Month: July 2022

What Sandown Hillside Races Where Ladbrokes Park – 591-659 Princes Hwy, Springvale VIC 3171 When Wednesday, July 27, 2022 First Race 12:25pm AEST Visit Ladbrokes A competitive eight race program will grace us at Sandown Hillside on Wednesday afternoon with gallopers racing on a predicted Soft 7 surface. The two-year-olds get us underway at 12:25pm, while the last race of the day will conclude at 4:30pm over 1800m. The quaddie starts at race five (2:45pm) with nine runners engaged to go around over the mile. Best Bet: CHATELAINE (race two)…

What Warwick Farm Races Where Warwick Farm Racecourse – Governor Macquarie Dr, Warwick Farm NSW 2170 When Wednesday, July 27, 2022 First Race 12:50pm AEST Visit Ladbrokes Warwick Farm plays host to seven metropolitan races on Wednesday afternoon. HorseBetting’s New South Wales racing analyst presents you with his best bets, value bet and quaddie numbers for the meeting, which is scheduled to get underway at 12:50pm AEST. The track is rated a Heavy 10 and the rail is in the true position for the entire course. Best Bet at Warwick…

The Melbourne Cup Carnival Country Series has received a rule change prior to commencement. (Picture: Brett Holburt/Racing Photos) Smaller Victorian trainers have received a welcome boost ahead of the 2022 spring racing season, with eligibility criteria for the Melbourne Cup Carnival Country Series and The Valley Sprinters Cup Series set to favour them. Racing Victoria announced on Monday afternoon the amended conditions of entry for the feature race series, while it also introduced a new race to support the Group 1 Thousand Guineas meeting on October 12. To be eligible…

Echoes Of Heaven will stand at Clearview Park this coming breeding season for a fee of $4,500+GST. Photo: Trish Dunell South Island breeders will welcome the addition of Echoes Of Heaven to their stallion ranks this coming breeding season. The brother to Manhattan Rain and half-brother to the remarkable Redoute’s Choice will join Group One winner Jon Snow at Clearview Park near Timaru. Previously standing at Newmarket Stud, a deal was brokered with Aaron Tapper to stand the stallion down South, and the Clearview Park principal is looking forward to…

Jockey Sam Spratt rode a treble at New Plymouth on Saturday. Photo: Race Images Sam Spratt has already set a simple goal for the new racing season with a wish for a spring and summer of non-stop action. The Pukekohe jockey’s dream of an uninterrupted spell in the saddle is understandable, given the frustrations of recent years. “I’m just hoping to get through the spring and the summer without injuring myself,” Spratt said. “I haven’t had any summer horses for the last two or three years after having time off…

In this Monday’s edition of Punt Drunk, the team discusses a deadset hook job in Canada, a blooper on live tele and the producers who got a bit of a chuckle out of the old boy Flow Meter. The week that was had it all, and all we could really say was ‘wow’. FORM FACTORS If you enjoy your Victorian and South Australian racing, there is a fair chance you watch the action on Racing.com. If that’s the case, you probably know what we mean when we mention ‘form factors’.…