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Month: February 2024
Happy Valley racing tips & quaddie | Wednesday, February 7
What Happy Valley Races Where Happy Valley Racecourse – Wong Nai Chung Rd, Happy Valley, Hong Kong When Wednesday, February 7, 2024 First Race 6:40pm HKT (9:40pm AEDT) Visit Dabble Hong Kong racing heads to the bright lights of the city circuit at Happy Valley for a massive nine-race program. The rail is in the B position, and with a chance of some showers hitting the course proper, there’s a possibility of the track rating falling into the Soft range at some stage. The opening race is scheduled to get…
Sandown Wednesday races preview & best odds | February 7, 2024
What Sandown Lakeside Races Where Sandown Racecourse – 591-659 Princes Hwy, Springvale VIC 3171 When Wednesday, February 7, 2024 First Race 3:40pm AEDT Visit Dabble Sandown’s Lakeside track is the destination for metropolitan racing in Victoria once again on Wednesday afternoon. With a perfect summer’s day forecast, we expect to be racing on a Good 4 come the opening event, with an upgrade to a Good 3 likely at some point in the day. The rail comes out 3m the entire circuit, with action commencing at 3:40pm AEDT. Best Bet…
Trotter’s trotter set to make debut
By Dave Di Somma, Harness News Desk The man with the most harness racing of names makes a race day comeback at Rangiora on Tuesday. Steve Trotter will drive his own trotter Hoffn It at Rangiora in Race 1, the Cavalier Trotting Products – North Canterbury Trotting Trot (12.07pm). It will be his first drive since the 2014 season. “It’s been a while hasn’t it?” the West Melton-based trainer-driver agrees. Trotter is very much a hobby trainer who mixes training with his day job as a builder and helping out…
Imperatriz puts in casual performance in Cranbourne trial
Eight-time Group One winner Imperatriz put in an underwhelming trial performance when fifth in her 800m heat at Cranbourne on Monday, but the Te Akau Racing camp aren’t fretting ahead of her return in the Gr.1 Black Caviar Lighting Stakes (1000m) at Flemington on Saturday-week. “She was a little bit underwhelming and to the eye, it would have looked the same,” jockey Michael Dee told Racing.com. “But to be honest everything seemed to be perfect with her. Her action and breathing and her temperament was normal – but I would say…
Kennedy chooses Crocetti in Group One
Leading jockey Warren Kennedy had a tough decision to make heading into Saturday’s Gr.1 BCD Group Sprint (1400m) at Te Rapa, with the option of riding either Waitak or Crocetti, with the expat South African ultimately choosing the latter. Waitak showed a blistering turn of foot to take out the Gr.1 Railway (1200m) under Kennedy at Pukekohe on New Year’s Day, however, Kennedy said loyalty told in the end with his selection. Kennedy has become close with Crocetti’s breeder-owner Daniel Nakhle since his arrival in New Zealand, and he wanted…
Group One aspirations for Kelly Coe
Kelly Coe could be set for another crack at elite-level if she performs well in the Listed Clubs NZ @ The Races Wairarapa Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) at Tauherenikau on Tuesday. The six-year-old mare has been freshened since her sixth placed run in the Gr.1 Zabeel Classic (2050m) at Pukekohe on Boxing Day and trainer Ashley Meadows expects to see an improved result from his mare at the Waitangi Day meeting. “We freshened her up a bit after she went up north because the trip and the race did take…
Sale initiative fruitful for Windsor Park
Windsor Park Stud’s ‘Rugby, Racing and Beer’ South Island Sale has proven to be a fruitful initiative for the Cambridge thoroughbred nursery over the last couple of years, which was further enhanced over the weekend when sales graduate Collect Your Cash took out the Listed Dunedin Guineas (1500m) at Wingatui. The Shankar Muniandy-trained gelding became the first stakes winner from the sale, adding to its previous black-type performer in Kikimora, who placed in the Listed Canterbury Belle Stakes (1200m). Collect Your Cash was purchased out of the sale in May…
Warwick Farm Wednesday racing tips | February 7, 2024
What Warwick Farm Races Where Warwick Farm Racecourse – 2 Hume Hwy, Warwick Farm NSW 2170 When Wednesday, February 7, 2024 First Race 2:20pm AEDT Visit Dabble Metro racing heads to Warwick Farm on Wednesday afternoon for a competitive seven-race program from 2:20pm local time. With a speck of rain expected across the region, we could be racing on a Soft 5 surface. The rail moves out +5m from the 1000m to winning post and then sits out +2m for the remainder, which should allow for a fair afternoon of…
Newman’s sweet mares look well placed at Tauherenikau
Sugah Sweet has been acquitting herself well, despite having little luck in strong company this preparation, and she looks well-placed to turn her fortunes around at Tauherenikau on Tuesday. The patiently handled six-year-old will represent trainer Bryce Newman in the Listed Clubs NZ @ The Races Wairarapa Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) while stablemate Love For All also looms as a strong hope in the TAB Bonus Back Wairarapa Cup (2050m). Sugah Sweet opened her current campaign with a Rating 75 sprint win and has subsequently run fourth in the Gr.2…