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Maximum Security, the colt disqualified from victory in the Kentucky Derby, returns to the winner's circle Saturday at Belmont Park. Photo courtesy of New York Racing Association Oct. 28 (UPI) -- It was a very good weekend of horse racing for Japan as Lys Gracieux landed the Group 1 Cox Plate in Australia and Almond Eye returned to her dominant…

Avonallo gets the better of Follow Your Dreams during one of their showdowns at Riccarton in November. Photo / Getty Images To say Kenny Rae doesn't often have starters in million-dollar races is a bit of an understatement. It would be more accurate to say Rae hasn't had a starter in a $1m race for 6487 days. But on Saturday night at Ellerslie that…

Jockey Mereana Hudson has Hastings-trained Rum clear of his rivals as they reach the finish line in the Rating 65 race over 1400m at Woodville last Tuesday. It was the horse's first win for more than two years. Photo / Supplied Hastings trainer Patrick Campbell produced a masterstroke when he got Rum to return to winning form after an absence of…

Barely thirty minutes after unbeaten three-year-old filly Legarto put her hand up to start favourite in the Karaka Million 3YO Classic (1600m) next month with victory in the Group 2 Eight Carat Classic (1600m), her main rival issued an emphatic statement that he won't be going down without a titanic struggle. The Mark Walker-trained Wild Night went…

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…

A determined Lilly Laguna, ridden by Sarah O'Malley, gets her neck in front of La Flora Belle to win last Sunday's Waipukurau Cup. Photo / Supplied The connections of Hastings-trained Lilly Laguna were as shocked as the punters were when the mare took out last Sunday's $22000 Affco NZ Waipukurau Cup at odds of 40 to one. The Rios five-year-old went…

We have expert betting tips for the New Zealand 1000 Guineas this Saturday at Riccarton where a field of nine line up for the Group 1 feature across the Tasman. It's all about favourite Legarto in betting markets. She's at $1.35 to win and remain unbeaten, so she could pay a visit to Australia in the autumn. We have a runner-by-runner betting guide…

It will be a different scene this year at the Cox Plate, with the COVID-19 pandemic still heavily affecting Victoria and crowds unlikely to be able to attend the big race. The 2020 edition of the Group 1 Cox Plate will be held on Saturday 24th October at Moonee Valley, capping off a big weekend that also includes the Group 1 Manikato Stakes on the…

We have expert betting tips for the cards this Saturday in New Zealand, featuring the racing from Matamata and Hawea. There is plenty of value available with bookmakers at the New Zealand meetings they usually kick off early, so it's a quality entrée to the Australian gallops. 100% Australian!Best Local Bookie!Best Mulitbet Odds! - - #13 - Bubbles…

Gai Waterhouse goes back to where it all began with Grove Ferry and Sacramento in the Group 1 $750000 The Metropolitan (2400m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday. The feature staying race has a special significance for Waterhouse as it provided the trainer with her first Group 1 winner 30 years ago. Then there was Herculian Prince's win in the 2010 The…

Callsign Mav (yellow colours) drives between I Am Superman (left) and Tuvalu to take out the Group 1 A$1 million Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes at Caulfield last Saturday. Photo / Supplied By John Jenkins Hastings trainer John Bary had a windfall of about A$50000 when Callsign Mav, a horse he formerly prepared, took out the Group 1 A$1 million Sir Rupert…

We have expert betting tips for the Group 1 Tarzino Trophy this Saturday at Hastings which features a quality field of nine runners. The Tarzino Trophy is the first leg of the Hawke's Bay Spring Carnival and there are some superstars in the field, including Imperatriz and La Crique. We have a runner-by-runner betting guide available for the Tarzino…