Month: June 2023

If you love racing, all your attention has been glued to what is happening at Royal Ascot, and the team at Punt Drunk is no different! An adopted Aussies gave King Charles his first winner at Royal Ascot, the Aussies fumbled the bag in the King’s Stand Stakes, whilst we are chips in on Artorius ahead of his run in the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes on Sunday morning (AEST). Throw in the fact we have Group 1 action at Eagle Farm on Saturday and plenty of opportunities to find…

Arctic Glow will be vying for back-to-back victories at Riccarton on Saturday. Photo: Race Images Otago trainer Terry Kennedy is heading north on a crusade to win two races in Canterbury on Saturday. The Wingatui trainer will produce last-start winners Arctic Glow and Anticipate in the first and last races at Riccarton on Saturday confident both are capable of replicating their home track wins from earlier in the month. “They are both good chances. They both handle the heavy tracks and are going up there in good order,” Kennedy said.…

Okay Pal will contest the Daphne Bannan Memorial Open Handicap (1200m) at Riccarton on Saturday. Photo Credit: Race Images South Five races, five favourites – that’s the scenario for Riccarton trainers Michael and Matthew Pitman ahead of their hometrack meeting on Saturday. Now the task is finding five winners. “Hopefully the bookmakers are good judges,” Michael Pitman said. “With a few racing on Saturday, it really depends on how they handle the track as to whether they carry on or have a bit of a break. But we’ve got a…

Finest Wine will contest the Seeka Kiwifruit Cup (2000m) at Cambridge on Saturday. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) David Greene will be heading into unknown territory with his capable staying mare Finest Wine on Saturday. The Te Rapa trainer has been pleased with the Tavistock mare’s progress but has now been left guessing with the Kiwifruit Cup (2000m) transferred to the Cambridge synthetic track due to heavy rain at the original venue of Tauranga. The concern is whether Finest Wine, who is well-placed on the 54kg minimum, can race up…

What Rockhampton Races Where Callaghan Park Racecourse – Reaney St, North Rockhampton QLD 4701 When Sunday, June 25, 2023 First Race 12pm AEST Visit Ladbrokes Racing returns to Rockhampton this Sunday afternoon for a competitive eight-race card – the second meeting at Callaghan Park in the space of three days. With no rain on the forecast for Friday and Saturday, we expect the entire meeting to be run on the current Good 4 track rating. The rail stays in the true position after Friday’s seven-race meeting, so expect the track…

Fannie Bay bursting at the seams with a big crowd filling the grounds on Darwin Cup Day. There’s just two weeks to go before the start of the 2023 Darwin Turf Club’s Cup Carnival. It’s an exciting period in the Top End with the 2023 Darwin Cup Carnival kicking off on July 8. The Darwin Turf Club will host eight meetings at Fannie Bay’s famous dirt racecourse culminating with Cup Day on August 7. Over the years, interstate trainers have either accompanied their horses to the tropics or have sent…

What Riccarton Races Where Riccarton Park Racecourse – 165 Racecourse Rd, Christchurch, New Zealand When Saturday, June 24, 2023 First Race 11:50am NZST Visit Ladbrokes The only turf meeting in New Zealand on Saturday is being held in the South Island at Riccarton with eight races carded on what will likely remain a Heavy surface. The first race kicks off at 11:50am (NZST). Best Bet: Deels Done (Race 7) Deels Done is racing his way back to full fitness after four starts back from a spell. His last two runs…