Month: May 2024

Perdon starts Darwin Cup Carnival campaign in Alice Springs

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Trainer Andrew Perdon (left) with Starspangled Baby after winning the Bairnsdale Cup on March 24, 2024. (Ross Holburt/Racing Photos) Sale trainer Perdon will have three starters — Starspangled Baby, Faberge Tzar and Dummy Spit — in Alice Springs on Saturday as preparations for the forthcoming Darwin Cup Carnival continue. Perdon, 51, left Sale in eastern Victoria on Monday and stopped at Murray Bridge and Coober Pedy before arriving in the Red Centre on Wednesday afternoon. Alice Springs received some 30mm of rain from the front that is currently crossing Australia,…

Darwin Cup Carnival hospitality scaled back due to ticket sales

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Due to a drop in ticket sales for the 2024 Darwin Cup Carnival, the centrefield at Fannie Bay will be closed throughout. With the 2024 Cup Carnival imminent, the Darwin Turf Club Board met this week before agreeing to make a significant change to its format. It was decided to take a cautious approach to operational and infrastructure investment due to a general decline in ticket sales. This decline is attributed to limited interstate access to the Northern Territory, cost-of-living pressures, and other economic challenges reducing discretionary spending. Attempts to…

Well-bred two-year-old to make Cambridge debut

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By Brigette Solomon Ardmore-based trainers Brian and Gareth Hughes line up two runners at Cambridge tonight, including the well-bred two year old Captain Sampson who makes his race debut. Captain Sampson is by Captaintreacherous and out of Millie Sampson, an eight race winning mare who also placed third in the 2014 New Zealand Yearling Sales Series Championship. The gelding, to be driven by Tony Cameron, starts from barrier three in Race two, the Hamilton Fencing Swift Stride Mobile Pace for two-year-old colts and geldings. The five horse field consists entirely…

Australian horse racing tips and quaddie picks for Friday, May 31

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There are seven horse racing meetings set for Australia on Friday, May 31. Our racing analysts here at horsebetting.com.au have found you the best bets and the quaddie numbers for Cranbourne. Friday’s Racing Tips – May 31, 2024 Cranbourne Racing Tips As always, there are 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 May 31, 2024 check out our guide to…

Today’s top horse racing promos & bookmaker bonuses | 31/5/24

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Explore a multitude of captivating racing promotions offered by horse racing bookmakers on Friday, May 31. 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 May 31, 2024, include: Today’s best horse racing promotions Cranbourne 2nd Or 3rd Bonus Back Back a runner in races 1 & 2 at Cranbourne this Friday and if it runs 2nd or 3rd get up to $50 in Bonus Cash.…

Stable chasing a Qld Derby High

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Having had to settle for a narrow second in the Australian Derby with Ceolwulf (Tavistock), Joe Pride will rely on the improving Bullets High (NZ) (Ace High) in his bid to go one better in the Queensland equivalent. Ceolwulf, who was the trainer’s first Derby runner, was beaten a neck by Riff Rocket (American Pharoah) in the Sydney classic and in Bullets High, Pride is confident he has a three-year-old with the stamina to handle Saturday’s 2400-metre Eagle Farm test. The gelding scored a gutsy victory over older horses at…

Ka Ying Rising aims to prove ground in Gr.3 Sha Tin Vase

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Four weeks after demolishing quality opposition in Class 2, Ka Ying Rising (NZ) (Shamexpress) is back at Sha Tin for his stiffest test to date in Sunday’s HK$4.2 million Gr.3 Sha Tin Vase Handicap (1200m). The second of a Group Three double-header at Sha Tin, which also features the HK$4.2 million Gr.3 Lion Rock Trophy Handicap (1600m), the quality dash is topped by a pair of Group One winners in Victor The Winner (Toronado) and Invincible Sage (Thronum), while Ka Ying Rising has the least experience in the nine-runner field…

Little Bit Of Love chasing four-straight at Pukekohe

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Little Bit Of Love will contest the Elsdon Park 1400 at Pukekohe on Saturday. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) Progressive galloper Little Bit Of Love will aim to complete his preparation on a high this Saturday at Pukekohe, chasing a fourth-straight victory in the Elsdon Park 1400. The late-developing four-year-old only made his debut in December but has rapidly risen through the grades with four wins from seven appearances, most recently completing a hattrick for trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott at Te Rapa. Little Bit Of Love was piloted…

Pitman stable well-represented at southern meetings

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Leading South Island trainers Michael and Matthew Pitman are expected to be a formidable force to be reckoned with in the coming days. The father and son duo have turned out 47 winners so far this term and for the eighth time in the last nine seasons their Riccarton operation has comfortably broken the seven-figure mark in stake earnings. Among the stable’s top chances at their home meeting on the synthetic track on Friday will be the in-form filly Motiontime, who runs in the Riccarton Park Function Centre Three-Year-Old (1200m).…

Group Three winner retired

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The curtain has come down on the racing career of Group Three winner White Noise (NZ) (El Roca). The five-year-old grey gelding kicked off his career for Cambridge trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman as a three-year-old and won four races in his debut season, including the Gr.3 Wellington Stakes (1600m) and Listed Gingernuts Salver (2100m). With Baker’s retirement, White Noise then transitioned to the solo care of Forsman, and was a key figure in helping launch the Cambridge conditioners individual training career in the following season. He won first-up…