#Racing Club

It is not often you read these words but today they are true: the Tokoroa trainers could be worth following at today's Tauranga meeting. Horse racing is not the first thing that comes to mind when most people think of Tokoroa and even hardened punters probably don't realise there is an 1800m training track just outside the South Waikato town. Run…

The GoingStick reading of 4.2 on the chase course at Warwick on Saturday tells you everything you need to know about how deep the ground is going to be, especially with plenty more rain forecast to hit the track. When flicking back through the past decade of archive readings at the Midlands venue, I could find only one such low reading - on…

Ground conditions at both Warwick and Kempton Park are likely to decide the winners of the two big weekend handicaps tomorrow. A month ago, clerks of the course and groundsmen up and down the country feared it might never rain again. Now it seems to pour almost every day and, as a result, it is essential to back horses that revel in the mud. The…

Meet Ginolad, the horse who will carry the silks - and hopes - of the Daily Mirror Punters' Club during the 2010-11 jumps season. The ex-Australian chaser joins us - with the help of Racing For Change - for a jumping campaign which will be one to remember. Ginolad arrived at the stable of 2009 Grand National heroine Venetia Williams around the time…

We go to Moe Racing Club this Sunday for a competitive eight-race card. The Moe track is currently rated a Soft 5, but considering we have an extremely hot day forecast for Saturday, we should see a Good track on race day. The rail will be in the True position for the entire circuit, when racing gets underway at 1:20pm AEDT. Here are our free Moe…

When is Everton vs Southampton on and what time does it start? Everton vs Southampton will take place on Saturday 14 January, 2023 - 15:00 (UK) Where is Everton vs Southampton taking place? Everton vs Southampton will take place at Goodison Park in Liverpool, England Where can I get tickets for Everton vs Southampton? Visit each club's official…

THE thrill of Runbro's victory in last month's Nhill Cup has been soured somewhat. At only his second run this preparation, the Belinda O'Loughlin trained gelding produced the goods to win his second cup for 2022 and his connections were looking forward to a successful 2023 summer cups campaign. "He did a tendon and has been retired," stable…

Some of the most exciting talents on the harness racing scene are set to dazzle and wow punters on Saturday night in the Shepparton Gold Cup. Shepparton Harness Racing Club racing and operations manager Ian McDonald was over the moon with the field for the time-honoured event that is the headline act for this weekend's eight-race card. Recent Inter…

he biggest race of the year is due to take place this weekend, with the Grand National taking place at 5.15pm on Saturday April 6. Since its inception in 1839, the Grand National has been one of Britain's most watched horse races, with around half a billion people around the world tuning in each year. More than £250 million is expected to be staked…

Nicky Henderson believes Epatante must be treated as "still a possible runner" in the Close Brothers Mares' Hurdle - despite her not featuring among the initial entries for the Cheltenham Festival contest. The winner of the Unibet Champion Hurdle in 2020 before placing behind Honeysuckle the following two years, Epatante has been given the option…

Jane Elliott: has ridden three winners in the US The US is known as the land of opportunity and jockey Jane Elliott is determined to give her American adventure every chance of succeeding. Elliott's name has been absent from British racecards since January and, after encouragement from trainer Tom Dascombe and agent Steven Croft, she crossed the…

Why do we keep destroying our harness racing Industry in New Zealand by allowing ridiculous standing starts, especially in maiden trot fields? What century are we in? Who is our handicapper? This is the 21st Century and we are supposed to put on an exciting, modern and fair race for all to enjoy. The handicapper has a lot to answer for - lacking…

Albury Racing Club will host an eight-race program this Tuesday, as the lone race meeting in New South Wales. The track is currently rated a Good 4 and with very warm weather on the forecast for the North East of Victoria, we expect to be on a firm track come race day. The rail will be in the+4m position between the 1300m mark and the winning post,…

Well, we've finally arrived at my final blog of 2022. Have you had enough of racing yet this festive period? Of course not! Let's kick off 2023 as we ended 2022, with more superb sport headlined by Cheltenham's New Year's Day fixture. The first horse I'm pinning my hopes on to get the new year off to a flyer is SECRET REPRIEVE in the AIS Handicap…

Warrnambool Racing Club will host the Port Fairy Cup and Koroit Cup on Sunday, with both of those races being the highlight events on the eight-race card. The current track rating of a Good 4 looks like it will hold until Sunday, with warm weather forecast for the Warrnambool area all weekend. The rail will be in the+3m position for the entire…

Australian racing is in rude health. It is almost in spite of itself. People are betting like never before, be that either lockdown driven or without a care for the use of the whip. Owners from one percenters to moguls are getting more in return for their fun or investment because of it, and breeders are riding a bloodstock boom that defies…

What a week it has been! The racing has been phenomenal, the weather largely clear and most crucially of all, fans were back where they belong on the terraces. Cheltenham felt like it was truly back this week as a result. See you in 2023! It's the seventh Irish-trained winner from seven races on Friday! Mark McDonagh did an excellent job steering…

Trainer Scott Brunton will walk onto the track for the Tasmanian Racing Club meeting in Hobart today in the sure knowledge that he will train the winner in the $125000 Tasmanian Stakes … even though the race is only due to go off at 4.47pm local time. In an extraordinary turn of events Brunton will saddle all four runners in the Listed event with…

It is officially gut-check season for Manchester City and Liverpool, which will remain in the spotlight of the soccer world for another week and weekend. The two English giants are nearly inseparable in the Premier League ranks after their 2-2 tie over the weekend, and they swiftly have to shift their focus back to UEFA Champions League…

It's the last day of summer, which means that the autumn is just one sleep away. South-East Queensland tracks continue to get hammered by rain and floodwater, a clash of the titans beckons down in Victoria, while seven years on from'the other Weir runner', we get stung by'the other Waller runner'. It's never good to see natural disasters take…

SOUTHAMPTON are close to agreeing a £7.5million deal for Dinamo Zagreb midfielder Mislav Orsic. Saints have also opened talks over a deal for Lorient striker Terem Moffi and are plotting a £12m move for Racing Club midfielder Carlos Alcaraz. Southampton are rock bottom of the Premier League with just one win in their last 12 Premier League games…

Jet Powered was beaten at prohibitive odds at Newbury - but there appeared to be no fluke about the 66-1 success of Gary Moore's Jupiter Du Gite. Nicky Henderson's Jet Powered was sent off the 2-7 favourite having been hugely impressive on his first outing and was prominent in the ante-post betting for the Supreme Novices' Hurdle. Everything…

The exciting Jet Powered lost his unbeaten record in the Coral Racing Club Join For Free'Introductory' Hurdle at Newbury as Jupiter Du Gite recorded a wide margin success at 66/1. Sent off at a prohibitive price, Jet Powered tracked Jupiter Du Gite through the early stages with the field well strung out at halfway. The field closed a little on the…

Hermes Allen was a very easy winner of the Coral Challow Novices' Hurdle at Newbury, to give Paul Nicholls a third successive victory in the Grade One feature. Following on from Bravemansgame and Stage Star, Hermes Allen had to prove he could handle deep ground on this occasion. On paper at least, this year's renewal looked as strong as any in…

Newbury's Challow Novices' Hurdle (1500) is the highlight of Saturday's racing, but I'm sure we'll find some other winners to get those champagne corks popping later on in the evening. First let's have a quick list of Saturday's selections, you can find more detail on our highlighted horses further down the page. Happy New Year and the best of luck…

Hermes Allen (right): bids to deliver Paul Nicholls a record fifth win in the Challow Hurdle Paul Nicholls believes Hermes Allen has the potential to follow the trajectory of King George star Bravemansgame as he bids for Grade 1 success in Saturday's Coral Challow Novices' Hurdle (3.00). The five-year-old dazzled in Grade 2 company last month at…

CAROLINE trainer Belinda O'Loughlin could not have wished for a better way to end 2022. After winning the Hamilton cup in October with Muntham Missile, the O'Loughlin stable added another cup to the list when Runbro caused an upset by taking out last Monday's $30000 Nhill cup (1650 metres). Runbro won the Summer cup over 2100 metres at Penola back…

Almost two months on from the incident, Victoria Police are continuing to search for a vandal who poured litres of sludge onto Flemington race track on Melbourne Cup Day. On November 1 around 6am, offenders are believed to have broken into the facility and made their way onto the track. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Vandal dumps'oily sludge' on Flemington…

Stuart Coltherd (left): successful with Wheelbahri Thursday: Kelso Wheelbahri rounded off the year in style as he kept a determined southern raider at bay to notch his sixth success of 2022. The eight-year-old, trained by Stuart Coltherd, followed up last month's course success with a gutsy front-running display to hold off the favourite Jetoile by…

Salute the Soldier wins Maktoum Challenge Round 3 on Super Saturday at Meydan, with the next stop the Dubai World Cup. Photo by Erika Rasmussen, courtesy of Dubai Racing Club March 8 (UPI) -- Super Saturday in Dubai, the highlight of weekend horse racing around the world, opened the door to World Cup night for some of the horses who have toiled…

A self-admitted'problem gambler' has broken into the Flemington racecourse hours before the Melbourne Cup to pour an oily substance on the track. Alarming footage showed at least two people running onto the track in Flemington at about 6am on Tuesday to spray a dark liquid over the course in apparent protest against the Victoria Racing Club. The…

The Melbourne Cup is gearing up for its full-blown return on Tuesday following two years of heavy restrictions and capped crowds. Whether you're headed to the racecourse, hosting your own event, or just want to be in the know, see below for your guide to everything you need to know to enjoy the big day of racing. Like every year, the Melbourne Cup…

This weekend, the Argentine Primera División returns to your screens, and it's worth tuning in for. You're certainly not going to see the tactical rigour of Europe's major leagues, and you don't have to be a particularly astute observer to notice the ball spends almost as much time in the air as it does on the ground. But what Argentinian football…

Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Practical Move upset three of trainer Bob Baffert's 2-year-olds in the weekend's feature race, the Grade II Los Alamitos Futurity, adding his name into the mix of candidates for the 2023 Kentucky Derby. Things went a bit more to expectations among the Japanese 2-year-olds as the three favorites reported 1-2-3 in Sunday's Grade 1…

The Chosen One will be the only New Zealand-trained runner in this year's Melbourne Cup and will be trying to make up for an unlucky ninth in last year's race. There is likely to be one New Zealand-trained horse and as many as six New Zealand-bred horses in next Tuesday's A$8million Melbourne Cup. The most prestigious handicap race in the southern…

Trainers David Eustace and Ciaron Maher with the Melbourne Cup after Gold Trip's victory last month. Picture: Michael Klein A $10m Melbourne Cup is part of a Victoria Racing Club New Year's resolution. News Corp has established the Flemington hierarchy intends to lobby Racing Victoria for a $2m boost for the race that stops the nation. It follows…

It's September and for fashion icons and eager punters it means one thing - the start of Spring Racing season. On Wednesday, Victoria Racing Club headed to Sydney to celebrate the new season, announcing Christian Wilkins as its new ambassador, in huge news for the social scene favourite. Christian, who arrived at the event with his father,…

Happy Monday: Bez with the Jedd O'Keeffe-trained Mystic Moonshadow Maracas-shaking sidekick to Shaun Ryder in the Happy Mondays and a past winner of Celebrity Big Brother, Bez is the latest famous face from the world of entertainment hoping to enter the winner's circle as he launches a racing club, with the Showcasing filly Mystic Moonshadow being…

Down On Da Bayou blitzes her rivals in Thursday's UAE Oaks at Meydan, and now is headed for the Saudi Derby. Photo by Erika Rasmussen, courtesy of Dubai Racing Club Feb. 21 (UPI) Weekend horse racing features a dash of Kentucky Derby, Saudi Derby, Hong Kong Derby, Qatar Derby and even the Winter Derby with action from the Far East to the Middle…

Gary Moore is assembling a fine squad of novice hurdlers this term and is eyeing up Kempton on Boxing Day for his taking Huntingdon winner Hansard. The Noel Fehily Racing Club-owned gelding travelled strongly in the hands of Jamie Moore at the Cambridgeshire track on his stable debut and showed plenty of speed to quicken off the slow pace and deny…

The big corporate bookies have been huffing and puffing about Queensland's Point Of Consumption tax hike, but there is a fascinating spin-off which could change the face of racecourses in the Sunshine State. As part of the increased tax, the on-course exclusivity of Tabcorp is being released. It means the corporate bookies are free to negotiate…

2022-12-08Friday racing tips for Cheltenham, Doncaster, Southwell, Wolverhampton, Dundalk and Bangor Here's a quick bit of detail on our key selections for Friday's action, you can find the full list of tips for every race across all the tracks at the bottom of the page. Bungley appeals most at Southwell in the second division of the Spreadex…

Werribee Racing Club is set to host a nine-race program for its Cup Day meeting on Sunday afternoon. HorseBetting's Victorian racing expert has gone through the card and picked out his best bets for the day, which kicks off at 12:45pm AEDT. Having won the Group 2 Autumn Classic at Caulfield earlier in the year, it is hard to see how the superior…

It wasn't that long ago racing in Queensland was viewed by many as a basket case but now it has become a bonanza. A $3 million Stradbroke Handicap, a beefed-up Gold Coast Magic Millions day featuring lucrative new races and a pair of fresh slot races. And increases in prizemoney across the board. Horses can't race all year and Victoria and NSW will…

Queensland's famous Stradbroke Handicap will be catapulted to one of the richest sprint races in the country after receiving a huge boost on the back of sweeping prizemoney reforms across the state. It can be revealed the time-honoured Group 11400m handicap will be doubled from $1.5m to $3m from next year, in what is the most significant boost in…

Champ pipped Paisley Park in a thrilling finish to the Coral Long Distance Hurdle at Newbury on Friday. The two 10-year-olds battled it out right to the line in the three-mile contest, with the strong-travelling, front-running Champ just getting the better of the popular former Stayers' Hurdle winner, who powered home under Aidan Coleman. Jonjo…

Gold Trip has stormed home to win the 2022 Melbourne Cup at Flemington in a gut-busting, furious sprint to the finish line with jockey Mark Zahra delivering a hilarious X-rated spray at his rival jockeys as he crossed the line. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained import ran a close second at the Caulfield Cup and went one better to claim…

A combination of historic amounts of money and high quality horses quickly made the Dubai World Cup a staple on the international horse racing calendar. The world's richest day of racing will take place Saturday at Meydan Racecourse in the United Arab Emirates, and it has once again attracted some of the most talented runners from around the…