Month: August 2022

Horse Racing History: Today In Racing 27th August

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This day 27th August in horse racing news history From the extensive Horse Betting news archives we present the all the thoroughbred racing action in Australian and overseas racing news in history. Delve in and enjoy our walk back in horse racing time. Horse Racing Tips 12 months ago Doomben tips, top odds & quaddie picks | Saturday, August 28 HorseBetting’s Queensland racing analyst brings you his best bets and quaddie selections for the Doomben meeting on Saturday, August 28, …Read More Horse Racing Tips 12 months ago Kembla Grange…

Darwin racing tips, top odds & value bets | Saturday, August 27

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What Darwin Races Where Darwin Turf Club – Buntine Dr, Fannie Bay NT 0820 When Saturday, August 27, 2022 First Race 3:14pm ACST Visit Ladbrokes The Darwin Turf Club is set to host a five-race card on Saturday afternoon. See our top selections for every race on the Darwin program, with odds from Australia’s best bookmakers. Race 1 (3.14pm) – $20,500 Top End Racing Awards 16 September 0-76 Handicap (1000m) Ideas Man made his first appearance at Fannie Bay on May 7 following his arrival from South Australia and finished…

Ballarat jumps racing betting preview | Sunday, August 28

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What Ballarat Races Where Ballarat Turf Club When Sunday, August 28, 2022 First Race 11:55am AEST Visit Ladbrokes The Ballarat Turf Club is scheduled to host a six-race card on Sunday afternoon for Grand National Steeplechase Day, where all six races are to be held over the obstacles. Following plenty of rain in the Ballarat area, we are set to be racing on a track rated a Heavy 10, whilst the rail comes out 5m the entire circuit. The day of jumping starts at 11:55am AEST. Grand National Steeplechase Top…

Garibaldi wins the Goldmarket

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Garibaldi proved too strong in the 2022 Goldmarket Handicap (Michael McInally) Tony Gollan and Ryan Maloney have combined to take out the Listed Goldmarket Handicap (1200m) at the Gold Coast on Friday afternoon with enigmatic sprinter Garibaldi. After opening as favourite with online bookmakers, the son of I Am Invincible drifted out to $6 before the jump, but even a betting drift couldn’t stop the talented horse today. The six-year-old hadn’t won since December last year, but the stable has always had a big opinion of the horse, placing him…

Kent says fitness not an issue for Memsie Stakes runner Illation

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Mark Zahra guides Illation to victory in the Nitschke Stakes at Morphettville on April 30. Picture: Atkins Photography. It will be Illation’s first-up run and a “quantum leap” from his last-start Adelaide Guineas victory against arguably “the best horse in the country” in Saturday’s Magic Millions Memsie Stakes at Caulfield. But the four-year-old’s co-trainer Michael Kent believes he has the fitness to be hard to overcome in the super-competitive field over 1400m. The $1 million race contains the outstanding $6 winning chance with Ladbrokes, Western Empire. The five-year-old gelding makes…

The Stir Up – Waterloo Cup Edition

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GRV’s Andrew Copley, Peter Quilty and Gerard Guthrie discuss the prestigious 2022 Waterloo Cup ahead of Sunday’s final day at Lang Lang, which will incorporate the quarter finals, semi finals, and the $19,500 final.   Andrew  How good is the Waterloo Cup? Now in its 149th year, this race captured the imagination of sporting fans all over Victoria back in its heyday. Peter  Even I wasn’t around back then, but I love that coursing is still in existence, and is actually growing in popularity among the younger generation of trainers…

‘Astro’-nomical!

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Old stager Blackpool Astro lines up for his 105th start in the Straights Veterans final (300m) – Race 4, 12.14pm – at Healesville on Sunday. The Jan ’18 Banjo Boy x Crackerjack Bale dog qualified for the $2500 to-the-winner final after finishing second to Lady Fabio in a heat last week. Prepared by Ian Beattie – a popular and regular figure at Healesville – Blackpool Astro won at his 100th start on August 7 at the picturesque Yarra Valley venue. The old-timer is a model of consistency with 16 wins, 24…

Shaw to ‘Master’ Waterloo Cup

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James Shaw might only be a recent convert to coursing, but he finds himself in a position of great strength heading into Sunday’s decisive second day of competition in the Waterloo Cup at Lang Lang. The young Seymour trainer has three of the remaining six contenders vying for coursing’s most coveted trophy and the attractive $15,000 winner’s purse. Shaw, 32, is assured of at least one semi-finalist, with Zinzan Brooke x Alpha Nemesis litter sisters Crabby Yabby and Nine Nine to stage a ‘family feud’ in a quarter final. While…

He’s No Slouch – wow he’s fast!

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National Coursing Association of Victoria president Peter Craig will be striving for his second Waterloo Cup when He’s No Slouch goes to the ‘slips’ at Lang Lang on Sunday. Craig won coursing’s ‘Holy Grail’ with Full Of Grace in 2014. He’s No Slouch won his first three rounds on Day One of the time-honoured event (now into its 149th year) last week and is into the quarter-finals. But with a ‘natural’ Bye, he’s effectively reached the semi-finals on Day Two. Ironically, He’s No Slouch has quickly earned a “wow he’s…

Raceday resumption delayed for Catalyst

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Catalyst’s racing return has been delayed. Photo: Trish Dunell Punters will have to wait at least a couple more weeks before they see Group One winner Catalyst resume his racing career. The son of Darci Brahma was set to have his first start in nearly two years in the Group 2 Waikato Stud Foxbridge Plate (1200m) at Te Rapa on Saturday, but the wet weather that has battered the Waikato in the last few days has put a halt to those plans. “We left him in hoping the track was…