Group One winner Pier is set to make his raceday return at Trentham next week after nearly a year away from the track. The five-year-old gelding was a revelation in his three-year-old term, winning three and placing in two of his six starts, including victories in the Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) and Gr.2 Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m). The son of Proisir has been plagued by issues in subsequent years, only having four starts last season, three of those in the spring, before returning to win over 1300m at…
Month: April 2025
The Good Shepherd shooting for further success at Invercargill
Consistent galloper The Good Shepherd will aim to add to his career-best season at Ascot Park on Sunday, starting among the favourites in the Editor’s Cut Sports Bar Handicap (1200m). The Power seven-year-old is nearing the $100,000 mark in the current term, with three wins and a number of placings in good company across the South Island. He is trained by trainer-jockey Lee Callaway, but often the topweight, the gelding has established a successful partnership with rising apprentice Ruvanesh Muniandy, who will be back on board and decreasing his weight…
Cambridge’s Night of Champions is here!
Fridays don’t get much bigger than Cambridge’s Night of Champions. Tonight’s 10-race card will get underway at 5.08pm , with the two biggest races, the $600,000 TAB Trot at 7.49pm and the $1m The Race by betcha at 8.52pm. The night will have a strong trans-Tasman theme including The Locomotive versus Oscar Bonavena, and Leap To Fame and Don Hugo vs the likes of Merlin, Don’t Stop Dreaming and Republican Party. Leap To Fame needs personal best performance in The Race by betcha By Michael Guerin The hero of harness…
Sunnys Sister’s raceday return at Addington tonight
By Michael Guerin Who Sunnys Sister is at Addington tonight and who she is in a month time could be two vastly different things. Which is driver John Dunn’s way of warning you to be careful when the Group 1 winner returns in the opener, the IRT.Your Horse.Our Passion Mobile Trot tonight (5.21pm). While the Addington card plays the supporting role to the very serious stuff at Cambridge it does see the return of a high class trotter who could well be taking on some of those in tonight’s TAB…
Dubai World Cup 2025 racing preview & best bets | April 5
What Dubai World Cup Night 2025 Where Dubai Racing Club – Al Meydan Rd, Dubai – United Arab Emirates When Saturday, April 5, 2025 First Race 4:35pm DST (11:35pm AEDT) Visit Dabble The 2025 Dubai World Cup attracts the world’s best to compete on a stacked nine-part program at Meydan Racecourse on Saturday evening, with a mix of features to be run on all-weather and turf courses. The rail is in the true position throughout the entire circuit, and with pristine conditions forecast leading into the weekend, punters can expect…
RV Stewards charge three over caffeine, welfare & misconduct
Racing Victoria (RV) Stewards have issued charges against three licenced industry participants following separate investigations relating to prohibited substances, horse welfare, and misconduct. Jim Conlan charged over Caffeine positive Mornington-based trainer Jim Conlan has been charged under Australian Rule of Racing 240(2) after a pre-race blood sample from his galloper Wealdstone tested positive to caffeine and its metabolites, Theophylline and Theobromine. The sample was taken prior to Wealdstone’s third-place finish in Race 7, the Ground Screws Victoria Handicap (2050m), at Mornington on December 6, 2024. Analysis conducted by both Racing…
Caulfield Saturday races betting tips & quaddie | April 5, 2025
What Caulfield Races Where Caulfield Racecourse – Gate 2, Station St, Caulfield East VIC 3145 When Saturday, April 5, 2025 First Race 12:10pm AEDT Visit Dabble The Group 3 Easter Cup (2000m) and Group 3 Victoria Handicap (1400m) headline a quality 10-race meeting at Caulfield Racecourse this Saturday. Showers are forecast leading into race day, but it shouldn’t be enough to deteriorate the track rating from a Good 4. The rail comes out 9m for the entire circuit, with the first event set to jump at 12:10pm AEDT. Easter Cup…
Ascot free racing preview & quaddie tips | WA Oaks Day 2025
What WA Oaks Day 2025 Where Ascot Racecourse – 71 Grandstand Rd, Ascot WA 6104 When Saturday, April 5, 2025 First Race 12:24pm AWST Visit Dabble The Group 3 WA Oaks will headline the nine-race card at Ascot on Saturday afternoon, where the opening event is set to jump at 12:24pm AWST. Although there is rain forecast in the lead-up to the meeting, the track will remain a Good 4 throughout the day. The rail will be in the +7m position for the entire circuit, which will favour on-speed runners.…
Fields Set For Selangor’s NZB Ready to Run Graduate Cup
Malaysia continues to emerge as a leading racing jurisdiction, and the major racing club in Selangor Turf Club (STC), has had a long-standing relationship with NZB. As a result of the partnership, STC announced a raft of bonus races for graduates of NZB’s Ready to Run Sale as well as incentives for their trainers to purchase at the leading sale of its kind. The first of that series takes place this Sunday 6 April 2025, with the staging of the RM150,000 NZB Ready To Run Cup containing a high quality field of 12 graduates from the 2023 Sale,…
Mr B Set for Flemington Jump-Out Appearance
Lindsay Park galloper Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) will ramp up his program towards a first international foray with a jump-out at Flemington. The Ben, Will and Jd Hayes-trained galloper is booked to have an 800m jump-out on Friday. He will then have another jump-out, possibly on Friday week, before he departs for Hong Kong to contest the Champions Mile (1600m) at Sha Tin on April 27. The Hayes brothers are looking forward to travelling Mr Brightside to Hong Kong and will have the right person in their father David Hayes to bounce any ideas off in the lead-up to the…