Month: February 2023

Godolphin‘s Group 1-bound colt Aft Cabin is odds-on to keep the wins coming when the star young son of Astern runs as the second-up favourite in Saturday’s Group 2 $400,000 Hobartville Stakes (1400m). Aft Cabin is short-priced favourite in Hobartville Stakes 2023 betting this autumn. Photo: Steve Hart. Already the three-year-olds is heading all-in markets on a host of upcoming Group 1 races in both Sydney and Melbourne including the Randwick Guineas over the mile on March 4 which is the traditional target  for Hobartville graduates. Aft Cabin made a…

Chris Waller‘s heroic eight-time Group 1 winning veteran Nature Strip is predicted to return a winner when the evergreen eight-year-old resumes in Saturday’s Group 1 $1 million Black Caviar Lightning (1000m). Nature Strip is the horse to beat first-up in Flemington’s 2023 Black Caviar Lightning this weekend. Photo: Steve Hart. The internationally performed King’s Stand Stakes champ at Royal Ascot is back at headquarters for his fourth run in the Black Caviar Lightning. He was fourth as the beaten odds-on favourite in 2020, won the event in 2021 and finished…

It has been an actioned packed week in the racing world and that racing world was rocked by the news on Friday morning that renowned form expert Deane Lester lost his fight with cancer at age 54. We tend to take a light-hearted approach in Punk Drunk, but for this weeks opener we just want to take a moment and thank Deano for the countless amount of winners he tipped to us over the years. Racing, today, is a lesser world without him. Lester an analyst we can aspire to…

What Ascot Park Races Where Ascot Park Racecourse – 29 Findlay Road, Invercargill, New Zealand When Saturday, February 18, 2023 First Race 12:43pm NZDT Visit Ladbrokes With all that is going on in the North Island in New Zealand, it is easy to forget that the Invercargill Gold Cup is this Saturday at Ascot Park Racecourse with the actual feature being the Southland Guineas for three-year-olds. Despite all of the rain the track is rated a Soft 5, with the rail in the true position the entire circuit. Action out…

What Pukekohe Races Where Pukekohe Park Racecourse – 222/250 Manukau Road, Pukekohe, New Zealand When Saturday, February 18, 2023 First Race 12:20pm NZDT Visit Ladbrokes With upgrading on the Ellerslie track currently in progress, Auckland Thoroughbred Racing is holding an eight-race program on Saturday at Pukekohe Park. The feature races on the card — the AJC Avondale Guineas and Avondale Cup — both are Group 2 events. The track is expected to be a Soft 6 with no rain forecast on the day. The rail comes out 5m the entire…

What Alice Springs Races Where Pioneer Park Racecourse – Stuart Hwy, Connellan NT 0870 When Saturday, February 18, 2023 First Race 2:57pm ACST Visit Ladbrokes There might be just five races on Saturday at Pioneer Park, but with the Alice Springs Cup Carnival imminent a number of quality horses will be on deck which will make it tough going for punters. Up to 42 runners have accepted with the feature race, a $23,100 open handicap over 1000m, attracting 10 capable sprinters of note, including the unbeaten Dakota Lee after a…

What Hobartville Stakes Day 2023 Where Rosehill Gardens Racecourse – James Ruse Dr, Rosehill NSW 2142 When Saturday, February 18, 2023 First Race 12:20pm AEDT Visit Ladbrokes Metropolitan racing heads to Rosehill Gardens Racecourse on Saturday afternoon for a competitive 10-race program. We’ve got plenty of feature racing to dive into, including the Group 2 Hobartville Stakes for the three-year-olds as Aft Cabin looks to win again after a dominating his opposition in the Eskimo Prince Stakes. We’ll also be finding out a lot more about the two-year-olds moving forward…

Bitcoin will contest the Group 2 AJC Avondale Guineas (2100m) at Pukekohe on Saturday. Photo: Trish Dunell Major domestic opportunities await the progressive three-year-old Bitcoin before he continues his career offshore. The son of staying influence Tarzino runs in Saturday’s Group 2 AJC Avondale Guineas (2100m) at Pukekohe ahead of a tilt at the Group 1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) at Te Rapa on March 4. Bitcoin has two placings from his three appearances, including an unlucky third in the Listed Gingernuts Salver (2100m), after which a Victorian-based syndicator joined…