Month: August 2022

What Ipswich Races Where Ipswich Turf Club – 219 Brisbane Rd, Bundamba QLD 4304 When Wednesday, August 31, 2022 First Race 1:08pm AEST Visit Ladbrokes Metropolitan racing heads to Ipswich on Wednesday afternoon for what looks to be a decent seven-part meeting. HorseBetting’s Queensland racing analyst presents his best bets and quaddie numbers for the card, which is scheduled to start at 1:08pm AEST. The track is rated a Soft 5, and the rail is out 10m from the 1350m to the winning post and 8m for the remainder of…

Uncommon James won’t take any part in the Victorian Spring Carnival. (Photo: Michael McInally) Promising Queensland galloper Uncommon James has been ruled out of the 2022 Spring Carnival, with the stable confirming on Tuesday morning that he has gone to the paddock. Trained by the in-form Steven O’Dea & Matthew Hoysted barn at Eagle Farm, the lightly raced four-year-old was one of the favourites for next month’s Group 1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m) after a dominant win in the Listed Regal Roller Handicap (1200m) on August 13. The son…

Khimar War will kick-off his spring preparation at Riccarton on Saturday. Photo: Race Images South A rematch between stablemates Live Drama and Khimar War may be put on ice for the time being. The pair finished first and second respectively in the Listed Great Easter Stakes (1400m) at Riccarton in May, and while they are both entered for the 1000m open handicap at the Christchurch track on Saturday, trainer Lance Robinson is leaning toward trialling Live Drama next week instead. “Khimar War will take his place but I am undecided…

Group One targets await Defibrillate this spring. Photo: Scott Barbour-Racing Photos Defibrillate and Tiptronic are progressing well toward Group One spring targets for trainers Graham Richardson and Rogan Norvall, who are also blessed with depth in the younger ranks of their Matamata stable. The proven duo have the Hawke’s Bay carnival on their programs while three-year-old Channel Surfer will also be Hastings-bound and Bonny Lass is building toward a major summer sprint prize. Defibrillate has returned home following a highly successful time in Australia and, like Tiptronic, has the Group…

ATR chief executive Paul Wilcox. Photo: Trish Dunell Auckland Thoroughbred Racing has confirmed that a $20,000 stake minimum will apply across all its race meetings in the 2022/23 season as part of its annual stakes announcement. The amount is up $5,000 on ATR’s minimum of last season and is the highest minimum to have been offered by the club. As part of its announcement, ATR has also confirmed it will be contributing $1.4 million of its own monies into stakes for the season, bringing the total stakes on offer for…

Group 1 winner Entriviere has been retired. Following her sub-par first-up run in the Kerikeri Cup (1100m) earlier this month, Entriviere underwent a veterinary examination and the decision was made to retire the six-year-old from racing. “We had not been entirely happy with Entriviere following her resuming run and a nuclear bone scan has revealed fetlock issues that would see her side-lined from racing for some time,” Te Akau principal David Ellis said. “Even with this approach, there would be an element of risk with a return to racing and…

A familiar sight as Fashionably Fast wins at Del Mar in San Diego, California. (Benoit Photo) Fashionably Fast continues to be a marvel for California trainer Dean Pederson, the seven-year-old gelding winning by a head in race eight on the program at Del Mar on Saturday (US time). It was the evergreen sprinter’s 10th win from 32 starts, now with USD $804,143 (AUD $1.16m) in total earnings. According to Pederson, the horse has shown a never-say-die attitude since he first came to the stable as an exuberant colt. “He’s been…