Two of the three to follow from the past week’s racing in New South Wales emerge from a three-year-old maiden at midweek Warwick Farm.
Order Of St George probably put paid to a Melbourne Cup trip with a dominant performances in Sunday’s Group I Irish St Leger (1m6f) at The Curragh.
After an outstanding Autumn campaign which resulted in three consecutive city wins, trainer Brad Graham now has eyes set on an ambitious Spring campaign with the promising Western Australian galloper Tonkatuff.
I didn’t even bet in the race so I’m speaking from a totally neutral corner when I shake my head at the decision to uphold the last race protest at Rosehill and I’m also putting a line through a few of The Everest aspirants as having little or no hope in this week’s edition of The Armchair Punter.
Bonneval’s victory in Saturday’s Group II Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes was surpassed when the mare was named New Zealand Horse Of The Year at a function in Auckland on Sunday.
I’ve selected a few obscure runners for the black book in the hope of striking some nice prices when they next step out.
Advertisement
Trials and ideal barrier draws suggest an early double is on the cards for jockey Anthony Cavallo at Wellington on Monday.
This is the Racenet preview and tip sheet for Monday’s meeting at Wellington.
It was the Bonneval show in Auckland on Sunday night.
Thoroughbred Breeders Queensland Association is proud to announce the 2017 Queensland Breeding Champions.
Lee Freedman saddled his first winner as a licensed trainer in Singapore when Mr Clint scored at Kranji on Sunday.
An old friend showed he can add to punters pockets again with a strong jumpout at Flemington on Friday.
A sister to Lloyd Williams’ Group I Ranvet Stakes winner The United States, Hydrangea has played second fiddle to Ballydoyle stablemate Winter for most of the year, however, she turned the tables in the Group I Coolmore Fastnet Rock Matron Stakes at Leopardstown.
Last Friday we ran a story on a new Breednet feature highlighting weekend stakes runners for each sire and how prophetic that proved with the top three stallions by number of runners hitting home runs from their opportunity.
Lope de Vega (Ire) is the sire of one of the best horses in the country outside of Winx in Vega Magic, so when he gets a six length winner that has the connections talking ‘Spring Champion’ we want to know more.
Toby Edmonds had to settle for third place in the Group II MVRC McEwen Stakes at Moonee Valley on Saturday with his flying I Am Invincible filly Houtzen, but would have gained some consolation with the impressive win of his I Am Invincible gelding Whypeeo at Doomben.
It’s the second meeting of the new Hong Kong season at Sha Tin but do not despair, the Racenet tipsters have done all the hard work finding the winners so you can get busy marking your card.
Unbeaten colt Royal Symphony enjoyed his gallop between races at Moonee Valley on Saturday and puts his perfect record on the line next weekend at Flemington.
The Group II Stutt Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley on September 29 is on the agenda for the Commands colt Silent Command following his surprise victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Listed Goldin Farm Morphettville Guineas (1600m).
Weight will decide which flight a European Group I winner boards ahead of the 2017 Melbourne Cup.
Paul Joice takes an in-depth look at how your money performed and pinpoints some future winners from Rosehill in a race-by-race analysis of Run To The Rose day.
Group I winner Yankee Rose has been named Queensland's Horse of the Year giving trainer David Vandyke the award in his first year in the state.
$17 in early betting for a mare with a proven gear change looks enticing odds in Sunday’s feature race at Muswellbrook.
Punters will have to wait until the last at Gundagai to find the best bet on the program but there is some value earlier with a Mick J Smith-trained gelding getting all the favours in the run.
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 Gundagai.
This is the Racenet preview and tip sheet for Sunday’s meeting at Muswellbrook.
Controversy erupted at the start of the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes while one trainer had a painful watch at Moonee Valley on Saturday.
On the short list for New Zealand Horse Of The Year, the Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained mare Bonneval began the new season on the same note she finished the last.
Australian Bloodstock’s Japanese import Brave Smash (JPN) broke a near two-year drought in Saturday’s Listed Bendigo Bank Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley however his trainer Darren Weir sounded somewhat downcast.
The Snitzel juggernaut rolls on with strapping colt Menari ensuring his favouritism for the $1 million Golden Rose with a bloodless win in Saturday’s $200,000 Group II The Run To The Rose at Rosehill Gardens.
Did a breakdown in communication cause the favourite Star Exhibit to rear in the gates at the start of Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes at Moonee Valley?
Favourite punters did their money at the start of an incident packed Group II Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley.
The line was possibly finer than desired but Brave Smash did enough to keep his Everest aspirations on track at Moonee Valley on Saturday.
The latest on Winx, protest battles, the polish of an in-form jockey, a horse the jockey describes as a “weirdo” and The Everest were subjects up for discussion at Rosehill on Saturday.
Australian Oaks winner Bonneval made a terrific return to racing with her win in Saturday’s Group II Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley.
Menari’s dominant victory in Saturday’s Group II Run To The Rose (1200m) earned praise of the highest order from trainer Gerald Ryan and completed a Group II treble for jockey Josh Parr.
It was a day to remember for Josh Parr, taking out all three Group II events on the card at Rosehill on Saturday.
Shoals maintained her perfect record with the minimum of fuss in Saturday’s Listed Atlantic Jewel Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley.
The fact that royally-bred Redoute’s Choice mare Ravi is still in training rather than being in the broodmare paddocks is a good indication that connections felt that just one Listed stakes win on her CV was not a true indication of her class.
Menari’s dominant victory in the Group II Run To The Rose capped off an amazing day in the saddle for Josh Parr who took out all three of the feature Group II events on the card.
Australia’s best bred filly Shoals kept her unbeaten record intact when resuming from a spell to win the Listed MVRC Atlantic Jewel Stakes at Moonee Valley on Saturday.
China Horse Club’s striking Snitzel colt Russian Revolution stamped himself a star of the future when downing Golden Rose winner Astern and Golden Slipper winner Capitalist in the Group II Roman Consul Stakes at Randwick back in October last year and while his old rivals are currently covering their first book of mares, Russian Revolution continues to cover himself in glory on the racetrack.
The market told the story in Saturday’s Group II Theo Marks Stakes (1300m) as Gerald Ryan’s speedster Deploy raced to another clock-shattering win while the hysteria around Egg Tart was somewhat tempered.
Fastnet Rock sprinter Deploy is soaring to new heights this spring breaking the course record for 1200 metres at Randwick when resuming from a spell last month and then breaking the 1300 metre record at Rosehill on Saturday to win the Group II ATC Theo Marks Stakes.
It’s been a long and painstaking process but the Peter and Paul Snowden-trained Ravi showed what she was capable of when proving much too good for a quality field in the $150,000 Group III Sheraco Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill on Saturday.
The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott unleashed a serious contender for the upcoming $1million Group I ATC Golden Rose when progressive Sebring colt Gold Standard scored a bold victory in the Group II ATC Stan Fox Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday.
A pre-race plan worked to perfection with Russian Revolution in Saturday’s Group II McEwen Stakes (1000m) at Moonee Valley.
Josh Parr secured a race to race double aboard the flying Deploy in the Group II Theo Marks Stakes (1300m) at Rosehill.
Sydney sprinter Russian Revolution showed his class with a determined first-up win in Saturday’s Group II McEwen Stakes (1000m) at Moonee Valley.
The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Gold Standard stamped himself a genuine Golden Rose contender with victory in the Group II Stan Fox Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill on Saturday.
The Group II Stan Fox Stakes has been taken out by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott’s Gold Standard after a superb ride from Josh Parr who took the initiative and the lead.
Jockey Jake Noonan has made the most of his opportunity to stick with the Mick Price-trained colt Masculino, guiding the three-year-old to a fighting win at Moonee Valley.
The decision of trainer Toby Edmonds to geld well-bred Whypeeo has continued to pay dividends.
Racenet has analysed where the early money has gone for Saturday’s meetings at Rosehill, Moonee Valley, Doomben and Morphettville.
This is the Racenet preview and tip sheet for Saturday’s meeting at Morphettville.
This is the Racenet preview and tip sheet for Saturday’s meeting at Griffith.
This is the Racenet preview and tip sheet for Saturday’s meeting at Armidale.
A John Thompson-trained three-year-old with Group form looks the standout bet at Kembla on Saturday, with double-figure odds enticing for a Chris Waller-trained galloper.
This is the Racenet preview and tip sheet for Saturday’s meeting at Kembla.
The Northern Hemisphere racing season in Europe is fascinating for all sorts of reasons, but one of them is the rise of Kodiac and his quest for a record number of two year-old winners.
The fast start to the season for Vinery Stud’s young gun All Too Hard gained further momentum on Friday with a winning double of impressive maiden winners in Lakota and Waimea Bay.
Ampulla Lodge’s I Am Invincible x Lustful colt (Lot 139) clocked 10,07secs for his 200m gallop at Canterbury today, making it the fastest breeze up time in the history of the Inglis Ready2Race sale.
The first two-year-old trials of the new season were held this week and the winners list saw the first of the Zoustars and a $900,000 yearling, so here are all the placegetters with their breeding and sale details.
Punters who backed the favourite in the fourth race at Geelong on Friday didn't get much of a run for their money.
Progressive Victorian farm Rosemont has pulled off another employment coup with the signing of Woodside stud manager Gerrard Jones to the team.
Welcome to Weekend Winners, your one-stop tipping sheet for Saturday's big meetings.
Some small fields make things difficult at the weekend 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.
Champion sire, Bel Esprit and ‘proven source’ Statue of Liberty have gotten off to flying starts in 2017/18 with a host of winners between them.
AMONG the most brilliant gallopers in the late 1960s and early seventies were offspring of two imported sires who were juvenile stars in Europe, Romantic (GB) (by Princely Gift) and Without Fear (Fr) (Baldric 11) who helped establish Colin Hayes’s Lindsay Park Stud at Angaston in South Australia as one of Australia’s best sources of excellence.
Group One performer Aloisia will be set for a potentially lucrative spring campaign after impressing OTI Racing Director Terry Henderson in her trial at Sandown on Thursday.
The catalogue for New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale of Two-Year-Olds is now online.
Racenet's stable of bookies have come to the fore with their selections for a big weekend of racing.
Punters are aiming to recoup losses on a last start plunge horse in early betting at Doomben on Saturday.
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.
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 already backed an interstate visitor into odds on at Morphettville 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 Racenet Speedmaps and form analysts have combined to give punters a leg-up in the $150,000 Group III Sheraco Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill on Saturday.
Racenet has compiled a list for your use of horses racing on Friday that hold entries for feature races during the upcoming spring carnival in Melbourne.
Kris Lees has been a regular supporter of the Tuncurry Forster Jockey Club and punters have been able to share in the trainer's ability to take the right horses to the Mid North Coast track.
Local trainers Neil Osborne and Gratz Vella provide the best bets at the Canberra Acton track on Friday.
This is the Racenet preview and tip sheet for Friday’s meeting at Tuncurry.
This is the Racenet preview and tip sheet for Friday’s meeting at Canberra Acton.
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 at a new innovation on Breednet showing weekend stakes runners for each sire.
He’s the latest winner from the famed South Australian ‘Discreet’ family, but does not have the well -known moniker as part of his name.
Allen Paulson came to the notice of Australians when he purchased our globetrotting star Strawberry Road to stand at his Brookside Stud in Kentucky.
We’re really starting to hit top gear now with great racing at Rosehill and Moonee Valley and I’m ultra-keen on having a ‘sneaky’ wager on one at double figures to beat his highly regarded, odds-on stablemate at the Hill.
Racenet’s editorial team has scoured the nominations and provided you with their futures tip for the Group I Epsom Handicap (1600m) and Group I The Metropolitan (2400m).
Vinery Stud’s All Too Hard has opened up an early lead on the Australian Second Season Sires list posting his fifth winner of the season a Seymour on Thursday with a stylish victory for three year-old filly All Come True.
Buoyed by securing the prized mount on Chautauqua in The Everest, Brenton Avdulla is determined to repay the faith shown in him by the Hawkes stable at Rosehill this Saturday.
An impressive first-up winner from the Hayes/Dabernig yard has been well-fancied to take out Saturday’s Atlantic Jewel Stakes at Caulfield.
Bookmaker Robbie Waterhouse won plenty on star Queensland filly Houtzen at the Gold Coast Magic Millions Calcutta but is keen to take a set against her climbing The Everest.
Racenet’s roughie finder Laurie Sainsbury hasn’t messed around on Saturday tipping horses at $67, $41, $34, $18 and $12 at Moonee Valley.
Punters are siding strongly with a Gerald Ryan-trained colt in Saturday’s Group II Run To The Rose at Rosehill.
Three-year-old racing in the spring requires a horse to take a step forward with every appearance and Masculino has a chance to do that at Moonee Valley on Saturday.
Godolphin’s new head trainer James Cummings takes the covers off his exciting colt Kementari on Saturday and you sense he’s expecting a strong showing in the Group II Run To The Rose (1200m).
Connections will need to find riders for two runners at Moonee Valley on Saturday after apprentice Ethan Brown lost an appeal against a careless riding suspension.
On the same day he will hand over Buffering’s Queensland Horse of the Year title for the first time in six years, Rob Heathcote is confident one of Buffering’s relations will win at Doomben.
The wind and a bleeding attack were no help to me last weekend but racing returning to Moonee Valley on Saturday is cause for optimism.