Month: September 2022

Cairns Amateurs racing tips & quaddie selections | 9/9/2022

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What Cairns Amateurs Carnival – Day 1 Where Cannon Park Racecourse – Mulgrave Rd, Woree QLD 4868 When Friday, September 9, 2022 First Race 12:27pm AEST Visit Ladbrokes If you’re in the area, get yourself to Cannon Park on Friday and Saturday, or at least book it in for next year, because the Cairns Amateurs Carnival is arguably the best in Australia. It all kicks off on Friday with an eight-race program, and HorseBetting has you covered with best bets and quaddie numbers for the meeting. Cairns has really turned…

Healesville Cup Final: Armchair Guide

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Healesville’s 2022 Festival of Racing will come to an epic conclusion on Sunday afternoon with the running of the $78,795 Group 2 Healesville Cup Final (350m). Headlining the star-studded line-up will be defending champion Ferdinand Boy, with the country cups ‘king’ attempting to become the third back-to-back winner of the event. If successful in claiming a remarkable fifth provincial cup crown, David Geall‘s superstar would emulate two-time Healesville Cup heroes Koutafidamedes (1997 and 1998) and Schwartzanager (2006 and 2007). KEY TIMES 11:03am First race 12:13pm Race 5 (first leg of…

Healesville a ‘happy haunt’ for Gibbons’

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The big-race ‘demon’ that ‘haunted’ “Team Gibbons” is a ‘ghost’ of the past. Avalon’s Daniel Gibbons reckons winning The Arrow (Quinlan Bale) and securing a quinella in the Victorian Straight Track Championship (Quinlan Bale and Nicolson Bale) has silenced the ‘spectre’. A wise sage once uttered “failure can’t cope with persistence”. Indeed, Gibbons and wife Rebecca epitomise the “if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again” proverb. Now, with the ‘monkey off their back’, their sights are squarely set on a breakthrough black-type victory in the $78,795 Group 2 Healesville…

Green Light On – Episode 64 – Sandown preview 8/9 and a shallow dive with star trainer Jeff Geall

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JVDM is riding solo on this episode but he’s confident he’s found some winners. We get to know Jeff Geall. Plus learn a little about the ‘Geall’ training setup with brother Dave, who was recently crowned Australian trainer of the year. greyhoundracingvic · Green Light On – Episode 64 – Sandown preview 8/9 and a shallow dive with star trainer Jeff Geall

Golden Sixty’s return date forecast as Lui eyes Hong Kong Mile hat-trick

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Golden Sixty wins the 2021 G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile (1600m) under jockey Vincent Ho. Golden Sixty is expected to follow the exact path he took last season towards the 2022 G1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile (1600m), however, this time around he’ll be looking to join Good Ba Ba – a Hong Kong racing immortal – as the only three-time winners of the race. Chasing a career 800th winner at the season-opener at Sha Tin on Sunday (September 11), trainer Francis Lui indicated that Hong Kong’s champion is sound and…

The Captain still racking up wins in Darwin as retirement looms

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The Gary Clarke-trained 10-year-old gelding The Captain, with highly experienced Top End jockey Paul Shiers in the saddle, heading to the gates before taking out the National Seniors Australia Top End Branch Handicap (1300m) at Fannie Bay on September 3, 2022. (Picture: Caroline Camilleri) The Captain has become one of the most beloved horses in the Northern Territory since arriving at the stable of champion trainer Gary Clarke following the 2018 Darwin Cup Carnival. The 10-year-old gelding’s longevity is legendary, as his ability to lug the big weights, yet his…

Werribee Racing Club to receive much needed upgrades

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Werribee Racing Club Photo: Alex Forbes The Werribee Racing Club will receive a much-needed new operations building and a more sustainable water supply, after a funding announcement from the Victorian Government. Victorian Racing Industry Fund (VRID) is investing over half a million dollars into the Werribee Operations Building Upgrade project, with the club contributing more than $167,00 and close to $400,000 from Racing Victoria and Country Racing Victoria. Race day officials along with jockeys and stewards are set to be the biggest beneficiaries from the upgrade, which includes a new…

Halter ends mixed WA campaign on high note with Kununurra treble

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Darwin trainer Tayarn Halter took a team of horses to Western Australia to race at Broome and Kununurra, and it was an experience that brought plenty of joy and disappointment. Darwin trainer Tayarn Halter certainly endured the ups and downs in racing following her recent sojourn to Western Australia. Halter, who finished third behind Gary Clarke (59) and Phil Cole (31.5) in the 2021/22 Top End trainers’ premiership with 22.5 wins, enjoyed success in Broome before experiencing mixed fortune at Kununurra. Heading west a few days after the Darwin Cup…

Western Empire after Melbourne crown

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Western Empire may have conquered Western Australia, but he will be looking for his first Victorian scalp at Flemington on Saturday. The Iffraaj gelding will contest the Gr.1 Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m) after running fifth in the Gr.1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) last month. It was his first run since runner-up in the Gr.1 Kingston Town Classic (1800m) last December and trainer Danny O’Brien is expecting the New Zealand-bred to take plenty of improvement from that run. “We drew wide (in the Memsie) and to put him in the race we…

The ‘Chase’ continues…

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Terrific “Team Dailly” triumvirate Zippy Tesla, Dusty Bourbski and Zara’s Ivan is part of an almighty ‘charge of the Vic brigade’ in the Million Dollar Chase City Qualifers (520m) at Wentworth Park in Sydney on Saturday night. They’ll be joined by classy compatriots Amron Boy, Devine Empress, Extreme Force, Kysaiah, Let’s Win Coin, McInerney, Photo Man, Set Me Free and Who Told Shorty. It’s “Sydney or the bush” for the visitors south of the border eyeing a semi-finals spot on September 17, where they’d join Plaintiff, Kelsey Bale and Red Reactor which…