into her rating 74 assignment without the benefit of a trial beforehand. Settled back in the field by rider Tegan Newman, Diamond Girl defied a front-running bias on the day as she finished…

Second stakes success for Charmmebaby

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Something about the Queensland sun brings the very best out of talented New Zealand-bred mare Charmmebaby, who picked up the second stakes win of her career in Saturday’s Listed Radiotab The Wayne Wilson (1600m) at Eagle Farm. Charmmebaby moved north to the Sunshine State last December to join trainer Lawrie Mayfield-Smith, and she quickly stepped up to stakes level with a win in the Listed Brisbane Handicap (1640m) and a second in the Listed Bernborough Plate (1600m). Her winter carnival campaign has brought more of the same this month, finishing…

Waihaha Falls resumes a winner

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The John O’Shea-trained Waihaha Falls showed he is in for a lucrative campaign when he produced a strong performance over 1200m at Randwick on Saturday to successfully resume from a five-month break. Bred and raced by Waikato Stud with Guy and Bridget Lowry, the four-year-old son of Sacred Falls jumped well for apprentice Reece Jones to sit one off the fence in fourth spot. Waihaha Falls peeled out three wide at the top of the straight and after hitting the front 200 metres from home, cleared out to score by…

Rogerson produces winning double at Ruakaka

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With her grandparents Graeme and Debbie in Brisbane putting the final touches on promising two-year-old Sharp ‘N’ Smart ahead of his assignment in the Gr.1 JJ Atkins (1600m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday afternoon it was left to granddaughter Bailey to manage the Rogerson racing team at Ruakaka and she produced a winning double for the stable. Promising galloper Smart Rocks made it two wins from his last three starts as he dominated from in front when taking out a three-year-old 1400m contest in the hands of Matt Cameron before…

Munce’s “lemon” lands the Dane Ripper Stakes

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Palaisipan managed to take out the Dane Ripper Stakes. (Photo: Darren Winningham) A Magic Millions Dane Ripper Stakes victory – not a bad effort for a bargain buy who some thought was a “lemon” early in her career. That was why you couldn’t wipe the smile off Chris Munce’s face – the trainer of triumphant four-year-old mare Palaisipan – at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Luke Tarrant summoned her late on the straight to salute from barrier one, beating Najmaty by three-quarters of a length. 2022 Dane Ripper Stakes Replay https://horsebetting.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/2022-Dane-Ripper-Stakes.mp4…

Alligator Blood back to his best in Stradbroke Handicap win

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Alligator Blood cruised to victory in the 2022 Stradbroke Handicap. (Photo: Darren Winningham) Nobody’s perfect, including star sprinter Alligator Blood. But he’s not far from perfect now. That was the message from the triumphant Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable after the five-year-old’s classy one-length victory over quality galloper Private Eye in the $1.5 million Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) at Eagle Farm. Make no mistake, Alligator Blood – named Queensland’s 2020 Horse of the Year – is well and truly back in business. 2022 Stradbroke Handicap Replay https://horsebetting.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/2022-Stradbroke-Handicap.mp4 He’s had to…

Stradbroke Handicap 2022 Results: Alligator Blood Beats Private Eye, Rothfire Third

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Former Queensland-trained star Alligator Blood went a long way to putting controversy behind him with an impressive upset in the Group 1 $1.5 million Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) for his new trainers Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott. Alligator Blood (pictured in Melbourne) stole the show in Brisbane’s 2022 Stradbroke Handicap at Eagle Farm. Photo: Ultimate Racing Photos. Winner of the Group 1 Australian Guineas as a three-year-old at Flemington back in February of 2020, the now five-year-old son of All Too Hard celebrated his first victory since at Eagle Farm in…