Courier Wonder is a five-time winner from 20 starts in Hong Kong. Courier Wonder makes his highly anticipated return to competition in Sunday’s HK$13 million Group 1 Centenary Sprint Cup (1200m) at Sha Tin. The six-year-old burst onto the scene as a youngster with five wins from his first five starts before setbacks slowed his progress. Now trained by Mark Newnham – his third trainer after John Size and Danny Shum – the two-time Group 1-placed Courier Wonder jumps back into the fray following an eye-catching trial over 1000m on…
Month: January 2024
Best horse racing bonus cash promotions for January 24, 2024
On Wednesday, January 24, various horse racing bookmakers have unveiled their racing promotions, featuring a range of enticing bonus back offers for horse racing enthusiasts. The top Australian racing promotions for January 24, 2024, include: Today’s best horse racing promotions Sandown All Races – Same Race Multi 3+ Leg Bonus Back if 1 leg fails Place a 3+ leg Same Race Multi bet on any race at Sandown this Wednesday and if 1 leg of your multi fails, get up to $50 back in Bonus Cash. Available from approximately 8:30am…
Don’t Stop Dreaming sets off on Aussie mission
By Adam Hamilton Mark Purdon has no qualms about throwing stable young gun Don’t Stop Dreaming into the big league. Before then, Purdon will team-up with the four-year-old against some quality open-class opposition in Saturday night’s $50,000 Casey Classic (2240m) at Melton. It’s a pipe-opener to tackling Victoria’s biggest and most famous race, the $450,000 Group 1 Hunter Cup (2760m) a week later. Don’t Stop Dreaming is being flown from Auckland to Melbourne today (Wednesday). Purdon won’t head across himself until Saturday morning to take the reins in the Casey…
Horse Racing History: This day in Racing 24th January
This day 24th January in horse racing news history From the extensive Horse Betting news archives we present the all the thoroughbred racing action in Australian and overseas racing news in history. Delve in and enjoy our walk back in horse racing time. Horse Racing Tips 12 months ago Sandown full racing preview & quaddie tips | Thursday, January 26 Racing heads to Sandown on Thursday for a bumper eight-race card. HorseBetting’s James Herbert presents his race-by-race preview for the … Read More Horse Racing Tips 12 months ago Thursday’s…
Tomlinson with two serious chances at Oamaru
By Jonny Turner Oamaru will be the next stop off as Kerryn Tomlinson takes every opportunity she can in her last season as a junior driver. Tomlinson will combine with two serious winning chances in the junior drivers events on Wednesday’s Forbury Park Trotting Club programme. The reinswoman finished the 2023 racing season with 30 wins and she has big hopes to better that tally this year. Whether it is at her home track at Oamaru or much further afield, Tomlinson will be jumping at any opportunity that comes her…
McDonald gearing up for Karaka Millions homecoming
Leading Sydney hoop James McDonald has been ticking up the air miles of late and will add some more to his tally when he heads home to New Zealand this weekend to ride at the TAB Karaka Millions race meeting at Ellerslie. The expat Kiwi hoop will head to Auckland on Saturday in red-hot form after he scored another elite-level triumph in Hong Kong when guiding Voyage Bubble to victory in the Gr.1 Stewards’ Cup (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday for trainer Ricky Yiu. It will be the first…
Ballina free racing tips & quaddie picks | January 25, 2024
What Ballina Races Where Ballina Jockey Club – 38 Racecourse Road , Ballina When Thursday, January 25, 2024 First Race 1:35pm AEDT Visit Dabble Big Dance (1600m) eligibility is up for grabs on Thursday afternoon, as Ballina Jockey Club plays host to a bumper eight-race program. The meeting is headlined by the $65,000 Ballina Cup (1590m) with a capacity field on display. The rail is in the true position throughout the entire circuit, and with improving conditions in the lead-up, we anticipate the current Heavy 9 rating of the surface…
The Follow Files: Maher & Eustace import ready to win next start
Last Saturday, we had racing action across the country but no feature racing, in what was one of the last weekends without any Group or Listed races before the autumn carnivals heat up. From the Flemington and Rosehill meetings, we have found three runners that are worth following next start, and should go into your Blackbook with your chosen bookmaker. Flemington Track rating: Good 4 (up to Good 3 after R6) Rail position: +9m Entire Circuit Race 8: Benchmark 70 Handicap (2000m) | Time: 2:03.08 Horse to follow: Lauding (2nd)…
Romantic Warrior goes for Hong Kong Gold Cup redemption
Romantic Warrior trials at Sha Tin on Tuesday morning. Romantic Warrior will aim to go one better in next month’s HK$13 million Group 1 Hong Kong Gold Cup (2000m) for trainer Danny Shum. Second to Golden Sixty by a head last year, Romantic Warrior stepped out for a warm up at Sha Tin this morning (Tuesday, January 23) under jockey James McDonald as his preparation revs up as he searches for a sixth Group 1 crown. “He’s in great form. I’m really thrilled with him, he’s pulled up extremely well…
It’s coming home – to Riverton
By Dave Di Somma, Harness News Desk Nearly a quarter of a century after last racing there, the Riverton Trotting Club will return home on Sunday. Forty kilometres from Invercargill, the “Riviera of the South”, as its affectionately known, will host 10 races including the two features, the $20,000 Riverton Rural Transport Riverton Cup and the Neville Cleaver Fishing Handicap Trot, both worth $20,000. “We have been very keen to get back to Riverton and grass track racing,” says Riverton Trotting Club Past President Bruce Stewart, “and we have had…