Month: July 2022

Jacob Lowry enjoying Australian stint

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South Island hoop Jacob Lowry is enjoying his time across the Tasman. Photo: Race Image South Wingatui has been a great source of quality jumpers to Australian trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace over the years, and they are quickly becoming fans of the local horsemanship as well. The stable has enjoyed the services of Georgia Lowry over the last few years and she has recently been joined by her jockey brother Jacob. The southern siblings are part of the famed Anderton family, with patriarch Brian still at the helm…

Early Haunui arrival doing well

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Haunui Farm Managing Director Mark Chitty. Photo: Trish Dunell Mother Nature works to its own timeframe and Haunui Farm was swiftly in sync to welcome an unexpected arrival this week and lavish the early comer with special treatment. Breeding is an inexact science and the Karaka nursery was ahead of the game to be ready and waiting for the safe delivery of a healthy and happy daughter of young boom sire Almanzor. The filly was the first of up to 150 to be foaled at the farm when she was…

Surprise, surprise!

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Diminutive sprinter Surprising – which tips the scales at 29kg ‘soaking wet’ – has displayed ‘courage under fire’ in returning to the racetrack. But it’s hardly surprising to her Longwarry trainer, Nicole Lund. Back on May 24, Surprising (Nov ’19 Worm Burner x Rapanui Surprise) – bred and owned by Carole Brown of Cardinia – sustained a laceration to the saphenous vein in her right hind leg when inadvertently galloped on from behind during a race at Sandown Park. Not to be deterred, and as a measure of her fearlessness,…

Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | July 27, 2022

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Horse Racing on Wednesday, July 27 will feature six 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 Darwin, Doomben, Sandown & Warwick Farm. Wednesday Racing Tips – July 27, 2022 Darwin Racing Tips Doomben Racing Tips Sandown Hillside Racing Tips Warwick Farm 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$5 million in bonuses announced for Victoria’s Spring Racing Carnival

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Racing Victoria (RV) has today announced a lucrative suite of bonuses to further incentivise and reward participation in the 2022 Victorian Spring Racing Carnival. Five A$1 million bonuses will help ensure that Victoria remains a coveted spring destination for Australasia’s best horses and a focal point for racing fans and punters. The spring bonuses come on top of last month’s announcement of a A$26.2 million increase in prizemoney and VOBIS bonuses on offer for the 2022-23 racing season, which are being spread from country minimums to Group 1 races. They…

Breeders backing mental health

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Mental health has become a growing concern in New Zealand and the New Zealand breeding industry is doing their bit to try and address the issue. As part of the AGrowQuip National Breeding Awards on Saturday, the Waikato Branch of the New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association are holding an auction to raise money for a number of mental health initiatives the association is introducing. “Mental health and wellbeing in our industry is something we think needs to be addressed,” Waikato Branch President Dave Duley said. “Not only are we raising…

Levin Meeting Cancelled/Ryder Stakes to Te Rapa

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An early call has been made to cancel the Levin RC meeting at Otaki on Saturday.  The RIB and club officials inspected the track on Tuesday. The track is sodden having received 109mm of rainfall in the last seven days on an already heavy surface.  A NIWA report commissioned specifically for Otaki Racecourse shows a further 70mm of rain is expected from Tuesday through to midday on Saturday. There is no alternative track available in the central region.  The Listed Courtesy Ford Ryder Stakes (1200m), the final black-type race of…

Last chance to enter Pearl Series

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The final opportunity to enter a yearling filly in the 2022 NZB Insurance Pearl Series closes on Sunday 31st July, with entry $1,500 plus GST. A bonus scheme for Southern Hemisphere bred fillies and mares, offering bonuses of $2.8 million, the scheme includes up to 200 individual races for fillies and mares over four seasons’ racing, with bonuses for each race of $14,000. The Series has been designed to benefit owners, trainers and breeders of fillies and mares running in New Zealand and are available in all regions of the…

‘Grand slam’ coursing!

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Longwood Coursing Club played host to Week 1 of the Sylvester Doyle Puppy Championship, Ray Boundy Memorial and Strathbogie Cup on Sunday. Like tennis, with four Grand Slams, coursing has its equivalent with four Classics –Victorian Derby, Victorian Oaks, Sylvester Doyle Puppy Championship and, of course, Waterloo Cup. We’ve already identified the best young male and young female in the Derby and Oaks, but the Sylvester Doyle Puppy Championship brings the ‘boys’ and ‘girls’ together to identify this season’s best puppy. It’s now down to the last five remaining competitors…

Wyong betting tips & quaddie numbers | 28/7/2022

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What Wyong Races Where Wyong Race Club – 71-73 Howarth St, Wyong NSW 2259 When Thursday, July 28, 2022 First Race 12:20pm AEST Visit Ladbrokes HorseBetting’s New South Wales racing analyst provides his best bets and quaddie selections for the eight-race program scheduled for Wyong on Thursday. The track is rated a Heavy 9, and the rail is out 4m from the 1350m to the 1000m before going into the 1m position for the remainder of the course. The first race of the afternoon is scheduled for 12:20pm AEST. Best…