Month: April 2024

Saturday free horse racing tips & top odds | April 13, 2024

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On Saturday, April 13, horse racing enthusiasts can anticipate a thrilling day with 12 meetings set to unfold across various locations in Australia. Our team of committed racing analysts at horsebetting.com.au has meticulously selected the top bets and crafted quaddie numbers tailored for the upcoming events at Randwick, Bendigo, Doomben, Morphettville and Ascot. Saturday Racing Tips – April 13, 2024 Randwick Racing Tips Bendigo Racing Tips Doomben Racing Tips Morphettville Racing Tips Ascot Racing Tips For avid Australian racing fans, numerous promotions await your exploration. Be sure to peruse the…

Pinseeker great chance in Winton Cup

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By Jonny Turner The chance to take his hometown’s biggest piece of harness racing silverware awaits Jonny Cox at Winton on Saturday. Cox will return to his home patch with his exciting pacer Pinseeker who has the Winton Cup in his sights. If the trainer-driver’s raid from his base in Canterbury can be successful, it will mean a lot to him. “I always love getting back to Winton,” Cox said. “It is obviously where I grew up and learned how to drive.” “I always love coming back home, I still…

Winton’s big and history-making day

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by Jonny Turner The proven and the unknown will clash in the inaugural running of the Group 2 Entain Two-Year-Old Fillies Stakes at Winton on Saturday. Southland’s newest group race, which comes courtesy of the new operators of the New Zealand TAB, is part of a bigger and richer than ever Winton Cup Day. It is also the first Group race to be held at Winton in its more than 100 year history. Forever Dream is set to start a warm favourite after putting the Group 2 Leonard Memorial Stakes…

Terang Cup Day betting preview & free tips | Sunday, April 14

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What Terang Cup Day Where Terang Racecourse – 10 Keilambete Rd, Terang VIC 3264 When Sunday, April 14, 2024 First Race 1:20pm AEST Visit Dabble The Terang & District Racing Club will host its marquee meeting this Sunday afternoon, with an eight-race card set down for decision. The track was rated as a Soft 5 at the time of acceptances, but with no rain forecast for the weekend, the surface is expected to improve into the Good range. The rail will be in the +3m position from the 1000m–400m mark…

Atishu seeking swansong victory

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After 10 wins, more than $4 million in stakes and three seasons of putting Go Racing’s name in lights in Australia, the Kiwi syndicators’ remarkable ride with Atishu is set to come to an end in Saturday’s Gr.1 Queen of the Turf (1600m) at Randwick. The dual Group One winner will be offered during next month’s Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale on the Gold Coast, bringing the curtain down on an outstanding racetrack career in the blue and white colours of Go Racing. Offered by her breeders Waikato Stud as…

Pitman keen to land inaugural Southern Alps Challenge

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Having already secured a special place in South Island racing history through a career spanning more than four decades, it would be fitting for Riccarton trainer Michael Pitman to take a share of the spotlight during an exciting raceday on his home track on Saturday. The nine-race programme features two Listed races along with the inaugural running of the $350,000 TAB Southern Alps Challenge (1600m) – an innovation race restricted to trainers with South Island stables. Runners must have been based at the trainer’s South Island stable as at December…

Eternal Flame strikes hot Group One field

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Victorian mare Eternal Flame (NZ) (Sacred Falls) will test the Group One waters in the Gr.1 Queen Of The Turf Stakes (1600m), although trainer Michael Kent admits he wasn’t expecting the race to be quite so strong. The lightly raced four-year-old has won her past two starts, following up a victory in the Gr.3 Matron Stakes (1600m) with a Gr.2 Sunline Stakes (1600m) triumph. Keen to season Eternal Flame in preparation for the spring, Kent thought Saturday’s 1600m feature would be a good opportunity to bank some valuable experience, although he wasn’t expecting to see the likes of…

Te Akau ready for Riccarton challenge

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With the curtain coming down on the racing career of Te Akau Racing’s 10-time Group One winner Imperatriz yesterday, they are now looking forward to unveiling their next future star, which could very well come at Riccarton on Saturday. Homebred gelding Nucleozor has been faultless in his two starts to date, winning both outings in convincing fashion, and has been duly installed a $1.40 for the Listed Riccarton Park Functon Centre Welcome Stakes (1000m) this weekend. “He has been impressive in his two starts and Hunter (Durrant, Te Akau’s Riccarton…

Orchestral out to continue Oaks legacy at Randwick

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Orchestral will contest the Group 1 Australian Oaks (2400m) at Randwick on Saturday. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) Orchestral will aim to follow in the footsteps of some of New Zealand’s greatest fillies when she contests Saturday’s A$1 million Group 1 Australian Oaks (2400m) at Randwick. Kiwi-bred fillies have a rich history in the time-honoured classic, boasting seven wins since 2009, including 11-time Group 1 winning heroine Verry Elleegant (2019), and two-time New Zealand Horse Of The Year Bonneval (2017). Last year’s winner Pennyweka joined the elusive list with a…

Atishu to sign off with Group 1 title defence

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Atishu (NZ) ridden by James McDonald wins the Champions Stakes at Flemington. Photo by George Sal/Racing Photos After 10 wins, more than $4 million in stakes and three seasons of putting Go Racing’s name in lights in Australia, the Kiwi syndicators’ remarkable ride with Atishu is set to come to an end in Saturday’s Group 1 Queen of the Turf Stakes (1600m) at Randwick. The dual Group 1 winner will be offered during next month’s Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale on the Gold Coast, bringing the curtain down on an…