Month: September 2022

Randwick full racing tips & quaddie picks | Saturday, October 1

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What Epsom Handicap Day 2022 Where Royal Randwick – Alison Rd, Randwick NSW 2031 When Saturday, October 1, 2022 First Race 11:50am AEST Visit Ladbrokes The Sydney Spring Carnival officially kicks off on Saturday afternoon when Epsom Handicap Day greets punters at Royal Randwick. The day of racing is highlighted by three Group 1 events, the Epsom Handicap (1600m), The Metropolitan (2400m) and the Flight Stakes (1600m). Torrential rain is forecast for Sydney in the lead-up to Saturday, so we expect to be racing on a Heavy 8 or 9…

Copy That second favourite for Smoken Up Sprint

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By Adam Hamilton Ray Green’s confidence varies going into a stellar Melton meeting on Saturday night. Green’s three Aussie raiders are all in action, headed by Copy That in the $50,000 Group 2 Smoken Up Sprint (1720m). Simply Sam and Argyle are in heats of the Victoria Derby. Let’s start with the Derby duo first. “I think I might have bitten-off a bit more than a chew there,” Green laughed. “I must admit I didn’t think the three year-olds would be quite as strong as they are over here, the…

Chase a Great concept

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The Great Chase – supporting the disability sector – has been one of the sport’s greatest community-conscious innovations since its inception in 2003. And it continues to get even greater! This year’s Group 3 ‘Racing and Community Events Series’ is no exception and is poised for a great start with heats at Bendigo (500m) and Traralgon (500m) on Friday. The heats continue at Sandown Park (515m) and Sale (440m) on Sunday. Invariably, the Great Chase is a stepping-stone to greatness. So, here are some of the aspirants with ‘great expectations’…

Huge interest in the return of Sundees Son and Self Assured

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By Michael Guerin The opening markets may have suggested New Zealand’s two best harness horses were equal chances of winning their respective comeback races at Addington on Friday night but that is not how their drivers see it. Champion trotter Sundees Son and superstar pacer Self Assured both return in 2600m standing starts at Addington as the intensity of the harness racing season goes up a notch six weeks out from NZ Cup week. They aren’t the only big names returning as Spankem and South Coast Arden also start new…

Flemington full racing tips, odds & quaddie | Saturday, October 1

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What Turnbull Stakes Day 2022 Where Flemington Racecourse – 448 Epsom Rd, Flemington, VIC 3031 When Saturday, October 1, 2022 First Race 12:40pm AEST Watch Live Visit Ladbrokes Spring is well and truly in the air as Turnbull Stakes Day rolls around at Flemington on Saturday afternoon for a massive nine-race program. The highlight of the day is the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) with most of the combatants headed towards the Caulfield Cup in a fortnight. The card is brimming with talent as every race is a black-type event,…

Cup goals for Regazzo

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Shaune Ritchie and Colm Murray believe they may have unearthed their next Cups horse in Regazzo. The four-year-old gelding was impressive when winning his maiden by 5-1/2 lengths at Te Rapa earlier this month and his conditioners believe big things may be instore for the son of Tavistock. “His win was super impressive first-up,” Ritchie said. “He has always looked like he would be a very good stayer. He ran second in the Salver last season to White Noise. “We felt he was a Derby horse but he wasn’t quite…

Arc dream over for Verry Elleegant

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The Gr.1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (2400m) dream with Verry Elleegant (NZ) (Zed) is officially over. The 11-time Group One winner’s participation in Europe’s pin-up event came under threat when she was ranked among the lowest-rated of the 24 entries made for the Longchamp feature. France Galop subsequently confirmed it would stick to a maximum field size of 20. Given no horses had been withdrawn from the race by their deadline on Wednesday, the connections of the New Zealand-bred star elected not to make the supplementary payment for the…

Icebath ready for Group One plunge

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Icebath (NZ) (Sacred Falls) will be looking to claim her first elite-level scalp this weekend when she contests the Gr.1 Epsom Handicap (1600m) at Randwick on Saturday. The six-year-old mare heads into the race in good form, having finished runner-up in the Gr.2 Tramway Stakes (1400m) and Gr.1 George Main Stakes (1600m) in her last two starts. As a result, she has been backed into favouritism in this weekend’s mile feature, but trainer Brad Widdup isn’t getting too carried away. “She ran terrific last year and finished eighth. They are…

Flight Stakes 2022 Field & Betting Update: Fireburn vs Zougotcha

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Two fillies are battling for favouritism in betting for Saturday’s Group 1 $750,000 Darley Flight Stakes (1600m) with Fireburn narrow top elect over one-time favourite Zougotcha. Chris Waller’s Silver Shadow – Tea Rose Stakes double winner heads the Group 1 Flight Stakes field in Sydney this weekend. Photo: Steve Hart. A line-up of 10 three-year-old fillies take to the Randwick mile in this year’s Flight Stakes field, and the early money at Ladbrokes.com.au is on the Gary Portelli-trained Fireburn to post her third Group 1 victory. The now three-year-old daughter…

Cole back home in Darwin after successful Queensland campaign

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Top End Darwin trainer Phil Cole and wife Rhonda are all smiles after tasting success during the Darwin Cup Carnival at Fannie Bay in July. After racing on the dirt tracks throughout central and western Queensland for the past month, Darwin trainer Phil Cole has finally returned home. And what a successful trip it proved to be with Cole having 42 starters in 30 races for 10 wins, five seconds and 10 thirds, while the stable also finished fourth on six occasions. Cole, along with wife Rhonda and daughter Charlie,…