Month: September 2022

Jockey Rachel King believes Riduna has the ability to win the Golden Pendant at Rosehill on Saturday. In fine form, Rachel King believes Riduna can help her keep the wins coming in the Golden Pendant at Rosehill on Saturday. King – who rode Alegron to victory in the Kingston Town Stakes and Overpass to second behind the great Nature Strip in the Shorts at Randwick last Saturday – believes Riduna is due for a Black Type victory. She was impressed with the $20 outsider with Neds’ last-start second in the…

Tijuana, pictured after winning on ANZAC day, won the Group 2 Stutt Stakes on Friday night. He might’ve had winkers on, but Tijuana can now look ahead and believe in his chances for the Caulfield Guineas. That was the message from trainer Ben Hayes after his half-length victory in the $300,000 Group 2 Stutt Stakes at Moonee Valley on Friday night. Mark Zahra made his move aboard the three-year-old colt at the 250m mark in the mile feature, and the $2.30 winning chance with Ladbrokes was too good from there.…

Queen Of The Ball wins the 2022 Scarborough Stakes. Going up against the more-fancied Troach and English Riviera, Queen Of The Ball showed her tenacity to prevail from start to finish in the $200,000 Scarborough Stakes at Moonee Valley on Friday night. Expertly ridden by star jockey Blake Shinn, the three-year-old jumped to the front inside the first 200m from barrier seven while finding the rail, because Shinn knew Michael Freedman’s sprinter had the heart to be a frontrunner and prevail. And the $5.50 chance with Ladbrokes did it easy,…

The punters are tipping the decision by Annabel Neasham to save her weight-for-age star Zaaki a week to defend his title in the Underwood Stakes to pay off with the reigning champ favourite for Sunday’s $1 million showdown. Zaaki is favourite to win the 2022 Underwood Stakes in Melbourne this Sunday. Photo: Steve Hart. Neasham withdrew Zaaki from Sydney’s Group 1 George Main Stakes last weekend in favour of a run this weekend in the Group 1 Underwood Stakes (1800m) over further at Sandown. The star import won the event…

The resuming James Cummings-trained Paulele heads markets on the Group 1 $1 million Moir Stakes (1000m) running under the lights at The Valley tonight in Melbourne. Paulele is favourite to win Friday night’s 2022 Moir Stakes under the lights at The Valley. Photo: Steve Hart. The Godolphin-raced four-year-old is narrow favourite to beat home his 11 rivals fresh on the tight Moonee Valley circuit in a class edition of the weight-for-age Moir. Hoop of the hour, James McDonald, partners the Dawn Approach entire who has an outstanding first-up record (4:3-0-0).…

Who doesn’t love a long weekend? If you are lucky enough to live in Victoria you are in the midst of a four-day long weekend filled with plenty of footy, punting and hopefully a couple of coldies along the way! However, the Punt Drunk team doesn’t rest and ahead of three Group 1 races this weekend, we take a look back at what has caught our eye over the past week and look to what is ahead! Rain sours action on the track, but not off it The Lismore Cup…