Two late-season city wins in Adelaide and Melbourne has put Blue Tycoon into contention for the spring carnival racing. Blue Tycoon was well backed from $3.20 to $2.70 favourite for Saturday’s Phil Sly Memorial Plate (1100m) at Caulfield and didn’t let his supporters down as he raced to a three-quarters… Read More »
We take a look at the big bets the online bookmakers have taken on the weekends horse racing around the country with the big money being placed at Caulfield, Scone, Doomben and Morphettville.
Options remain open for Raw Impulse after he maintained his unbeaten Australian record with another easy win at Caulfield. Raw Impulse toyed with his opposition in winning the Racing Photos Handicap on Saturday, his third straight victory since joining leading trainer Darren Weir. Backed from $1.35 into $1.26, Raw Impulse… Read More »
Winx remains on top of the World’s Best Racehorse rankings after her Doncaster Mile win. The latest rankings, which include performances up until last Sunday, have Winx sharing top billing with Dubai World Cup winner California Chrome. Japanese star Maurice is one of four horses next in the rankings following… Read More »
Darren Weir is doing his best to keep a lid on emerging talent Raw Impulse. The exciting import lines up in the Racing Photos Handicap at Caulfield on Saturday and is the $1.40 favourite to keep his Australian winning run intact. Raw Talent scored at his Australian debut at Moonee… Read More »
The Chris Waller trained Delectation has been well backed to win the BTC Cup on Saturday. Delectation has firmed from $17 into $15 with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au. The four-year-old has received more money than stablemate and $4.00 favourite Japonisme. Waller’s other runner, Counterattack, is $10. Fell Swoop was well supported… Read More »
Trainer Tony Pike’s winter carnival is off to an impressive start with a midweek winner and he hopes stable stalwart Sacred Star can follow up with a Group One victory. The Pike-trained Sacred Elixir is headed to the Group Two BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes and Group One JJ Atkins Stakes… Read More »
The Magic Millions 2YO Classic form is expected to again stand up when minor placegetters Candika and Nikitas clash in the Champagne Classic at Doomben. Nikitas will be having his first start since finishing second to Capitalist in the Magic Millions while Candika, who was third in the Gold Coast… Read More »
Sportsbet.com.au punters are keen to splash their money out when it comes to the feature race across Australia on Friday, the Emirates Park Scone Cup (1600m), with several runners supported. Mighty Lucky ($6-$6.50-$5.50) has been well backed, as has his victor from the Hawkesbury Cup, Amovatio ($8-$6.50). We have three… Read More »
The winter carnival performances of veterans Charlie Boy and Dothraki could have a strong influence on whether the Snowden training team opens a Queensland stable. Peter and Paul Snowden have swept all before them since they formed a training partnership two years ago. They originally planned a five-year program with… Read More »
Having proved himself over 1400 metres in the Hawkesbury Guineas, Spill The Beans gets a crack at another rich race over the distance at Scone. The colt is the highest-rated of 15 entries taken for Saturday’s $400,000 Scone Guineas for horses nominated for the Inglis sales-related series. Gerald Ryan trains… Read More »
It’s taken Two Blue until her final racing season to claim a stakes victory and her trainer is now looking to send her out on a Group One high. Kristen Buchanan will give the seven-year-old her chance in the major sprints over the Brisbane winter carnival, starting with Saturday’s Group… Read More »
Handy three-year-old Charlevoix is poised to continue the strong run of favourites in the South Australian Derby. Six favourites have won the race in the last 10 years and Charlevoix heads betting at $4.20 with sportsbet.com.au. The Mick Kent trained three-year-old is also the best backed runner with the online… Read More »
Smart sprinter Fell Swoop is the best backed runner in Saturday’s BTC Cup at Doomben. Twice the bridesmaid at elite level, the Canberra sprinter is $4.40 with sportsbet.com.au. He is also the best backed runner with the online bookmaker. The Chris Waller trained Japonisme is second favourite at $5.50. Outsiders… Read More »
Leading Sydney jockeys Hugh Bowman and Tommy Berry have both had a successful weekend in Japan, riding three winners apiece. The two are riding on short-term contracts in Japan with Berry claiming two winners at Tokyo on Saturday to Bowman’s one, with Bowman taking two races the following day and… Read More »
Daniel Stackhouse is looking to maintain an unbeaten record on Cool Chap when they both chase a first Group One win in the South Australian Derby. Cool Chap heads to Adelaide for Saturday’s 2500m Classic for three-year-olds at Morphettville where he is expected to clash again with the Mick Kent-trained… Read More »
Since he beat Chautauqua in a Group One race in the spring, Delectation has seemingly lost his way. But trainer Chris Waller believes he has him back on track to prove his Darley Classic win was no fluke when he contests the Group One BTC Cup (1200m) on Saturday. Chautauqua’s… Read More »
Flamberge is set for a defence of the Group One Goodwood having been being freshened since his TJ Smith Stakes failure. Now with Matthew Ellerton and Simon Zahra, the former Peter Moody-trained sprinter has added the Oakleigh Plate and William Reid Stakes this season to his win in Adelaide’s feature… Read More »
Jockey Luke Nolen is battered and bruised but expected to make a full recovery from injuries suffered in a fall at Morphettville. Des O’Keeffe of the Australian Jockeys Association says Nolen has fractures to his left collar bone, shoulder blade and ribs and some bleeding in his spleen and liver…. Read More »
The Stradbroke Handicap dream is alive for trainer Gary Moore after Takedown won the Gold Coast Guineas. Takedown, the $2.80 favourite, led most of the way to hold off the fast-finishing Sold For Song ($18) to win by a neck with Always Sacred ($17) 2-1/4 lengths away third. Moore said… Read More »
