featured 2026 Field, Odds, Results, Tips

18/11/2017 Horse Racing Tips and Best Bets – Rosehill

Nine races will be run and won at Rosehill this Saturday. The weather is overcast, the track is good (3) and the rail is out six metres for the entire circuit.
Barrier attendant stood down over horse punch

A barrier attendant who appeared to strike a racehorse in Tasmania has been stood down pending a stewards’ inquiry. Video on social media appears to show the handler punching horse Century Arrow near barriers before race one at Launceston on Wednesday night. The attendant, employed by Tasracing, wasn’t allowed to… Read More »
Lucky Hussler after another Sandown win

Another trip to the Gold Coast for a rich Magic Millions race is on the radar for Lucky Hussler after the gelding tries to finish his spring campaign with a second feature win on Zipping Classic day at Sandown. Lucky Hussler won the 2016 Group Three Kevin Heffernan Stakes (1300m)… Read More »
Vic court upholds cobalt innocence ruling

Racing Victoria has lost a bid to resurrect charges against trainers Danny O’Brien and Mark Kavanagh after the state’s highest court upheld a ruling that cleared them of administering cobalt. Racing Victoria took the long-running case to the Court of Appeal, after the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal overturned O’Brien… Read More »
Whypeeo on trial for Magic Millions campaign

Trainer Toby Edmonds is confident he has made the right decision in not trialling promising Whypeeo before the gelding’s comeback run at Doomben Whypeeo confirmed he is one of the best three-year-olds in Queensland by beating quality fields at his two runs before a break. A son of top sire… Read More »
O’Brien, Kavanagh found not guilty of hefty cobalt charges

The Court Of Appeal this morning has found trainers Danny O’Brien and Mark Kavanagh not guilty for the administration of cobalt which incurs hefty charges. Racing Victoria took the long-running case to the Court of Appeal, after the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal overturned O’Brien and Kavanagh’s respective four- and… Read More »
Punters happy to forgive costly Almandin

Unplaced in the Melbourne Cup, Almandin is poised to bounce back in Saturday’s Zipping Classic at Sandown. Almandin is the best supported runner with online bookmaker sportsbet in the Classic. He has firmed slightly from $2.60 into $2.50 and heads Big Duke ($3.40), who was fourth in the Melbourne Cup. Almandin’s stablemate The Taj Mahal… Read More »
Big Duke on target for Zipping Classic

The Darren Weir-trained Big Duke will be one of two stayers in the Zipping Classic out to add their name to recent horses who have won the weight-for-age race after contesting the Melbourne Cup. Big Duke finished fourth in last week’s $6 million Melbourne Cup over 3200m at Flemington and… Read More »
Robert Hickmott set to leave Macedon Lodge

Two time Melbourne Cup winning trainer Robert Hickmott is set to leave Lloyd Williams’ owned Macedon Lodge after Saturday’s Zipping Classic. Robert Hickmott has been in charge of Macedon Lodge since he took over from John Sadler in 2009 in which he has trained two Melbourne Cup winners for owner… Read More »
Man charged over assault on QRIC stewards

Police have charged a man after an alleged assault on two Queensland Racing Integrity Commission stewards on Tuesday. The alleged assault was during an inspection by the officers, who are in an integrity unit which is separate from raceday stewards, as they were conducting a stables inspection at a Southbrook… Read More »
Almandin favourite to win Zipping Classic

Last year’s Melbourne Cup winner Almandin is the early favourite to give prominent owner Lloyd Williams another win in the race named for his former star galloper Zipping. A field of eight was declared for Saturday’s Group Two Zipping Classic (2400m) on Wednesday, with Almandin one of three horses in… Read More »
Boom Time settles into Japan ahead of Cup

Caulfield Cup winner Boom Time is settling in well ahead of his start in the Japan Cup. Boom Time, who is owned by his co-trainer David Hayes, earned an invitation to contest Sunday week’s Japan Cup (2400m) after winning the $3 million Caulfield Cup over the same distance last month…. Read More »
Fanatic on target for Listed Sandown Cup

Fresh from her first Australian win during the Melbourne Cup carnival, New Zealand Group One winner Fanatic will be chasing more success in the Listed Sandown Cup. Fanatic sprinted well at the end of 2800m to win on the undercard to the Melbourne Cup at Flemington and steps up to… Read More »
Everest defence a priority for Redzel

An overseas campaign for Redzel has been all but ruled out to give Australia’s premier sprinter every chance of winning the Everest for a second time. Redzel confirmed his ascension to the top of Australia’s sprinting ranks with a clear-cut win in the Darley Classic at Flemington on Saturday. The… Read More »
Salsonic zeroes in on Villiers Stakes

Jason Coyle believes Salsonic is tracking nicely for the Villiers Stakes as he employs the same strategy that culminated in gelding’s black-type success during the Brisbane carnival. Salsonic nailed his target in Brisbane in June when he claimed the Group Two Queensland Guineas at Doomben at the fourth start of… Read More »
Black Heart Bart heads Railway Stakes weights

Black Heart Bart is the topweight for the Group One Railway Stakes in Perth with 59kg, half a kilo more than Godolphin’s Doncaster Mile winner It’s Somewhat. The 1600m-race at Ascot on Saturday week is the first of the Group One races at the West Australian summer carnival. Formerly trained… Read More »
Gingernuts injury diagnosis confirmed

Star New Zealander Gingernuts has had four screws put in his near fore leg to repair a fractured pastern suffered on the way to the barrier for the Group One Emirates Stakes. The four-year-old, winner of the NZ Derby and Rosehill Guineas in the autumn, was the favourite for Saturday’s… Read More »
Ball Of Muscle to miss Perth carnival

Trainer Joe Pride has decided not to extend Ball Of Muscle’s campaign to the Perth summer carnival with the last-start Flemington winner off to the spelling paddock. Ball Of Muscle won the Listed Absolut Stakes (1000m) last Thursday at the Oaks meeting while his half brother Terravista did his Warwick… Read More »
Sandown staying numbers in short supply

Two major staying races at Sandown are set to have less than capacity fields with nominations extended. Entries for the Zipping Classic (2400m) at weight-for-age on Saturday and the 3200m-Sandown Cup will remain open until 10am on Tuesday. Only nine horses have been nominated for the Zipping Classic with 14… Read More »
Board support for RV stewards

Six-time Melbourne Cup-winning owner Lloyd Williams is a proud Melburnian and Victorian but says he would like to see a couple of Sydneysiders run racing. Williams says Racing NSW chief executive Peter V’Landys and its recently retired chairman John Messara were ideal candidates to run racing in Victoria after the… Read More »