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Promising type Piraeus can put himself on a path to a three-year-old stakes tilt when he hunts a hat-trick of wins in Wednesday's Huckel Excavations Benchmark 64 Handicap (1350m) at Wyong. Trainers Richard and Will Freedman have their son of Merchant Navy racing in top form and will raise the bar again in the gelding's fourth career start. Piraeus…

Daily Telegraph form analyst Shayne O'Cass gives his best bets and runs the rule over every race for Kembla. 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.3: DENILIQUIN Been itching to get out to 2000m, which he is…

Daily Telegraph form analyst Shayne O'Cass gives his best bets and runs the rule over the Quaddie legs at Newcastle and Wagga. 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 3, No.13: DEAR JEWEL A Snitzel half-sister to Divine…

Michael "The Wizard'' Kipness has been a professional horse racing handicapper since 1986. The Las Vegas resident analyzes the 20-horse field for Saturday's 148th Kentucky Derby, designating each horse as a contender or a pretender. Visit Wizardraceandsports.com for his full card selections and wagering strategies for Oaks Day (13 races) and Derby…

Tough as teak gelding Larynx will soon raise the baton on 50 starts and top $200000 in earnings but not before potentially adding the Cowra Cup (1280m) to his win tally at Orange on Sunday. Born and bred at Gooree, the son of the Mudgee nursery's Group 1 winning sprinter Your Song, is closing on his eighth win and/or 28th podium finish at his 48th…

Trainer Tracy Timbery reckons Sea Of Qi could be a Saturday class galloper if he puts it all together but would be content just to see the lightly-raced gelding tick off his maiden at Lismore on Saturday. Timbery will finally get the chance to unleash her talented six-year-old in the Luxaflex Window Fashions Maiden Plate (1410m) after a string of…

We'll bring you the 2022 Preakness Stakes results, including the three horses that finished in the money, the full results, and the exacta, trifecta, and superfecta payouts following the 147th running of the Preakness Stakes. Early Voting has won the 2022 Preakness Stakes! Early Voting was ridden by jockey Jose Ortiz and trained by Chad C. Brown.…

Form analyst Mitch Cohen gives his best bets and runs the rule over the Quaddie legs at Ballina and Gosford. 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 8, No.8: OLAKAU'ATU Won with a bit in hand at Coffs Harbour first-up.…

Sky Racing's form analyst Brad Davidson runs the rule over every race, including suggested bets, for the Randwick 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! RANDWICK Track: Soft 6. Rail: +6m R1: TAB HIGHWAY HANDICAP…

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…

Form analyst Mitch Cohen gives his best bets and runs the rule over every race for Warwick Farm. 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 7, No.4: THINK ABOUT IT Highly promising galloper returning from a spell. Won two…

The 13:50 at Doncaster on Tuesday is available as a free Race Pass, which means logged-in customers can view all our premium comments and ratings. The most valuable event on Doncaster's card is the novices' handicap chase over two and a half miles (13:50) with five runners chasing a first prize of almost £11000. Top weight Bold Endeavour (Timeform…

Daily Telegraph form analyst Shayne O'Cass gives his best bets and runs the rule over every race for 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 1, No.2: ROYSTON HEAD Had trialled well before his laudable debut…

He's been a giant killer in the past and Jason Coyle will try and cause another upset in a feature race at Newcastle on Friday afternoon. Maui Girl runs in the Group 3 Newcastle Newmarket Handicap (1400m) after a stack of consistent runs over the summer. "I've run horses like this in races like this and they've run above their odds and done quite…

Country House won the 145th Kentucky Derby after Maximum Security - who crossed the finish line first - was disqualified for a race infraction, an unprecedented result in race history. Read full coverage of the race here. Bob Baffert, the Hall of Fame trainer of Triple Crown winners American Pharoah in 2015 and Justify in 2018, has three horses in…

The 15:00 at Taunton on Monday is available as a free Race Pass, which means logged-in customers can view all our premium comments and ratings. 10 runners are scheduled to go to post for Monday's Stables Business Park Handicap Hurdle (15:00) at Taunton, the most interesting of which is perhaps the unbeaten Lady Adare (134p) as she returns from 11…

Local trainer David Matts is preparing to have a solid hand at Coffs Harbour on Sunday and it's a lightly-raced galloper with a future that has him most excited. Matts will saddle up four runners on his home deck with lightly-raced Bellzen joined by stablemates Qukes, Storm Giver and Endangered Spexies at the meeting. Promising three-year-old…

The Naas Novice Hurdle (14:20) on Sunday is available as a free Race Pass, which means logged-in customers can view all our premium comments and ratings. There are several promising types among the nine runners declared for the Grade 1 Lawlor's of Naas Novice Hurdle (14:20) which has been won by Gordon Elliott in four of the last six years. The…

Horses break from the starting gate during the first race of Oaklawn's live race meet on December 3, 2021. Oaklawn's racing season begins once again Friday. - File photo by The Sentinel-Record FRIDAY'S RESULTS 3-9 (33.3%) MEET 23-93 (24.7%) LEE'S LOCK Andy Cant in the third BEST BET Keystone Field in the eighth LONG SHOT Thorn Crown in the…

The Joseph/Jones alliance will use Sunday's Nowra meeting to take the wrapping off one of the stable's brightest 2023 prospects - Peak Contributer. Bred in New Zealand, the unraced three-year-old has racked up his share of frequent flyer points since his early days in the Shaky Isles. The Form: Complete NSW Racing thoroughbred form, including video…

Form analyst Mitch Cohen gives his best bets and runs the rule over every race for Canterbury, Orange and 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 4, No.2: FRENCH MARINE Talented Kris Lees-trained…

Form analyst Mitch Cohen gives his best bets and runs the rule over every race for Warwick Farm. 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.3: VILLADEN Winner at the track and trip last time, the Chris Waller-trained…

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…

Star jockey Tommy Berry is ready to hit the ground running as he prepares for his first day back at the races from a timely break to recharge the batteries while preparing to fight a range of betting charges. Berry last rode in Sydney on December 9 but elected to hang up the saddle for a Christmas sabbatical to get his mental and physical health in…

Daily Telegraph form analyst Matt Jones gives his best bets and runs the rule over every race for Gosford. 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: GLACIER QUEEN She's got 61.5kg but deserves it in this grade.…

Form analyst Mitch Cohen gives his best bets and runs the rule over every race for Orange. 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.4: LISTEN TO THE BAND Made an amazing return from a two and a half year break with…

Port Macquarie trainer Marc Quinn is hoping recent addition Auzstar can lay down a marker for a Country Championships tilt in 2023 when he travels south to Taree on Sunday. Auzstar will have just his third start for the Quinn yard in the AG Mowers Country Boosted Benchmark 66 Handicap (1250m). The son of star sire Zoustar has only been in Quinn's…

Form analyst Mitch Cohen gives his best bets and runs the rule over every race for Coffs Harbour. 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.1: TERRAMEADES Two from two second-up from a break and can add to that…

Trainer Jason Coyle will return to one of his happiest grounds on Sunday on 500 not out and eager to up his tally via the promising debutant Sweetpea Moochi at Nowra. Coyle brought up his milestone 500th winner at Canberra 10 days ago when Impressiero edged his way to a clear first victory in a maiden. "Besides my 12 months with Patinack, which was…

Daily Telegraph form analyst Mitch Cohen gives his best bets and runs the rule over every race for Gosford. 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: PER INAWAY After racing without luck last time, this Kris…

Daily Telegraph form analyst Matt Jones gives his best bets and runs the rule over the Quaddie legs at Grafton and Bathurst. 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 8, No.10: MAROON MAGIC It took her a while to get to…

Matthew Dunn is hoping it will be smooth sailing for comeback galloper Sagacious when he steps out in the Ballina Cup Prelude at Murwillumbah on Tuesday. This week marks the 37th anniversary of the gelding's namesake's overall win in the Sydney To Hobart yacht race. Sagacious, the four legged one, was forced into dock for some repairs after winning…

Joe Cleary will make his annual pilgrimage to the Gold Coast next month hoping to build a war chest for the Magic Millions Yearling Sale courtesy of his talented sprinter King Gutho. That quest begins on Sunday at a jam-packed festive Moruya racetrack where King Gutho steps out in the Narooma Cup (1300m). "King Gutho heads to the Gold Coast after…

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…

Below is a list of the top five racing stories, quotes and a timeline prepared by the race marketing department at Horseshoe Indianapolis. The 123-day racing season was conducted from Tuesday, April 19 through Wednesday, Nov. 23. For the seventh straight year, the Indiana Derby program raised the bar in handle. Actuator and James Graham were…

Daily Telegraph form analyst Shayne O'Cass runs the rule over every race, including suggested bets, for the Randwick 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. Track: Soft 5. Rail: Out 9m. Overview: The Magic…

Form analyst Mitch Cohen gives his best bets and runs the rule over the Quaddie legs at Coonabarabran and Wagga. 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 3, No.3: SEAHAVEN The Paul Messara-trained gelding is racing…

The 15:00 at Ayr on Thursday is available as a free Race Pass, which means logged-in customers can view all our premium comments and ratings. Ayr's card features an interesting three-mile handicap chase (15:00) with nine runners declared. Lucinda Russell fields two of the runners, including Return Fire (137p) who comes here seeking a hat-trick…

Horses have been raced since as early as the age of the ancient Roman and Greek Civilisations, when Chariot racing was popular. In history, where there were horses, there was equestrian sport and nearly always horse racing. In the United Kingdom, horse racing became more formalised as the racehorse itself became more defined: people began breeding…

Daily Telegraph form analyst Matt Jones gives his best bets and runs the rule over the Quaddie legs at Hawkesbury and Quirindi. 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 8, No.9: SURFERS ROYALE The Matthew Smith-trained…

Trainer Brett Lazzarini will be hoping a reliable source can provide instant results when star apprentice Reece Jones partners Bonus Tempus at Gosford on Thursday. The trainer-jockey combination have proven to be a formidable partnership whenever they have joined forces with seven victories and four placings from 21 starters at a competitive…

Daily Telegraph form analyst Shayne O'Cass gives his best bets and runs the rule over every race for Warwick Farm. 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.6: DE AN ANDRETTI Won on debut like a good horse then had…

Few would have ever expected to see De An Andretti going around at a midweeker at Warwick Farm a few days shy of Christmas but trainer Ron Quinton is just happy to have her back. The Gerry Harvey-owned sister to Libertini earned an atomic sized boom after her dazzling debut win at Hawkesbury on April 14 in 2021. So incredible was the performance…

Thyme Hill is fancied to finally land a big Cheltenham win in the Paddy Power Stayers' Hurdle. Philip Hobbs' runner, 5-1 with bookies Betfred, has past champions to see off in Thursday's feature. Over 60000 people will be at the track on St Patrick's Day, all hoping to find some winners. Unlike 2021, when Ireland dominated, the British runners are…

Daily Telegraph form analyst Shayne O'Cass gives his best bets and runs the rule over the Quaddie legs at Beaumont and Grafton. 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.12: VELVET LADY A John Ramsey-trained…

Sunday Telegragh form analyst Shayne O'Cass runs the rule over the Armidale meeting on Sunday. 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 7 No.1: POINT COUNTERPOINT Runner-up in last year's Armidale Cup but marvel at what…

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…

Trainer David Payne is confident promising filly Sweet Mercy can land in the box seat and get every chance to turn the tables on early favourite Chenin in Friday's Too Darn Hot Yearlings Handicap (1550m) at Canterbury. Sweet Mercy finished more than two lengths off Mark Newnham's Chenin when the pair met at Warwick Farm last time out but is set to…

Form analyst Mitch Cohen gives his best bets and runs the rule over every race for 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: CHENIN Can lead his rivals on a merry dance again from out in front. NEXT…

FAKIR D'OUDAIRES can land a big prize for Ireland in the Grade 1 Marsh Chase. Joseph O'Brien's chaser is as tough as they come and bounded clear by 11 lengths in this race 12 months ago. Returning in his usual consistent manner, JP McManus' seven-year-old recorded a 15-length score at Grade 2 level in November. There was no disgrace in finding…