Month: April 2023

Greenough Gold Rush continues

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Kel and Jackie Greenough will be flying to Hawaii on Sunday afternoon as they chase a third consecutive victory in Bendigo’s prestigious $18,055 Jarrod Larkin Concreting Gold Rush Maiden (425m), with fastest qualifier Blue Tick Nelson. The Greenoughs won the event with She’s Got Wheels, a half-sister to Blue Tick Nelson, in 2021, and then went back-to-back last year with Aston Exceed, while they also won the feature with Mint Power in 2010. She’s Got Wheels (3 wins from 4 starts) and Aston Exceed (8 from 11), a half-brother to…

Sha Tin races preview, best bets & quaddie | Sunday, April 9

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What Sha Tin Races Where Sha Tin Racecourse – Tai Po Rd, Sha Tin District, Hong Kong When Sunday, April 9, 2023 First Race 12:30pm HKT (2:45pm AEST) Visit Ladbrokes Hong Kong racing is back at Sha Tin on Sunday afternoon for a competitive 11-race program. Two of which are at Group 2 level, as The Chairman’s Trophy (1600m) and The Sprint Cup (1200m) headline an impressive card. The rail is in the B+2 position and with picturesque conditions leading into Sunday, it should be a fair day of racing.…

Davies off the mark with Wanganui winner

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Toni Davies urges Tequila Spirit to the finish line at Wanganui. Photo: Race Images – Peter Rubery Apprentice Toni Davies was enjoying a chill morning less than twenty-four hours after putting the first tick in the win column of her fledgling riding career at Wanganui on Thursday. Davies, who is apprenticed to Moira and Kieran Murdoch at Waiuku but currently on loan to Peter Didham at Awapuni, piloted the Janelle Miller-trained Tequila Spirit to a narrow victory in a maiden 1360m contest to bring up win number one at her…

Weather the key to Harris runners at Riverton

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Rangiora trainer Paul Harris has a sizeable team engaged on both days of the traditional Riverton Easter Racing Carnival. Photo: Race Images South Trainer Paul Harris is well represented across both days of the traditional Riverton Easter race meeting this weekend but the weather will have a huge bearing on how many of his team back-up for the Monday edition of the Carnival. Harris will produce seven runners on Saturday from his Rangiora-based stable, with five of these entered again on Monday. “The first day will have a bearing on…

Belclare set for Group One target at Pukekohe

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Group 1 New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) candidate Belclare in winning action Photo: Race Images South Lisa Latta is looking towards consistent mare Belclare to continue her stable’s winning run in feature races this season when she tackles the Group 1 New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) at Pukekohe on Saturday. The five-year-old daughter of Per Incanto will be having her last run of a spring and summer campaign that has seen her rarely finish out of the money while securing black type victories in the Group 3 Canterbury…

All Stars continue remarkable sequence in Kindergarten Stakes

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By Jonny Turner It might have been freezing, but it didn’t matter to Kirstin Green who made the most of her catch drive behind Vessem when winning the Group 2 Kindergarten Stakes at Wyndham. The skies above Young Quinn Raceway were angry on Thursday, but the plummeting temperatures and sticky track only made Vessem’s performance more impressive. Despite sitting parked throughout the time-honoured juvenile feature, the Mark and Nathan Purdon trained pacer held out the late finish of his stablemate Major Hot to extend the All Stars stable’s incredible record…

Rasmussen makes triumphant return with Self Assured

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By Michael Guerin The queen of New Zealand harness racing was back doing what she does best at Cambridge on Thursday night and the punters who stuck with Self Assured loved every second of it. Natalie Rasmussen, who had not driven in a race this season until Thursday, produced a gem of a drive to get Self Assured home in the $45,000 Dunstan Feeds Cambridge Flying Mile even after he started from the outside of the front line. The race was the final lead-up to the $1million Race by Grins…

Punt Drunk: Did someone say fatigue?

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The Easter long weekend is upon us, another perfect reason to slump onto the couch, kick back and enjoy a cold beer or two and enjoy Day 2 of The Championships! But before we get there, the team at Punt Drunk as taken a look as some of the more left-field pieces of news to have graced the racing world this week. Did someone say fatigue? Abandonments of meetings around Australia are just becoming laughable….this time it was Yarra Valley on Monday in the firing line. At 1:04pm, the decision…

Fownes dominates Happy Valley with four-timer

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Caspar Fownes celebrates a quartet. Revelling in his best haul of the season, Caspar Fownes posted a quartet at Happy Valley on Thursday night as the four-time Hong Kong champion trainer reaffirmed status as ‘King of the Valley’. Determined to saddle the most winners at Happy Valley this season, Fownes was elated after victories by Loyal Ambition, The Hulk, Kokushi Musou and Winning Icey lifted him to 23 wins at the city circuit – one more than Francis Lui – for the season. “About time, very happy. The horses have…

Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | April 7, 2023

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Horse Racing on Friday, April 7 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 Ascot & Geelong. Friday Racing Tips – April 7, 2023 Ascot Racing Tips Geelong 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 April…