4/1/2012 Tips & Best Bets – Canterbury
A strong book of rides will see leading hoop Nash Rawiller prove hard to beat in the jockey challenge at Canterbury on Wednesday. The meeting also sees the return to Sydney of Blake Shinn.
A strong book of rides will see leading hoop Nash Rawiller prove hard to beat in the jockey challenge at Canterbury on Wednesday. The meeting also sees the return to Sydney of Blake Shinn.
Most punters focusing on Doomben this Wednesday will have their eyes and money on State Of Wealth, who will run in the last event. His lone campaign ended with a fifth in the Stan Fox Stakes at Rosehill behind Manawanui and although he won’t be fully wound up for this,… Read More »
Victorian racing on Tuesday takes place at Wangaratta with an excellent eight race card being assembled. The temperature is expected to hit well over 35 degrees so don’t be surprised to see a few horses struggle in the heat.
Tuesday sees racing in New South Wales head to Taree for Old Bar Cup day. The $12,000 Benchmark 70 event has attracted a small but select field with Taree Cup winner Island Dane and last start Wyong placegetter Gypsy Ruler looking the most likely to take the prize.
The time honoured New Year’s meeting at Flemington takes place on Monday with the seven race card highlighted by the two the feature events, the $150,000 Listed Bagot Handicap (2800m) and the $200,000 Group Three Standish Handicap (1200m).
The New Year’s program in Sydney heads to Warwick Farm on Monday where we see the return of exciting sprinter Rain Affair in the $100,000 Listed Carrington Stakes (1100m). If he is going to be contesting Group One sprints in the Autumn, he should be beating this field, which does… Read More »
Monday will see the running of the $100,000 Listed Goldmarket Handicap (1300m) at the Gold Coast. The race is always a good guide for the Magic Millions Cup for the sprinters on the Gold Coast’s big day of racing on January 14.
The Thornton Family Peter Blank Sprint (1125m) is the draw card on the seven event meeting at Terang on Sunday with a cracking field assembled, with Royal Ida the top weight.
A strong program of thoroughbred action will hit the Mid North Coast of New South Wales on Sunday at Port Macquarie. The weather is fine, the track will be good3/dead4 and the rail is out two metres for the entire circuit. Expect the combination of Darren Smith and Alison Threadwell… Read More »
The track at Mornington looked in fabulous order on Tuesday for Lord Stakes Day and here’s hoping the track has held up well enough when racing heads there again on Sunday.
The best racing on New Year’s Day in Australasia takes place at Ellerslie in New Zealand with the $200,000 Group One Railway Stakes (1200m) the headline act with Australian sprinter Atomic Force the topweight in a somewhat weak edition of this time honoured race.
What better way to celebrate New Year’s Eve than a night out at the home where legends are made, Moonee Valley. An excellent eight race program has been put together. The weather is fine, the track is good and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit.
Chris Waller again looks set to dominate the meeting on his home track at Rosehill on Saturday. Punters looking to start the day on top should load up on Single, who oozed class when winning first up.
The shape up of the market for the $2 Million Magic Millions Classic for the juveniles will be made a lot clearer after the running of the $150,000 Listed B J McLachlan Stakes (1200m) on Saturday at Doomben where five of the top eight horses in the betting for the… Read More »
Saturday is Perth Cup Day at Ascot. The $400,000 Group Two feature event has attracted a field of 20 (four emergencies) with Kincaple being heavily backed to win thanks to his great cup trial in the Cox Stakes.
Yet again, the numbers in the first couple of races at the Saturday meeting at Morphettville is very poor. The weather is fine, the track is good and the rail is out 11m from the 1200m- Winning Post; Out 8m for the remainder.
Twilight racing takes place at Cranbourne on Friday. The weather is fine, the track is good and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit.
The combination of Donna Greisdale and Jon Greisdale could well be the combination to follow early on in the day when racing heads to Canberra on Friday for a strong eight event program. In the opening race they have Frankenbeans, who ran a solid fourth at the metropolitan meeting at… Read More »
The Stony Creek Race Club have their family race day on Friday. The eight race program will be run and won under perfect skies, the track is good and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit.
The New South Wales meeting on Friday shifts to the Mid North Coast and Coffs Harbour where the track will play host to an excellent eight race card.