by Jonny Turner Mark Hurrell enjoyed one of the biggest thrills of his career when winning the Wairio Cup with Robyns Playboy on Saturday. Hurrell produced a perfectly-timed steer to help the horse known as The Beast From The East bounce back to his best form. Robyns Playboy came into the Wairio Cup after producing a mixed bag of form since winning the Tuapeka Cup in his first start back from an Australian campaign. Though he was only sixth of seven behind Macandrew Aviator in the Northern Southland Cup last…
Month: January 2023
Nairn’s Affinity with Mt Harding
Paul Nairn thinks there could be an unusual reason for his affinity with Mt Harding Raceway. The Canterbury trainer has trained 15 winners at the Methven track, which doesn’t sound a lot until you consider 382 of his career 384 winners in New Zealand have been trotters and Methven don’t race often and have only 3 or 4 trotting races per meeting at the most. That and the fact Nairn doesn’t tend to line up horses for the sake of it and 15 trotting wins at Methven is no small…
Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | January 29, 2023
Horse Racing on Sunday, January 29 will feature seven meetings in Australia. Our racing analysts here at horsebetting.com.au have found you the top bets and the quaddie numbers for the meetings at Geelong, Sapphire Coast & Sha Tin (HK). Sunday Racing Tips – January 29, 2023 Geelong Racing Tips Sapphire Coast Racing Tips Sha Tin Racing Tips Featured Race HK Stewards’ Cup – Sha Tin Race 7 As always there a plenty of promotions available for Australian racing fans, check out all the top online bookmakers to see what daily…
Horse Racing History: Today in Racing 29th January
This day 29th January 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 2 hours ago Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | January 29, 2023 Seven horse racing meetings are scheduled around Australia today. See the top tips and quaddie selections for free here at …Read More Australia horse racing news 12 months ago Marabi…
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Angelic Miss shines in Scenic Blast
New Zealand-bred mare Angelic Miss (NZ) (Savabeel) collected the third black-type success of her career with a brilliant late burst in Saturday’s A$125,000 Listed Scenic Blast Stakes (1200m) at Ascot. The Savabeel mare had already won six races before Saturday’s stellar performance, headed by two Listed victories in 2021 – the Jungle Mist Classic (1200m) and Jungle Dawn Classic (1400m). Trainer Simon Miller has raced Angelic Miss only sporadically since then, picking up a third and a fifth from two starts in June before being unplaced in the 2022 edition…
Five for Fawcett at Riccarton
Visiting northern rider Jasmine Fawcett capped a red-letter day when she guided the Mark Jones-trained runner Phelan The Power (NZ) (Power) to victory in the Listed Speight’s Timaru Stakes (1400m) at Riccarton. Fawcett has been making regular trips to ride in the south with good success of late and made every post a winner as she notched up five winners on the day and brought up her 200th win in the saddle since commencing her career back in 2015. Sent straight to the lead by Fawcett, Phelan The Power set…
Blinkers bring the best out of No Secret
The addition of blinkers has proven to be the key for former New Zealand mare No Secret (NZ) (Niagara), who recorded her first Australian victory in Saturday’s A$130,000 Ascend Sales Trophies Handicap (1600m) at Moonee Valley. The daughter of Niagara showed real talent when she began her career with five New Zealand starts for owner-trainer Murray Garrett, culminating in back-to-back wins at Te Aroha and Te Rapa in January and April of last year. Transferred to Mike Moroney’s Flemington stable, the five-year-old’s first four starts across the Tasman produced an…
Karaka 2023 commences on Sunday
New Zealand Bloodstock’s 97th National Yearling Sale Series will kick off with Book 1 on Sunday 29 January, with the first lot to go under the hammer from 11am. The much anticipated yearling sale welcomes international buyers back to the complex for the first time since 2020. Vendors have been busy throughout the week parading the cream of New Zealand’s yearling crop and there is a positive vibe on-site despite torrential rain on Friday interrupting travel plans for some. The unprecedented deluge of rain across Auckland was easily the city’s…
Leaderboard upsets in Wellington Cup
Enigmatic galloper Leaderboard (Street Cry) put his best foot forward when he responded to a brilliant ride from visiting Irish jockey Joe Doyle to take out the Gr.3 NZ Campus Of Innovation & Sport Wellington Cup (3200m). The Mark Walker-trained son of Street Cry has always looked a progressive stayer for owners the Fortuna Leaderboard Syndicate, including finishing third in the 2021 Gr.3 New Zealand Cup (3200m), but had also disappointed on occasions when troubled with a series of niggles including some foot issues. A disappointing lead-up run in the…