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What Sale Races Where Sale Turf Club – 1227 Maffra-Sale Rd, Sale VIC 3850 When Sunday, July 28, 2024 First Race 11:25am AEST Visit Dabble Horse racing in Victoria heads to the Sale Turf Club on Sunday afternoon, where a competitive nine-race meeting is set down for decision. With plenty of rain in the region, the track is rated a Heavy 9 at the time of acceptances, with the rail out 8m the entire circuit. The Sale races on July 28, 2024, are set to commence at 11:25am AEST. Best Bet at Sale: Golden Hips Golden Hips is a deadset swimmer, having won both of his starts on heavy ground, and gets his chance to keep his perfect record intact on Sunday. The four-year-old gelding will need to overcome the widest barrier (10), but with speed drawn directly underneath him, he should gain a perfect cart across the field and likely settle outside the lead. With the love for wet ground and winning form on his side, Golden Hips will take a power of beating in the quaddie opener. Best Bet Race 6 – #3 Golden Hips (10) 4yo Gelding | T: Jason Warren | J: Jason Maskiell (59kg) +170 with Picklebet Next Best at Sale: Capper Thirtynine Capper Thirtynine has produced two stunning victories in recent times, none more impressive than the way he won on the Ballarat synthetic on July 16. The three-year-old gelding came with a barnstorming finish to prevail with 61.5kg on his back, and as he steps up into BM64 grade, he drops a kilo and should prove hard to hold out once more. The son of Vancouver will gain an economical run in transit, and as long as the gaps appear at the right time in the home straight, Capper Thirtynine should prove too hard to hold out once again. Next Best Race 9 – #3 Capper Thirtynine (2) 3yo Gelding | T: Nick Ryan | J: Rhys McLeod (60.5kg) +240 with Neds Best Value at Sale: Fast Freeze Fast Freeze has not missed the minor money in her three runs this time in and looks well-placed to break her maiden at her eighth career start. She was the best of the beaten brigade when she was defeated last time out at Seymour by the smart Sea of Lights by eight lengths. Patrick Moloney will likely find the one-one from barrier eight, and having shown the ability to hand wet ground, Fast Freeze can run a bold race at an each-way price with horse racing bookmakers. Best Value Race 4 – #7 Fast Freeze (8) 3yo Filly | T: Ken & Kasey Keys | J: Patrick Moloney (57.5kg) +900 with PlayUp Sunday quaddie tips for Sale races Sale quadrella selections Sunday, July 28, 2024 1-3 2-3-5-8-10 1-2-3-8-9 3-11 | Copy this bet straight to your betslip Horse racing tips View the full article

Read About It and Craig Grylls kick clear of their rivals to win Saturday’s Listed Ryder Stakes (1200m) at Otaki. Photo: Peter Rubery (Race Images Palmerston North) Robbie Patterson is excited about what the future might hold for Read About It after the lightly raced two-year-old outclassed his opposition in Saturday’s Listed Ryder Stakes (1200m) at Otaki. The season-ending juvenile feature was only the second career start for Read About It, who made his debut with a strong-finishing second after an interrupted run at Riccarton on June 22. He had previously won all of his three trials. Read About It was strongly supported into $1.80 favouritism with horse betting sites for the Ryder Stakes, but that pre-race confidence was shaken as rider Craig Grylls found himself squeezed back and boxed in along the rail behind a muddling pace. Just before the home turn, most of the field began to drift out towards the better ground wide on the track. Grylls seized that opportunity and cut the corner, bursting through to hit the lead at the top of the straight. Grylls was then able to angle across the front of the field to find the better footing, and Read About It took command. He powered away with his ears pricked, scoring a comfortable victory by a length and three-quarters over Grove Street and Ortega. “They’ve been mostly keeping away from the rail today, but we drew two for this race and the whole field came back down to the inside,” Grylls said. “Then they started to scout wide just before we straightened up. Fortunately he was good enough that I was able to get through and hit the front, and then we got out from there. “He’s still pretty green. He pricked his ears when he saw the crowd at around the 100m mark, and he almost put the handbrake on. But when the others got a little bit closer, he let go again. “He’s a big-striding guy and will improve heading into his three-year-old season. Once he gets up to 1400m and a mile, you’re going to see an even better horse.” Read About It was bought for just $5000 from the 2022 National Weanling Sale at Karaka. Carrying the white and red colours of KRD Racing, he has had two starts for a win, a second and $52,475 in stakes. Patterson is now working backwards from a black-type target in the spring. “We were in a horrible spot in that race today,” the New Plymouth trainer said. “The horse in front of him wasn’t really travelling and they slammed those anchors on. But he won with his ears pricked, didn’t he? He was just dominant. “I think he’s a serious horse. It was probably not the most elite field that he beat today, but going forward, he’s pretty exciting. “We’ve always liked the horse, and I think the trip down to Riccarton for his debut probably made him as well. It was a big call going all the way down there, but it paid off. “I won’t go too far with him now. He can have a week in the paddock, and then we’ll head towards the Wanganui Guineas (Listed, 1200m) at the end of August, and then we might back off him a little bit. Whether we go to a race like the 2000 Guineas (Gr.1, 1600m), I’m not too sure. But we’ve got a bit to look forward to with him.” Horse racing news View the full article

Swindle and Triston Moodley put a space on the field to score at Te Rapa on Saturday. Photo: Megan Liefting (Race Images) Progressive mare Swindle had little favours at Te Rapa on Saturday, but that didn’t stop her from powering to victory for trainer Lauren Brennan. Jumping from barrier six, apprentice jockey Triston Moodley was assertive in the early stages aboard Swindle but was forced to sit three-wide in third, while Baronet and Winning For All set a solid tempo in front. Travelling boldly near the turn, Moodley let the mare roll outside the leaders and she sprinted clear at the 300 metres, keeping up a strong gallop in the heavy conditions to score with authority by two lengths. The sole three-year-old of the field, Itza Charmdeel, finished gamely into second followed by Winexpress. A winner at Rating 65 level in mid-May, Swindle has continued to race consistently amongst competitive fields up in grade and Brennan was delighted to see the mare rewarded. “I was watching from the stands, so when George (Simon, race commentator) was saying she was three-wide and doing it tough I was thinking ‘poor thing, she never gets a break’, she’s drawn wide at most of her starts,” Brennan said. “I said (to Triston) to try and sit behind the speed as there was a fair bit in the race, but he had no choice. When he asked her, she picked up really nicely and Triston’s riding really well at the moment. “I’m really happy with the run.” Initially planning on sending the daughter of Rageese for a spell, Brennan may reconsider upcoming plans for Swindle after such a commanding victory. “I was going to give her a break after today thinking she might have come to the end of it, but we’ll get her home now and see how she pulls up,” she said. Bred by Windsor Park Stud and owned by Lauren and Micky Brennan’s Monacurragh Lodge, Swindle increased her earnings to over $65,000 with three wins from 13 starts. The four-year-old is out of an O’Reilly mare in Code Black, who won twice over 1200m in Australia. The victory was Moodley’s 38th for the season, placing him firmly in third position behind frontrunners Lily Sutherland and Niranjan Parmar as the National Apprentice’s Premiership draws to a close next Wednesday. A five-win haul at the apprentice’s race-day at New Plymouth last month was a key highlight for Moodley, and the 23-year-old has his sights firmly set on the top spot next season. “It’s been my best season thus far and I’m just hoping to carry on into the next,” Moodley said. “My biggest goal (next season) is to try and win the premiership.” Horse racing news View the full article

Dusty Road sailing across the line to win at Te Rapa on Saturday. Photo: Megan Liefting (Race Images) Dusty Road gave Graeme Cameron his first taste of Group One racing last year, and the Cambridge owner-trainer is keen to shoot for the stars again after a dominant performance at Te Rapa. Cameron arrived at Te Rapa on Saturday with eight training successes to his name, three of them from Dusty Road. That highly talented son of Shamexpress has also taken on some of New Zealand’s best with a midfield finish in the Group 1 Levin Classic (1600m) as a three-year-old, followed earlier this season by a sixth in the Group 3 Spring Sprint (1400m) and a fifth in the Group 2 Rich Hill Mile (1600m). The Group 1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) at Hastings on September 7 is firmly circled in Cameron’s calendar this spring, and what he saw from Dusty Road on Saturday did nothing to change his mind. Sent out as a $2.10 favourite with horse betting sites for Te Rapa’s $40,000 open sprint, Dusty Road broke well from the starting gates and quickly took up a prominent position on the outside of the leader, Dubai Diva. Dusty Road pounced at the home turn and kicked away by more than two lengths. Eased down in the last couple of strides by apprentice jockey Liam Kauri, Dusty Road crossed the finish line a length ahead of the late-finishing Fonteyn. From 21 career starts, Dusty Road has recorded four wins and five placings, earning $120,515 for Cameron and his wife Jacky. “I don’t know if I’m going over the top or not, but I’m looking at the Tarzino,” Cameron said. “I think he deserves a go in that race. We’ll go straight there, rather than running in the Foxbridge Plate (Group 2, 1200m). “This horse is just a ripper. I think the 4kg claim did wonders for him today and it was a really good win. “We looked at Otaki today as well, but I thought this race really suited him. It’s just down the road, and he’ll be back in his paddock in an hour.” Saturday’s victory was also a notable result for the 25-year-old Kauri. The Central Districts apprentice has now outridden his 4kg claim with the 10th win of his career. “It’s good to finally lose the 4kg claim, it’s been a bit of a struggle but should be easier from here,” he said. “I didn’t really have to do anything today. I just sat on him. He jumped out of the gates himself and sorted himself out. I barely even had to steer him around the corners. He did it all himself.” Horse racing news View the full article

Opawa Jack powers clear under Lily Sutherland at Otaki on Saturday. Photo: Peter Rubery (Race Images Palmerston North) Apprentice rider Lily Sutherland followed her pre-race instructions perfectly to land rugged four-year-old Opawa Jack an impressive winner of the Open 1600m event on the card at Otaki on Saturday. The Chrissy Bambry-prepared galloper had won three of his six stars in his current campaign and came into the event off the back of a win over the same distance at Wanganui earlier in the month. Sutherland and Bambry had walked the track prior to the first race and hatched a plan to have her guide the son of War Decree wider in the home straight to capitalise on potentially firmer footing than was available against the inside rail. Sutherland followed instructions to perfection as she set up a muddling pace on the $3.10 race favourite with horse racing bookmakers and angled to the outside fence rounding the home bend. Eventual runner-up Sacred Pearl followed her out there and the pair settled down to a decent tussle with Opawa Jack maintaining a strong gallop to land the major prize in the contest. Bambry was thrilled with the victory for a horse she believes has plenty more in store for him. “I didn’t know if there was a heap of speed in the race, but Lily knows him well and we walked the track this morning looking for the best ground and that’s exactly where she went,” Bambry said. “He still has a lot of maturing to do but he has come on heaps in this prep and he’s a good one.” Sutherland gave plenty of praise to her mount who she believes will be even more potent on a firmer surface. “He just bowls along at his own speed in front and he was going good enough to come out (wide),” she said. “He doesn’t like a wet track but is just going so well at the moment and I just tried to get as far out as I could for better ground as it’s pretty wet today.” Sutherland is in a decent fight for the National Apprentice Jockey premiership title with Niranjan Parmar as they go toe to toe with just two race days in the current season to go. Tied at the start of the day on 50 wins apiece the victory aboard Opawa Jack put Sutherland in front early in the day with racing left to come at Waverley on Sunday and Tauranga on Wednesday. Bred by southern racing legend Brian Anderton and his late wife Lorraine, Opawa Jack is out of the Nom Du Jeu mare Serve De Aunt and has now won six of his 23 career starts. Horse racing news View the full article