Month: July 2023

Darwin Cup Carnival betting tips & racing preview | Day 5

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What Darwin Cup Carnival – Day 5 Where Fannie Bay Racecourse – Dick Ward Drive, Fannie Bay, NT, 0820 When Saturday, July 29, 2023 First Race 1:08pm ACST Visit Ladbrokes Day 5 of the Darwin Cup Carnival will be interesting as it’s the last hitout for contenders before the $135,000 Palmerston Sprint (1200m) on August 5 and $200,000 Darwin Cup (2050m) on August 7. The winner of the $32,000 Flying Sprint (1100m) and $50,000 Metric Mile (1600m) will qualify for the two feature races. There are 61 acceptors for the…

Randwick racing preview, tips & quaddie | Saturday, July 29

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What Randwick Races Where Royal Randwick Racecourse – Alison Rd, Randwick NSW 2031 When Saturday, July 29, 2023 First Race 11:20am AEST Visit Ladbrokes Metropolitan racing returns to Royal Randwick on Saturday for an ultra-competitive 10-race program kicking off at 11:20am. The rail is out +5m the entire circuit, and with clear skies forecast heading into the weekend, we should be racing on a Good 4 surface. With 154 acceptors for the meeting, it looks like a tricky card to dissect. Best Bet at Randwick – Salire Salire looks primed…

Final chance to qualify for Darwin Cup, Palmerston Sprint

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Darwin trainer Gary Clarke celebrating the win by Playoffs in the 2022 Darwin Cup (2050m) at Fannie Bay with daughter Ella, winning jockey Jarrod Todd and wife Sharlene. Picture: Caroline Camilleri It’s last chance saloon for owners and trainers in their quest to have a runner in Darwin’s two feature races. Qualification for the $200,000 Darwin Cup (2050m) on August 7 and the $135,000 Palmerston Sprint on August 5 ends at Fannie Bay on Saturday – Day 5 of the Darwin Carnival. The winner of the $50,000 Metric Mile (1600m)…

Karaka Millions meeting receives million dollar boost

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New Zealand’s richest raceday will be further enhanced in 2024 with stakes increases and the launch of a new partnership announced for New Zealand Bloodstock’s iconic Karaka Millions Twilight Meeting. The prizemoney for the feature three-year-old race for sales graduates will be boosted to $1.5 million from 2024, an increase of $500,000. The feature two-year-old race for sales graduates remains at $1 million, while the addition of a $1 million four-year-old mile race, open to all horses, takes the six-race card for the Karaka Millions Twilight Meeting to a whole…

Young Oaks stallion’s flag on the way up

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All the key indicators point to continued success for The Oaks Stud’s young resident stallion U S Navy Flag, although experience has taught General Manager Rick Williams to never look too far ahead. The son of War Front stood his first term at the Cambridge nursery last year and was subsequently purchased outright from Coolmore Stud. U S Navy Flag will end 2022/23 as New Zealand’s Champion First Season Sire with seven individual winners, including the runaway Listed Castletown Stakes (1200m) winner Chantilly Lace. To Catch A Thief placed third…

Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | July 28, 2023

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Horse Racing on Friday, July 28 will feature five meetings in Australia. Our racing analysts here at horsebetting.com.au have found you the top bets and the quaddie numbers for the meeting at Echuca. Friday Racing Tips – July 28, 2023 Echuca 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 July 28, 2023 check out our…

Racing NSW announce introduction of ‘Super Maidens’

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Racing NSW have announced the introduction of Super Maidens which will run for additional prizemoney on midweek metropolitan, provincial and country TAB meetings from September 1, 2023. The Super Maidens provide a further $6.5 million per annum in prizemoney to participants and are as follows: Metropolitan Super Maidens will be run weekly at midweek metropolitan programs for prizemoney of $100,000. Two Provincial Super Maidens will be run each week carrying prizemoney of $60,000. A Country Super Maiden will be run at one Country TAB meeting each week as well as…

Dream Of You big chance despite backmark at Alexandra Park

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By Michael Guerin Dream Of You has often looked an open class trotter in the making and he just might need to be to win at Alexandra Park tonight. The four-year-old trotter might end up being the best horse racing at tonight’s Winter Rewards meeting which sees four races boosted to $20,000 to reward those who have done the hard yards over winter. One who has done those yards more successfully than most is Dream Of You, who faces a 20m backmark in the Dean Biddlecombe Memorial, the major trot…

Millard retires from Hong Kong training ranks

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The Hong Kong Jockey Club has confirmed the retirement of trainer Tony Millard. The club’s licensing committee approved Millard’s application to relinquish his trainer’s licence, as the 61-year-old brings down the curtain on a training career that had entered its fourth decade and yielded more than 700 winners in the city. A former champion trainer in South Africa, Millard made an immediate impact on his arrival, winning the 2000 Hong Kong Derby with Keen Winner in his first season. Ambitious Dragon, twice crowned Horse of the Year, provided his most…

Mark Walker brings up 200th winner

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Michael McNab returns victorious aboard Angels Wings at Awapuni on Thursday. Photo: Peter Rubery (Race Images Palmerston North) Mark Walker is in rarefied air after becoming the first New Zealand trainer to record 200 domestic wins in a season at Awapuni on Thursday. Te Akau’s head trainer went into the synthetic meeting requiring two wins to reach the mark and his eight-strong team duly delivered. Redsheis brought the Matamata horseman within one win, and Angels Wings brought up the double century in the colours of Fortuna Syndicate. “It’s great to…