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10/9/2025 Horse Racing Tips and Best Bets – Happy Valley

The 2025/26 Happy Valley racing season kicks off this Wednesday night with eight races set down. Best Bookies 💰 👉 View the Best Betting Sites and Bookie Apps
McDonald to ride Via Sistina over Aeliana in Makybe Diva Stakes

James McDonald will make his first Flemington appearance of the season on Saturday when he partners champion mare Via Sistina in the Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m). The star jockey has ridden 17 of his 120 Group 1 winners at Flemington, including four during last year’s Melbourne Cup Carnival… Read More »
Maher pair chase Melbourne Cup start in The Archer

While the Ciaron Maher stable has three runners entered in the Melbourne Cup qualifier at Flemington, it is expected only two will take their place. Sayedaty Sadaty and Jennivamoose will head to the Group 3 The Archer (2500m) on Saturday, a race that provides the winner a ballot exemption into… Read More »
Sir Delius and Vauban split spring paths as Cups campaigns take shape

Sir Delius and Vauban will be separated on their journeys to the Melbourne Cup, with Sir Delius now on a Cox Plate path. Co-trainer Gai Waterhouse confirmed the decision after Sir Delius was narrowly beaten in the Group 2 Chelmsford Stakes at Randwick on Saturday. “Sir Delius will come to… Read More »
Treasurethe Moment still a Cox Plate chance

The anticipated clash between two of the Yulong Stud mares in the Cox Plate may still be on after a positive report from Sam Fairgray on Treasurethe Moment. Fairgray, the Chief Operating Officer of Yulong Stud, said Treasurethe Moment was back at trainer Matt Laurie’s stable after being hospitalised following… Read More »
Via Sistina confirmed for Makybe Diva Stakes

For the third time in the past week, Via Sistina has had a change to her spring program and will now contest this Saturday’s $750,000 Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes at Flemington. The 1600-metre event was identified as a likely next step for Via Sistina after her Winx Stakes win, but… Read More »
Champion Sire Fastnet Rock dies aged 24

Coolmore Australia has announced with great sadness the passing of Champion Sire Fastnet Rock, who was humanely euthanised earlier today at his birthplace and lifelong home in the Hunter Valley. For two decades, Fastnet Rock stood as one of the most influential stallions in Australian breeding, leaving a legacy that… Read More »
Treasurethe Moment in doubt for 2025 Cox Plate

Treasurethe Moment’s path towards the Cox Plate is uncertain after the mare suffered a colic attack, with connections weighing up her spring options. Yulong Chief Operating Officer Sam Fairgray told The Verdict podcast that her immediate wellbeing is the main focus, and trainer Matt Laurie will ultimately decide whether the… Read More »
Maher out to boost Melbourne Cup hand in Archer Stakes

Ciaron Maher is set to boost his Melbourne Cup hand this weekend, saddling up two contrasting runners in the ballot-free Archer Stakes (2500m) at Flemington. The leading trainer confirmed six-year-old New Zealand-bred Jennivamoose and the European import Sayedaty Sadaty will take their places in Saturday’s feature, both chasing a golden… Read More »
Take Two for North England in Run To The Rose

A head-scratching barrier trial prompted a slight change of plan for dual Group-winning colt North England but he is set to chime back into the three-year-old features at Rosehill. The Kindergarten Stakes winner turned in a lacklustre trial effort behind T J Smith Stakes winner Briasa at Canterbury on August 18 when… Read More »
Treasurethe Moment ruled out of Makybe Diva Stakes with colic

Treasurethe Moment has been withdrawn from Saturday’s Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes at Flemington after a health scare on Thursday morning. Trainer Matt Laurie confirmed the mare developed a mild case of colic, which was detected early before she was taken to hospital for precautionary observation. “It has been decided… Read More »
Baraqiel becomes Snitzel’s 24th G1 winner

Baraqiel, aptly named after a fallen angel, has overcome multiple setbacks to rise to Group 1 glory, becoming Snitzel’s 24th top-level winner with a devastating finish in the $750,000 A. J. Moir Stakes (1000m). The victory marked his eighth win from just 12 starts in a career that only began… Read More »
Ka Ying Rising flexes muscle in HK return

Ka Ying Rising showed his quest for The Everest is on track with an effortless win at Sha Tin on Sunday. The horse rated the world’s best sprinter made light work of his opposition in the Chief Executive’s Cup, cruising to victory under Zac Purton in the traditional feature event… Read More »
Toronado withdrawn from stud duties due to lameness

Swettenham Stud has confirmed that leading sire Toronado has been withdrawn from covering duties for the remainder of the current breeding season after suffering a significant infection that has led to lameness. The Victorian farm said the decision followed advice from some of Australia’s leading veterinarians, who recommended a complete… Read More »
This Is Your Moment’ at 82nd Keeneland Yearlings

Yes, as Keeneland says ‘This is The Moment,’ and its Hip7 the Paynter full-brother to Knicks Go that’s on Day 1 of the 82nd Keeneland September Yearling Sale, 8 to 20 September. Stepping out early on Monday, the Paynter-Cosmo’s Buddy colt is full brother to 2021 US Horse of The… Read More »
Hayes stable weighing up options for Mr Brightside

The Lindsay Park stable of Ben, Will and J D Hayes are in a quandary as to the best way to get Mr Brightside to his Group 1 target of the spring. The King Charles III Stakes (1600m) at Randwick on October 18 has been earmarked for the nine-time winner at… Read More »
7/9/2025 Horse Racing Tips and Best Bets – Sha Tin, Chief Executive’s Cup day

The 2025/26 Hong Kong racing season kicks off this Sunday, headlined by the Class One Chief Executive’s Cup, with high class sprinter Ka Ying Rising kicking off his Everest campaign. Best Bookies 💰 👉 View the Best Betting Sites and Bookie Apps
Baraqiel scores emotional Moir Stakes victory

Injury prone galloper Baraqiel has put all his ailments behind him to become a Group 1 winner in a mad dash at Moonee Valley. The Leon and Troy Corstens and Will Larkin-trained sprinter burst through a narrow gap late in the race to take out the Moir Stakes (1000m) on Saturday…. Read More »
First stakes winner for revamped Godolphin

Bjorn Baker has delivered a milestone for the new-look Godolphin operation with Pericles providing the global powerhouse with its first Group win since moving to a public training model. Making his debut for the stable, Pericles ($9.50) burst between runners in the straight to comfortably take out Saturday’s Group 2 Tramway Stakes… Read More »
Moir Stakes 2025 – What the jockeys said

Read what each of the jockeys said about their mounts in the Group 1 Moir Stakes. Winning Jockey Ben Allen (Baraqiel) On what the horse means to him: “It’s unbelievable to get it for these owners and the Malua Racing team. What a story, what a horse. “The amount of… Read More »