Month: July 2022

On this Friday edition of Punt Drunk, we look at how one of Racing NSW’s showpiece events for country horses has turned into just another cash cow for the city slickers. Also, the ‘Wizard of the West’ heads to Rockhampton this weekend for a handful of rides over Cup Week, while a son of a gun trained his first winner on Wednesday at the Sunshine Coast. THE BIG FLOP At this stage, that’s what it is – a flop. The Big Dance was marketed as a race on Melbourne Cup…

Horse Racing on Friday, July 8 will feature five 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 Goulburn, Rockhampton & Sale. Friday Racing Tips – July 8, 2022 Goulburn Racing Tips Rockhampton Racing Tips Sale 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…

Leading Top End trainer Gary Clarke is aiming to take out the Alice Springs Cup/Darwin Cup double this year. (Caroline Camilleri/Darwin Photography Professionals) After landing the $75,000 Darwin Guineas (1600m) last weekend with Wolfburn, champion Top End trainer Gary Clarke now has the $200,000 Darwin Cup (2050m) in his sights. Playoffs, who is his main contender in the Northern Territory’s biggest race on August 1, debuts at Fannie Bay at weight-for-age level on Saturday in the $60,000 Chief Ministers Cup (1600m). That is the feature race on Day 2 of…

Apprentice jockey Hannah Edgely rode her 50th winner at Cranbourne on Thursday afternoon, saluting aboard the Luke Oliver-trained Spanish Tides. Fittingly, the Benchmark 64 Handicap was a heat of the Rising Stars, which gives apprentice jockeys the chance to race against one another without any senior riders in the race. It has been a quick rise to fame for Edgley, who only started race riding at the start of the 2021/22 season, but she has now ridden in over 280 races while striking at roughly 17%. Edgley told Racing.com post-race…