A second-up disappointment in the spring is playing on the mind of trainer John O’Shea ahead of Contributer’s quest for a Group One Chipping Norton Stakes win. Contributer made a winning Australian debut with a black-type success during the Caulfield Cup carnival but couldn’t replicate that performance when midfield in… Read More »
Champion trainer Chris Waller will saddle more than half the field in the Chipping Norton Stakes but is an outsider to win the race. BONUS BET: Get a $501 BONUS BET on the Chipping Norton Stakes via this link at Sportsbet.com.au! Online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au is offering $3.20 for any of Waller’s eight runners… Read More »
Imported stallion Contributer has opened a short priced favourite for Saturday’s Chipping Norton Stakes at Warwick Farm. BONUS BET: Sign-up at Sportsbet.com.au via this link for a $501 BONUS BET! Online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au has posted Contributer at the head of betting on $2.50. The only other runner under double figures for the Warwick Farm Group… Read More »
Contributor opened as the short priced favourite for Saturday’s G1 Chipping Norton Stakes after an impressive first up win but it is a double figure change that the early money has been on. Ninth Legion opened at $12 with Sportsbet.com.au before punters stepped in and backed the Team Hawkes trained… Read More »
Only 22 horses remain in contention for the $1 million Newmarket Handicap but the world’s three highest ranked sprinters are among them. First acceptances were taken on Tuesday for the Newmarket Handicap and Australian Cup, to be run at Flemington on March 14, and the Australian Guineas run a week… Read More »
Pride Of Dubai’s favourable draw today has seen him firm from $6.00 into $5.50 with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au to win the Blue Diamond Stakes, but Fontiton still remains the one to beat. BONUS BET: Sign-up at Sportsbet.com.au via this link for a $501 BONUS BET! Fontiton has held steady at $2.50 after drawing… Read More »
Unbeaten colt Of The Brave has been singled out by punters as the only danger to Fontiton in Saturday’s Blue Diamond Stakes. BLUE DIAMOND OFFER: Sign-up at Sportsbet.com.au via this link for a $501 BONUS BET! Fontiton ($2.50) dominates online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au’s market for the Caulfield Group 1. However, there has been a good… Read More »
Fans at the Launceston Cup meeting will get the chance to see Tasmania’s best thoroughbred The Cleaner before he heads back to the mainland. Following Wednesday’s race The Cleaner goes to Melbourne for the Australian Cup (2000m) at Flemington on March 14 after which trainer Mick Burles will make a… Read More »
Popular stayer Puissance De Lune has run his last race. Trainer Darren Weir confirmed the multiple Group One placegetter had been retired after another racing campaign was aborted. “He’s retired now, he’s going to stud,” Weir said. “He just had a little joint problem so we just decided to stop…. Read More »
Today’s Lightning Stakes was a cracking race with Lankan Rupee super impressive in winning with the disppointment coming in the way of boom horse Deep Field who weakened late to finish third. Joseph Pride didn’t have a runner in the race but he certainly made a big statement after it…. Read More »
The Lightning Stakes was billed as a match race but in the end it turned into a one-horse affair as Lankan Rupee claimed a fifth Group One win at Flemington on Saturday. Lankan Rupee was sent to the post a drifting $2.60 second choice with the unbeaten Deep Field a… Read More »
A determined Hallowed Crown has come out on top in a race that could set the tone for the rest of the autumn. Saturday’s Group Two Hobartville Stakes (1400m) at Rosehill boasted four Group One winners including the Bart and James Cummings-trained Hallowed Crown. The colt was having his first… Read More »
Lankan Rupee has confirmed his place as one of the world’s best sprinters with a powerful first-up win in the Group One Lightning Stakes at Flemington. Posting one of his best victories in an already celebrated career, Lankan Rupee made a one-act affair of a race which is the opening… Read More »
Peter Moody has trained a 27,000-1 treble in consecutive Flemington races, capped off with Sweet And Speedy’s victory in the Group Three Vanity. Moody’s winning spree on Saturday started with Pasadena Girl ($61) before Sir John Hawkwood ($26) claimed his first Australian win. Sweet And Speedy ($17) completed the treble… Read More »
Country life agrees with Just A Girl who has kept a perfect record for her new trainer intact with victory at Rosehill. Previously with Scott Aspery and then Chris Waller, the mare was transferred to Luke Griffith at Scone late last year. She won over a 1050m at Doomben two… Read More »
Pasadena Girl has upset her more fancied rivals in the Talindert Stakes but trainer Peter Moody wasn’t shocked by the rank outsider’s Listed win. The daughter of Savabeel was sent out as a $61 chance in Saturday’s 1100-metre race for two-year-olds at Flemington but after tracking the leader Take Pride,… Read More »
We take a look at the big bets the online bookmakers have taken on the weekends horse racing around the country with most of the big money coming for runners at Flemington and Rosehill.
She’s unbeaten in four runs, and Sportsbet.com.au punters believe Wawail will make it a quintet of wins in The Vanity (1400m) this Saturday at Flemington, clearly being the best backed runner in the race, perhaps even the entire nine race card. She was a very impressive winner first up at this track a few weeks… Read More »
The best Godolphin rides in Sydney will be kept open for James McDonald despite two overseas jockeys contracted to the international stable being confirmed for autumn carnival mounts. English jockey James Doyle will arrive from Dubai next week to ride at the Chipping Norton Stakes meeting while his British colleague… Read More »
Caufield Guineas winner, Shooting To Win has opened the $4.40 favourite with Sportsbet for the Group Two Hobartville Stakes at Rosehill this weekend but the market far from stops there. BONUS BET: Sign-up at Sportsbet.com.au via this link for a $501 BONUS BET! The Golden Rose winner, Hallowed Crown is second in… Read More »
