Month: February 2023

Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | February 15, 2023

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Horse Racing on Wednesday, February 15 will feature five 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 Randwick-Kensington, Sandown & Happy Valley (HK). Wednesday Racing Tips – February 15, 2023 Randwick-Kensington Racing Tips Sandown Racing Tips Happy Valley (HK) Racing Tips As always there a plenty of promotions available for Australian racing fans, check out all the top online bookmakers to see what daily promotions they have. If you are looking for a new bookmaker…

Horse Racing History: This day in Racing 15th February

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This day 15th February 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. Australia horse racing news 12 months ago 2022 All Star Mile voting closed, betting suspended The voting for the 2022 All Star Mile is now closed, with 2021 Melbourne Cup winner Verry Elleegant polling the …Read More Australia horse racing news 12 months ago Stackhouse out of…

News Briefs : February 15

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Work underway at Alexandra Park Work has started on repairing Alexandra Park after Auckland’s record rainfall a fortnight ago caused massive damage. Such was the flooding at the park that the track needs a full reconstruction. Under the guidance of Track and Venues Inspector John Denton that work has now got underway, though it’s still very much in the early stages. The work is expected to take a fortnight as long as there are no more weather disruptions. In the meantime all racing scheduled at Alexandra Park has been transferred…

No disruption to Harness Million meeting and Karaka Yearling Sale

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By Michael Guerin A hugely busy weekend in northern harness racing will go ahead largely uninterrupted by Cyclone Gabrielle. The Harness Million meeting at Cambridge on Friday night will be followed by the NZB Standardbred yearling sale at Karaka on Sunday and both are good to go. “We have had no damage apart from a few trees in the training area but nothing that will affect the public or horses on Friday,” says Cambridge chief executive David Branch. “It is going to be a really good meeting because the $200,000…

Manawatu fields transferred to second day on Thursday

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It’s been confirmed that the fields for today’s abandoned meeting at Manawatu will be transferred to Thursday. With Cyclone Gabrielle causing chaos across the North Island a national state of emergency was declared this morning. That prompted the abandonment of the seven race programme which was due to start at 4.05pm. “That was the final straw really,” says Manawatu Harness Racing Club president Dan Lynch, “there is some uncertainty about what the weather will bring and we are erring on the side of caution.” “With floats coming from Taranaki and…

Good draws for Kiwis in Newcastle Mile

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by Adam Hamilton It was a mixed bag of feature race barrier draws for the Kiwi raiders in NSW this weekend. Things couldn’t have played out better for B D Joe and Alta Wiseguy in Friday night’s $100,000 Newcastle Mile when they drew barriers one and two respectively. Both are trained by Steve and Amanda Telfer and Hayden Cullen.   Even before the draw, their hopes were boosted by Team McCarthy’s decision not to run Bondi Lockdown in the race.  Luke McCarthy will take the reins on Alta Wiseguy with Tim Williams…

Manawatu meeting today abandoned

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As Cyclone Gabrielle causes chaos in the North Island, Manawatu’s race meeting today has been abandoned. Such has been the devastation that a national state of emergency was declared this morning. “That was the final straw really,” says Manawatu Harness Racing Club president Dan Lynch, “there is some uncertainty about what the weather will bring and we are erring on the side of caution.” The seven race programme was due to start at 4.05pm. “With floats coming from Taranaki and from up north and drivers coming in from the South…

The Follow Files: Star Moody mare unlucky on return at Sandown

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Last Saturday we saw the running of the first Group 1 on the Australian racing calendar, and it was a controversial ending to the CF Orr Stakes at Sandown. We had Group racing across both of the Sandown and Randwick programs, supported by Listed racing at Morphettville and Ascot. With the rail being pushed out to the +10m position at Sandown, we saw a number of horses struggle to get a clear run in the home straight due to the restricted racing room. Meanwhile, at Randwick, the rain earlier in…

Pakenham best bets & quaddie tips | Thursday, February 16

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What Pakenham Races Where Pakenham Racing Club – 420 Nar Nar Goon–Longwarry Rd, Tynong VIC 3813 When Thursday, February 16, 2023 First Race 5:45pm AEDT Visit Ladbrokes Pakenham Racecourse is set to host its weekly eight-race program on Thursday night, and it looks to be quite a competitive night of racing in Melbourne’s southeast. With a near-perfect week of weather for the region, we expect perfect conditions to greet punters once again with the track coming up a Good 4. Pakenham is one of the more consistently fair racecourses in…

Happy Valley racing tips & quaddie | Wednesday 15/2/2023

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What Happy Valley Races Where Happy Valley Racecourse – Wong Nai Chung Rd, Happy Valley, Hong Kong When Wednesday, February 15, 2023 First Race 6:45pm HKT (9:45pm AEDT) Visit Ladbrokes We’re back at Happy Valley Racecourse on Wednesday night for a competitive nine-race program out of Hong Kong. We’re racing on the C Course, and we expect this will mean gallopers up on the speed will see some advantage throughout proceedings. With that being said, we should have picture-perfect conditions and a Good to Firm surface for Wednesday night. The…