#Heavy 10

Trainer Peter Snowden maintains the right decision was made to postpone the rich Magic Millions race meeting due to concerns over the Gold Coast track surface last Saturday. The Gold Coast track was downgraded to a heavy 10 after two races and a section of the track near the home turn was particularly dangerous prompting the decision to move the…

It was a strange day at headquarters, all over by 3pm to avoid the heat, but it was a strong off-season meeting. The track played super and was only upgraded to a Good 3 for the last two races. We had winners dominating out in front when allowed to dictate tempo, but when they went along solid enough a horse like Princess Rhaenys was able to rush…

Form analyst Mitch Cohen gives his best bets and runs the rule over the Quaddie legs at Gunnedah and Moruya. The Form: Complete NSW Racing thoroughbred form, including video replays and all you need to know about every horse, jockey and trainer. Find a winner here! BEST BET Race 6, No.9: SKYFORGER The three-year-old has been runner-up at three of…

Los Angeles Lakers forward Troy Brown Jr. (left quad strain) is listed as questionable for Monday night's road game against the Denver Nuggets. LeBron James (left ankle soreness) and Russell Westbrook (left foot soreness) are probable. Entering this intraconference matchup, Los Angeles is 19-21 and ranks 11th in the Western Conference standings.…

Charlotte Hornets forward Gordon Hayward (left hamstring soreness) has been downgraded to doubtful for Friday night's road game versus the Milwaukee Bucks. Kelly Oubre Jr. (left hand surgery) remains out indefinitely as well. Oubre is expected to miss 4-6 weeks after undergoing surgery to repair a torn ligament in his left hand. Entering tonight's…

Don't know where 23. Devine Miss gets to from the draw, but like the way she closed off in BM72 company last start at Warwick Farm behind Bitcoin Baby and Tashi. The four-year-old didn't get a lot of room in the straight either. She is racing like she'll relish 1200m now fourth up. We've seen her once before in Highway Handicap company, but it was…

Daily Telegraph form analyst Matt Jones gives his best bets and runs the rule over the Quaddie legs at Gundagai and Canterbury. The Form: Complete NSW Racing thoroughbred form, including video replays and all you need to know about every horse, jockey and trainer. Find a winner here! BEST BET Race 4, No.4: BLACK ON BEAUTY The John O'Shea-trained…

Race-by-race preview and tips for Randwick on Saturday We're sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We're working to restore it. Please try again later. A two-year-old race very much up for grabs. 7. Denman Star presented to win at Warwick Farm at his third start and just found himself outgunned late over the 1000m scamper. Different set up…

Punters will have the first leg of the quaddie locked in if The Everest and Royal Ascot form holds up on Sunday at Sapphire Coast. Goulburn trainer Danny Williams does the honours via the raw but talented Prince Nicconi whose CV includes a third to his giant-killer stablemate Shelby Sixtysix. Not only is Shelby Sixtysix a Group 1 winner, but he is…

Daily Telegraph form analyst Shayne O'Cass runs the rule over every race, including suggested bets, for the Rosehill meeting on Saturday. The Form: Complete NSW Racing thoroughbred form, including video replays and all you need to know about every horse, jockey and trainer. Find a winner here! ROSEHILL Track: Heavy 8. Rail: True R1: PRECISE FIRE…

Lady Laguna revelled in the heavy conditions when winning at Rosehill in November. Picture: Grant Guy Trainer Annabel Neasham is welcoming the likelihood of a wet track when her filly Lady Laguna takes on Golden Slipper favourite Coolangatta at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Lady Laguna and Coolangatta are among 12 entries for the Group 2 $200000…

The track is rated a Soft 5 with the rail+5m 1000m-w/post, +3m the remainder. BEST BET R3 No. 3 Saturn Star The Zoustar gelding impressed on debut, winning at Rosehill as an $8.50 chance. He began well and took up the running. He had a couple challengers in the straight, most notably Pereille, but Saturn Star was strong down on the inside, holding…

Daily Telegraph form analyst Shayne O'Cass gives his best bets and runs the rule over every race for Scone. The Form: Complete NSW Racing thoroughbred form, including video replays and all you need to know about every horse, jockey and trainer. Find a winner here! BEST BET Race 6, No.10: CASINO LORD Barnstorming Tamworth gelding who will relish a…

Former champion Sydney apprentice and the state's reigning leader female rider by wins, Winona Costin, will make her first visit to Armidale on Sunday. Costin, a one-time apprentice to Bede Murray, Gai Waterhouse and Peter Snowden, has ridden more than 500 winners all over NSW, but until Sunday has never ridden at Armidale. Costin, not…

The race of the Autumn Carnival is the Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) at Randwick this Saturday in what could be a swan song for the Australian career of champion mare Verry Elleegant. Down below is a speed map, runner preview and $100 betting strategy for the 2022 Queen Elizabeth Stakes. *Existing customers only. 2nd Racing bet. Excl SA & WA. T's…

Selections based on a good track. 2. Maurice's Medad is a short price for a horse with one win from 20 but he won't know himself in this company. Placed in a BM88 first up this prep then went into the Silver Eagle. Massive class drop for him on just about everything he's contested. Clearly on top. Dangers: 4. Raffish would be just about a good…

The Ballarat Turf Club is scheduled to host a six-race card on Sunday afternoon for Grand National Steeplechase Day, where all six races are to be held over the obstacles. Following plenty of rain in the Ballarat area, we are set to be racing on a track rated a Heavy 10, whilst the rail comes out 5m the entire circuit. The day of jumping starts at…

Selections based on a soft track. 1. Oriental Tycoon has another chance here with the opportunity to be right on the speed in a race that looks to lack obvious tempo. He was solid first-up then odds-on and couldn't quite pick them up at Hawkesbury. Entitled to go close with the make-up of this race. Dangers: 7. Gelsey made a handy debut at…

Knights Order winning the Group 1 Sydney Cup earlier in the year. Picture: Mark Evans-Getty Images Knights Order will "take a stack of beating" in Saturday's $5m Group 1 Caulfield Cup (2400m), Hall of Fame trainer Gai Waterhouse says. Not unlike her first and only Caulfield Cup triumph, in 2010 with Descarado, heavy rain lashed Melbourne in the…

Race-by-race tips and preview for Randwick Kensington on Wednesday We're sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We're working to restore it. Please try again later. Updated Selections based on a heavy track. 4. Cruizingdafield led them up on debut at this track three weeks ago and fought on pretty well to hold third. Imagine she'll look to…

Gary Portelli's sliding doors moment came as Clarry Conners was singing "New York, New York" on the dance floor. Conners had just won his fourth Golden Slipper with Belle Du Jour and invited Portelli to join the celebrations that night. The year was 2000 and as Conners was doing his best Frank Sinatra impersonation, Portelli realised what he needed…

Daily Telegraph form analyst Matt Jones gives his best bets and runs the rule over every race for Port Macquarie. The Form: Complete NSW Racing thoroughbred form, including video replays and all you need to know about every horse, jockey and trainer. Find a winner here! BEST BET Race 1, No.5: GOLDEN BUTTON He's run second at three of his past four…

On-pacer runners making their own luck is the catalyst to a successful punting day at Ipswich on Wednesday. Jim Orman is striking at better than 23 per cent this year and Ipswich is one of his favourite tracks. Between Orman, Ben Thompson and 2kg-claiming apprentice Angela Jones - I have much of the meeting covered. BEST BET NOBLE BEAUTY (Race 8…

There will be a touch of Royal Ascot at Sunday's Coonamble Showcase meeting thanks to in-form trainer James Ponsonby. The former harness racing identity takes three horses west from his base at The Oaks on Sydney's outskirts, one a former stablemate of Nature Strip, another a son of 2003 King's Stand Stakes and Golden Jubilee winner, Choisir. That…

The 2022 Melbourne Cup has been run, with Gold Trip taking out the victory while Kiwi trainer Mike Moroney also impressed as Emissary finished runner-up. There were also a few disappointments though, so foxsports.com.au has run the rule over the studs, duds and pass marks from Tuesday's race. STUDS GOLD TRIP - 1st Incredible staying performance…

Unbeaten filly Coolangatta can give owners Brae Sokolski and Ozzie Kheir their first Golden Slipper win. Picture: Getty Images Brae Sokolski, the owner with the Midas touch, can secure racing's version of the "Golden Slam" with Coolangatta at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. In the last three years, Sokolski and his friend, Ozzie Kheir, have shared…

Hopefully I've found a few of these on Saturday. Another bottomless heavy track awaits punters at Randwick on Saturday and I've found some horse that should relish the conditions at good odds. Tips are listed in AEDT. It is a huge ask for a horse to win a race at this level on debut but when she was trialling up pre-Christmas I had her pegged as a…

Adrian Bott and Gai Waterhouse train The Milkybar Kid. Picture: Toby Zerna Co-trainer Adrian Bott has kept the door open for The Milkybar Kid to back-up on Saturday after shortest priced favourite since Winx came out on top in the first two-horse race in Sydney for more than a decade. A long list of scratchings saw the promising stayer go around at…

Caulfield Cup and The Everest day, with racing at Caulfield, Randwick, Eagle Farm, Ascot and Morphettville Parks. BEST BETS Caulfield R1 No.1 Quang Tri Quang Tri (1) is a nice filly. She was good winning two-on-end last campaign before being nabbed by Skyphios at Flemington after covering plenty of additional ground. She hasn't raced since mid-July…

Daily Telegraph form analyst Matt Jones gives his best bets and runs the rule over the Quaddie legs at Kempsey and Albury. The Form: Complete NSW Racing thoroughbred form, including video replays and all you need to know about every horse, jockey and trainer. Find a winner here! BEST BET Race 5, No.2: FOUR EGOS He's on fire at the moment and has…

Rustic Steel will tackle the Five Diamonds at Rosehill on Saturday after his win in the Big Dance at Randwick on Tuesday. Rustic Steel has already won The Coast and Big Dance - now for the $2m Five Diamonds. Trainer Kris Lees revealed the horse he calls "The Prizefighter" Rustic Steel has bounced through his win in the Big Dance on Cup Day and will…

It won't be long before Tuncurry mare Robarge is on the freeway to a Highway but not before she warms up in the Coastal Fire Protection Handicap (1200m) at Port Macquarie on Sunday. The Terry Evans trained four-year-old has quickly established herself as one of the most progressive mares on the state's mid-north coast with two wins and five…

Grafton and Scone are the venues for NSW racing on Monday and I'm keen to have a crack at both venues with Winona Costin the jockey to follow at Grafton with a handful of rides at good odds. BEST BET Race 3 No. 1: Miss Super Local mare who resurfaces on Monday for the first time since her easy maiden win at Port Macquarie on May 17. NEXT BEST Race…

Daily Telegraph form analyst Matt Jones runs the rule over Thursday's meetings at Muswellbrook and Albury. The Form: Complete NSW Racing thoroughbred form, including video replays and all you need to know about every horse, jockey and trainer. Find a winner here! BEST BET Race 5 No.1: RUSSIAN STANDARD He would've taken plenty out of a fresh run…

Just six races will be run and won at Kembla Grange Racecourse on Tuesday, May 17, with HorseBetting's top pick coming up in the opening event on the program. The track is rated a Heavy 10, while the rail is out 6m from the 1100m to the winning post and then just 3m for the remainder of the course. Racing is set to get underway at 1:25pm AEST. For…

Warwick Farm plays host to seven metropolitan races on Wednesday afternoon. HorseBetting's New South Wales racing analyst presents you with his best bets, value bet and quaddie numbers for the meeting, which is scheduled to get underway at 12:50pm AEST. The track is rated a Heavy 10 and the rail is in the true position for the entire course. Call…

Montefilia (centre) finishes fourth in last year's Caulfield Cup behind Incentivise and Nonconformist. Picture by Vince Caligiuri/Getty Images Is Montefilia the forgotten horse of the Caulfield Cup? Owner and breeder Hugh Docherty, from Woonona, certainly reckons so. It's been a plan 12 months in the making to have the Kermadec mare run in…

The Caulfield Cup on the same day as The Everest is a wonderful thing for racing fans, as they get to watch two of the biggest four races in the country within an hour of each other. One for the stayers, and one for the sprinters. Like The Everest though, this year's edition of the Caulfield Cup looks a weak one, although perhaps that is being…

Ethan Brown has won three Group 1s this year and is riding with confidence. Picture: AAP Confidence could take jockey Ethan Brown a long way in Saturday's Caulfield Cup. Brown will tackle the $5m event during his biggest year in the saddle, which has produced the three Group 1 wins of his career. Brown broke through for his maiden Group 1 win on…

Warwick Farm Racecourse will host a very competitive nine-race program on Wednesday, highlighted by the rescheduled Group 3 Gloaming Stakes (1600m) from last Saturday. The track is currently rated as a Heavy 10 after rain all of last week; however, there is no rain on the forecast, so we may not be on a bog track come raceday. The rail will be out…

The Group 1 Thousand Guineas (1600m) headlines Wednesday's Caulfield meeting. Rain (8 to 15mm) is expected on raceday, so there is a chance we'll see a downgrade into the soft range from Monday's Good 4 rating. The rail remains in the true position after the track raced perfectly on Saturday. Speed map, runner-by-runner analysis, predicted top four…

Tips and race-by-race preview for Sunday's Muswellbrook meeting. We're sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We're working to restore it. Please try again later. Selections based on a soft track. 12. Snizzi did more than enough on debut running a closing third here a few weeks ago to suggest he can improve with the run and the extra trip.…

Hall of Fame trainer John Hawkes concedes there is no certainty even a proven wet-tracker like Mr Mozart will handle the extremely heavy conditions at Royal Randwick on Saturday. "When the track gets to a Heavy 10, then you can't say with any confidence if a horse will get through the going," Hawkes said. "Even those horses like Mr Mozart, who…

An eight-race program is set down for decision at Ballarat on Sunday afternoon on a track currently rated a Heavy 10. With plenty of rain forecast over the weekend, it will be the battle of the fittest come Sunday afternoon, and with the rail out 8m the entire circuit, it should be advantageous to be up on speed throughout the day. The first event…

Part one of our Caulfield Guineas-week feature on Weekend Hussler certainly sparked a bit of (largely one-sided) debate around jockey Brad Rawiller's Winx-related quotes. For those who missed it, Rawiller claimed Weekend Hussler - at his peak - could have beaten Winx over a mile. "He wouldn't have beaten Winx over 2000m, no way. But over the…

The Cranbourne Turf Club will be hosting its annual Pinker Pinker Plate meeting on Friday night with a massive nine-race card to open the night racing season. The track is currently rated a Good 4, but after a day of rain on Wednesday and 5-10 millimetres of rain predicted on Friday we could be on a Soft-rated track by the time the first race kicks…

Track likely heavy 8 and rail true. We start over the mile trip on a surface that will settle in heavy range with constant rain about. Consistent provincial four-year-old 3. Satness is very fit deep into his prep, and right at home on wet tracks. Won his maiden here four starts back, and has been in the money in three runs since, when settling a…

Daily Telegraph form analyst Matt Jones gives his best bets and runs the rule over the Quaddie legs at Gosford and Armidale. The Form: Complete NSW Racing thoroughbred form, including video replays and all you need to know about every horse, jockey and trainer. Find a winner here! BEST BET Race 5, No.2: EDGE OF REWARD He's racing under new trainer…

Since the introduction of Group racing in Australia, only four horses have won six or more Group 1s in a single season. Three of those are legends of the sport - Kingston Town, Black Caviar and Winx - the other is the underrated superstar Weekend Hussler. The 2008 Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year put together one of the most extraordinary…