Richard and Chantelle Jolly’s See You In Heaven (Divine Prohet) has made the best possible start to her campaign, dominating the Gr.3 Behemoth Stakes (1200m) first-up at Morphettville on Saturday. A strong field of mostly locals assembled for the A$150,000 contest, and while the Group Two-winning mare started favourite ($3.30), a 10-month gap between runs and a recent lacklustre trial saw plenty of money head elsewhere. But even off this break, See You In Heaven proved a class above, sitting wide with cover before peeling out in the straight and…
Month: August 2024
Hat trick for Golden Path
Five-year-old gelding Golden Path(NZ)( Belardo) continues to go from strength to strength and made it three wins in succession when winning the Premier’s Cup Prelude (1800m) at Randwick on Saturday. Prepared by Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr, the son of Belardo settled just behind the speed under regular rider Chad Schofield and when favourite Aramco lay out upon straightening, Golden Path seized the opportunity to continue his good run of form. The handsome chestnut had a length and a half to spare over Gr.1 VRC Derby (2500m) winner Manzoice,…
Dashing Duchess a Group mare in waiting
Smart staying mare Dashing Duchess recorded her fifth victory at start number 11 with a strong performance to land the Domsafe Handicap (2500m) at The Valley on Saturday. The Symon Wilde-trained daughter of Tavistock sat handy to a solid tempo set by Golden Crusader and put her rivals to the sword early under jockey Mark Zahra to hold game runner-up Brilliant Venture by a comfortable two lengths. The five-year-old mare had previously been beaten by stablemate Hit The Road Jack in the Deane Lester Flemington Cup (2800m), with Wilde adamant…
Lincoln Rocks hands Neasham & Archibald first metro success
Lincoln Rocks runs out a strong winner at The Valley on Saturday. Photo: Bruno Cannatelli Former Kiwi galloper Lincoln Rocks has provided the newly formed partnership of Annabel Neasham and Rob Archibald with their first metropolitan winner at Moonee Valley on Saturday. The six-year-old son of Road To Rock was confidently ridden by Mark Zahra, going back from a wide draw and pocketing chief rival Captain Electric inside him before looping the field to score comfortably. Sporting the colours of OTI Racing, Lincoln Rocks has now had three starts in…
See You In Heaven wins back-to-back Behemoth Stakes’
See You In Heaven winning the Sandown Guineas at Caulfield Racecourse. (Photo by Reg Ryan/Racing Photos) See You In Heaven (+230) has proven too strong for her rivals in the Group 3 Behemoth Stakes for the second straight year, with the Richard & Chantelle Jolly-trained mare saluting for favourite backers in the feature race at Morphettville on Saturday afternoon. The daughter of Divine Prophet was a dominant winner in the same race 12 months ago, and after settling towards the rear of the field, she showed her customary finishing burst…
Echuca free horse racing betting tips & quaddie | August 11, 2024
What Echuca Races Where Echuca Racecourse – Cr Scott Rd and Murray Valley Hwy, Echuca VIC 3564 When Sunday, August 11, 2024 First Race 11:50am AEST Visit Dabble Echcua Racecourse is set to host a competitive nine-race meeting on Sunday where their looks to be a stack of value for punters throughout the day. The rail comes out 3m from the 1000m-400m markers, and with clear skies forecast, there’s a real chance we could be racing on a Goo 4 come raceday. Action from Echuca is set to commence at…
Schwarz just holds on to claim Group 2 Missile Stakes first-up
Schwarz on the way to the barriers prior to the running of the The Amanda Elliott at Flemington Racecourse on November 11, 2023 in Flemington, Australia. (Photo by George Sal/Racing Photos) The training partnership of John O’Shea & Tom Charlton has tasted Group success at their first attempt, with Schwarz (+140) holding off the fast-finishing Arctic Glamour (+500) in the final strides of the Group 2 Missile Stakes at Randwick on Saturday. Charlton joined O’Shea as an official training partner on August 1 to start the 2024/25 racing season, and…
Casterton free racing preview & quaddie tips | Sunday, August 11
What Casterton Races Where Casterton Racecourse – 119 Racecourse Rd, Casterton VIC 3311 When Sunday, August 11, 2024 First Race 12:40pm AEST Visit Dabble Casterton Racing Club will host a very competitive seven-race program this Sunday afternoon, with racing set to kick off at 12:40pm AEST. The track was rated as a Soft 5 at the time of acceptances, and even though there is no rain forecast, it is expected that the surface will remain in the Soft range for the whole day. The rail will be in its true…
Double up for Dusty road at Te Rapa
Talented galloper Dusty Road(NZ) Shamexpress continued to make his claim for Group-level targets with back-to-back successes at Te Rapa on Saturday in the Fulton Hogan 1200. His trainer Graeme Cameron had initially planned on starting the gelding in the open mile contest at the meeting, but with a lack of entries, the two races were combined which had the gelding placed in the market at $5.70 behind well-performed sprinters Spencer ($3.80) and Caitlyns Wish ($5). The step-back in distance proved to be no bother to the son of Shamexpress, settling…
Cork beams on back-up at Riccarton
Striking her favoured track conditions, Northern mare Cork(NZ)(Complacent) sailed to victory in the Stephanie Murray Mortgages Open Handicap (1800m) at Riccarton Park on Saturday for Pam Gerard. A runner-up in last year’s Gr.3 Winter Cup (1600m), Cork was aimed at the feature event again last Saturday and fought on bravely in the holding track conditions for eighth. After pulling up well, Gerard opted to back the mare up during the second weekend of the carnival with the addition of apprentice Donovan Cooper on board, decreasing her weight to a feather-light…