#Think It Over

In 29 attempts, Patrick Moloney had managed just three placings at group 1 level. But the 28-year-old is now a Newmarket Handicap winner, following his boilover victory on rank outsider Roch'N' Horse in Saturday's feature event at Flemington. Punters were left bewildered while bookies celebrated the shock result, with the little known Kiwi sprinter…

Racing is never short of a storyline and 2022 was certainly no different. Be it the good, the bad or the sometimes ugly, racing can at times resemble a soap opera as much as it does a billion dollar industry. With 2022 now in the rear view mirror we look back at the 30 biggest stories to shape the year with Part 2 today covering 15-1. 15) Melbourne…

Nash Rawiller drives Think It Over to victory in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes in April. Picture Getty Images Kerry Parker was as stunned as everyone watching trackside. Nash Rawiller, riding Think It Over, had charged to the outside rail in the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes. It was a daring move in the biggest race of Sydney's autumn carnival and…

Desert Encounter, winner of the 2018 and 2019 Pattison Canadian International, is back trying for a "three-peat" in Saturday's renewal at Woodbine. Photo courtesy of Woodbine Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Belmont Park returns to action this weekend with Irish and English horses, including Bolshoi Ballet, chasing the third leg of New York's rich turf…

Verry Elleegant and Nature Strip, the nation's best racehorses, are defying time - but for how much longer? Since the retirement of all-time great Winx three years ago, the Chris Waller-trained duo have reigned supreme. Nature Strip inherited the Horse of the Year title from his former stablemate in 2019-20 before Verry Elleegant claimed the honour…

Not even the likes of global conglomerates Godolphin have landed back-to-back Stradbroke Handicap victories but punters are backing North Queensland property tycoon Tom Hedley to achieve the feat with The Harrovian on Saturday. The horse with a cult following after his incredible winning streak has been heavily supported with TAB, recording more…

Racenet's stable of bookies have come to the fore with their selections for a Saturday of racing across the nation, headlined by a trio of Group 1 contests at Flemington. The bagmen have done the form and provided their thoughts on the Blue Diamond Stakes at Flemington and the Chipping Norton Stakes at Randwick. They have also offered their best…

Nest (white bridle), shown winning the 2021 Demoiselle at Aqueduct, returns as a heavy favorite in Saturday's Suncoast Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs, a Kentucky Oaks prep. Photo by Joe Labozzetta, courtesy of New York Racing Association Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Potential Kentucky Derby candidates are in action from California to Florida and all the way to…

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 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…

A strong field has been assembled for the Australian Cup (2000m) at Flemington this Saturday, with Sydney sider Think It Over creating interest as he comes to Melbourne in search of a dry deck. Down below is a speed map, runner preview and $100 betting strategy for the 2022 Australian Cup. *Existing customers only. 2nd Racing bet. Excl SA & WA. T's…

The Harrovian has been strongly backed to win the Stradbroke Handicap. Picture: Trackside Photography Not even the likes of global conglomerates Godolphin have landed back-to-back Stradbroke Handicap victories but punters are backing North Queensland property tycoon Tom Hedley to achieve the feat with The Harrovian on Saturday. The horse with a…

Best Bet: Race 2 No.4 THE IRISHMAN Best Value: Race 9 No.16 ROCK Quaddie Leg 1: 3,8,16 Leg 2: 1,2,3,5 Leg 3: 1,2,10,16,18,19,20,21 Leg 4: 3,6,17 The Championships are here! Randwick plays host to my favourite day of racing in Sydney and one of my favourite races of the year, the Group 1 Doncaster Mile. Rail true and a few showers during the week…

Pre-race favourite Duais has bolted in to win the $1.5 million Tancred Stakes, claiming its third Group 1 in the process. The four-year-old mare, trained by Edward Cummings, proved far too good for the rest of the field, with jockey Josh Parr biding his time before allowing her to let rip down the straight to win by 3.4 lengths. Stockman finished…

Daily Telegraph form analyst Matt Jones runs the rule over every race, including suggested bets, for the Golden Slipper meeting at Rosehill 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: Soft 7. Rail: +5m…

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: Heavy 9. Rail: True. R1: TAB HIGHWAY…

RSN Form Guru Deane Lester has the tips, best bets, value plays and race-by-race selections for the spectacular day of Group 1 racing at Victoria Racing Club, Flemington on'Super Saturday' Race Day. Top: #5 NANAGUI 2. #8 RUTHLESS DAME 3. #9 MOKO 4. #7 KIKO Top: #4 FLYING MASCOT ** 2. #1 TURAATH 3. #9 GROOVY KINDA LOVE 4. #3 ROCHA CLOCK Top: #8…

Classic Causeway, shown winning the Sam F. Davis Stakes earlier in the meeting, is morning-line favorite for Saturday's Tampa Bay. SV Photography photo, courtesy of Tampa Bay Downs March 11 (UPI) -- With the Kentucky Derby picture still very much uncertain, Saturday's Tampa Bay Derby looms as a golden opportunity for one or more of the 3-year-olds…

The Chris Waller numbers continue to astound as the master trainer fell just short of $50m in prizemoney with 352 winners while the Wizard of the West headed east to put his wares on show landing 189 winners to be the most prolific jockey in the land. James McDonald kisses the Melbourne Cup. Picture: Quinn Rooney-Getty Images THE NATIONAL HONOUR…

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…

Australia's leading bookmaker the TAB gives an overview of today's betting markets from the feature races and race meetings from around the country. See which races punters cleaned up on and lost on. *Existing customers only. 2nd Racing bet. Excl SA & WA. T's & C's apply. Gamble responsibly.

Confident Rachel King can start punters off on a winning note at Wyong. Picture: David Swift Jamie Kah has declared fellow Group 1-winning jockey star Rachel King is the perfect choice to replace her on Queensland's Stradbroke Handicap favourite Vega One. Kah, who conjured a magical ride for the ages as she wove through narrow gaps to win the Group…

Bjorn Baker is keen to strike while the iron is hot and execute another valuable Melbourne feature raid with She's Ideel in Saturday's Group 1 Australian Cup (2000m) at Flemington. Baker's Warwick Farm yard is coming off a stellar weekend with three feature race wins across two tracks in a matter of hours last Saturday. Two of those triumphs came…