Month: July 2022

Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | July 31, 2022

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Horse Racing on Sunday, July 31 will feature seven 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 Bendigo & Forbes. Sunday Racing Tips – July 31, 2022 Bendigo Racing Tips Forbes 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 taking place on July…

Chmiel looking to nab Winter Rewards

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By Joshua Smith, Harness News Desk Canterbury horseman Terry Chmiel is a big fan of the Winter Rewards series and he is hoping to grab some of the riches on offer this weekend. He will be after the lion’s share of two $20,000 purses at Addington Raceway on Sunday with Lizzie Richter in the Storer Motors Winter Rewards Mobile Pace (2600m) and U R The One in the First Direct Taxis Winter Rewards Mobile Pace (2600m). “It’s great to be running for $20,000, especially for these sort of horses,” Chmiel…

Match racing returns to Healesville

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Entry Forms for the 2022 The Arrow Sweep Stakes – to be held at Healesville on Sunday 21 August – are now on sale and can be purchased by contacting the club on (03) 5962 2420 or by visiting the race day office. The cost of an entry form is $1,000 and permits the holders of the entry form to nominate one greyhound for The Arrow Sweep Stakes event. An unlimited number of tickets will be issued for the series however it is capped at a maximum of two entry…

Liaison extends golden run at Alex Park

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By Joshua Smith, Harness News Desk In-form trotter Liaison continued his rich vein of form at Alexandra Park on Friday night when taking out the Alabar North Island Winter Rewards Handicap Trot (2700m). It was the Dave and Clare McGowan-trained gelding’s third consecutive win and he did it in his customary front-running style. “He is awesome to drive when he is up front, he just keeps an eye on all of the other horses and he just keeps that distance in front. He is just an awesome little horse,” said…

Emotional farewell for veteran trainer

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After 35 years of training horses Steve Lock had an emotional farewell at Addington last night. The 70-year-old announced he’s retiring from the sport after producing 80 wins from 3377 starters dating back to 1987. He also had one win as a driver, Latelastnight in Invercargill in 2009 (see video). “I’ve had a lot of fun ..but it’s also a sad night for me,” Lock told Harness Racing Unhinged’s Nigel Armstrong after his horse Honour Scroll finished eighth in race 2. At times Lock got choked up as he talked…

No rain on Williamson’s Addington parade

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By Jonny Turner A week of wild weather wasn’t enough to stop the Williamson trotters at Addington on Thursday night. Matthew Williamson made two trips to the winner’s circle, saluting in his own colours with Winning Bones before doubling up with Jimmy Carter, trained by his father Phil. A downpour of rain across Otago didn’t make training in Oamaru easy this week, but the performances of the Williamsons’ horses didn’t reflect that. “The weather made for a challenging week, we had over 100ml of rain but everyone pitched in and…

No panic over Elleegant miss

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Verry Elleegant’s (NZ) (Zed) connections remain buoyant last spring’s Melbourne Cup champion can impact at the highest level in Europe despite her withdrawal from her expected French debut next Tuesday. Co-owner Brae Sokolski said trainer Francis Graffard had stressed that he was pleased with how the mare was building but said he would not accept with Verry Elleegant in Tuesday’s Prix Rothschild (1600m) at Deauville after expressing some fitness concerns following her final piece of strong work on Friday. “There’s certainly no cause for panic as he just felt she…

Cross Talk steps up to the big time

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A seven-day delay to the Listed ATC Foundation Winter Challenge (1500m) paved the way for talented New Zealand-bred Cross Talk (NZ) (Keano) to make a highly impressive black-type debut at Rosehill on Saturday. The A$160,000 feature was originally scheduled to be held at Randwick last weekend, but the meeting was called off due to extremely rain-affected track conditions. The Winter Challenge was instead added to the Rosehill card a week later, and Cross Talk was among the late entries. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained four-year-old had already made a…

Two-from-two for Shock ‘Em Ova

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New Zealand-bred three-year-old Shock ‘Em Ova (NZ) (Shocking) extended his unbeaten record to two out of two with a powerful come-from-behind performance in Saturday’s A$130,000 Dominant Plant Powered Cleaning Handicap (2040m) at Moonee Valley. Trained by Alex Rae at Cranbourne, the son of Shocking made a smart winning debut on his home track on July 7. Rae had no hesitation in upping the ante for the up-and-comer’s second start on Saturday, and Shock ‘Em Ova rose to the occasion in style. Ridden by Jake Noonan, Shock ‘Em Ova settled in…

Cross Talk relishes the Challenge of Listed feature

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Cross Talk raised the bar to claim the Listed Winter Challenge at Rosehill Gardens. (Photo: Steve Hart) The rescheduled Listed Winter Challenge could not have played into the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained Cross Talk’s hands anymore than what it did at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday afternoon. Originally scheduled for last weekend at Royal Randwick, the $160,000 race had to wait seven days due to wet weather, which reopened nominations, allowing Cross Talk to start in the race. Sent out as a $2.60 favourite with online bookmakers, the four-year-old gelding…