Month: May 2023

Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | May 26, 2023

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Horse Racing on Friday, May 26 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 Cranbourne & Lismore. Friday Racing Tips – May 26, 2023 Cranbourne Racing Tips Lismore 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 May…

Kuru saddles up for Trentham

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Aaron Kuru returns to the mounting yard on Britannicus after winning the Brierly Steeplechase. Photo: Pat Scala-Racing Photos Aaron Kuru’s reputation as a jumps jockey has long since spread beyond our shores but he’s hoping the horse who once made him world-famous-for-a-week might provide him with another memorable moment at Trentham on Saturday. These days based in Victoria and having established himself as one of Australia’s premier jumps jockeys, Kuru will return home for Saturday’s Manawatu Steeplechase (4000m) day at Trentham. His mount in the feature is Des De Jeu,…

Green Light On | Episode 139 – The Meadows form plus Paul Abela

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In this edition of Green Light On, James Van de Maat and Corey Smith preview Saturday night’s Premier Racing at The Meadows. James also caught up with trainer Paul Abela. greyhoundracingvic · Green Light On – Episode 139 – MGRA form 27/5 and Paul Abela Don’t forget, you can listen to Green Light On every Thursday and Saturday on your favourite podcast app.

Muscle Mountain in record-breaking form ahead of Rowe Cup

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By Michael Guerin Muscle Mountain may have missed the final lead-up race to tonight’s $180,000 Reharvest Rowe Cup but that could be the best thing to happen to him. The giant trotter will start long odds-on in the Group 1 after a totally dominant autumn and as clearly the best trotter in the country bad luck, manners or below-par fitness would seem his greatest dangers tonight. While he hasn’t raced for a month his trainers Greg and Nina Hope are certain fitness isn’t a concern after Muscle Mountain broke the…

$52,000 top price at weanling sales

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A Bettor’s Delight – Asabella filly has been the sales topper at today’s NZB Standardbred National Weanling Sale at Karaka. Described by Woodlands Stud manager Tony Grayling before the sales as “a stand out on breeding and type”, she was purchased by Peter Lagan Standardbreds for $52,000. More than 120 weanlings went through the ring this afternoon. The second highest price went to Lot 109, a Downbytheseside – Utmost Delight filly. She sold for $50,000 to Tumby Park (New South Wales). There was strong buying from across the Tasman. For…

Vale Maurice O’Leary

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A popular and successful trainer for over 30 years, Maurice O’Leary is being remembered as a “genuine type of guy” with very high standards. Among his achievements was training a New Zealand Cup day quinella. In the very first race on November 12 1991, O’Leary drove Jenny’s Rocket to victory, with stablemate Jenny’s Comet and Colin DeFilippi finishing second, three quarters of a length away. Having learned his early trade with Basil Lynskey, O’Leary started training in the late 1970s. He was based at West Melton, just outside Christchurch. He…

Murray Bridge best bets, top odds & quaddie | May 27, 2023

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What Murray Bridge Races Where Murray Bridge Racing Club – 342 Brinkley Rd, Murray Bridge South SA 5253 When Saturday, May 27, 2023 First Race 11:32am ACST Visit Ladbrokes For the first time since March 4, Saturday metropolitan racing heads to Murray Bridge, where nine races are set down for decision. With showers forecast on race day and the track coming up a Soft 6 at the time of acceptances, the surface should be around that Soft 6 or Soft 7 mark. The rail sticks to the true position the…

Belmont racing preview & quaddie tips | Saturday, 27/5/2023

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What Belmont Races Where Belmont Park Racecourse – Saintly Entrance, Burswood WA 6100 When Saturday, May 27, 2023 First Race 11:59am AWST Visit Ladbrokes The Western Australian Turf Club will host another competitive nine-race card out of Belmont Racecourse, with the Group 3 Hyperion Stakes being the highlight race for the meeting. With the track currently rated a Soft 6 and cool weather on the forecast for Friday and Saturday, we expect to stay in the Soft range for the entire meeting. The rail will be pushed out to the…

Saltcoats thriving ahead of Futurity

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Progressive juvenile Saltcoats will get another tilt at black-type when he contests Saturday’s Listed Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Futurity Stakes (1400m) at Pukekohe. The Samantha Logan-trained son of Ardrossan finished third in the Listed Waikato Equine Veterinary Centre 2YO Stakes (1200m) at Te Rapa last start behind smart juveniles Solidify and Glamour Tycoon. That performance followed a debut runner-up finish at Hawke’s Bay behind What You Wish For and the Lib Petagna bred and raced gelding has continued to improve. “He has just learnt a lot each start and the…

Abandoned Hawke’s Bay meeting rescheduled to Tuesday

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Thursday’s race meeting at Hawke’s Bay was abandoned after just one race after a horse slipped. “A rider reported that their mount had slipped rounding the first bend just passing the mile and then again entering the back straight,” Stipendiary Steward Brady Jones said. “Obviously the riders that were following that mount also reported that they had seen that runner slip and also that their horses hadn’t found it entirely comfortable with the footing. “The Stewards convened a meeting the led to the track inspection where movement was identified on…