Month: May 2023

Canterbury preview, best bets & quaddie picks | May 24, 2023

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What Canterbury Races Where Canterbury Park Racecourse – King St, Canterbury NSW 2193 When Wednesday, May 24, 2023 First Race 12:50pm AEST Visit Ladbrokes Metropolitan racing heads to Canterbury Park Racecourse on Wednesday afternoon for a quickfire seven-race program. The rail is out +3m the entire circuit, and a favourable forecast suggests the track should be somewhere in the Good range. The first race is set to get underway at 12:50pm AEST. Best Bet: Bunker Hut The third race at Canterbury Park is a BM64 over the 1250m, and it’s…

Draw not good for Aussie hope in Elitloppet

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By Adam Hamilton Top Aussie driver Greg Sugars is looking for positives after a nasty barrier draw for Just Believe’s Elitloppet heat at Solvalla, Sweden. The Inter Dominion and Great Southern Star winner will start from the second outside gate (barrier seven) in the second of two Elitloppet heats in Stockholm at 1.55am Monday morning (NZ time). “I said before the draw, I’d have loved barrier four or closer in, but we didn’t get it,” Sugars said. “It’s not ideal, obviously closer in would’ve been better, but I’m just thrilled…

Casino Beef Week Cup in Ensby’s sights with Eyes To Eye

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Ballina-based trainer Ethan Ensby has Eyes To Eye primed for the Casino Beef Week Cup this Friday. (Picture: Trackside Photography) When Eyes To Eye lines up in the Casino Beef Week Cup on Friday, it will mean more than just another race for trainer Ethan Ensby. “Beef Week Cup is first on the agenda for us,” the Ballina-based conditioner said. He will be the first to say that Group 1 glory is the ultimate goal for any trainer, but Ensby’s sights are set firmly on the Beef Week Cup. As…

Big spring ahead for Brightside

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All-Star Mile (1600m) and dual Gr.1 Doncaster Mile (1600m) winner Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) is back in work for what shapes as his longest racing campaign yet. Co-trainer Ben Hayes said he was delighted with the condition of the winner of more than A$8 million in stakes, who is being prepared for a spring campaign that could begin as early as August 19 and end up on the world stage in mid-December. “He’s going to have a long campaign and if he’s in form and winning, he might go to…

Trainer endures frustrating day at Rosehill

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Guy Lowry had high hopes for both of his runners in their Australian debuts at Rosehill only to be left with a double dose of frustration. The Hastings trainer was represented by Wewillrock and Herself on Saturday and while the duo performed with credit, there was a feeling of what could have been. The former finished runner-up after making the pace in his Benchmark 78 contest over 1200m while Herself suffered an interrupted passage before running sixth in a similar grade over 2400m. Talented El Roca four-year-old Wewillrock had won…

Aegon to target Cox Plate

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Andrew Forsman buoyed by Aegon’s (NZ) (Sacred Falls) effort to finish fifth in the Gr.1 Champions’ Mile (1600m) at Sha Tin on April 30 will target the Gr.1 Cox Plate (2040m) in the spring. Forsman said James McDonald told him after the race that Aegon was looking for 2000 metres. In the Champions’ Mile, Aegon was slow to begin but ran on strongly to finish fifth, only four lengths behind the local superstar Golden Sixty (Medaglia D’Oro). The former star Kiwi showed glimpses of his best form over the autumn…

Thunder laid to rest

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I’m Thunderstruck (NZ) (Shocking) has fittingly been laid to rest at the property of co-trainer Michael Kent Jnr. The top-class galloper with his rockstar looks and cult following was lost to racing after complications following surgery on his fetlock in late March. In an emotion-charged interview on Racing.com later that night, Kent Jnr expressed his hope, with the owners’ blessing, that I’m Thunderstruck could be buried at his property, as it had been planned for the dual Group One winner to retire there post his racing career. Soon after, the…

Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | May 22, 2023

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Horse Racing on Monday, May 22 will feature four 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 Ballarat (Synthetic) track. Monday Racing Tips – May 22, 2023 Ballarat (Synthetic) 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 21, 2023…

Kembla Grange betting preview, best bets & odds | Tuesday, 23/5/23

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What Kembla Grange Races Where Kembla Grange Racecourse – Princes Highway, Kembla Grange NSW 2526 When Tuesday, May 23, 2023 First Race 12:10pm AEST Visit Ladbrokes Racing heads to the Illawarra region of NSW for a competitive eight-race program set for decision. We’re expecting picture-perfect conditions for race-day with a forecast predicting nothing but clear skies at the start of the week. The rail is in the true position the entire circuit with racing set to get underway at 12:10pm AEST. Best Bet at Kembla Grange: Smart Legend Smart Legend…

Lim’s Kosciuszko dominant in Kranji Mile

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Singapore’s reigning Horse of the Year Lim’s Kosciuszko (Kermadec) put his rivals to the sword when winning Saturday’s S$1 million Kranji Mile (1600m), setting a new track record in the process. The Daniel Meagher-trained five-year-old, who did his early education in New Zealand, posted a record time over 1600m on the Long Course of 1 min 32.81secs, which shaved 0.44 secs off the previous record. That was set by stablemate, Lim’s Lightning in last year’s edition of the Kranji Mile, with the combination of trainer Meagher, jockey Wong Chin Chuen…