Green Light On | Episode 136 – Sandown Cup Carnival Night 2

In this edition of Green Light On, James Van de Maat, Jason Adams and Nathan Rooney examine Night 2 of the Sportsbet Sandown Cup Carnival at Sandown Park. James Van de Maat also chatted with Tasmanian-based trainer Ben Englund. greyhoundracingvic · Green Light On – Episode 136 – G1 action at Sandown Park, Form Experts and Ben Englund! Don’t forget, you can listen to Green Light On every Thursday and Saturday on your favourite podcast app.

Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | May 18, 2023

Horse Racing on Thursday, May 18 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 Hawkesbury & Pakenham. Thursday Racing Tips – May 18, 2023 Hawkesbury Racing Tips Pakenham 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…

Zac Purton reaches 600 Happy Valley wins on night of milestones

Romantic Laos gives Purton landmark success. Zac Purton added further gloss to a sparkling career by posting his 600th win at Happy Valley as the Australian maintained a relentless pursuit of history with success aboard Romantic Laos at the city circuit on Wednesday night. Hunting a sixth Hong Kong jockeys’ championship, Purton is also bidding to break Joao Moreira’s record of 170 wins in a season and with 135 wins so far – and 17 meetings left this this term – Moreira’s towering mark is mathematically within reach. “It (600…

Queen Elida’s possible tilt at the Elitloppet

By Adam Hamilton Brent Lilley (pictured above, far left) is loving being back “home” in New Zealand, but part of his mind is in Sweden. Although this year’s famed Elitloppet is still more than a week away, Lilley is pondering whether he could be there next year. “It’s more than 12 months away and there’s lots to play out, but I do think Queen Elida would be an ideal trotter to take to the Elitlopp,” he said. “She’s just so versatile. She can work early and is just so fast…

Old Town Road “more like his old self”

by Michael Guerin Trainer John Dickie has seen something this week he hadn’t in a long time from his exciting pacer Old Town Road. He ran past another horse. It may have only been a Pukekohe workout and the horse Old Town Road ran past, Kango, may have fought back to beat him but for Dickie the intent of his stable star’s sprint was a crucial pointer to his chances at Alexandra Park over the next eight days. Old Town Road was opened the TAB’s $2.70 favourite for tomorrow night’s…

Donnelly aiming for dual success at Cambridge and Auckland

By Michael Guerin Local trainer Arna Donnelly is hoping to start a huge 28 hours with a win at Cambridge tonight. Donnelly takes her stable stars headlined by Kango to Alexandra Park tomorrow night, where the big horse contests the Roy Purdon Memorial. He warmed up for that with a strong win over Old Town Road at the Pukekohe workouts last weekend and Donnelly says the 2200m standing start with a 10m advantage over the favourites might be Kango’s chance. “He is ready to go and ready to be driven…

The Goodwood 2023 preview & best bets | Saturday, May 20

What The Goodwood 2023 Where Morphettville Racecourse – 79 Morphett Rd, Morphettville SA 5043 When Saturday, May 20, 2023 Prizemoney $502,250 Distance 1200m Conditions Set Weights 2022 winner Lombardo (19) | T: Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr | J: Zac Spain (55.5kg) Visit Ladbrokes The Goodwood is the premier race in South Australia each year, and the 2023 edition has attracted a strong field of 17 sprinters vying for the $500,000 on offer at Morphettville on Saturday. Having won the race in 2021, Savatoxl will be looking to become…

Pitmans strong backers of lucrative local meeting

Local trainers Michael and Matthew Pitman will be represented in good numbers at the Riccarton synthetic meeting on Thursday. The father and son training combination accepted with 15 runners for the lucrative polytrack meeting — which features a pair of $35,000 open handicaps in addition to a number of $30,000 races. Punters would be well-advised to take note of the in-form stable, which has sent out nine winners in the last four weeks. Michael Pitman said he expected to have a number of runners on the surface, with decent prizemoney…