The Melbourne Racing Club has welcomed the announcement from Racing Victoria today of an incredible $4.5m boost in prize money for MRC races across the 21/22 racing season, with increases to minimums for non-metropolitan meetings at Mornington, all the way up to Group 1s. In addition to the newly minted… Read More »
Australia’s leading bookmaker the TAB gives an overview of today’s betting markets from the feature races and race meetings from around the country. See which races punters cleaned up on and lost on. FUTURES CAULFIELD CUP Incentivise $34-$26 (after winning r3 @ Ipswich) MELBOURNE CUP Incentivise $101-$51 (after winning r3 @ Ipswich)… Read More »
Few horses peak at start number 62 but Happy Go Plucky has done just that, upstaging his more fancied rivals to claim his first stakes win in the Listed Ipswich Cup. The seven-year-old has been a grand campaigner for his Gold Coast trainer John Gilmore but his previous career highlight… Read More »
Much of the Aussie interest revolves around Armory in the feature race of Day 2 at this year’s Royal Ascot meeting, The Prince of Wales’s Stakes, but it is one of the Cox Plate runner-up’s rivals who has attracted the bulk of the support with TAB. Superstar mare Love accounts… Read More »
Much of the Aussie interest revolves around Armory in the feature race of Day 2 at this year’s Royal Ascot meeting, The Prince of Wales’s Stakes, but it is one of the Cox Plate runner-up’s rivals who has attracted the bulk of the support with TAB. Superstar mare Love accounts… Read More »
TAB has secured arguably Australia’s most exciting sprinter, Lost And Running, as its representative in this year’s $15 million TAB Everest. Trained by John O’Shea, the four-year-old gelding has raced just seven times for six wins and a narrow second placing, with his most recent start producing a dynamic win… Read More »
Europe’s best sprinter and King’s Stand Stakes staple Baattash is favoured to add a fourth Group 1 to his collection with the five-furlong specialist heading TAB’s market at $2.80 for one of the co-features on the opening day of this year’s Royal Ascot meeting. The King’s Stand is one of… Read More »
Australia’s leading bookmaker the TAB gives an overview of today’s betting markets from the feature races and race meetings from around the country. See which races punters cleaned up on and lost on. FUTURES COX PLATE Zaaki stays $3.50 fav Ayrton $26-$15 (after winning Gunsynd Classic @ Eagle Farm) GOLDEN ROSE Converge… Read More »
Black caviar’s daughter Invincible Caviar will not be seen again as a two-year-old after trainer Peter Moody made the decision to spell the regally bred filly following her third placed finish at Flemington on the weekend. “She did a good job on Saturday, bar winning,” Moody told Racing.com. “She’s out… Read More »
Vega One stands alone at the head of Stradbroke Handicap betting after faring best of the big names at Tuesday night’s barrier draw for Saturday’s $1.5 million race at Eagle Farm. The local Group 1 winner was joint $6 favourite with Wild Planet going into the draw, but tightened into… Read More »
Australia’s leading bookmaker the TAB gives an overview of today’s betting markets from the feature races and race meetings from around the country. See which races punters cleaned up on and lost on. EAGLE FARM (selected)  RACE FIVE – MORETON CUP Baller had his share of admirers in the Ascot Green… Read More »
Black Caviar’s daughter has certainly caught the attention of rank-and-file punters ahead of her debut at Flemington on Saturday. The unbeaten champ’s daughter Invincible Caviar steps out in race four on the card and it appears fans of the 15-time Group One winner are keen to jump aboard her offspring…. Read More »
The Epsom Derby is one of two major events on a huge weekend of international racing this week, with Aidan O’Brien’s sole starter in the race, Balshoi Ballet, the $2.15 favourite with TAB. It is the first time since 2004 that eight-time winner O’Brien has had just one runner in… Read More »
Group One winners feature heavily at the top of betting in TAB’s Golden Eagle market which opens this morning. Rosehill Guineas winner Mo’unga heads the market at $8 for trainer Annabel Neasham while Chris Waller’s Vinery and ATC Oaks winner Hungry Heart is next at $11. Sharing the second line… Read More »
Mark Newnham’s filly Bargain has replaced Duais as favourite with TAB for Saturday’s Queensland Oaks after drawing barrier four and being set at $4.50. After running third in the Australian Oaks to Hungry Heart and Duais and then runner-up to Only Words in The Roses at Doomben, Bargain has tightened… Read More »
Australia’s leading bookmaker the TAB gives an overview of today’s betting markets from the feature races and race meetings from around the country. See which races punters cleaned up on and lost on. FUTURES SKY RACING Q22 Reloaded $101-$34 (after winning Lord Mayor’s Cup @ Doomben) Rondinella $34-$26 Explosive Jack $13-$15 Yonkers… Read More »
The Flemington based stables of Hawkes Racing this morning have been placed into lockdown due to COVID-19 protocols. Hawkes Racing this morning posted a tweet regarding the scratching of Tonneofgrit from Caulfield after a staff member was deemed a close contact of a COVID case. The training operations horses… Read More »
Star juveniles Anamoe and Stay Inside headline TAB’s Golden Rose market which has opened this morning. The Group One winners have been installed as $4.50 equal favourites for the Golden Rose which is to be run on September 25 at Rosehill. Blue Diamond winner Artorius is on the next line… Read More »
Racing Victoria has today released the Race Dates for the 2021-22 racing season with a revamped end to the Spring Racing Carnival headlining the list of enhancements. Following an extensive review, it was determined that a restructure of race meetings would allow for an enhanced feature race calendar and the… Read More »
Champion mare Arcadia Queen has officially been sold to Arrowfield Stud in a deal completed on Thursday for $3.2million. Arcadia Queen was passed in at the Magic Millions broodmare sale on Tuesday for $3.4million with owner Bob Peters wanting $4million for his prized mare however that figure could not be… Read More »
