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There are five horse racing meetings set for Australia on Thursday, February 20. Our racing analysts here at horsebetting.com.au have found you the best bets and the quaddie numbers for Hawkesbury. Thursday’s Free Horse Racing Tips – February 20, 2025 Hawkesbury 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 February 20, 2025 check out our…

What 2025 Blue Diamond Stakes Where Caulfield Racecourse – Melbourne, Victoria When Saturday, February 22, 2025 Prizemoney $2,000,000 Distance 1200m Conditions Set Weights | Two-Year-Olds 2024 winner Hayasugi (11) | T: Clinton McDonald | J: Jamie Kah (55kg) Visit Dabble The Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) is Victoria’s premier juvenile race, and the 2025 edition shapes as an even contest. A field of 16 will battle it out at Caulfield on Saturday with $2 million on the line as connections look to claim Group 1 glory in a race…

What Hawkesbury Races Where Hawkesbury Race Club – 1 Racecourse Rd, Clarendon NSW 2756 When Thursday, February 20, 2025 First Race 1:20pm AEDT Visit Dabble Hawkesbury Race Club is the destination for provincial racing in NSW on Thursday afternoon, with a massive eight-part program set for decision. The $150,000 Provincial-Midway Qualifier (1400m) headlines the action, with the winner booking their ticket to the Provincial-Midway Championship Final at Randwick on April 12. The rail is in the true position the entire circuit for the meeting, and although there are some scattered…

A second tilt at the Group 1 Al Quoz Sprint (1200m) in Dubai in April for California Spangle will hinge on the veteran’s performance in the HK$13 million Group 1 Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup (1400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. A Group 1-winning miler and Hong Kong Derby (2000m) runner-up, California Spangle underscored his quality and versatility by triumphing in both the Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup and Group 1 Al Quoz Sprint last March. Now seven, California Spangle has failed to recapture his best form in five starts this season,…

Best Rose winning at Riccarton on Wednesday. Photo: Race Images South Progressive juvenile Best Rose turned the tables on her key rival at Riccarton Park on Wednesday, scoring an impressive second-up victory in The Tea House At Riccarton Park 2YO (1000m). A filly by Maurice, Best Rose had made two trial appearances for Te Akau Racing’s Matamata stable before venturing south to their Riccarton base where she debuted for second behind Zelia. The pair were set to go head-to-head again at the midweek meeting and despite the last-start defeat, Best…

Hastings trainer Jordan Bassett. Photo: Peter Rubery (Race Images Palmerston North) After going through all stages of life together so far, it would be a fitting result for Meltemi and Wild Thyme to collect their maiden victories in respective races at Wanganui on Friday. The three-year-old fillies were bred by Richard McKenzie, an equine veterinarian by trade, who trains the pair in partnership with Jordan Bassett. Back in 2020, the Hastings couple elected to send the dams of both fillies to Darci Brahma, mating with The Oaks Stud’s former sire…

Vegas Queen will take her place in Saturday’s Listed Uncle Remus Stakes (1400m) at Ellerslie. Photo: Therese Davis (Race Images) There are only a few slots to fill in next month’s $3.5 million NZB Kiwi (1500m), and Ruakaka filly Vegas Queen will be seeking to secure one of them when she heads to Ellerslie on Saturday to contest the Listed Uncle Remus Stakes (1400m). The daughter of Proisir scored her maiden win at her home track as a juvenile in July and has hardly put a foot wrong as a…

Belclare will contest Saturday’s Group 1 Otaki-Maori WFA Classic (1600m) at Ellerslie. Photo: Bradleyphotos.com.au Gun mare Belclare has had plenty of success raiding the northern riches at Ellerslie and she’ll be back to do just that on Saturday, taking on the Group 1 Otaki-Maori WFA Classic (1600m). A two-time winner of the Group 1 New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m), Belclare spent the first half of the season in Sydney with Bjorn Baker, adding a pair of Group 2’s and over A$1 million in earnings to her already dazzling Kiwi…