Vain Stakes

OddsBookmakersNewsFieldPast Winners Vain Stakes Group Three Betting Guide Date: Saturday, August 19, 2023 Location: Caulfield Racecourse – Melbourne, Victoria Prize Money: $200,000 Distance: 1100m The Group 3 Vain Stakes is a 1100m sprint held at Caulfield Racecourse each year and as of 2023 is worth $200,000. First run in 1992, the Vain Stakes is restricted to three-year-old colts and geldings and is held on the same day as the Group 3 Quezette Stakes, a race for three-year-old fillies. The Vain Stakes is used as the beginning for many three year…

Quezette Stakes

OddsBookmakersNewsFieldPast Winners Quezette Stakes Group Three Betting Guide Date: Saturday, August 19, 2023 Location: Caulfield Racecourse – Melbourne, Victoria Prize Money: $200,000 Distance: 1100m The Group 3 Quezette Stakes is a race for three-year-old fillies held over 1100m at Caulfield Racecourse, with it next due to be run on August 19. 2023. First run in 1992, the Quezette Stakes is run for $200,000 in 2023. The Quezette Stakes equivalent race for the colts and geldings, the Vain Stakes is run on the same card. Often used as a kick-off point…

Pier makes winning trial return

Group One winner Pier (NZ) (Proisir) made a pleasing return at the Te Rapa trials on Tuesday, comfortably winning his star-studded 900m heat on the Heavy9 surface. The son of Proisir had a standout three-year-old season, winning three and placing in two of his five starts in New Zealand, including victories in the Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) and Gr.2 Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m), before injury curtailed his Australian autumn campaign when finishing eighth in the Gr.2 Hobartville Stakes (1400m). Darryn Weatherley, who co-bred, co-owns and co-trains the gelding, has…

Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | August 2, 2023

Horse Racing on Wednesday, August 2 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 Randwick-Kensington, Doomben & Darwin. Wednesday Racing Tips – August 2, 2023 Randwick-Kensington Racing Tips Doomben Racing Tips Darwin 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…

Karaka Millions meeting receives massive boost

Prowess pictured after her victory in the Karaka Million 3YO Classic (1600m) at Pukekohe in January. Photo: Trish Dunell 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…

Prowess enjoys quiet Te Rapa trial

Group One winner Prowess pleased with her trial victory at Te Rapa on Tuesday. Photo: Trish Dunell Dual top-flight winner Prowess took her first steps toward another trip across the Tasman when she enjoyed a quiet trial at Te Rapa on Tuesday. Given the heavy going, the multiple elite level winner was kept under a tight rein by jockey Warren Kennedy and allowed to run home under her own steam for a narrow victory in her 900m heat. Prowess was quickly into stride to sit in fourth spot before she…

Melbourne Cup winning jockey John Duggan dies

The Thoroughbred Racing Industry is mourning the passing of former top jockey Mr John Duggan. “John Duggan was one of the great jockeys of his time and a natural horseman with immense ability,” said Racing NSW’s Chief Executive, Peter V’landys AM. “He was an extremely talented rider winning many feature races including the Golden Slipper and Melbourne Cup. “John will be missed by the industry and we would like to pass on our sincere condolences to his family and friends.” As a young rider John Duggan was indentured to the…

2023 Ready to Run Sale NZ Trainers Series Commences

New Zealand Bloodstock has announced the running of NZB’s Ready to Run Sale Trainers Series will continue this season, with incentivised prize packages awarded to trainers across a series of domestic race sponsorships. The well-received trainers Series was introduced by NZB three years ago to help support New Zealand trainers wishing to attend and purchase from its Ready to Run Sale held in November. For the upcoming 2023-24 season, three races will take place in each of the Northern, Central and Southern regions in the lead-up to the world’s leading two-year-old sale.…

Major King aiming at bigger targets

Major King (NZ) (Per Incanto) could back up in the Rocket Man Sprint next week after his impressive win in the S$70,000 Class 3 race over 1000m at Kranji on Sunday. Eased down late, Major King won by an impressive three-and-a-quarters length over Gold Ten Sixty-One (NZ) (Dalghar), while Akhtar faded late to finish another one-and-three-quarters length back in third. It was Major King’s fourth win in eight starts took his earnings to close to S$160,000 for the Happy Baby Stable. Winning trainer Jason Ong was not only impressed by…

Hunt calls time on judging career

Judge Dick Hunt’s voice has been a staple at Central Districts race meetings for the best part of half a century, but at Otaki on Saturday he signed off for the last time. It brings the curtain down on a career that has spanned nearly 58 years in racing, most of which was from the judges box at racing venues throughout the lower North Island. “I started out as an assistant judge at a Wanganui spring meeting in 1972 for the then judge Keith Hatch. I went along to fill…