Month: April 2023

Arts causes major boil over in Group 2 Adrian Knox Stakes win

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Arts was a dominant winner in the Adrian Knox Stakes. Edward Cummings has continued the Cummings family dominance in the Adrian Knox Stakes, as he wins the race for the second time in three years with Arts, and makes it four straight wins for the family, with his brother James winning the other two. The race favourite and James Cummings-trained Sequestered looked to have the race on her terms as she settled behind the leader and peeled of its back with 250m to go, however, Arts for Anthony Cummings exploded…

Surefire proves too strong in Group 2 Chairman’s Quality victory

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Surefire (left) arrived in time to claim the Group 2 ATC Chairman’s Quality. After a hard slog over 2600m at Randwick, Surefire proved too strong at the end in the heavy conditions, giving Joao Moreira his first win at The Championships for 2023 in the Group 2 Chairman’s Quality. After settling close to the speed from barrier two, the five-year-old gelding received the run of the race and all Moreira had to do was wait for his run to appear and then push the button in the final 300m to…

The Fortune Teller fights back in stirring Carbine Club win

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Tom Marquand was all smiles aboard The Fortune Teller following their win in the Group 3 Carbine Club Stakes. Two races down on the first day of The Championships and two winners have fought back to get off the canvas to record wins in the wet conditions, with The Fortune Teller fighting back to beat Macha Latte in the Group 3 Carbine Club Stakes. After the track was downgraded from a Soft 6 to a Heavy 8 between race one and two at Randwick, a flood of money came for…

Libertad gets off the canvas in a strong Kindergarten Stakes win

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Libertad got off the canvas to beat Saltaire in the Group 3 Kindergarten Stakes. Libertad has gone from midweek maiden grade 10 days ago to take out the Group 3 Kindergarten Stakes at his next start in the opening race of The Championships at Randwick. The two-year-old colt was very impressive on debut at Randwick in a two-year-old maiden, and in conditions that both trainer and jockey thought wouldn’t suit him, he turned in another top level performance at his second career start. With Introducing slowly but surely crossing the…

Country Cups bid now likely for Cos I Can

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By Dave Di Somma, Harness News Desk A relieved Mike Berger is now eyeing up a tilt at the lucrative Country Cups final, after Cos I Can’s win in the City of Palmerston North Festival Cup last night. After starting off 10m the Always B Miki four-year-old ended up in the one-one for driver Benjamin Butcher before peeling out turning for home. He then got into a spirited battle with New York Minute before winning by a neck. Rough And Ready was third six lengths back. Cos I Can paid…

Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | April 1, 2023

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Horse Racing on Saturday, April 1 will feature 12 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 Randwick, Bendigo, Doomben, Morphettville, Ascot, Alice Springs, Awapuni (NZ) & Avondale (NZ). Saturday Racing Tips – April 1, 2023 Randwick Racing Tips Bendigo Racing Tips Doomben Racing Tips Morphettville Racing Tips Ascot Racing Tips Alice Springs Racing Tips Awapuni (NZ) Tips Avondale (NZ) Racing Tips Featured Races ATC Sires Produce Stakes – Randwick Race 6 TJ Smith Stakes…

Group 1 glory again for Muscle Mountain

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by Jonny Turner Muscle Mountain’s rivals can expect the heat to get even more intense after the trotting star claimed his second win in the Fred Shaw Memorial Group 1 New Zealand Trotting Championship. Backers of the red-hot favourite only had cause for concern in the last 100m of the Addington feature, when the Greg and Nina Hope trained six-year-old appeared to lose concentration. Driver Ben Hope stoked up the big striding squaregaiter and he went one better than his second to Sundees Son in last year’s edition. Hope overcame…

Salad sizzles in Ballarat Cup heats

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Salad Dodger looks well placed to land his first country cup on Good Friday after clocking the fastest time among tonight’s Group 2 Ballarat Cup heats. Anthony Azzopardi’s superstar clocked a sizzling 24.92sec, and in doing so turned the tables on Lektra Heckler, who beat him six nights earlier in the Group 2 Shepparton Cup Final. Salad Dodger was also the fastest heat winner at Shepparton before running fourth in the final, while he was the runner-up in last year’s Bendigo Cup. He will exit box six in the $75,000…

Ella Clarke, Casey Hunter combine for Darwin double on Friday

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Ella Clarke, who has joined the training ranks, celebrates a win with her highly successful father Gary, a dominant force in the Northern Territory training ranks, following a win at Fannie Bay during last year’s Darwin Cup Carnival. Last week an experienced pair combined for a winning double at Fannie Bay, but on Friday it was a youthful Darwin duo who achieved the same feat. Following in the footsteps of trainer Phil Cole and jockey Wayne Davis, 25-year-old trainer Ella Clarke and 28-year-old jockey Casey Hunter celebrated when Cisapline ($21)…

Warragul abandoned

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Warragul’s race meeting on Friday 31 March has been abandoned due to weather and track conditions. Prizemoney for the abandoned races will be divided equally among greyhounds that were eligible to compete at the time of the abandonment, pursuant to GAR 111 (3). GRV apologises for any inconvenience caused.