Month: September 2023

Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | September 3, 2023

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Horse Racing on Sunday, September 3 will feature seven 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 Geelong. Sunday Racing Tips – September 3, 2023 Geelong 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 September 3, 2023 check out our…

Encipher upsets in the Eureka

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By Adam Hamilton The lone mare in the race, from a harness racing backwater and bred by a hobbyist won the world’s richest harness race at Menangle last night. Encipher was bred at Kadina, a South Australian town just over 5000 people, and only got into the field for the $2.1mil TAB Eureka a few weeks back when another SA-owned pacer, Cobber, succumbed to injury. She’s trained in Victoria, but very proudly the flew the SA flag last night. Along with Linke’s role, Encipher raced in the strongly SA-based slot…

Talented field of juvenile trotters to clash at Ashburton

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By Jonny Turner If trial form is anything to go by, Sunday’s two-year-old trot at Ashburton will be a form race of the future. After burning up the trials track recently, several talented debutantes will go head-to-head in a 1700m dash. Among them is the Brad Williamson trained first starter, Kracka Looka. The two-year-old will be out to complete a treble for Williamson and his owners, the All Things Harness Racing group. The combination produced two wins at Winton on Friday with Krackaling and Classic Mission both running to victories.…

NT racing celebrates success in Kununurra and Birsdville

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Darwin apprentice Emma Lines winning her first interstate race after sealing victory on Little Town Blues for Top End trainer Phil Cole at Birdsville in outback Queensland on Friday. Picture: Roxy Weston Photography It’s been a big couple of days for NT racing at Kununurra in WA and Birdsville in Queensland. Trainer Kerry Petrick, who has won a host of big races in Darwin and Alice Springs, celebrated victory in the $32,500 Kununurra Cup (1800m) when seven-year-old gelding Boom Boom Sweet made a winning move at the 800m. With veteran…

Top Darwin jockey starts new season on the right note

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Sonja Logan returns to scale aboard the Chris Nash-trained Ideas Man after taking out the feature race on the opening day of the Darwin Turf Club’s new season at Fannie Bay on Saturday. Picture: Caroline Camilleri (Darwin Photography Professionals) It was no surprise to see jockey Sonja Logan, formerly Sonja Wiseman, punch the air as she returned to scale after winning the feature race at Darwin on Saturday. She had just guided the Chris Nash-trained Ideas Man home in a high-quality race for the sprinters over 1000m (BM76) in the…

Mr Brightside superb in Memsie

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Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) has delivered plenty of highlights throughout his blockbuster career, but his performance in Saturday’s Gr.1 Stow Storage Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield suggested that the superstar six-year-old is still raising the bar. A two-time winner of the Gr.1 Doncaster Mile (1600m) in Sydney, the Bullbars gelding added a Melbourne major to his trophy cabinet with a tenacious and top-class Memsie victory. Mr Brightside went into the first Group One race of the Melbourne spring as a strongly supported $2.70 favourite, having scored an emphatic win in…

Chantilly Lace takes second stakes success

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Trainer Chrissy Bambry went from frustration to joy in the space of half an hour on Saturday as her classy three-year-old filly Chantilly Lace (U S Navy Flag) made it back-to-back stakes victories with a brave win in the Listed HS Dyke Wanganui Guineas (1200m). The Bambry-trained Flower Of Wanaka (Burgundy) looked particularly unlucky when flashing into second a race earlier when held up for a run for most of the home straight for apprentice Lily Sutherland, however Sutherland made sure she didn’t suffer the same fate on Chantilly Lace, a…

Tavi’s Court rewards patience

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Popular winter sprinter Tavi’s Court (NZ) (Tavistock) found his winning grove again when he showed all his fighting qualities to claim his first victory in nearly a year at Wanganui on Saturday. The tough as teak eight-year-old had hinted at a return to the winners’ enclosure with mostly improved showings in his last few starts and found the right race to compete against his younger rivals in the rating 88 1200m contest. Apprentice Lemmy Douglas used his 3kg claim effectively to reduce the Anna Clement-trained son of Tavistock’s topweight to a…

Te Akau Racing make big statement at Riccarton

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The familiar tangerine and blue colours of Te Akau Racing showed once again they will be a powerful presence in South Island racing over the next two months as they unleashed some serious contenders for higher honours later in the spring at Riccarton on Saturday. First up was Gr.1 Barneswood Farm New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) prospect Viva Vienna (All Too Hard) who made a successful start to her three-year-old campaign with victory against her age group rivals over 1000m. Jockey Sam Weatherley bounced her away nicely from an inside barrier…

Mr Brightside reigns supreme in Group 1 Memsie Stakes

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Mr Brightside (NZ) ridden by Craig Williams wins the Memsie Stakes at Caulfield. (Photo by Pat Scala/Racing Photos) Mr Brightside ($2.70) has secured victory in an outstanding edition of the Group 1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday, as Ben, JD and Will Hayes have combined to take home their first Group 1 win as a training trio. With powerhouse duo I Wish I Win ($4.60) and Alligator Blood ($5.50) returning from a spell to kick-off their spring campaigns, Mr Brightside got a much-needed fitness advantage on his key…