Sale Wednesday tips: $16 value bet
Form expert Brad Waters analyses Wednesday’s Sale meeting, presenting his best bets, value selection and jockey to follow.
Horse Racing
J-Mac ready to resume premiership surge at Kensington
He hasn’t ridden in Sydney since early this month but champion jockey James McDonald will be back with a bang at Wednesday’s Randwick-Kensington meeting.
Randwick-Kensington tips, inside mail: $8.50 value bet
Form expert Ray Thomas analyses Wednesday’s seven-race card on Randwick’s Kensington track, presenting his best bets and quaddie picks.
Trainer keen to solve mystery of stallion after buying son for $10k
Albury trainer Rob Wellington is eager to find out what happened to stallion Aylmerton as he prepares his son Drumcondra for his debut this weekend.
Gollan marching towards another training milestone
Trainer Tony Gollan is on the verge of achieving a major milestone, and also has a golden chance to win his first Group 1 Tatt’s Tiara on Saturday.
‘Big boy now’: Unbeaten youngster targets return early in new season
Spring prospect McGaw’s popularity with Hong Kong buyers will only increase if the young sprinter lives up to expectations during his spring three-year-old campaign.
‘Missiles coming from all directions’: Top racecaller caught up in Qatar chaos
Sydney’s premier racecaller Darren Flindell has been caught up in the escalating conflict in the Middle East, capturing vision of missiles being fired towards a military base in Qatar.
‘I won’t be going anywhere’: Herbertson focuses on Inter Dominion
After notching wins in the US and Sweden during a five-week holidays, Australia’s premier driver James Herbertson has turned his attention to this year’s Inter Dominion series at Albion Park.
‘He should be dead, this horse’: Dandruff brushes off the doubters
Dandruff isn’t an equine superstar but the Tony Lake-trained galloper showed amazing guts and determination to live, let alone ticking off a significant milestone in his career at Wagga on Sunday.
Bound for glory … if barrier gods are kind
She hasn’t drawn a single-figure gate in the past 12 months, so it’s no wonder that trainer Rob Heathcote is praying Abounding has a change of luck in the barrier draw for Saturday’s Group 1 Tatt’s Tiara.
Black Caviar and Winx: Two Legends that can’t be split
They were both freakish champions and trying to determine who is the best is the subject of robust debate. But what can’t be denied is Black Caviar and Winx both deserve join Carbine, Phar Lap and Makybe Diva as Legends in the Australian Racing Hall of Fame.
Ballarat Synthetic Tuesday tips: $11 value bet
Form expert Brad Waters analyses Tuesday’s Ballarat Synthetic meeting, presenting his best bets, value selection and jockey to follow.
Wyong, Port Macquarie Tuesday tips: $2.90 best bet
Form analyst Shayne O’Cass provides his best bets and race-by-race analysis for Wyong on Tuesday, as well as his tips for Port Macquarie.
Wyong, Port Macquarie previews: Quinton’s winter hot streak to continue
Hall of Famer Ron Quinton’s incredible flow of winners in recent times can keep trickling in when two of his string head to the Central Coast on Tuesday.
Dream come true, literally, for longshot Cup winner’s owner
Flash Aah’s part-owner Pat Fulton was working in her Darwin jewellery store last Friday when she succumbed to a nagging feeling that she needed to board a flight to Queensland to watch the veteran gelding contest the $250,000 Ipswich Cup.
Yulong chases quick return on Grinzinger Belle investment
After going to $1.45 million to buy Grinzinger Belle last month, Chinese billionaire Yuesheng Zhang is aiming to cash in with a priceless Group 1 win in the Tattersalls Tiara at Eagle Farm on Saturday.
‘Manifestly excessive’: Rider appeals 18-month ban for striking horse
Rockhampton trackwork rider Chris Wearne has appealed the decision to ban him from holding a licence for 18 months for striking a horse, with his lawyer arguing the penalty is “manifestly excessive”.
Philia’s Golden opportunity tempts Vandyke
Trainer David Vandyke says a tilt at the $10m Golden Eagle in Sydney this spring is a possibility for classy filly Philia, with feature races in Melbourne also being considered.
Gilbert Gardiner’s horses to follow from Flemington on Saturday
Form expert Gilbert Gardiner analyses Saturday’s Flemington Community Race Day, revealing his horses to follow as well as five to forgive.
Mitch Cohen’s Blackbook: Five to follow from Civic Stakes day
A chequered passage in the straight had his backers howling, but racing expert Mitch Cohen thinks they’ll benefit from following a lightly-raced gelding from the Robert Agnew yard.
Pakenham Synthetic Monday tips: $9 value bet
Form analyst Gilbert Gardiner presents his best bets, value selection and jockey to follow for Monday’s eight-race card on the synthetic track at Pakenham.
Scone, Narromine Monday tips: $8 value bet
Form analyst Shayne O’Cass provides his best bets and race-by-race analysis for Scone and Narromine on Monday.
Narromine, Scone previews: ‘I know he’s my kid but he’s just a freak, really’
Proud mum and racehorse trainer Jane Clement will be at Narromine on Monday as her son, star jockey Braith Nock, heads to Scone chasing a century of winners this season.
Mullins strengthens Melbourne Cup hand with Royal Ascot winner Sober
Irish master trainer Willie Mullins has bolstered a potential Melbourne Cup hand with Australian-owned Royal Ascot winner Sober also being aimed at Flemington.
‘I just have to work harder’: Williams zeros in on premiership
Champion jockey Craig Williams may have incurred an untimely suspension on Saturday but he has vowed to pull out all the stops to chase down the injured Blake Shinn in the race for a 10th Melbourne premiership.
Jones’ narrow miss fuels her hunger for Group 1 glory
Following a ‘heartbreaking’ Kingsford Smith Cup second aboard Zarastro, Angela Jones has picked herself up off the canvas for her final chance at Group 1 glory this winter carnival in the Tatt’s Tiara.
Kiwi trotters back in force for 2025 Inter Dominion
It’s been a lean few years for New Zealand trotters in the Inter Dominion trotting series but Bet N Win and Oscar Bonavena are poised to change that in 2025.
Golden Eagle runner-up wins at Royal Ascot as Storm Boy falters
Coolmore suffered another blow in its bid to build the international stallion profile of expensive colt Storm Boy as French raider Lazzat sprinted to victory at Royal Ascot overnight.
Wagga preview, tips: Cross and Chung’s next big hope
Just Like Tilda, the latest from the successful Cross-Chung partnership, made a stunning debut at Kembla and now eyes further glory.
‘Huge team effort’: Paynes revel in landmark Flemington four-timer
Co-training siblings Patrick and Michelle Payne had a day to remember at Flemington, landing four winners, led by stable favourite Jimmy The Bear.
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