9/11/2023 Horse Racing Tips and Best Bets – Taupo

NZ racing on Thursday heads to Taupo. The weather is fine, the track is soft (6) and the rail is out 2.5 metres for the entire circuit. Race One: 1 State Of Fear Race Two: 6 Mister Meaner Race Three: 1 Merlotti Race Four: 5 The Exponent Race Five: 1… Read More...

9/11/2023 Horse Racing Tips and Best Bets – Northam

Northam is where WA racing heads to this Thursday. The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and the rail is out four metres for the entire circuit. Race One: 5 Morticia Race Two: 1 Romantic Ruler Race Three: 2 Hezangelic Race Four: 2 Esprit Garcon Race Five:...

9/11/2023 Horse Racing Tips and Best Bets – Gawler

Eight races have been set down for Gawler this Thursday. The weather is fine, the track is good (4) and the rail is out four metres from the 800m-400m; True for the remainder. Race One: 5 Jewel De Lune Race Two: 11 Tropopause Race Three: 1 Astromancer Race Four:...

9/11/2023 Horse Racing Tips and Best Bets – Ipswich

This Thursday will see seven races set down for Ipswich. The weather is fine, the track is soft (5) and the rail is out two metres for the entire circuit. Race One: 4 Redente Choice Race Two: 10 Szabo Race Three: 4 More Trouble Race Four: 1 Mister Hemsworth...

Jojo Was A Man chasing Ladies Day feature

John Thompson is looking for sharp improvement from Jojo Was A Man in the Listed Ladies Day Cup at Hawkesbury as the tough gelding takes the next step towards his major campaign goals. The six-year-old finished down the track in an unsuitable Sydney Stakes (1200m)...

Ethel to relish VRC Kennedy Oaks trip

Ethel Maude may not have the sexy form lines of some of the other fillies engaged in the Group 1 VRC Oaks at Flemington, but her trainers are confident of one thing, she will stay the 2500m trip. Pat Carey and Harris Walker will saddle Ether Maude in the Group 1...

Country colt set for Golden Gift

Matt Dunn is the first to admit that throwing an unraced country-trained youngster into a $1 million race at its first start is a little audacious. But based on what he has seen from Climactic at home, combined with the feedback from his regular trackworker rider,...

How a missed flight delivered a Melbourne Cup win

In the sixteen hours since Without A Fight saluted in the Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m), co-trainer Sam Freedman was yet to have a moment to himself to reflect fully on the achievement. Accepting that chaos of the good kind follows winning Australia’s most famous...

Palmetto a Diamond in the rough

Five Diamonds contender Palmetto is yet to win beyond 1600 metres, but trainer John Sargent has no qualms about him extending to 1800 metres in the $2 million showpiece. The tough gelding booked his spot in Saturday’s race with a fighting victory in the Prelude...