Month: July 2022

Doomben racing tips & quaddie selections | 13/7/2022

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What Doomben Races Where Doomben Racecourse – 75 Hampden St, Ascot QLD 4007 When Wednesday, July 13, 2022 First Race 12pm AEST Visit Ladbrokes Doomben is on the quick four-day turnaround with nine races scheduled to be run and won following a mammoth 10-race card on Saturday. HorseBetting’s Queensland racing analyst presents his best bets and quaddie numbers for Wednesday’s program, which is scheduled to begin at 12pm AEST. The track is rated a Soft 6 and the rail is out 5m for the entire course. Best Bet at Doomben…

Woodville abandoned

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The Woodville meeting scheduled for Thursday has been abandoned. The decision was made after club representatives, a jockey representative and the Racing Integrity Board inspected the track on Tuesday morning. A large amount of rain has been received over the last couple of days on an already particularly wet track. There is surface water both on the track and in surrounding areas. The Trentham nominations remain open until 9am Wednesday morning.

Triple threat for local trainers

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Local trainers Shaune Ritchie and Colm Murray will have multiple runners at Cambridge on Wednesday with Loftys Gift (NZ) (Ghibellines), Samina Bibi (NZ) (Reliable Man) and La Rapide (NZ) (Shamexpress) to all contest the Waipa Earthworks Handicap (1550m). “Loftys Gift is going well and we were going to run her at Te Rapa last Saturday, but we didn’t want to start her on a heavy track,” Ritchie said. “Her grand final will be a $40,000 race at Cambridge over 2000m in a fortnight and stepping back to 1550m is not…

Lost And Running set for another Everest ascent

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Trainer John O’Shea has set his sights once again on the A$15 million The Everest (1200m) at Randwick this spring with his star sprinter Lost And Running (NZ) (Per Incanto). The son of Per Incanto finished fourth in the race last year and O’Shea is confident of getting a slot for his gelding once again next season. “He will be in the race,” O’Shea told Bensley. “The procedures, you must notify Racing New South Wales first before any announcements are made, and that is what we are doing.” O’Shea has…

The Follow Files: Sunrise Ruby looks to scale The Kosciuszko

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Some good racing was contested right across the country on Saturday, July 9, so the team at The Follow Files has found you a couple of runners to add into your blackbook ahead of the fast-approaching spring carnival. Racing was contested at Caulfield, Randwick and Doomben on Saturday, with black-type events at all three racetracks. Doomben | Track: Soft 7 (Soft 6 following R5) | Rail: +0.5m Entire Course Race 1: No Metro Wins Handicap (1050m) | Time: 1:01.52 Horse to follow: YES DREAM (3rd) North Queensland sprinter YES DREAM…

Surf Dancer wins South Grafton Cup to secure Big Dance start

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Surf Dancer booked a spot in The Big Dance with her win in the South Grafton Cup on July 10, 2022. Surf Dancer has secured the opportunity to start in the $2 million Big Dance after leading throughout to win the South Grafton Cup (1610m) on Sunday. The Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained five-year-old held on comfortably under the guidance of jockey Winona Costin, scoring by one-and-a-half lengths. Solar Apex, trained by Chris Waller, ran an eye-catching second when Ben Looker came from midfield off the rail to make an…

Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | July 12, 2022

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Horse Racing on Tuesday, July 12 will feature four meetings in Australia. Our racing analysts here at horsebetting.com.au have found you the top bets and the quaddie numbers for the meeting at Ballarat. Tuesday Racing Tips – July 12, 2022 Ballarat Synthetic 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 12, 2022 check out…

Match Race of the Millennium

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Wow She’s Fast (Vic) versus She’s A Pearl (NSW). The ‘Match Race of the Millennium’ between the ‘Million Dollar Babies’ could become reality. Greyhound racing aficionados are salivating about the prospect – both dogs’ connections have warmed to the possibility, if not signalled their intentions – and now it’s up to the sport’s PR gurus to make it happen! The Meadows in October has been mooted as the ideal venue and date given Wow She’s Fast and She’s A Pearl’s likely racing itineraries. Undoubtedly – if it gets the ‘green light’…

Baxter breaks training maiden with First Crusade at Darwin

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Trainer Chloe Baxter (right) celebrates with strapper Dan Morgan and jockey Casey Hunter in the Fannie Bay mounting yard after Baxter posted her first career win as a trainer with three-year-old gelding First Crusade at Darwin on Saturday. (Photo: Caroline Camilleri/Darwin Photography Professionals) She only has one horse in her stable and only recently acquired her owner-trainer licence, but Darwin trainer Chloe Baxter celebrated success for the first time on Saturday. The 30-year-old experienced the exhilaration of victory when three-year-old gelding First Crusade took out the $20,000 Merit Partners TROBIS…

Change of dates for upcoming three-year-old features

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The three-year-old season is set to hot up this Spring. In the past the Harness 7000, the Sophomore Classic and the Trotting Fillies Classique have been held between January and May. In 2022 they will move to September and October. “The scheduling of the three races has been well received by owners and trainers,” says Sires’ Stakes Executive Martin Pierson, “they are top races in their own right but also serve as a perfect lead-in to the other 3YO Classics later in the year.” The Woodlands Stud Harness 7000 will…