By Joshua Smith, Harness News Desk Terry McMillan will add some local flavour to the two feature races at Ashburton Raceway on Sunday where he will come up against a spate of All Stars runners. He will be represented by debutant Trail Boss in the Gr.2 Sapling Stakes (1700m) and fellow first starter Vinta Rose in the Gr.3 Helen Pope 2YO Fillies Stakes (1700m). McMillan has been impressed by Vanita Rose and he is looking forward to seeing how she handles her first raceday assignment. “She has gone very well…
Month: June 2022
NZ Racing and Breeding News – 05 June 2022
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Gypsy Goddess all class in Oaks triumph
New Zealand-bred filly Gypsy Goddess (NZ) (Tarzino) left her rivals with few excuses after landing the Gr.1 Queensland Oaks (2200m) for trainer David Vandyke and jockey William Pike at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The daughter of Tarzino went back from the horror outside draw of 18, and while the rangy filly relaxed well throughout, she was forced to cover plenty of ground rounding the home turn and presented widest in the home straight. It mattered little as the $4.40 favourite landed the Classic with a length to spare from Barb…
Ballarat racing preview & best bets | Monday, June 6
What Ballarat Races Where Ballarat Turf Club – 240 Kennedys Rd, Miners Rest VIC 3352 When Monday, June 6, 2022 First Race 1pm AEST Visit Ladbrokes Another week of racing in Victoria gets underway at Ballarat Turf Club with the synthetic track scheduled to host an eight-race card. In previous meeting’s it has been advantageous to be close to the speed throughout and with perfect conditions for racing forecast, it may be the same on Monday once again. The first race is set to go at 1pm AEST. Best Bet…
Alice Springs betting tips & quaddie selections | Sunday, 5/6/22
What Alice Springs Races Where Alice Springs Turf Club – Pioneer Park Racecourse South, Connellan NT 0870 When Sunday, June 5, 2022 First Race 1:19PM ACST Visit Ladbrokes Race 1 (1.17pm) – $17,000 Centreline Saddlery 0-70 Handicap (1000m) Harpuna has strung back to back wins at Pioneer Park and despite backing up from last Sunday he should still prove far too classy. The 5YO gelding rounded the field with consummate ease last start at 0-64 level over 1100m before securing an effortless victory. So imposing was Harpuna that it appeared…
Vayda ‘Stars’ in Wagga Cup
The force was with Samantha Grenfell in Wagga’s Graeme Hull Memorial Cup final (525m) on Friday night. Samantha and husband Correy not only claimed back-to-back Wagga Cup victories, they incredibly trained the trifecta for the second year running, with $13 outsider Vayda Bale a brilliant all-the-way winner of the $25,000 to-the-winner feature. The Anakie-based Grenfells supplied half the Cup field, with defending champion Yozo Bale, 2021 runner-up Xavien Bale and recent Group 1 Harrison-Dawson finalist Nikoli Bale all starting at $5.50. Despite drawing Box 1, Vayda Bale was the roughie…
Gypsy Goddess proves too classy in Queensland Oaks
Gypsy Goddess overcame the outside barrier to claim the 2022 Queensland Oaks. (Photo: Darren Winningham) Having drawn the outside alley in the Eagle Farm feature, the David Vandyke-trained Gypsy Goddess was snagged back to third last under the ex-Western Australian hoop, before he began to improve on the filly at the 800m and then really got her into the race at the 600m. The filly by Tarzino looped the field in one swift swoop and accelerated brilliantly at the top of the straight, putting paid to her rivals and outstaying…
Sunshine Coast best bets, value bet & quaddie | June 5, 2022
What Sunshine Coast Races Where Sunshine Coast Turf Club – 170 Pierce Ave, Caloundra QLD 4551 When Sunday, June 5, 2022 First Race 1pm AEST Visit Ladbrokes Queensland racing on Sunday heads up the Bruce Highway to the Sunshine Coast, with six races to be run and won at Corbould Park. HorseBetting’s Queensland racing analyst has found three horses to back on Sunday, while he also provides you with his suggested quaddie numbers. The track is still a Heavy 8, while the rail is out 5m from the 800m to…
Baller picks up consecutive Moreton Cup victories
Baller brought up a second straight win in the Moreton Cup. Photo: Darren Winningham Tony Gollan and Hugh Bowman combined for a memorable win as Baller recorded his second straight Moreton Cup at Eagle Farm. The six-year-old gelding got a sweet run in transit in the Group 3 event and put in the big bounds out wide on the track to win by a length. 2022 Moreton Cup Replay https://horsebetting.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/2022-Moreton-Cup.mp4 Although the winner of the 1200m scamper earns ballot exemption into next weekend’s Stradbroke Handicap, Gollan said that his son…
Royal Aspirations is on roll
Canterbury-based Phoebe Standardbreds has released a number of options for their boom sire Royal Aspirations as they look ahead to the next breeding season, including a “novel” pay by June 30 option of just $1500 plus GST (last year’s fee). An 18-race winner on the track, from 2012-16, and still New Zealand’s fastest ever 2YO trotter (1:56.5MR), the now 12-year-old Royal Aspirations is proving quite the success at stud, with the likes of Royal Deidre, TK Megastar, Royal Del and Sunny Louis all recent race winners. “We had five wins…