Horse Racing on Thursday, March 16 will feature six 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 Gosford & Pakenham. Thursday Racing Tips – March 16, 2023 Gosford Racing Tips Pakenham 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 taking place on March…
Month: March 2023
Couple “won’t die wondering” with Group One fillies
Flamenco (centre) will contest the Group 1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) at Trentham on Saturday. Photo: Race Images Otaki trainers Johno Benner and Hollie Wynyard will tackle feature races with a high-quality trio at Trentham on Saturday. The couple will produce Colorado Silver in the Group 1 Levin Classic (1600m), Flamenco in the Group 1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) and Hold The Press in the Listed Lightning Handicap (1200m). “All three of our horses are as good as we can have them. We know it’s never easy to win races…
Award-winning trainer with good chances at Manawatu today
By Joshua Smith, Harness News Desk Horowhenua trainer Murray Gibbs has had a lifelong passion for harness racing, which was acknowledged at the North Island Harness Racing Awards at Cambridge last week. Gibbs was crowned 2022 North Island License To Train/Owner-trainer of the Year after a career best season of six wins and nine placings from 32 starts. “It was a bit of a surprise. I have never been one for awards, but this one popped up out of the blue and I am very proud to win it,” Gibbs…
The Box Seat – March 15
Check out this week’s Box Seat with hosts Greg O’Connor and Michael Guerin.
Addington Weekly : March 15
Here’s Greg O’Connor and Darrin Williams with the latest Addington News.
Wyndham Harness Racing Club 100 not out
This weekend marks 100 years of harness racing at Wyndham. The feature race on Saturday’s 10 race programme will be the $20,000 MLT Wyndham Centennial Cup over 3200 metres at 4.02pm. Included in the field is reigning Southland Horse of the Year Sand Wave. Wyndham’s first tote meeting in 1923 ranks it third in Southland behind the Gore Trotting Club, who had its first tote meeting in 1903, and Winton (1915). Harness racing enthusiast Peter Craig has done a deep dive into Wyndham’s rich history. To see his story click…
News Briefs : March 15
Luk Chin goes back to back It’s been two awards in two weeks for Luk Chin (pictured above, second from left). Firstly the 80-year-old, who works fulltime as an anesthesiologist and medical consultant, was a joint winner of Harness Racing New Zealand’s Unsung Heroes Award along with Tony Thomas and Andrew McKerrow. Now he’s received a Lifetime Legacy Award at the Norwood New Zealand Rural Sports Awards at Palmerston North. Dr Chin, who trains his team at Tamahere in the Waikato, was a joint winner of the award with timbersports…
White’s heading to The Big Dance
By Joshua Smith, Harness News Desk A big week just got better for Matthew White. Just days after knowing that he’s going to drive in New Zealand’s richest race at Cambridge Raceway next month, the trainer-driver sent The Big Dance to Manawatu yesterday and she duly delivered for driver David Butcher for her first win in 17 starts. The local horseman will partner Nicholas Cage in the $1million Race by Grins (2200m) on April 14 for Cambridge trainers Andrew and Lyn Neal after a convincing 2-1/4 length victory in the…
Elleegant three-quarter bro’s debut win
Brett Scott joked with owners ahead of Chico Sonado’s (NZ) (Zed) debut at Ladbrokes Park Sandown Hillside on Wednesday that he wished the three-quarter brother of Verry Elleegant (NZ) (Zed) would be half as good as his Caulfield and Melbourne Cup-winning sibling. That wish may become reality in future seasons as Chico Sonado, despite apparent inexperience, led throughout against seven rivals in a 1300-metre open-age maiden. “To be honest, I didn’t want to see him in front today but he began that quickly at the start and Jamie (Mott) didn’t…
Last hurrah for Team Teal at Timaru
By Dave Di Somma, Harness News Desk Sam Ottley has a great chance to finish the annual Teal Pants campaign on a high. In the very last race of the campaign at Timaru today (The Laser Electrical Timaru Mobile Pace at 6.31pm) she will drive Theresa Love, a second favourite behind Regan Todd-trained stablemate First Class. “It’s great to be putting Regan’s colours on again , I worked for him a few years back and both of his look good chances.” Theresa Love is coming off a last start second…