Location: Tasmania

Everyone has hot takes from time to time, and the preseason and/or the first few weeks of the season are always the perfect time to let a few crazy theories fly. We could never call ourselves sports pundits if we didn't occasionally drop an all-time stinker of an opinion. Is this Bochum's year to lift Bundesliga glory? Will Xabi Alonso be sacked by…

Bold Act produced a determined display when keeping on gamely to land the Listed Prix Nureyev for Charlie Appleby and Godolphin. The three-year-old was sent off odds-on after finishing third in the Group 3 Hampton Court Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot before filling the same position in the Group 2 Prix Eugene Adam last time. The New Approach colt was…

Leading NT trainer Gary Clarke is well aware that success in the $60000 Chief Minister's Cup (1600m) at Fannie Bay on Saturday can lead to extra benefits down the track. It's the feature on Day 2 of the Darwin Cup Carnival and recent history suggests that the winner of the race is capable of saluting in the $200000 Darwin Cup (2050m) on the first…

Looks a good day to have a punt at Muswellbrook and Albury where a $4 chance looks the best bet of the day. MUSWELLBROOK Best Bet: Race 2 (3) Maly Malt The former Victorian Maly Malt won three races in her first preparation for Sue Grills including a Scone win over 1400m first-up and a recent trial win at Armidale suggests the four-year-old…

Sunny Sanz (Sportswriter) returned to winning form to claim Saturday night's $75000 Ladbrokes Easter Cup in Launceston. The seven-year-old Sportswriter harness racing gelding claimed the Devonport Cup earlier this season and had been placed in three of six starts since, but after finishing down the track in the two heats of the race and a heat of…

by Adam Langenberg, ABC, 27 March 2023 An independent investigation is urgently needed into Tasmania's racing watchdog and how it handled allegations of race fixing and team driving by the state's leading harness racing stable, political parties say. Industry participants also alleged their concerns were not sufficiently investigated by stewards…

The 2023 Ladbrokes Tasmania Cup holds the title as Australia's richest harness racing standing start-pacing race, and it is the only Group 1 equine race in Tasmania for the year. Heats have been held over the past two weeks, and both have been ran in two different styles. Check In won the first heat on 5 March in the quickest heat time, a race…

Right You Are may have booked a trip to Tasmania for their upcoming Cup races with an explosive win at Sandown to complete a winning hat-trick. In a career plagued by a suspensory injury at the end of his four-year-old year, Right You Are is racing in career best form since joining the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable having added the Ladbroke…

The Group 3 Launceston Cup headlines the action at the Tasmanian Turf Club on a jam-packed 10-race program this Wednesday afternoon. Big fields and competitive racing are the theme of the day, and with a bit of luck we can help steer you into a few winners. Despite the Launceston track coming up a Soft 5 early in the week, warm days are forecast in…

Sigrid'Siggy' Carr is no stranger to success in Tasmania as a jockey but while she has held a dual jockey/trainer licence since 2018 her best chance of notching a black type win fulfilling both roles could come if Queensborough Flyer can turn around a disappointing result in Hobart with a win at Launceston. Trained by Carr, Queensborough Flyer will…

Strutt Stakes winner Soul Choice is odds on with Ladbrokes.com.au for the Tasmanian Oaks (2100m) this afternoon at Launceston in a small but select field. The GaiBott trained filly has been up a while but continues to hold her form super. $1.85 was first put up and has been crunched, now into $1.60, and clearly holds the call. Badda Boom Baby…

HORSE RACINGNZ Racing DeskSunday 1 JanuaryFREE FOR EDITORIAL USEProwess dominates at the finish of the Gr.2 Jamieson Park Auckland Guineas (1600m)Photo / Trish Dunell Prowess and Warren Kennedy return to the Te Rapa birdcage The classic Derby clash New Zealand punters are craving is anything but certain even though the two main players were…

The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott trained Soul Choice had no concerns booking her ticket for the Tasmanian Oaks when taking out the Listed Strutt Stakes at Hobart on Friday evening. A maiden success in the feature for the Waterhouse and Bott stable, Soul Choice only faced four rivals and led throughout to score comfortably. Sent out the $1.24…

Racing heads to the Tasmanian Turf Club on Friday night for a nine-race program where the Listed Launceston Guineas takes centre stage. Despite the rail being out 4.5m the entire circuit and the track coming up a Soft 5 for racing, we expect every runner to get their chance if good enough, with the track to play fairly throughout as it has been in…

The WTA Hobart International event continues on day three after an entertaining start to the tournament in Tasmania. A number of star names have already fallen by the wayside; will day three bring more upsets? As always, we here at LWOT will be offering our predictions for every match on the schedule, including Anhelina Kalinina vs Tatjana Maria,…

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…

Elwick Racecourse will host its annual Tasmanian Guineas Day this Friday evening, with the highlight events being the Listed Tasmanian Stakes and Listed Tasmanian Guineas. The track is currently rated a Soft 5, however, with good weather forecast for Thursday and Friday, we expect to see a Good, fair track come race day. The rail will be out in…

Local star Bello Beau holds the call with Ladbrokes.com.au for one of the feature races at Hobart on Friday, the Tasmanian Guineas (1600m). Trainer Adam Trinder has a strong hand in the race, headlined by Bello Beau, regarded as one of the more promising gallopers to come out of Tasmania since Mystic Journey. He heads the market at $2.05. GaiBott…

Daily Telegraph form analyst Shayne O'Cass gives his best bets and runs the rule over the Quaddie legs at Moruya and Tamworth. 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: BOLD OFFA Yass trained son of Bon Hoff who…

Dynamic first up winner The Inevitable is favourite with Ladbrokes for the Tasmanian Newmarket (1200m) this Wednesday night at Launceston. There was a query on whether this Scott Brunton trained gelding was past it, but he put that query to bed with a spank job first up win at Hobart. Fitter and up to 1200m, he looks hard to beat. He sits at $3.10,…

Hope In Your Heart, the talented mare named after a famous song, is lucky to be alive. If fate had not intervened 11 years ago, Hope In Your Heart would never have been born but here she is lining up in the $10m XXXX Golden Eagle (1500m) at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. This story is about an owner's love of the thoroughbred, a trainer's belief,…

The Emma Stewart-trained Longfellow (Bettor's Delight) added another feature race win to his resume when scoring in the Group 2 Tasfreight Raider Stakes in Launceston on Sunday night (Nov. 13). Sent out as the $1.06 favourite, reinsman Allan McDonough worked forward to find the lead after the first 400m in the 2698m event. Having the race run on…

ADL vs TJJ Dream11: While the NBA Regular Season still remains a few days away, the NBL action, the Australian basketball scene has been active for a decent chunk of time now. The games aren't stacked as NBA and there can be just one or two games occurring in a day with a break in between. That is why it has taken more than 10 days for the Adelaide…

News Corp form analyst runs the rule over Saturday's meeting at Mornington. BEST BET TOBAYSURE (R5 No.6 - $2.80) Wide draw to overcome but first-up run full of merit. In-form jockey Zac Spain boasts a 30 per cent winning strike rate, five wins from 17 starts, for astute trainer Phillip Stokes. NEXT BEST HARMYSIAN (R7 No.7 - $7.50) Hit the line…

Abbey Turnbull had her most successful day in the sulky in her relatively brief career at last Friday's Wagga meeting with a driving hat-trick. Turnbull scored on the Russell Jack-trained two-year-old debutant Bravo Stride and then drove smart three-year-olds National News and Hiranya to victory for her Tatura trainer father, Craig. In what was…