Beating The Odds: $6.50 best bet at Bendigo
Form expert Tony Thomas believes there is a good value to be found at Bendigo on Wednesday, including a $6.50 best bet.
Form expert Tony Thomas believes there is a good value to be found at Bendigo on Wednesday, including a $6.50 best bet.
King Charles III won’t have a Melbourne Cup runner after his charge Desert Hero was ruled out while 67 runners remain in the Caulfield Cup after Tuesday’s first acceptances.
Exclusive use of The Valley track for a gallop has ensured top Kiwi mare Imperatriz is ready to chase a fourth Group 1 win of the year in Friday night’s Moir Stakes.
In The Armchair Punter’s winners and losers this week, Joao Moreira clearly stands atop of the podium.
King Of Fighters was most unlucky not to break through for a win at Flemington but trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr will give the colt the chance to atone in the Stutt Stakes at Sandown.
Uncommon James is already a Group 1 winner in Melbourne but the Queensland sprinter might face a tougher test against a Kiwi star in Friday night’s Group 1 Moir Stakes at The Valley.
Gold Bullion and Harlow Mist booked their tickets to the Group 1 Victoria Derby and VRC Oaks with wins at Flemington on Sunday.
Jockey John Allen, who boasts a career 18 per cent winning strike rate at Warrnambool, has a solid book of rides on Monday.
Alligator Blood and Mr Brightside were among the stars of an inaugural Flemington training centre open day on Sunday.
Rare Sunday metro meeting at Flemington following on from Saturday’s Group 1 Underwood meeting at Caulfield.
The class of Damien Oliver was to the fore as he notched his first Group 1 since announcing his retirement with Alligator Blood in the Underwood Stakes.
Disappointment has turned to elation when Uncle Bryn made up for his defeat in last year’s Foundation Cup at Caulfield with a superb win in this year’s edition on Saturday.
Steparty delivered in his audition for the Caulfield Guineas after snatching victory in the Prelude in a thrilling four-way finish.
Here’s everything you need to back a few winners on a huge Saturday of Group 1 racing around the country, headlined by the Underwood Stakes and Golden Rose.
Who rides Steparty next start matters not to jockey John Allen, whose focus remains solely on winning the Caulfield Guineas Prelude on Saturday.
Damien Oliver is bullish about Alligator Blood’s prospects in the Underwood Stakes but is keeping his tactical options open.
Damien Oliver has one last chance to win a record-equalling fourth Melbourne Cup as a jockey before he retires but says his options are limited.
A hefty impost shouldn’t stop First Immortal winning while a $21 chance represents great each-way value in Saturday’s Group 1 Underwood Stakes at Caulfield.
Caulfield Cup contender Without A Fight is fresh and firing ahead of a first-up assignment in the Group 1 Underwood Stakes.
Melbourne Cup weights are out and reigning champion Gold Trip will need to overcome a 48-year hoodoo in his bid for back-to-back wins.
Mr Brightside continued on his winning way and Melbourne punters got their first glimpse of WA star Amelia’s Jewel but there were many other spring pointers at Saturday’s Makybe Diva Stakes meeting at Flemington.
Mr Brightside produced a devastating performance in the Makybe Diva Stakes to prove why he is the best miler in the country.
Damian Lane produced a brilliant ride from a wide gate as superstar WA mare Amelia’s Jewel won the Let’s Elope Stakes in style.
Superstar hoop James McDonald says he feels for Craig Williams after landing the ride on Giga Kick in The Everest.
Here is everything you need to back a few winners on a huge Group 1 day of racing at Flemington and Randwick.
Tears welled in the retiring champion jockey’s eyes as he reflected on the death of his brother and father in race falls.
Top Victorian trainer Danny O’Brien has an excellent strike rate when he makes the trip to South Australia.
A breakthrough win at Sale could be the catalyst for improvement for a former Kiwi mare from the Hayes stable at Donald on Tuesday.
Trainers Peter Moody and Annabel Neasham have both been fined over separate positive swabs involving two of their horses.
A fitter Mr Brightside will be ready to take on established Group 1 stars Alligator Blood and I Wish I Win in Saturday’s Group 1 Memsie Stakes at Caulfield.
Forgot You’s eye-catching return to racing in the Group 2 PB Lawrence Stakes has convinced trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young to have a crack at a Cox Plate qualifier instead of Saturday’s Group 1 Memsie Stakes.
Mick Price has drawn inspiration from his former star I’m Thunderstruck with potentially ambitious placement of Amenable in Saturday’s Group 1 Memsie Stakes at Caulfield.
The Carlyon Stakes was the highlight of the day at Moonee Valley and it was a one-act affair with the brilliant WA galloper Acromantula burning off his opposition.
Craig Williams was told to enjoy the ride on Acromantula by suspended hoop Damian Lane and the WA sprinter didn’t disappoint with an emphatic win in the Carlyon Stakes.
World class sprinter Imperatriz will fly the flag for Te Akau’s new Cranbourne base when she lands on Monday night.
Champion jockey Frankie Dettori has a potential Melbourne Cup ride in the bag after winning the Ebor Handicap on Absurde, as Irish trainer Willie Mullins strengthens hand in ‘the race that stops a nation’.
The jumpers take centre stage at Ballarat where a $23 chance could upset an odds-on favourite while punters should stick around the fancied runners at Moe on Sunday.
Here’s everything you need to find a few winners on Saturday where racing is headlined by meetings at Rosehill and The Valley.
The more frequent flyer miles New Zealand trainer Andrew Forsman accumulates the better a spring it should be for the astute Kiwi horseman.
Snapper’s speed and affinity for The Valley could be the difference in Saturday’s Listed Carlyon Stakes despite a potential vulnerability at 1000m.
A Godolphin filly can atone for an unlucky first-up run in Sydney while a Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained three-year-old can produce another shock at The Valley on Saturday.
Trainer Ciaron Maher has held off Bella Nipotina’s return for the spring but it won’t be against sprint star Giga Kick.
Racing Victoria chief steward Rob Montgomery says ideas such as jockeys giving television broadcasts last-minute thoughts on the way to the barriers could become a reality.
The last Ballarat Synthetic meeting of the year could produce a profit for punters with a John Price-trained mare capable of rolling a hot favourite on Tuesday.
Jockey Sonja Logan has been to hell and back after being the victim of a savage bashing, but had the best day of her life on Saturday when she was married.
Race fitness cost Ashford Street a boilover win at The Valley last start but the Warrnambool sprinter will take extra fitness to track for another shot at an upset in the Listed Carlyon Stakes.
Giga Kick has shown he’s ready to rumble for a huge spring defence of his Everest title with an impressive jump out win at Cranbourne on Monday.
Good horses come out of West Australia every year and trainer Simon Miller says his mare is the best from there since two-time Cox Plate winner Northerly dominated the east coast.
Star jockey Jamie Kah has posted her first winner back from an injury enforced lay-off at Sunday’s Cranbourne meeting.
Punters can rely on the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable to start their week with a win at Monday’s Bairnsdale meeting.
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