Month: March 2023

Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | March 31, 2023

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Horse Racing on Friday, March 31 will feature nine 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 Cranbourne, Darwin & Muswellbrook. Friday Racing Tips – March 31 2023 Cranbourne Racing Tips Darwin Racing Tips Muswellbrook 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 for the horse racing…

How Tough Monarch changed Rickie Alchin’s life

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By Adam Hamilton Grand old Aussie trotter Tough Monarch has been retired. For all of his great feats in his homeland, trainer-driver Rickie Alchin insists it was during a couple of New Zealand trips where Tough Monarch made his greatest mark. They were headed by his dashing win in the Group 1 NZ Trotting Free-For-All at Addington on November 12, 2019. Just three days later he ran second in the Dominion Trot behind Habibi Inta. “We took him back the next year and he ran third to Sundees Son in…

Oscar Bonavena “in good place” ahead of Group 1

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By Michael Guerin Nathan Purdon isn’t saying Oscar Bonavena can’t beat trotting giant Muscle Mountain at Addington tonight, he just wishes the race was two years ago. The pair clash in tonight’s $90,000 Fred Shaw Memorial NZ Trotting Champs, the first of a series of huge trot races coming up over the next two months. While Australian trotter Aldebaran Zeus is expected to cross the Tasman for the northern trotting races starting with Cambridge on April 14 but until he gets here Oscar looks about the only trotter racing in…

Krug’s audition for the $1m Race by Grins

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By Michael Guerin Trainer Cran Dalgety knows tonight’s feature pace at Addington is more than a race for Krug, it could also be an audition. And the Canterbury trainer says his stable star is ready to nail the part. Krug will start favourite even from the outside of the gate in the Fahey Fence Hire Mobile, the Group 3 over 1980m, in his first start back since a luckless Menangle campaign. Dalgety realises winning tonight could get Krug the last slot into the $1million Race by Grins at Cambridge in…

‘Super’ Trooper lights up Launching Pad semis

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Trooper Tears produced one of the quickest runs seen at Sandown Park in recent months when clocking an electrifying 29.012sec in a semi-final of the Group 3 Launching Pad on Thursday evening. On a night in which 32 young guns contested four semis for a spot in next Thursday night’s $225,000 (approx.) final, Trooper Tears stood head and shoulders above the rest when almost breaking the magical 29 seconds barrier in the fourth and final qualifier. The first two placegetters in each semi made it through to the final, which…

Vale I’m Thunderstruck

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OTI Racing and the Mick Price stable are mourning the loss of Group One star I’m Thunderstruck (NZ) (Shocking). The two-time Group One winner passed away after an incident following a routine knee operation late on Thursday afternoon. OTI’s Terry Henderson confirmed the news to Racing.com, adding that he is devastated to lose a much-loved galloper who had taken himself, the other owners and the Price and Michael Kent Jnr stable on an incredible journey. “Reality is what it is. It’s something that can happen after an operation and unfortunately,…

I’m Thunderstruck put down after shocking accident

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Popular runner I’m Thunderstruck has passed away. (Photo by Pat Scala/Racing Photos) Two-time Group 1 winner – I’m Thunderstruck – has sadly been put down on veterinary advice after suffering a life threatening injury during a post-surgery accident. The news was broken by OTI Racing and further information was made available by the official twitter account of Price Kent Racing. “Unfortunately I’m Thunderstruck had to be euthanised this afternoon following arthroscopic fetlock surgery. “He suffered a catastrophic knee injury whilst getting up after general anaesthetic. On behalf of all our…

Randwick race-by-race preview & quaddie | The Championships Day 1

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What The Championships 2023 Day 1 Where Royal Randwick Racecourse – Alison Rd, Randwick NSW 2031 When Saturday, April 1, 2023 First Race 12:10pm AEDT Visit Ladbrokes We’re ready to dive into a massive 10-race program at Royal Randwick Racecourse for Day 1 of The Championships on Saturday afternoon. There’s four Group 1 races on offer for punters: the TJ Smith Stakes, Doncaster Mile, ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes and Australian Derby. The undercard is just as stacked, with the Country Championships Final and Adrian Knox Stakes among the standouts. The…

2023 ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes preview & best bets | April 1

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What 2023 ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes Where Royal Randwick Racecourse – Alison Rd, Randwick NSW 2031 When Saturday, April 1, 2023 Prizemoney $1,000,000 Distance 1400m Status Group 1 Conditions 2YO Set Weights 2022 winner Fireburn (12) | T: Gary Portelli | J: Brenton Avdulla (54.5kg) Visit Ladbrokes The Group 1 ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes is the first of four Group 1 races on Saturday afternoon out of Royal Randwick Racecourse and it’s for the two-year-olds. The Golden Slipper form looks the most prominent here with the runner-up, Cylinder, likely to…

2023 Australian Derby betting preview & tips | Saturday, April 1

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What 2023 Australian Derby Where Royal Randwick Racecourse – Alison Rd, Randwick NSW 2031 When Saturday, April 1, 2023 Prizemoney $2,000,000 Distance 2400m Status Group 1 Conditions 3YO Set Weights 2022 winner Hitotsu (1) | T: Ciaron Maher & David Eustace | J: John Allen (56.5kg) Visit Ladbrokes The last of our four Group 1 races at Royal Randwick Racecourse is the Australian Derby over 2400m for the three-year-olds. It sees a strong cohort of New Zealand stayers making the trip across the Tasman – including Sharp ‘N’ Smart, who…