| What | Alice Springs Races |
| Where | Pioneer Park Racecourse – Stuart Highway, Connellan NT 0870 |
| When | Saturday, March 29, 2025 |
| First Race | 2:01pm ACST |
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Day 3 of the Alice Springs Cup Carnival is the last chance to impress before the $110,000 Alice Springs Cup (2000m) and $100,000 Pioneer Sprint (1200m) next weekend.
The middle-distance runners square off over 1600m, and the sprinters clash over 1200m at weight-for-age level. A total of 66 runners have accepted for the seven-event program. The heatwave conditions have passed, with light showers gracing the Red Centre and come Saturday the forecast is for sunny weather and a top temperature of 28C.
It will be a good dirt surface and the rail will once again be in the true position.
Chief Minister’s Cup tip: Hasseltoff
Hasseltoff has impressed since arriving from Adelaide with two wins over 1600m in five-horse fields. Lumping 61kg, the eight-year-old gelding was a $2.60 second favourite on February 22 before hitting the front at the 1100m and sealing a comfortable win. Next start on March 8, the son of Toorak Toff – a $1.55 favourite with horse racing bookmakers – hit the front at the home turn before saluting by 5.8 lengths and breaking the track record (1.32.68). Hasseltoff won three of his last four starts in SA before heading to the Red Centre, and if he is anywhere near his best, he should be winning.
Chief Minister’s Cup
Race 7 – 
#5 Hasseltoff (5)
8yo Gelding | T: Dick Leech | J: Hannah Le Blanc (59kg)
Best Bet at Alice Springs: Grinzinger Lass
Second in last Saturday’s NT Guineas (1600m), Grinzinger Lass – with an extra 1.5kg this week – faces fellow three-year-olds yet again in a race that has attracted five starters. It wasn’t smooth sailing for the filly in the Guineas, where she failed to settle at the 1200m before striking trouble at the home turn. The daughter of Shalaa finished 1.3 lengths adrift of the fast-finishing The Men Went Home. A close second over 1200m on February 22 was followed by a convincing win over 1400m on March 8, and with better racing manners, Grinzinger Lass will take some beating.
Best Bet
Race 2 – 
#2 Grinzinger Lass (5)
3yo Filly | T: Ray Viney | J: Brendon Newport (57kg)
Best Value at Alice Springs: Black Zous
Black Zous is due after four straight seconds from 1100-1400m. The son of Zoustar was far from disgraced each time, as Zesty Spice, Hellivit, Altar Boy and Pompeii Empire are decent opposition. The six-year-old gelding disappointed during last year’s Darwin Carnival before posting two seconds at Kununurra in August. Black Zous saluted over 1000m in December and was third over 1200m in January before his current run of seconds. Black Zous opened at $9.50 with horse racing betting sites, which looks like great value if he brings his A-game.
Best Value
Race 4 – 
#4 Black Zous (6)
6yo Gelding | T: Kerry Petrick | J: Paul Denton (59.5kg)
Saturday Alice Springs quaddie tips – 29/3/2025
Alice Springs quadrella selections
Saturday, March 29, 2025
- 1-3-4-6-7
- 2-3-6
- 2-5-6
- 4-5-6
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