Sportsbet.com.au punters have come for one at big odds to win the Doomben 10,000 (1350m) today, with the runner shortening from massive odds of $34 into $13. Hooked, who resumes for John Thompson off the back of a couple of strong trials, opened $34 to win the feature but has been heavily backed at… Read More »
Kamacite has posted a hat-trick of wins in giving champion jockey Zac Purton the perfect homecoming in the Queensland Day Stakes at Doomben. Kamacite was heavily backed from $16 into $9 and led to ward off a late challenge from Mogador, the $3.40 favourite, to win by a short half-head…. Read More »
James Cummings has already trained a two-year-old Group One winner this season and is eyeing another with Skylight Glow. Prized Icon gave Cummings his first Group One trophy in his own right since the death of his grandfather Bart last year when he took out the Champagne Stakes. Skylight Glow… 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 Doomben, Sandown and Randwick.
Racing Victoria today announced an updated policy for wagering operators in Victoria with one of the major points being that a minimum bet limit will be introduced as soon as practically possible. A minimum bet limit will mean bookmakers will have to accept bets up to this amount without knocking back… Read More »
Sydney sprinter Dothraki is on the cusp of joining a select group of racehorses to win more than $1 million in stakes without claiming a Group One race. Dothraki has won $977,060 prize money and needs only to run in the first four in the Group One Doomben 10,000 to… Read More »
Chris Waller is an Australian racing success story but he hasn’t forgotten where he came from. As a young New Zealand trainer with ambitions to train in Sydney, Waller tested the waters in 1998 with Party Belle, a mare he thought might be able to win a provincial race and… Read More »
The relief package Victorian dairy farmer Peter Chow is counting on comes with four legs, a tail, a long face and answers to the name of Lord Tennyson. But there is nothing poetic about how Chow has to rely on a racehorse for an income as he and fellow dairy… Read More »
The 1350m of the Doomben 10,000 could help Delectation bounce back to winning form. Delectation is solid in betting with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au for Saturday’s Group 1. The Chris Waller trained four-year-old has firmed from $7.00 into $6.50, to be on the third line behind $2.70 favourite Azkadellia. Fell Swoop… Read More »
Azkadellia remains the dominant favourite for the Doomben 10,000 despite drawing the outside barrier in the 10-horse field. The Ciaron Maher-trained mare is at $2.80 to add Saturday’s Group One sprint (1350m) to her Queen Of The Turf Stakes win last month. Delectation, Dothraki, Fell Swoop and Music Magnate are… Read More »
Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michelle Payne is set to miss the rest of the season, including international rides, as she recovers from surgery. Payne will remain in a Melbourne hospital for at least the next week after surgery to her abdomen, which followed a race fall at Mildura on Monday. It… Read More »
Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michelle Payne’s dream of riding at Royal Ascot is over while she recovers from surgery. Payne will not ride again for a number of weeks after undergoing surgery to her abdomen following a race fall. The 30-year-old had been eyeing the international stage after creating history when… Read More »
Black Heart Bart looms as the biggest challenger to Azkadellia in the Stradbroke Handicap with his Group One breakthrough in Adelaide. The former West Australian, now trained by Darren Weir in Victoria, claimed Saturday’s Goodwood after running fourth last year. He is now at $5.50 behind Azkadellia who is at… Read More »
Gary Portelli has a couple of Group One performers in his Warwick Farm stable but it is the unassuming Straturbo who is flying the flag. The trainer’s two runners at Rosehill on Saturday – Golden Rose placegetter Sebring Sun and Seeking Asylum – both finished out of the money. But… Read More »
Oaks hopeful Tavi Bay has arrived in Queensland and her trainer believes the filly is still on an upward spiral heading towards her Group One target. Tavi Bay was flown from Melbourne on Thursday night to prepare for Saturday week’s Group One Queensland Oaks after booking her trip with a… Read More »
Another overseas trip is in the wind for Chautauqua with Japan and Hong Kong heading the list. The gelding lived up to his ranking as the world’s highest-rated sprinter with his recent Group One win in Hong Kong opening up options. Chautauqua’s part-owner Rupert Legh will meet with senior trainer… Read More »
Chris Waller’s high opinion of Counterattack was vindicated when the colt booked a Stradbroke Handicap start after his win in the Fred Best Classic at Doomben. Waller has stated publicly he believes Counterattack is a Group One winner in the making and gets his chance to test that theory in… Read More »
Lee and Anthony Freedman have trained their second Brisbane Group One winner in the space of seven days with Our Ivanhowe claiming the Doomben Cup. Giving the Freedman stable its fifth win in the 2000m weight-for-age race, Our Ivanhowe came with a late run for jockey Kerrin McEvoy to post… Read More »
Former trainer of Rain Affer ‘Joe Pride’ has taken to social media to plead to owners to retire the galloper after a long run of disappointing finishes. Rain Affair who has amassed over $1.5million for his owners is now trained by Daniel Bowman in Warrnambool and has gone ten runs… Read More »
Kebede is poised to be trainer Matthew Dunn’s first Queensland Oaks runner after her win in The Roses at Doomben. Dunn’s long-term plan to target the Oaks with Kebede is nearly complete after the filly scored by a half neck from the $101 rank outsider Sebring Sally on Saturday. “She’s… Read More »
