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27/7/2022 Horse Racing Tips and Best Bets – Goodwood, Sussex Stakes day

Glorious Goodwood 2022 continues on Wednesday night, headlined by the Group l Sussex Stakes (1609m). swiftbet 💰 👉 Download the hottest new betting app
Sessions Road flies first-up at Sandown

Having done most of his racing in Melbourne, co-trainer Wayne Hawkes said a trip to Sydney earlier in the year had been the making of Sessions Road. A winner of four of his 10 starts prior to starting in the Ladbrokes Live Betting Handicap (1000m) at Sandown on Wednesday, Sessions… Read More »
Two on the trot for Michelotti

Having progressed from a maiden win at Ballarat to midweek success at Sandown, the next win the connection of Michelotti hope to knock over will be a Saturday win in town. Michelotti broke his maiden status for Robbie Griffiths and Mathew de Kock with a victory at Ballarat on July… Read More »
Fox hunting first stakes win

Take two of the Winter Challenge might look less appealing than the original, but that won’t stop trainer Joe Pride from giving Snippy Fox an opportunity to snare some valuable black type. The Listed race was part of the washed-out program at Randwick last Saturday and rather than lose the… Read More »
Mimi’s Award gets her chance at The Valley

It has been over 12 months since Mimi’s Award last tasted success but the Lindsay Park stable expect the mare to have the right conditions at The Valley. Mimi’s Award lost a race on protest at Flemington two starts ago after being first past the post, while a sit and sprint… Read More »
Should there be more Everest pathways?

Trainer John O’Shea would love to see more options for horses on The Everest trail. With confirmation this week that Lost And Running will again represent the TAB’s slot in this year’s The Everest, trainer John O’Shea has begun to plot his course towards the spring showpiece. And it has prompted the… Read More »
Lost And Running shortens for The Everest after gaining slot

TAB has selected exciting sprinter Lost And Running to represent its slot in the $15 million TAB Everest (1200m) at Randwick on October 15. It’s the second year in a row that the John O’Shea-trained galloper will represent TAB after the gelding turned in an eye catching fourth when he… Read More »
Group 1 winner ruled out of spring carnival

Outstanding five-year-old gelding Superstorm, a Group 1 winner of the Cantala Stakes (1600m) at Flemington last October, has been ruled out of the Melbourne spring carnival. Perth owner-breeder Bob Peters, who confirmed the news on Tabradio, said it was a disappointing outcome as Superstorm was displaying encouraging signs before his setback…. Read More »
Lost And Running secures slot in The Everest

Lost And Running has been announced as the TAB’s representative in The Everest. Another piece in The Everest jigsaw puzzle has been completed with TAB securing Lost And Running as its representative in this year’s $15 million race at Randwick. The five-year-old son of Per Incanto trained by John O’Shea at… Read More »
26/7/2022 Horse Racing Tips and Best Bets – Goodwood, Goodwood Cup day

Glorious Goodwood for 2022 kicks off on Tuesday night, headlined by the Group l Goodwood Cup (3200m), where all eyes will be on grand campaigner Stradviarius. swiftbet 💰 👉 Download the hottest new betting app
$1 million Vic Spring Carnival bonuses announced

Racing Victoria has announced a raft of $1 million bonuses to further enhance the Victorian Spring Racing Carnival. Tuesday’s announcement came on top of more than $26 million in prize money increases earlier in May that cover metropolitan and country races along with spring feature races. Five races across the… Read More »
Adelaide kick-off for Scorched Earth

Trainer John Moloney would like to add some more ‘Black Type’ to the CV of Scorched Earth before the end of her three-year-old campaign. Scorched Earth officially turns four on Monday and Moloney has his sights on the Listed Lightning Stakes (1050m) at Morphettville on Saturday, a race restricted to two… Read More »
Rebel Dane stars with first crop at Widden Stud

Rebel Dane walked through the front gate at Widden Stud ‘just five-minutes ago,’ and already he’s the Australian Champion Sire of 2YOs for this 2021-2022 season. With his juvenile filly Fireburn winning the $5m Longines Golden Slipper Stakes and $1m Inglis Sires’ Produce Stakes as his only season winner, he’s… Read More »
Aclaim at Aquis Farm in 2022

“This is a massive coup for Aquis and the Australian breeding industry,” said Aquis Director of Sales, Jonathan Davies, “with Aclaim being a proven Group 1 sire, with a massive upside.” “As he’s on a sharp upward trajectory to be one of the leading stallions in Britain, he’s already sire… Read More »
Zipping Boy to extend unbeaten Sandown run

A return to racing at Sandown is expected to prove beneficial for Zipping Boy in his second run back with original trainer Jerome Hunter. Zipping Boy runs in the Ladbrokes Live Betting Handicap (1000m) on Wednesday looking to maintain his unbeaten record at the track, and trip. As a three-year-old, Zipping… Read More »
Steve O’Dea ramps up quest for Victorian features

Steve O’Dea narrowly missed out on feature success with Scallopini at Caulfield last Saturday and Victorian racing fans should get used to seeing more of his team in Black Type sprints before winter ends. The Brisbane trainer, who operates in partnership with Matthew Hoysted, has two other horses he will… Read More »
Darwin Cup dream to turn to reality

Jockey Brad Rawiller is confident Living The Dream can deliver trainer Rob Gulberti a third Darwin Cup (2050m) in four years, following his win in the Metric Mile (1600m) on Saturday. Living The Dream enjoyed a cosy run behind race leader Starouz in the $50,000 event and was too classy over… Read More »
Matthew Brown patiently waiting his Turn

Matthew Brown is eager to give Prix De Turn one last shot at victory as a three-year-old but he is prepared to surrender this weekend’s last opportunity if Melbourne’s weather does not cooperate. The Turn Me Loose colt is entered for the $130,000 3YO Handicap (1600m) at The Valley this Saturday, which… Read More »
Victorian racing’s $4.7b benefit

An independent report has detailed the importance of Victoria’s racing industry, which generates almost $5 billion to the state economy. The Size and Scope Report, which was conducted on figures from 2018/19 and was released on Monday, highlights the role that thoroughbred, harness and greyhound racing have to the state…. Read More »
Newnham unveils Big spring ambitions

A glance at the cream of Australia’s sprinting ranks has buoyed Mark Newnham’s confidence that the best is still ahead for Group 1 placegetter Big Parade. The lightly raced five-year-old returned to the trainer’s Randwick base on Monday to begin preparations for the spring and a possible tilt at The… Read More »