Month: August 2022

Sale racing tips & quaddie picks | Thursday, September 1

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What Sale Races Where Sale Turf Club – 1227 Maffra-Sale Rd, Sale VIC 3850 When Thursday, September 1, 2022 First Race 1:30pm AEST Visit Ladbrokes Spring is finally here and what better way to celebrate it than with an eight-race card at Sale? Runners will be racing on a track rated a Soft 6, whilst the rail comes out 7m the entire circuit. The meeting that was held at Sale on August 21 did not disadvantage those up on speed, but runners from the rear of the field were still…

Albury racing tips & quaddie selections | Thursday, 01/09/2022

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What Albury Races Where Albury Racing Club – 16-46 Fallon St, Albury NSW 2640 When Thursday, September 1, 2022 First Race 1:40pm AEST Visit Ladbrokes Albury will play host to seven races on the first day of spring on Thursday in what will be wet conditions. HorseBetting’s New South Wales racing analyst presents you with his best bets and quaddie selections for the program, which is set to commence at 1:40pm AEST. The track is rated a Heavy 10 and the rail is out 3m from the 1600m to the…

Bolt’s tilt for Dominion – Inter Dominion double

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By Michael Guerin The Rowe Cup hero may get his chance at the dream double in the Dominion after all. Bolt For Brilliance has pleased trainer-driver Tony Herlihy so much in the early stages of this preparation the champion horseman says a trip to Addington for the Group 1 trot on Show Day is now back on the cards. Herlihy never totally ruled out the Dominion, a race Bolt For Brilliance finished third in last season, but had suggested the Inter Dominion which start in Victoria 15 days later was…

Generous support for fund-raising dinner

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A fund-raising event has been confirmed for popular Canterbury horseman Murray Edmonds – and already support is pouring in. The Motukarara-based trainer-driver was diagnosed with a brain tumour a month ago. “Uncle Murray is the sort of person who would help everyone else and now people are helping him,” says Murray’s niece Aimee Edmonds. Along with other harness racing identities Sandi Curtin and Stevie Golding, Aimee’s organising a fund-raising dinner at Addington Raceway on Thursday, September 22. “We have booked the Silks lounge and we have had a lot of…

100 Group Ones for Emma Stewart

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by Adam Hamilton Champion trainer Emma Stewart clocked-up another monster milestone at Menangle over the weekend. It was her 100th Group One success. Brilliant Art Major colt First Responder took advantage of a gun run behind the leader to win the inaugural $175,000 Group 1 Nutrien 2YO colts and geldings final (2300m). “It sort of snuck up on me a bit,” Stewart said of the milestone, “We’re so busy setting horses for the big races, but it’s pretty amazing.” Although the training operation is Stewart in name, it is very…

Triple success in Victoria for Jamieson brothers

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  Ex-pat Kiwis Craig and Tony (pictured on right) Jamieson have recorded their first win since crossing the ditch with five-year-old trotter Scootin Around saluting at Geelong. And their second and third followed in quick succession. Scooting Around, a $12 chance, benefitted from an excellent drive from Greg Sugars, switching to the sprint lane and running down odds-on favourite Central Otago to score by a head, last Wednesday night. “Obviously it was a huge thrill for us to get the monkey off the back,” said Craig Jamieson. “I thought he…

Debut victory for Mandalay Bay

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By Joshua Smith, Harness News Desk A plethora of talented young pacers have carried Brian O’Meara’s famous silks, and he may have unearthed another at Rangiora on Sunday. Mandalay Bay was making his debut in the Sefton Pace (2600m) and was handled patiently by driver Jim Curtin after making a quiet beginning. The three-year-old gelding tracked fellow debutant Michael Caine throughout and attained the coveted one-one position with a lap to go. With 550m to go driver Ben Hope pushed the go button on Michael Caine, who left his rivals…

Sir Rupert Clarke aim for Ayrton

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New Zealand-bred gelding Ayrton (NZ) (Iffraaj) has returned to Victoria in good form after spelling in Queensland over winter and is pleasing trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr ahead of his first-up run in the Gr.1 Sir Rupert Clarke (1400m) at Caulfield next month. “He’s going good, that horse,” Price told Racing.com. “He’s got a beautiful Queensland coat, he hasn’t got one of those winter coats. He’s a very sound and happy horse. “He trialed on a wet track here and he’s not a wet tracker, but he still…

Green Light On – Episode 62 – Sandown Park form and Jim’s keen on a few this week! Neddy Mac too!

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James Van de Maat and Jason Adams tackle the Thursday night meeting at Sandown Park and you’re in luck… the boys are in form! It’s a quality meeting with Mr. Audacious making his city debut after a couple of looks on the track. He will be joined by Zippy Tesla, Amron Boy and Extreme Force. Show favourite, Ned McDonald joins James to talk all things basketball, football and Ambushed ahead of his start at Sandown. greyhoundracingvic · Green Light On – Episode 62 – Sandown Park form and Jim’s keen…

The Follow Files: Group 1 players impress in first-up runs

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Group 1 racing headed to Caulfield on Saturday for the Memsie Stakes (1400m) and a number of quality horses resumed. We also saw some high-quality racing at Rosehill Gardens for San Domenico Stakes Day, so we are keen to add a few runners into our blackbook and follow them into the spring. Caulfield | Track: Soft 6 (Soft 5 after R4) | Rail: True Race 5: Group 3 McNeil Stakes (1200m) | Time: 1:11.09 Horse to follow: TIJUANA (3rd) We couldn’t believe the price of TIJUANA heading into the McNeil…