Month: April 2024

Best horse racing promotions & bonuses for April 28, 2024

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Explore a multitude of captivating racing promotions offered by horse racing bookmakers on Sunday, April 28. Immerse yourself in the thrill with generous bonus back offers, elevating your betting experience. Delve into these promotions from top-tier online bookmakers to maximise your betting opportunities. The top Australian racing promotions for April 28, 2024, include: Today’s best horse racing promotions Ballarat 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 Ballarat this Sunday and if…

Ebury Street Tom Bamford’s best of the day at Rangiora

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By Mike Love  Rangiora trainer Tom Bamford will line up four runners at today’s Rangiora meeting, including stable star Rakero Rocket in the Waimakariri Businesses Rangiora Winter Cup. Bamford kicks off his chances with his 100th starter to the races in race 2 the Anne Thompson graduation series for pacers, with heat one over 2600m. In this event Rakero Chase ($26.00FF) with Gavin Smith in the sulky. “She’s getting used to racing. We can put a line through her last start, but her first start she ran home good at…

Waikato Girl on Queensland Oaks path

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Impeccably bred Savabeel filly Waikato Girl (NZ) has added valuable black-type to her CV with a brave victory in the Listed Princess Stakes (1600m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday for trainer Michael Freedman. Bred and part-owned by Sir Peter Vela, Waikato Girl is out of Scintilulla, a Group Three winning and multiple Group One placed daughter of champion sire Galileo. Sporting the colours of Gandharvi Racing, Waikato Girl broke maiden ranks when successful at Rosehill in November. She found her way to Queensland for the upcoming Brisbane winter carnival off…

Climbing Star upsets in Robert Sangster Stakes

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Jockey Lachlan Neindorf celebrated a Group One milestone as he guided Zoustar mare Climbing High (NZ) to the pair’s first Group One victory in the Robert Sangster Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville. After stepping slowly, Climbing Star, who carries the NZ suffix, settled near last in a strongly run race. The Phillip Stokes-trained four-year-old spotted the leaders in excess of ten lengths and was down on the inner of the track which jockeys had avoided for most of the day. Neindorf didn’t panic and gambled on a rails run which he…

Lantern Way lands Wanganui win

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Handy three-year-old Lantern Way (NZ) (Satono Aladdin) returned to his best at Wanganui on Saturday with the aid of a gear change paving the way for a visit to the winners’ enclosure following the running of the Commdives NZ 3YO (1340m).  The strapping son of Satono Aladdin had looked to have immense promise when he took out the Gr.2 Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m) at Hastings back in September last year, and followed up with a meritorious fifth in the Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) before heading to the spelling…

Waikato Girl claims Listed success at Eagle Farm

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Waikato Girl (blue cap) and Vlad Duric stuck close to the rails to get up and win the Listed Princess Stakes at Eagle Farm. Photo: Grant Peters, Trackside Photography Impeccably bred Savabeel filly Waikato Girl has added valuable black-type to her CV with a brave victory in the Listed Princess Stakes (1600m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday for trainer Michael Freedman. Bred and part-owned by Sir Peter Vela, Waikato Girl is out of Scintilulla, a Group Three winning and multiple Group One placed daughter of champion sire Galileo. Sporting the…

Climbing Star Upsets in Thrilling Robert Sangster Stakes 2024 Result

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Local trainer Phillip Stokes and young jockey Lachlan Neindorf pulled off a major upset in the 2024 Robert Sangster Stakes at Morphettville on Saturday, with their mare Climbing Star saluting at a juicy $26 price. The four-year-old Zoustar daughter arrived in peak form, following a win in the Listed Matrice Classic (1200m) and a narrow second to Benedetta in the Group 3 RN Irwin Stakes (1100m). A stumble out of the gates forced Neindorf to improvise, abandoning their pre-race plan to take the outside lane. Instead, he kept his cool,…

I’munstoppable proves just that in Te Rapa Group 3

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I’munstoppable leaves the field in her wake with a sharp front-running display in Group 3 Cambridge Breeders’ Stakes (1200m). Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) Just twenty-four hours after the passing of Wexford Stables figurehead Dave “DJ” O’Sullivan, the New Zealand training icon would have been looking down on Te Rapa with a beaming smile as promising filly I’munstoppable led from go to whoa to capture the Group 3 Cambridge Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) for the Matamata operation. Prepared by O’Sullivan’s fellow New Zealand Hall of Fame member and son Lance alongside…

Climbing Star causes Robert Sangster Stakes boilover

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Climbing Star claims Group One honours at Morphettville. Photo: Atkins Photography Jockey Lachlan Neindorf celebrated a Group One milestone as he guided Zoustar mare Climbing High to the pair’s first Group One victory in the Robert Sangster Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville. After stepping slowly, Climbing Star, who carries the NZ suffix, settled near last in a strongly run race. The Phillip Stokes-trained four-year-old spotted the leaders in excess of ten lengths and was down on the inner of the track which jockeys had avoided for most of the day. Neindorf…