Turangga Farm bred Not a Single Doubt filly Champagne Cuddles ran the race of her life at Rosehill on Saturday when beating all but Trapeze Artist to finish a game second in the $1million Group I ATC Golden Rose.
Don’t worry if you spent all night celebrating a footy result, if you’re planning on having a punt at Sha Tin on Sunday the Racenet tipsters have done all the hard work for you.
Winner of the Group II VRC Sires Produce Stakes and fourth in the Group I ATC Sires Produce Stakes, Nicconi three year-old Sircconi indicated he was back on track to return to Black Type racing with a stylish win at Caulfield on Saturday.
Following a narrow defeat in the Group III Acomb Stakes at York, Exceed And Excel’s James Garfield went one better in the Group II Mill Reef Stakes at Newbury.
Jockey Matthew Neilson remains in hospital after suffering neck and back injuries in a fall at Morphettville on Saturday.
Cameron Happ takes an in-depth look at how your money performed and pinpoints some future winners from Caulfield in a race-by-race analysis of Naturalism Stakes day.
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Early betting for the third race at Port Macquarie on Sunday suggests only three horses can win but reckon the bookies have the market order wrong providing us with some value and looking to one of our most reliable trainers for our remaining two bets for the day.
French import Harlem (GB) paid the first instalment on his 520,000 guineas purchase price at the Tattersalls Autumn Horses In Training Sale with a dominant win in Saturday's Group III MRC Foundation Cup (2000m) at Caulfield.
Opie Bosson says Gingernuts has plenty of improvement to come following his win in Saturday’s Group I Windsor Park Plate (1600m) on a slow track at Hastings.
Night racing on the Gold Coast will finally become a formality under a new infrastructure plan designed to take racing in Queensland out of the doldrums.
Short-priced favourites dominate betting right across the eight-race card at Wyong on Sunday but there are some question marks on a few of them so looking for value in finding our three bets.
This is the Racenet preview and tip sheet for Sunday’s meeting at Murray Bridge.
This is the Racenet preview and tip sheet for Sunday’s meeting at Hobart.
This is the Racenet preview and tip sheet for Sunday’s meeting at Port Macquarie.
This is the Racenet preview and tip sheet for Sunday’s meeting at Wyong.
Menari let punters down in the Golden Rose when roughie and stablemate Trapeze Artist caused a boil-over. I've analysed the entire meeting at Rosehill, letting you know what happened to your investments and pinpointing the ones to follow.
In-form sire Domesday made a huge impression at Rosehill on Saturday siring high class mare Daysee Doom to win the Group II ATC Golden Pendant, while the $1million Group I ATC Golden Rose was won by Trapeze Artist, who was bred from a daughter of the Aquis Farm based son of Red Ransom (USA).
Noel Callow was suspended on a busy day for stewards while a jockey admitted pilot error put him in all sorts of trouble at Caulfield on Saturday.
There are several similarities in stablemates Menari and Trapeze Artist.
Two jockeys booked for the $10 million The Everest were suspended from the Golden Rose on Saturday but the penalty ends 24 hours before the race for one while the other could be forced to watch from home.
The build-up to The Everest continues to be the talk of the track in Sydney and again that was the case at Rosehill on Saturday with just 21 days until the race is run.
Stewards stripped Nikita Beriman of her chance to ride in a Group I race at Moonee Valley next Friday after suspending her for careless riding at Caulfield.
Tye Angland finally got his Group I Golden Rose as well as a Group III scalp in a memorable day at Rosehill on Saturday.
Savanna Amour has Group I aims following her win in Saturday’s Group III Ladbrokes Odds Boost Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield.
Heavyweight jockey Jamie Mott took himself to the limit in his bid to ride the well-backed favourite Jamaican Rain in the last race at Caulfield on Saturday.
Trainer Ron Quinton put a forgettable month behind him when Daysee Doom and Dixie Blossoms filled a stable quinella in Saturday’s Group II Golden Pendant (1400m) at Rosehill.
The David Payne-trained Ace High raced his way to favouritism for the Group I Spring Champion Stakes with a courageous win in the $200,000 Gloaming Stakes at Rosehill, however it was the ride of Tye Angland which took centre stage.
Champion jockey Damien Oliver says the rail placement contributed to an incident that led to him receiving at 14-meeting suspension at Caulfield.
A red-letter day for Bowness Stud’s Bon Hoffa with his hugely promising son Don't Give A Damn leading home a 1-2-4 finish for his sire in the Highway Handicap at Rosehill only to be topped by the Ciaron Maher-trained Bons Away who downed the Everest hope Brave Smash (JPN) in the Listed Testa Rossa Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield.
Top class mare Savanna Amour made it back to back Group wins at Caulfield on Saturday when taking out the Group II MRC Ladbrokes Odds Boost Stakes, her dam Savanna La Mar a confirmed booking to visit Newgate Farm’s brilliant Group I winning sprinter Flying Artie this spring.
Harlem is likely to go straight to the Caulfield Cup following his dominant win in Saturday’s Group III MRC Foundation Cup (2000m) at Caulfield.
Jockey Tye Angland put his Golden Rose demons to bed by piloting the Gerald Ryan-trained Trapeze Artist to victory in the $1 million 1400m Group I at Rosehill on Saturday.
Gingernuts is on an impressive upward plane with the countdown on to his Melbourne spring carnival targets.
Displaying an electric turn of foot, striking Commands gelding Washington Heights came from last on the turn for a belated first stakes success in Saturday’s $200,000 Group II Schweppes Shannon Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill Gardens.
Brave Smash had his Everest ambitions dented when beaten by Bons Away in Saturday’s Listed Testa Rossa Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield.
The Group III ATC Gloaming Stakes over 1800 metres at Rosehill on Saturday was the first of the longer stakes races for three year-olds with ill-fated classic sire High Chaparral (IRE) producing a determined winner in Ace High.
The Gerald Ryan-trained Washington Heights quashed any doubts about his ability beyond 1400m with a blistering win in the Group II Shannon Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill on Saturday.
Victoria’s champion first season sire, SQUAMOSA, produced a memorable double on Saturday, including a well deserved victory to highly promising 3YO, Kiwi Ida, in the Listed Canterbury Belle Stakes over 1200m at Riccarton in New Zealand.
Dijon Bleu convinced Lisa Latta on Saturday that she wasn’t one dimensional when she produced a dominant performance to claim the Group III Hawke’s Bay Breeders’ Gold Trail Stakes (1200m).
Bandipur won Saturday’s Fight Cancer Foundation Plate (1100m) at Caulfield but Nikita Beriman on the favourite I Did It Again claimed she should have won after dropping her whip.
It must be said that the Group III Colin Stephen Quality (2400m) at Rosehill Gardens contained the list of the usual suspects with only the French import Darabad (FR) needing to make an introduction in the parade ring.
Enigmatic French import Auvray continued his recent resurgence with victory in Saturday’s Group III Colin Stephen Quality (2400m) but not before surviving an objection in the stewards’ room.
Darren Weir is preparing to raise the bar again for up-and-coming filly Leather'n'lace after the three-year-old made it three straight wins this preparation.
Tears flowed freely when promising three-year-old Snitzkraft scored an emotional win at Ipswich on Saturday.
Spendthrift Farm’s Warrior Reward (USA) looks to have an exciting prospect in the two-year-old colt Battle Station who remains undefeated from two starts following a nine and a quarter length romp in the $150,000 Bertram F.
Racenet has analysed where the early money has gone for Saturday’s meetings at Rosehill, Caulfield, Ipswich and Morphettville.
This is the Racenet preview and tip sheet for Saturday’s meeting at Morphettville Parks.
This is the Racenet preview and tip sheet for Saturday’s meeting at Bowraville.
A proven form pattern, a gear change and times are the key factors in determining our top three best bets at Kembla on Saturday.
This is the Racenet preview and tip sheet for Saturday’s meeting at Kembla.
Champion mare Black Caviar produced her fourth foal on Friday delivering a filly by Vinery Stud’s champion sire More Than Ready (USA).
Leading Australian second crop sire all Too Hard added a new string to his bow when siring his first South African winner at Greyville in South Africa on Friday with an easy victory for Roy’s Riviera.
The new fibre sand track at Seymour received a glowing endorsement, with its first major public test, the Victorian breeze-ups for next month's Magic Millions Gold Coast 2YOs in Training Sale, declared a great success.
Damon Robbins updates readers on the status of Racenet’s new site and mobile apps.
Peter Moody expressed disappointment but pleaded guilty and was fined for publishing two tweets which Racing Victoria stewards considered to be prejudicial to the interests of racing at an inquiry on Friday.
The Melbourne Cup weights are set for another change with Racing Victoria announcing on Friday they will not be raised at final acceptance time.
The big punters have singled out a couple of runners in Sydney in Melbourne with a majority of wagering operators reporting big bets on the same runners.
Plenty of supposed good things across the country on Saturday but the Racenet analysts have put their heads together to give punters another tool to help them turn a profit with the Racenet lays of the day.
The well-known colours of the Esplin family were carried to victory in impressive fashion at Scone on Friday by a half-sister to their Group I winning mare Plucky Belle by Aquis Farm’s Dream Ahead (USA).
Successful Australian breeder-owners Donna and Rob Love made a splash at Taupo on Friday when their filly Serenity opened her three-year-old season in fine fashion.
Each week Racenet's video review analysts highlight a runner from each state to follow and here are the horses recently blackbooked that are racing around Australia on Saturday.
Welcome to Weekend Winners, your one-stop tipping sheet for Saturday's big meetings.
The Everest slot belonging to Chris Waller Racing has been announced for the $10 million weight-forage 1200m sprint at Randwick on October 14.
Neville Parnham hasn’t been able to put his finger on the reason for Ellicazoom’s Moonee Valley flop in March but insists the West Australian invader will be back with a bang in Melbourne this spring.
Racenet's stable of bookies have come to the fore with their selections for a big weekend of racing.
The Spring Carnival is in full swing so we have stakes racing every weekend and for breeders and stallion owners it’s all about which sires are doing well and getting the stakes winners when it counts - to get them you need runners, so let’s take a look into the crystal ball to see which stallions can fire up this weekend.
Exciting mare Our Beebee helped stave off retirement for veteran Queensland trainer Rex Lipp and he reckons she can pinch some Sydney prizemoney this campaign.
Punters are getting behind an interstate visitor in early betting at Morphettville Parks on Saturday.
There is nothing better than cheering home the final leg to land a fat quaddie and Racenet’s analysts have put their heads together to give you a chance at a big dividend on Saturday.
The major focus on any Saturday is metropolitan racing but there's plenty of us out there that don't mind a dabble at the support meetings across the country so here's our best bets.
Punters have backed one off the map in the last race at Ipswich on Saturday.
The Racenet Speedmaps and form analysts have combined to give punters a leg-up in the $200,000 Group II Shannon Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill on Saturday.
This is the Racenet preview and tip sheet for Friday’s meeting at Port Lincoln.
It's looks a tough day at the office at Scone on Friday with substantial weight, awkward barriers and first starters dominating the favoured runners so I've looked for a bit of value arriving at our three plays on the day.
The speed map and a trainer on the rise figure prominently in our best bets at Canberra, while weight carrying statistics suggest punters should be wary about launching into the favourite in the get-out stakes.
This is the Racenet preview and tip sheet for Friday’s meeting at Scone.
This is the Racenet preview and tip sheet for Friday’s meeting at Canberra.
The two year-old’s really kicked off in the past week with trials all around the country and hundreds of youngsters seen out for the first time so here are all the placegetters with their breeding and sale information.
With little more than 18 months until the running of the inaugural $1 million VOBIS Sires two year-old race, a record number of stallions have been nominated to the scheme.
As a three-quarter sister-in-blood to champion mare More Joyous, expectation probably started high with this four year-old mare and while she will never scale the heights of her famous relation, she is now at least a winner.
Birthday-boy All Too Hard celebrated more happy returns when Darhad became his 8th individual winner this month at Hawkesbury on Thursday.
Trainer Paul Maher had a winner at Pakenham on Thursday on one of his last days training before he embarks on an unusual career path.
A Greg Eurell-trained galloper that landed a big plunge on debut has been met with strong market support to remain unbeaten at Caulfield on Saturday.
The latest instalment of Racenet’s spring futures tips features the Group I Caulfield Cup (2400m) and The Everest (1200m).
Early punters are prepared to give Omei Sword another chance of recapturing her best form in Saturday’s Group II Golden Pendant (1400m) at Rosehill on Saturday.
Chris Waller will use Saturday’s results at Rosehill to decide the spring paths of two high class mares.
Popular tipster Laurie Sainsbury is calling on a famous cartoon character as he aims to give his followers a winning day at Caulfield on Saturday.
Ron Quinton’s assessment of his two Golden Pendant chances Dixie Blossoms and Daysee Doom at Rosehill on Saturday differs to that of bookmakers.
Ciaron Maher knows how to train a VRC Oaks winner and reckons Aloisia has the galloping action and the determination to become his third winner of the 2500m Group I race.
Her trainer has seen the promise on the training track but imported mare Now Or Later needs to start delivering on the racetrack in a spring campaign that begins at Caulfield on Saturday.
The global Darley breeding operation has seen a number of high class Australian race mares given their chance at stud in the Northern Hemisphere and one of those mares is Divorces, who produced her first winner for Godolphin in the UK on Wednesday.
I was touched up by the punting gods last week but with the carnival in full swing I won’t be deterred and I’m full bore heading into Saturday.
Hartnell won’t attempt back-to-back wins in the Group I Turnbull Stakes at Flemington.
I’m heading to all points of the compass – well three different states anyhow – in search of spring winners on Saturday.
It was six months ago when Brisbane trainer Kelly Schweida first slated the Group I Golden Rose (1400m) for Shogun Sun.
I’m betting with a fair bit of confidence at Rosehill while happy to have a couple of small plays at Caulfield in what shapes as an intriguing days racing at both venues.
Making his third start on September 19th, 2009, High Chaparral colt So You Think earned his first stakes win in the Group III Gloaming Stakes at Rosehill, two starts later he won the Group I WS Cox Plate and he was on his way to fame and fortune.
A daughter of emerging Fastnet Rock sire Highly Recommended, Greenpark Gem will be a force to be reckoned with next year, but she might still rise to a more immediate Group One challenge.
Astute horseman Richard Freedman has needed to call on all of his knowledge to work out the idiosyncrasies of French import Auvray to get him back into the winner’s circle after three years and is confident the gelding’s good form can continue at Rosehill on Saturday.
The way this column is going recently, it could be easily renamed ‘Racenet Lays’ for the time being but we’ll butter up again at Caulfield on Saturday.