Month: June 2022

What Hawkesbury Races Where Hawkesbury Race Club – 1 Racecourse Rd, Clarendon NSW 2756 When Sunday, June 12, 2022 First Race 12:20pm AEST Visit Ladbrokes HorseBetting’s New South Wales racing analyst presents you with his best bets, value bet and quaddie numbers for the Hawkesbury meeting on Sunday afternoon. The track is rated a Soft 6 and the rail is out 2m from the 1300m to the 1100m and then true for the remainder. The first of eight races is scheduled to get underway at 12:20pm AEST. Best Bet at…

Sheeza Belter salutes in the BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes for Peter and Paul Snowden. Picture: Darren Winningham. There’s no doubt Sheeza Belter showed her toughness in the way she stormed home to win the Sires’ Produce Stakes at Eagle Farm last start on May 28. But the Randwick-based Peter and Paul Snowden team knew she was something special before the two-year-old filly first ran for them in April. That was because she travelled across the continent from Perth via truck and, despite the long journey, her attitude was excellent. That…

Kingsford Smith Cup-winning trainer Desleigh Forster with jockey Jim Byrne. Picture: Grant Peters – Trackside Photography. Desleigh Forster was almost lost for words after winning her first Group 1 race – the Kingsford Smith Cup – at Eagle Farm two weeks ago. But just because that monkey has now been shaken off her back, it doesn’t mean she will not bring her super-competitive edge to Saturday’s Stradbroke Handicap at the same venue. Forster’s four-year-old gelding has been given $10 odds by Palmerbet to win the $1.5 million feature sprint over…

Darwin apprentice Jade Hampson, pictured during track work at Strathalbyn in South Australia in January, returns from injury at the Darwin meeting on Saturday. Any jockey would feel apprehensive returning to the saddle following a fall. Darwin-based apprentice Jade Hampson falls into that category with the 18-year-old making her comeback at Fannie Bay on Saturday following a tumble on Anzac Day. You would think she would be nervous and surely getting to sleep on Friday night would have been difficult, but Hampson can’t wait. The teenager has four rides on…

What Darwin Races Where Pioneer Park Racecourse – Stuart Hwy, Connellan NT 0870 When Saturday, June 11, 2022 First Race 2:22pm ACST Visit Ladbrokes We are back at Pioneer Park this weekend for a six-race card kicking off at 2:22pm local time. See our best bets for Saturday’s horse racing action in Darwin. Race 1 (2.22pm) – $19,500 Silks Roof Top Sessions 0-70 Handicap (1300m) Tugga War has had 32 career starts and has tasted success from 1100m-2050m. Boasts a decent record in Darwin in just five starts with two…