Month: April 2023

What Pakenham Races Where Pakenham Racing Club – 420 Nar Nar Goon–Longwarry Rd, Tynong VIC 3813 When Sunday, April 16, 2023 First Race 12:20pm AEST Visit Ladbrokes The jumps season continues to heat up in Victoria as the Warrnambool May Carnival inches closer, and six races all over the obstacles at Pakenham on Sunday will only whet the appetite. There are showers forecast throughout Saturday and Sunday, so horses with fitness on their side will be a must on a track which will likely be in the Heavy range. The…

South Australian trainer Kym Healy enjoyed a successful start to the 2023 Alice Springs Turf Club’s Cup Carnival at Pioneer Park last weekend Fresh from having success on Day 1 of the Alice Springs Cup Carnival, Strathalbyn trainer Kym Healy won’t be at Pioneer Park on Saturday. He drove back to Strathalbyn on Thursday to catch up with family before heading to Adelaide where he plans to bring a few horses back to Alice Springs in a week’s time. A 1586km trip back home followed by a 55km sprint to…

The Championships may be done and dusted, but the top-tier racing doesn’t stop this weekend! The team at Punt Drunk take a look at the week that was, including the barrier draw incident for The Quokka, a champion carrying on into the spring and plenty more. The Quokka Shocker How hard is it do a manual barrier draw? Apparently very hard when it comes to The Quokka during the week. It started with the sixth horse selected which was supposed to be runner number five Massimo but instead MC Brittany…

Not Guilty will contest the Listed Power Turf Sprint (1200m) at Hastings on Saturday. Photo: Trish Dunell Cambridge trainer Tony Pike is hoping progressive sprinter Not Guilty can round out an already pleasing four-year-old campaign with stakes success at Hastings on Saturday. The Not A Single Doubt mare has had five starts this term for three wins and two placings, last start making a good fist of her first attempt in stakes company when she finished third in the Listed Lightning Handicap (1200m) at Trentham. Pike describes her campaign as…

Giga Kick is clear favourite to win the feature race at Royal Randwick this weekend and salute in his first turf triumph since The Everest in the 2023 All Aged Stakes. Reigning The Everest champ Giga Kick chases another Randwick victory on Saturday in the 2023 All Aged Stakes. Photo: Steve Hart. A quality final field of a dozen weight-for-age stars take to the track on Saturday for the final elite level of the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival, and this year’s Group 1 All Aged Stakes (1400m) is worth a…

The money is coming hard and fast for the Chris Waller-trained Militarize to win the final leg of the Sydney 2YO Triple Crown with the last start Inglis Sires’ champ nearing odds-on territory in Champagne Stakes 2023 betting. 2023 Inglis Sires’ winner Militarize is tipped to win the Champagne Stakes over the Randwick mile this weekend. Photo: Steve Hart. The Group 1 $600,000 Moet & Chandon Champagne Stakes (1600m) is one of the final two elite level races of the Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival taking place at Randwick on All…

What Hastings Races Where Hastings Racecourse – 200 Prospect Rd, Hastings, New Zealand When Saturday, April 15, 2023 First Race 12:17pm NZST Visit Ladbrokes Saturday racing in the Central Districts of New Zealand is being held at Hastings with the time-honoured Hawkes Bay Cup headlining a strong eight-race card. The track is currently Good, and with only some showers forecast for Friday it is likely to be a surface that suits all runners. The first race kicks off at 12:17pm (NZST). Best Bet at Hastings – Fierce Flight Fierce Flight…

Alice Springs Turf Club’s race-caller Dylan Bairstow from his vantage point at the Pioneer Park racecourse. It’s hotting up in the Red Centre as three races on Day 2 of the Alice Springs Cup on Saturday will have an important outcome. The seven-event race meeting at Pioneer Park is highlighted by the $50,000 NT Guineas (1600m) for the three-year-olds, as well as the $30,000 The Soldier Lightning Handicap (1000m) and $26,300 Ladbrokes Racing Club Handicap (1900m). The winner of the Guineas and the 1900m Open Handicap will be exempted from…

What Riccarton Races Where Riccarton Racecourse – 165 Racecourse Rd, Christchurch, New Zealand When Saturday, April 15, 2023 First Race 12:05pm NZST Visit Ladbrokes Saturday’s meeting in the South Island of New Zealand is being held at Riccarton, where the Easter Cup over the mile headlines a nine-part card. The first race begins at 12:05pm (NZST) and the track is rated as Soft, and with the likelihood of rain on Friday the surface is not expected to improve. Best Bet at Riccarton – Luella Cristina The co-feature of the day…