Month: April 2023

2023 Queen Elizabeth Stakes tips & betting strategy | April 8

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What 2023 Queen Elizabeth Stakes Where Royal Randwick Racecourse – Alison Rd, Randwick NSW 2031 When Saturday, April 8, 2023 Prizemoney $5,000,000 Distance 2000m Status Group 1 Conditions Weight For Age 2022 winner Think It Over (1) | T: Kerry Parker | J: Nash Rawiller (59kg) Visit Ladbrokes The Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes is the headline act on Day 2 of The Championships, and it is set to be a blockbuster edition of the great race. Australia’s middle-distance champion, Anamoe, is set to line up in a field of…

Geelong racing preview & quaddie tips | Good Friday Racing

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What Geelong Races Where Geelong Racecourse – 99 Breakwater Rd, Breakwater, VIC, 3219 When Friday, April 7, 2023 First Race 1:10pm AEST Visit Ladbrokes Good Friday racing heads to Geelong for the first time this year where The Country Discovery worth $500,000 headlines proceedings. With wet weather forecast for the region in the leadup to Good Friday, we expect to be racing on a track in the Soft rating, most likely around a Soft 6, whilst the rail sticks to the true position throughout. Racing from Geelong is set to…

Sandown Lakeside best bets & quaddie tips | Easter Saturday

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What Easter Saturday Races Where Sandown Racecourse – 591-659 Princes Hwy, Springvale VIC 3171 When Saturday, April 8, 2023 First Race 12:30pm AEDT Visit Ladbrokes Racing heads to the Lakeside track at Sandown on Easter Saturday for a bumper nine-race program. The Group 3 Easter Cup and Group 3 Victoria Handicap headline the program, while the Listed Redoute’s Choice Stakes for the juveniles looks a competitive affair. With rain forecast in the lead up, look for the rating to go from a Good 4 to around a Soft 6 or…

Friday’s Ascot best bets & quaddie tips | April 7, 2023

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What Good Friday Family Raceday Where Ascot Racecourse – 71 Grandstand Rd, Ascot WA 6104 When Saturday, April 7, 2023 First Race 1:48pm AWST Visit Ladbrokes This Good Friday, the Western Australian Turf Club will host a very competitive eight-race program from Ascot Racecourse – the first of two consecutive racedays at the track over the Easter weekend. The track is currently rated a Good 4, and with no rain expected on Thursday or Friday, we should race on a fair, firm surface for the duration of the program. Following…

Tylers seeking home Cup glory

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Riverton trainers Kelvin and Aimee Tyler can’t wait to head to their home meeting on Saturday where they are hoping to get their hands on their local Cup. “It’s always the highlight of the year running in your home Cup. Hopefully this year we can have another good one,” Kelvin Tyler said. The father-and-daughter duo will have a two-pronged attack in the Listed Carriers Arms Hotel Riverton Cup (2147m) on Saturday, headed by Dunhill who finished fourth in last year’s running of the Southland feature. The son of Pins was…

Undefeated mare earns Group One start

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The Gr.3 Cuddle Stakes (1600m) was originally viewed as Pearl Of Alsace’s (NZ) (Tavistock) grand final, but the unbeaten mare has since convinced connections to raise the bar one more time. The well-related daughter of Tavistock won the Trentham feature at her fifth appearance and will now take aim at the Gr.1 New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) at Pukekohe on Saturday. “She has given us no reason not to continue. Her work this morning was probably the best she has produced,” said trainer Shaune Ritchie, who prepares the four-year-old…

Delightful debut helps Court to Timaru double

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By Jonny Turner Punters may have had a few regrets after Shepherds Delight ran to an impressive victory at Timaru on Tuesday. The pacer brought up the first leg of a winning double for trainer Ivan Court with a polished display in race 3. As he did with Shepherds Delight, Tim Williams also gave Bondi Lustre a perfect run as she went on to take out race 6 for Court. Shepherds Delight produced an outstanding beginning, as so many of Court’s horses do, then proved impossible to catch in his…

Alice Springs Cup Carnival launches Saturday with nine races

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The Alice Springs Cup Carnival kicks off at Pioneer Park this Saturday with the first of five meetings throughout April. Over $1 million in prizemoney will be up for grabs when the Alice Springs Turf Club kicks off its 2023 Cup Carnival at Pioneer Park on Saturday. The carnival will comprise five meetings culminating with the $110,000 Alice Springs Cup (2000m) and $100,000 Pioneer Sprint (1200m) on Sunday, April 30. Other feature races include the $50,000 NT Guineas (1600m) for the three-year-olds and The Soldier Lightning Handicap (1000m) worth $30,000…