Townsville tips, best bets and quaddie selections | Jan 20 QLD
What Townsville Races Where Townsville Racecourse, Racecourse Rd, Cluden QLD 4811 When Wednesday, January 20, 2021 First Race 01:37pm AEDT Streaming Live at Sportsbet Weather is threatening the Townsville races on Wednesday, but our Queensland expert has found some nice...
Wyong tips, best bets and quaddie selections | Jan 20 Preview
What Wyong Races Where Wyong Racecourse, 71-73 Howarth St, Wyong NSW 2259 When Wednesday, January 20, 2021 First Race 01:45pm AEDT Streaming Live at Sportsbet Seven metropolitan races will be run and won at Wyong on Wednesday afternoon. The track...
Sandown tips, best bets & quaddie selections | VIC Preview 20/1
What Sandown Races Where Sandown Racecourse, 591-659 Princes Hwy, Springvale Vic 3171 When Wednesday, January 20, 2021 First Race 03:40pm AEDT Streaming Live at Sportsbet Twilight racing will hit Victoria on Wednesday with Sandown Lakeside set to host an eight...
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Nash Rawiller says he feels fortunate to have scored the ride on Eleven Eleven after the win in the $1m Magic Millions Cup at the Gold Coast on Saturday. The Greg Hickman-trained Fastnet Rock gelding won his second-straight Magic Millions...
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Bartley's Duo Both Face New Challenges
Leading trainer Tracey Bartley concedes his gallopers Moana Jewel and McCormack face new challenges at Randwick on Saturday and believes they can cope.
Mystical's All-Star Mile Campaign Begins
Champion Tasmanian mare Mystical Journey will begin her 2021 autumn assault at Launceston on Wednesday, with Adam Trinder setting her for The All-Star Mile.
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Bartley's Duo Both Face New Challenges
Leading trainer Tracey Bartley concedes his gallopers Moana Jewel and McCormack face new challenges at Randwick on Saturday and believes they can cope.
Mystical's All-Star Mile Campaign Begins
Champion Tasmanian mare Mystical Journey will begin her 2021 autumn assault at Launceston on Wednesday, with Adam Trinder setting her for The All-Star Mile.
Sprint Stars To Return In Black Caviar
Master trainer Chris Waller has identified next month's Black Caviar Lightning as the return to racing for two sprint stars Nature Strip and September Run.
Winter Carnival Focus For Rhapsody Rose
Chris Munce will aim talented filly Rhapsody Rose for the winter carnival after terminating her Magic Millions campaign.
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Kwok Passionate About Kiwi Thoroughbreds
Spend some time having a chat with Hong Kong resident Ben Kwok and it doesn’t take long to work out he has a real love...
Karaka Million dream turning to reality
Ruakaka trainer Kenny Rae is like a kid before Christmas as he counts down to Saturday’s $1m Doubletree by Hilton Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) at...
Emotional win for Corbett
It’s been a tough month for trainer Peter Corbett, but some light was put back into his life on Saturday when his pride and joy...
Understated Otaki couple enjoy Group 1 success
Trainer Johno Benner was hard at work on Sunday morning cutting grass for the horses in the stable that he operates with partner Hollie Wynyard,...
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John Size returns to Sha Tin on Sunday seeking more Group 1 glory
John Size will bid for a seventh Group 1 Stewards’ Cup (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (24 January) as Waikuku throws down the gauntlet...
Dubai’s World Cup looms as possible target for Elusive State
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Del Mar shut as COVID-19 hits jockey ranks
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US Triple Crown trainer Baffert suspended
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Kentucky Derby will open doors to fans
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Tiz the Law wins Triple Crown's Belmont
Favourite Tiz the Law has won the Belmont Stakes, claiming victory on Saturday in the first leg of the revamped Triple Crown schedule.
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US jockeys to avoid Dubai World Cup
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Champion Mare Enable Retired From Racing
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Mohaather makes amends in Sussex Stakes
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Stradivarius creates Goodwood Cup history
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Six take on Stradivarius in Goodwood Cup
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Lane finishes second in Group 1 Japanese Derby
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Oju Chosan wins fifth Nakayama Grand Jump
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Godolphin star bounces back at Deauville
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Irish fillies dominate in Group 1 French Oaks
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Highlights of the Australian racing calendar
In years gone by it has been a case of the Melbourne Spring Carnival first, daylight second and the Sydney Autumn Carnival in third place. But the launch of The Championships in 2014 in Sydney has provided a worthwhile challenger to the Melbourne Cup Carnival and the rest of the star-studded spring in the Victorian capital. It has not caught up yet, but if The Championships can continue to prosper they may soon attract just as much attention around the country and abroad.
- The biggest week of the racing year is still the Melbourne Cup Carnival. Four meetings at Flemington: Victoria Derby day on the Saturday, Melbourne Cup day on the Tuesday (always the first Tuesday in November), VRC Oaks day (Ladies Day) on the Thursday and wrapping up with Emirates Stakes day on the second Saturday. Derby day is considered by many as the best punting day of the year, with usually 10 races and fields of the highest calibre. Cup day can be a bonanza for the astute punter with the Great Race awash with cash from the once-a-year flutterer and value to be found everywhere. It’s never easy though, especially with the continuing dominance of stayers bred in the northern hemisphere. The month leading up to the Cup carnival is also a wonderful time to be following the racing scene. Races such as the Caulfield Cup and Cox Plate are great events in their own right. The Caulfield Cup is a multimillion-dollar handicap and the Cox Plate the weight-for-age championship of Australasia run at the great amphitheatre of Moonee Valley.
- The aforementioned Championships take centre stage with eight Group 1 races contested over two days at Randwick, home to a towering new grandstand and the Australian Turf Club, which was formed by a merger of the Australian Jockey Club and Sydney Turf Club. Day one includes the Doncaster Mile, T.J. Smith Stakes, ATC Australian Derby and ATC Sires’ Produce. Day two’s rich haul includes the Queen Elizabeth Stakes (a 2000m weight-for-age contest that has designs on taking the Cox Plate’s mantle), Sydney Cup, Australian Oaks and Queen Of The Turf Stakes. Other highlights of the glittering autumn include the world’s richest race for two-year-olds, the Golden Slipper Stakes, at Rosehill. Then there is the Sydney Triple Crown for three-year-olds: the Group 1 Randwick and Rosehill Guineas are the first two legs, with the ATC Derby the classic grand finale.
- A wonderful time in the southern capital. Standout races include Melbourne’s biggest race for the juveniles, the Blue Diamond Stakes. There is the sprint triple crown of the Lightning Stakes, Oakleigh Plate and Newmarket Handicap, while the Australian Guineas is an important race for three-year-olds, with the winner guaranteed a career at stud, provided, of course, it is male and a fully intact one at that . The Melbourne autumn comes to a fitting finale at Flemington with the Australian Cup and Newmarket Handicap sharing top billing on a great card, before the baton is passed on to Sydney.
- When the fanfare of the Sydney Autumn has died down, all eyes turn north for this carnival, the highlight of which is the state’s best race, the Stradbroke Handicap at the historic Eagle Farm circuit. Trainers will target the double of the Doomben 10,000 and Stradbroke. Throw the Doomben Cup and Queensland Derby and Oaks into the mix, and it’s a carnival not to be missed. It’s quite common for horses which emerge during the winter in Brisbane to become major players in Melbourne in the spring. The warm weather does them the world of good.
- Sandwiched between the Sydney autumn and Brisbane winter comes come a string of feature races at Morphettville in the South Australian capital. There are the group 1 Australasian Oaks, Robert Sangster Stakes for fillies and mares, the South Australian Derby and the state’s biggest race, the 1200m Goodwood Handicap, won by the mighty Black Caviar in 2012.
- The sun-drenched West Australian capital steps up to the plate as far as racing goes late in the year. Its greatest race is the Group 1 Railway Stakes over 1600m at Ascot. On the same day, usually in late November, the Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes is contested over 1200m. The following week comes the final Australian Group 1 of the calendar year: the Kingston Town Stakes over 1800m. But the carnival rolls on in the west, with another highlight the Perth Cup, a group 2 2400m race contested each New Year’s Day.
- There are no Group 1s but plenty of prizemoney and pizzazz has made this a real stand-out on the January racing calendar. The main races are the sales-restricted $2 million MM Two-Year-Olds Classic and the $1m race for three-year-olds. Plus there are the MM Cup and MM Sprint and a wonderful vibe with many of the heavy hitters of Australian and international racing on the Glitter Strip for the Magic Millions sales, trying to buy a runner in the next year’s big MM race.