Month: March 2025

Yarra Valley racing preview & betting tips | Monday, March 31

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What Yarra Valley Races Where Yarra Valley Racing – Armstrong Grove, Yarra Glen VIC 3775 (Link if we have track page) When Monday, March 31, 2025 First Race 1:30pm AEDT Visit Dabble The new week of racing gets underway at Yarra Valley on Monday afternoon, with a competitive eight-part set for decision. The rail moves out +3m the entire circuit for the meeting, and with some scattered showers forecast to hit the course proper, punters should anticipate a track rated somewhere in the Soft range on race-day morning. The opening…

Hasseltoff, Lumber Punk on song for Alice Springs features

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Victorian apprentice Hannah Le Blanc keeps booting home the winners in the NT after saluting in a heat of the National Apprentice Race Series at Darwin on Friday before claiming the Chief Minister’s Cup (1600m) on Saturday on Day 3 of the Alice Springs Cup Carnival The road to the 2025 Alice Springs Cup and Pioneer Sprint reached a thrilling climax at Pioneer Park on Saturday, with standout performances from Hasseltoff and Lumber Punk in the Red Centre’s final lead-up races. Dick Leech’s Hasseltoff made it three wins from three…

Sunday’s horse racing bookmaker promotions & bonuses | March 30

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Wyndham, Rangiora and Manawatu all feature on Super Sunday

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It’s a rare harness racing triple header around the country today, with meetings at Wyndham, Rangiora and then Manawatu. Sam Thornley has some good each way changes in Canterbury as does Zachary Butcher at Manawatu, and racing journalist Jonny Turner has his Five to Follow at Wyndham. Sam Thornley rates his chances at Rangiora  By Mike Love  Canterbury junior reinsman Sam Thornley heads to Rangiora today with a solid book of drives, including some decent each way chances. “There are a few that have better chances than others, but in…

Sunday’s horse racing tips & free previews | Sunday, March 30

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There are seven horse racing meetings set for Australia on Sunday, March 30. Our racing analysts here at horsebetting.com.au have found you the best bets and the quaddie numbers for Wellington & Sha Tin (HK). Sunday’s Free Horse Racing Tips – March 30, 2025 Wellington Racing Tips Sha Tin (HK) 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…

Furnished Codigo snares Flemington victory

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Four-year-old gelding Codigo notched a hard-fought victory in the Glorious Goodwood Handicap (1100m) at Flemington on Saturday for trainers Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman. Ridden by Blake Shinn, Codigo narrowly defeated La Defense and Shirshov as the son of Ardrossan made it back-to-back metropolitan victories in a new campaign. Codigo started his career with trainer Stephen Marsh in New Zealand, where he was the first winner for his sire Ardrossan when successful on debut, before becoming the Waikato Stud stallion’s first stakes winner when landing the Listed Wellesly Stakes (1100m)…

Kelso basks in Flemington glory with Alabama Lass

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Matamata trainers Ken and Bev Kelso have once again come up trumps at Flemington with quality sprinting filly Alabama Lass successful in Saturday’s A$500,000 Listed HKJC World Pool Sprint Classic (1100m). Two years after landing the Gr.1 Australian Guineas (1600m) at the premier Melbourne track with stablemate Legarto, the astute Kiwi conditioners again plotted a successful hit-and-run with another quality three-year-old. Ridden by Craig Williams, Alabama Lass showed her customary early speed to lead throughout down the Flemington straight and when challenged dug in to hold off the challenge of…

La Dorada Seals Another Two-Year-Old Win for Te Akau

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A sparkling performance by La Dorada (NZ) (Super Seth) in Saturday’s Gr.1 Courtesy Ford Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) completed another Te Akau clean sweep of New Zealand’s biggest two-year-old prizes. La Dorada had previously won the Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) and Gr.2 Matamata Breeders’ Stakes (1200m), while her unbeaten stablemate Return To Conquer strung together four black-type successes including the Gr.1 Sistema Stakes (1200m). Since the inception of the Karaka Millions in 2008, Te Akau Racing is the only stable to win the Karaka Millions, Sistema and Sires’ Produce…

The Doctor Delivers Another Victory at Trentham

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Unheralded four-year-old Doctor Askar (NZ) (Derryn) has proved himself one of the finds of the summer as he completed his fifth win from just six starts since breaking maidens in December when taking out the Listed Bramco Granite & Marble Flying Handicap (1400m) at Trentham on Saturday. Trainer Joanne Moss, who bred and co-owns the son of Derryn in partnership with her mother Jill, had thought she had a handy horse on her hands when he showed plenty of ability by placing in five of his first eight starts before…