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Denise Martin hopes the same patient approach that has yielded success with top filly Aeliana (NZ) (Castelvecchio) can be successful with her half-sister, whom she bought for $300,000 at Karaka 2025 on Monday. Martin’s Star Thoroughbreds and Brett Howard’s Randwick Bloodstock combined on the purchase of Lot 351, a bay filly by Proisir out of the Star Witness mare Temolie, whose only other horse to race is Aeliana. A winner of three of her six career starts and narrowly defeated in the Group 1 Thousand Guineas during the spring, Aeliana is being aimed at the G1 Surround Stakes, G1 Vinery Stud Stakes and potentially the G1 ATC Oaks in the coming months. Martin said there are similarities between Aeliana, a daughter of Castelvecchio, and the Proisir filly. “We knew she was here, of course, and we were very keen to be involved in trying to buy her,” Martin said. “I was quite delighted that there was a very expensive filly sold some lots before and I hoped the general population had been somewhat distracted and maybe they were, but we secured the filly anyway. “They are both very immature fillies – when Aeliana came back to Australia after the sale, we thought she wouldn’t race at two. “This filly will be the same, I can’t imagine her getting to the races for another 18 months, but if she becomes another Aeliana, whatever time frame is required to wait, I will. “I imagine the group that race Aeliana will be very keen to race this filly as well.” View the full article

Tajanis and Zac Lloyd partner together to claim the Listed Australia Day Cup (2400m) at Warwick Farm for trainer Chris Waller. Photo: Bradley Photos Chris Waller & Zac Lloyd have combined with Tajanis ($2.40) to claim the Listed Australia Day Cup (2400m) at Warwick Farm on Monday afternoon, giving the potential star stayer his first stakes victory since arriving to Australia. It was a relatively easy watch if you had taken the short price with horse racing bookmakers, as the son of Australia lobbed into a perfect mid-field position throughout the journey. Lloyd was patient aboard the five-year-old gelding, letting it all unfold before him as Bullets High ($7.00) strode to the front in the early stages, leaving Melbourne-raider Convener ($14.00) pulling his way outside the leader. Kerrin McEvoy was unable to get Convener to settle in the run, forcing the Ciaron Maher-trained galloper to press on with the job at the half-way point of the race. The rank outsider with Neds, Akua’rius ($81.00), took off at the 800m pole, setting it up perfectly for Taramansour ($7.00) to make his run on the three-wide line, while Saltcoats ($3.60) appeared to be travelling beautifully for James McDonald as they hit the home straight. It was Zac Lloyd smoking the pipe in the final 400m, however, unleashing Tajanis down the centre of the course to claim the $200,000 feature in stylish fashion, leaving Taramansour and Saltcoats playing for the minor money. Warwick Farm 2025 Australia Day Cup Replay – Tajanis https://horsebetting.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Warwick-Farm-2025-Listed-Australia-Day-Cup-27012025-Tajanis-Chris-Waller-Zac-Lloyd.mp4 Stable representative Zane Jones was on course to break down the victory. “Yeah, He’s a horse racing at the top of his game, full of confidence,” said Jones. “It was a masterful ride by James (McDonald) the other day to get the job done, and he’s just really reacted well from that and then another good ride today from Zac (Lloyd). “Well-weighted today but still want to go out there and do it. It’s a hot day. He got a little bit warm pre-race, but as I said, he’s just full of confidence, and that showed him the finish.” Jones then spoke to the performance of stable companion, Saltcoats. “It was a good effort. Written a peach by James. “He’s just perhaps a suspect at a mile and a half, but look, there’s plenty of options for him coming up and he continues to get a check for his connections.” Horse racing news View the full article

Champion trainer bids to repeat Golden Sixty’s success of five years ago when he saddles four runners in Friday’s feature.View the full article

John Sargent will return to Australia from New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale with the half-sister to his Group One-performing filly Powers Of Opal, after securing lot 335 for $700,000. Sargent outlaid $130,000 to purchase Powers Of Opal at the 2023 sale from the draft of Curraghmore, the daughter of Ocean Park going on to finish runner-up in the Gr.2 Wakeful Stakes (2000m) and Gr.1 VRC Oaks (2500m). Curraghmore presented her younger half-sister by Proisir, out of Strada Cavallo, who was a stakes winner and Group One placegetter in the New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) and New Zealand Oaks (2400m). The daughter of Alamosa has also produced race winners Dajieda and Khufu There was plenty of interest in the filly, with Sydney-based trainer Sargent and bloodstock agent Duncan Ramage the successful bidders, combining with Spicer Thoroughbreds. “She is identical to Powers Of Opal,” Sargent said. Lot 335, the Proisir half-sister to Group One performer Powers Of Opal, was purchased by Sydney-based trainer John Sargent and bloodstock agent Duncan Ramage for $700,000. Photo: Kirstin Ledington “She’ll probably need a bit more time looking at her, she’s a late foal, but that’s what we think with Powers Of Opal, that hopefully she’ll have a very good autumn and put some more value onto this filly. “She’ll probably go to Curraghmore for a couple of months to get over it, then she’ll be broken in here and come over (to Australia). Ramage has a formidable record of selecting quality yearlings at Karaka and he was delighted to secure the filly. “She (lot 335) is a particularly athletic filly, she looks much like Powers Of Opal,” Ramage said. “We know through her, we’ve got residual value in this filly. “I’ll say for the record, the last time we bought a filly here for $700,000, ended up being First Seal, so hopefully she can follow in her footsteps.” View the full article

John Sargent will return to Australia from New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale with the half-sister to his Group One-performing filly Powers Of Opal, after securing lot 335 for $700,000. Sargent outlaid $130,000 to purchase Powers Of Opal at the 2023 sale from the draft of Curraghmore, the daughter of Ocean Park going on to finish runner-up in the Gr.2 Wakeful Stakes (2000m) and Gr.1 VRC Oaks (2500m). Curraghmore presented her younger half-sister by Proisir, out of Strada Cavallo, who was a stakes winner and Group One placegetter in the New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) and New Zealand Oaks (2400m). The daughter of Alamosa has also produced race winners Dajieda and Khufu There was plenty of interest in the filly, with Sydney-based trainer Sargent and bloodstock agent Duncan Ramage the successful bidders, combining with Spicer Thoroughbreds. “She is identical to Powers Of Opal,” Sargent said. Lot 335, the Proisir half-sister to Group One performer Powers Of Opal, was purchased by Sydney-based trainer John Sargent and bloodstock agent Duncan Ramage for $700,000. Photo: Kirstin Ledington “She’ll probably need a bit more time looking at her, she’s a late foal, but that’s what we think with Powers Of Opal, that hopefully she’ll have a very good autumn and put some more value onto this filly. “She’ll probably go to Curraghmore for a couple of months to get over it, then she’ll be broken in here and come over (to Australia). Ramage has a formidable record of selecting quality yearlings at Karaka and he was delighted to secure the filly. “She (lot 335) is a particularly athletic filly, she looks much like Powers Of Opal,” Ramage said. “We know through her, we’ve got residual value in this filly. “I’ll say for the record, the last time we bought a filly here for $700,000, ended up being First Seal, so hopefully she can follow in her footsteps.” View the full article

John Sargent will return to Australia from New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale with the half-sister to his Group One-performing filly Powers Of Opal, after securing lot 335 for $700,000. Sargent outlaid $130,000 to purchase Powers Of Opal at the 2023 sale from the draft of Curraghmore, the daughter of Ocean Park going on to finish runner-up in the Gr.2 Wakeful Stakes (2000m) and Gr.1 VRC Oaks (2500m). Curraghmore presented her younger half-sister by Proisir, out of Strada Cavallo, who was a stakes winner and Group One placegetter in the New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) and New Zealand Oaks (2400m). The daughter of Alamosa has also produced race winners Dajieda and Khufu There was plenty of interest in the filly, with Sydney-based trainer Sargent and bloodstock agent Duncan Ramage the successful bidders, combining with Spicer Thoroughbreds. “She is identical to Powers Of Opal,” Sargent said. Lot 335, the Proisir half-sister to Group One performer Powers Of Opal, was purchased by Sydney-based trainer John Sargent and bloodstock agent Duncan Ramage for $700,000. Photo: Kirstin Ledington “She’ll probably need a bit more time looking at her, she’s a late foal, but that’s what we think with Powers Of Opal, that hopefully she’ll have a very good autumn and put some more value onto this filly. “She’ll probably go to Curraghmore for a couple of months to get over it, then she’ll be broken in here and come over (to Australia). Ramage has a formidable record of selecting quality yearlings at Karaka and he was delighted to secure the filly. “She (lot 335) is a particularly athletic filly, she looks much like Powers Of Opal,” Ramage said. “We know through her, we’ve got residual value in this filly. “I’ll say for the record, the last time we bought a filly here for $700,000, ended up being First Seal, so hopefully she can follow in her footsteps.” View the full article

After a formidable career competing at the highest level, Graham Richardson and Rogan Norvall’s star mare Bonny Lass (NZ) (Super Easy) has been retired from racing. A daughter of Super Easy, Bonny Lass made an immediate impression when winning her first start as a juvenile, followed by the first of five Group victories in the Gr.2 Matamata Breeders’ Stakes (1200m). Her two-year-old campaign was completed by placings in the Gr.1 Sistema Stakes (1200m) and Gr.1 Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes (1200m). At three, she won the Gr.3 Cambridge Breeders’ Stakes (1200m), a trend she continued into her four-year-old preparation when picking up the Gr.3 Sweynesse Stakes (1200m). Like fine wine, Bonny Lass flourished with age and came desperately close to her elite-level breakthrough in the Gr.1 Railway (1200m) and Gr.1 Telegraph (1200m) last season, but that wait came to a triumphant end in the Gr.1 BCD Group Sprint (1400m), where she downed class galloper Crocetti to snatch top honours. Opening her final season with a bang, Bonny Lass returned to Te Rapa and won the Gr.2 Foxbridge Plate (1200m), and after finishing eighth in the Gr.1 Railway (1200m) last Saturday, the curtain came down on a phenomenal 28-start career. She earned just shy of $750,000 with eight wins, seven of those in the hands of her regular rider Craig Grylls. For Richardson, few horses in his career compared to Bonny Lass. “She was a natural from day one,” he said. “She won her first trial, she only had one, then she won her first start, and went straight into the Breeders’ Stakes and won that too. “The only two horses to have won Group races at two, three, four, five and six are her and Melody Belle. I couldn’t be prouder. “The BCD Sprint was absolutely the highlight, but her entire career was a highlight, she was just an unbelievable horse. She wasn’t always easy to ride, not nasty, but just very competitive and tried very hard.” Out of a Le Bec Fin mare Posh Bec, Bonny Lass was never short of admirers on course, being the leading light for Brent and Wendy Cooper’s Social Racing Starting Gates Syndicate, who raced her alongside breeder Sandy Moore. “Brent Cooper is a good friend, but he was also very good to deal with and we used to plan the horse’s programme together, which he loved doing,” Richardson said. “She’s going to be really missed. “I don’t know what the plan of attack is now, but she’ll go back to Hallmark Stud, then Sandy Moore, who owns her, will decide that. Whether he will sell her or breed from her, I’m not sure, it’s all up in the air, but she’ll be looked after, which she deserves.” View the full article

It was an emotional scene at Karaka on Monday after the regally-bred full-sister to glamour mare Orchestral was sold for $2.4 million. Fresh off Orchestral’s (NZ) (Savabeel) sensational win in Saturday’s $1 million Elsdon Park Aotearoa Classic (1600m), there was plenty of interest in her Savabeel full-sister (lot 345), who was being offered through Haunui Farm’s draft at Karaka for breeders Barneswood Farm. Expectations were high as eager spectators flocked into the Karaka auditorium to see the action unfold and they weren’t left disappointed, with the filly quickly surpassing the $1 million mark, and was soon north of $2 million, with bloodstock agent Guy Mulcaster and leading Sydney trainer Chris Waller coming out on top with a final bid of $2.4 million. Barneswood Farm’s Sarah Green cut an emotional figure at the drop of the gavel, coming to terms with the weight of what had unfolded, and she was left reflecting on passed family members who were instrumental in developing her love for racing. “We were expecting interest, but never at that price. This is a fairytale,” said Green, who operates Barneswood Farm with her husband Chris, and business partner Ger Beemsterboer. “My first Dad died when I was six months old, and he was a jockey. My stepfather was an owner-trainer and I just keep thinking how proud they would be.” Family means everything to Green, and that has extended to her horses, and she admitted parting with the horses she breeds is the toughest part about their operation. “I love my racing, my racing partner from the Netherlands loves his breeding, but you have got to have both,” she said. “We get a different enjoyment out of it, and I love the racing side of it. I don’t so much the breeding side of it because you have got to sell your babies, it’s like selling your children, but this (sale results) dampens the pain.” Barneswood Farm have had plenty of success buying out of Karaka, with Group One winners Desert Lightning, Media Sensation, Planet Rock, and Orchestral’s dam Symphonic just a number of their purchases, and that success has followed them into their role as vendors. Orchestral was the farm’s previous highest priced sale when sold to Cambridge trainers Roger James and Robert Wellwood for $625,000 at Karaka three years ago, and while hopeful of surpassing that figure, Green’s expectations were well and truly exceeded on Monday. “We were told there were five big players up to our reserve and then maybe three that would go above it,” Green said. “We were hoping to get $1 million, it would have been our first ever sale that high, but to go that high ($2.4 million) is unbelievable. “I never wanted to sell this filly, but my husband talked me into it, so he is off the hook now.” While racing remains Green’s main love, breeding is quickly becoming a close second, with Orchestral’s racetrack success proving there is just as much excitement in watching the success of their graduates. “I always thought when you breed a horse and you sold it you don’t get the same thrill from watching them, but you absolutely do,” she said. “She is still like our baby, and I am sure Betty, who I named (yearling) at birth, will still be as exciting.” While it was a bittersweet moment to part with “Betty” at Karaka, Green said her dam Symphonic has a full-sister foal at foot that they will retain. Mulcaster and Waller were just as pleased to secure the filly, who they bought for bus transport magnate Glenn Ritchie. “I looked at all the best-bred fillies here and I thought she was the best bred physical to match the beautiful pedigree, so that was what got us fired up,” Mulcaster said. “Chris (Waller) looked at her quite a few times and we both agreed that she was probably the pick. “We took our clients to see her this morning and we were lucky enough they buttered up and stumped up the money. “We’ve been beaten on a few good fillies over the past couple of years. When they’ve got a good page and the physical to match, they’re going to make their money. “She’s a lovely Savabeel who has a bit of growing to do, but she’s got a big deep girth, so fingers crossed.” View the full article

Former Group One-winning harness racing driver Simon Lawson experienced one of the biggest moments of his career at Karaka on Monday when he turned a $500 purchase into $300,000. Lawson underwent a code switch five years ago when he began to work for Waikato Stud and elected to fully commit to the thoroughbred breeding industry, subsequently purchasing a share in the farm’s resident stallion Noverre. In search of a mare to send to the Group One winner, Lawson happened to come across an unraced Jimmy Choux mare Serenalla on gavelhouse.com and was taken by her pedigree, which featured some familiar names from his time at Waikato Stud. “I own a share in Noverre and I was looking for a mare that was suitable for him. I loved her grandmother, Keepa Cheval, who is the mother of The Bostonian, we had her at the farm there for a while,” said Lawson, who is now the dry mare manager at Waikato Stud. “She came up online and she had a few injuries, she had broken her wither and her knee, and that is probably why she was so cheap.” Lawson’s $500 bid secured the mare, and she duly visited Noverre, with the resulting mating producing a colt, who went through the Karaka sales ring as part of Waikato Stud’s draft as lot 282 on Monday. The colt had attracted plenty of attention from prospective buyers, but it was Wexford Stables who came out on top with their final bid of $300,000. “I loved the mare, I loved the stallion too and they produced a lovely colt. For him to make $300,000 and to go to Wexford is a dream come true,” Lawson said. “There were a lot of good stables on him. He was going to find a nice home, but I am stoked he is going to Wexford.” Lawson was welcomed back to the Waikato Stud barn to jubilant team members, and he said their support added immensely to the occasion. “To get a result like that, the whole team are just so stoked and have worked so hard for me with my horse, it is just brilliant,” he said. The sale continued a good run at Karaka for Lawson, who sold his first yearling at last year’s New Zealand Bloodstock Book 1 sale, with Australian trainer Phillip Stokes going to $80,000 to secure Lawson’s Tivaci colt out of Mohegan Star. “By all reports he is going well,” Lawson said. Lawson has now well and truly been bitten by the thoroughbred breeding bug and said he is in the industry, and Waikato Stud, for the long-term. “I have been there (Waikato Stud) five years now and I will be there forever, it is just a great joint. Mark, Garry, Pip and Mary (Chittick) have looked after me so well,” he said. “I have two mares of my own now and myself and our vet Matt (MacKee) have one together as well. “I have got a full-brother to this guy to sell next year, and potentially another colt, so I am looking forward to that.” View the full article

Shaune Ritchie didn’t have to dig as deep as expected to secure a regally bred colt during the second session of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Book 1 National Yearling Sale. The Cambridge horseman and his training partner Colm Murray signed the ticket for a St Mark’s Basilica youngster, Lot 269, at $230,000. The colt from the first crop of the multiple elite level winner was offered by Jamieson Park and is a son of Savabeel’s Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) winner Savaria. “He’s just a stunning type and I honestly thought we’d be paying $350,000 or $400,000 so very happy and believe I shopped well, but the winning post will tell,” Ritchie said. The winning post is familiar territory to an emerging member of his stable with Tuxedo continuing to make impressive progress. The well-named three-year-old son of Tivaci and the O’Reilly mare Ball Gown was a debut winner in the spring before claiming top honours next time out in the Gr.3 Wellington Stakes (1600m). He then finished runner-up behind current Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) favourite Willydoit on New Year’s Day before finishing second in the Listed Karaka Millions 3YO (1600m) last Saturday. “Dealt With started to wander around a bit and he had a look at him doing that and thought I can play that game,” Ritchie said. “Even if he had gone straight, the filly (Damask Rose) would have been too good on the day. She was a bit too sharp and professional for us. “He is a determined horse though and has given the owners a thrill every time he has gone to the races. He tries very hard and that’s all you can ask for. “He keeps improving, but you can’t train will power into them and he’s got ample reserves of that.” Team Tuxedo will now have decisions to make regarding the immediate path they will follow with the gelding. “We’ll go through the sectionals and see whether we look at a (The NZB Kiwi) slot or whether we press up to 2000m and try to get him to run the Derby trip,” Ritchie said. “Our client bought him to try and run in the Derby, so we’ll have a talk and decide what we do.” Tuxedo was a $70,000 purchase for owner Grant Barnett out of breeder Waikato Stud’s draft at Karaka in 2023. “He’s been with me for ages and his first Group One winner was Magic Cape (2006 New Zealand 2000 Guineas, 1600m) and he was my first Group One winner, as well,” Ritchie said. “He’s been a great stable supporter with (co-owners) Peter Archer and his mates.” View the full article

Waikato Stud and Wexford Stables have furthered their representation in the NZB Kiwi (1500m), with slot holder Waikato Thoroughbred Racing announcing their filly Sethito (NZ) (Super Seth) as their contender for the $3.5 million feature. Bred and raced by leading thoroughbred nursery Waikato Stud, Sethito has made an impact on the track for Wexford trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott this term, winning two and placing in two of her five starts, including victory in the Gr.3 Bonecrusher Stakes (1400m) and runner-up in the Gr.2 Eight Carat Classic (1600m), both run at Ellerslie. The Matamata operations were already represented in the NZB Kiwi by Sought After, who fills Waikato Stud’s slot, while Wexford’s NZB Kiwi contingent now sits at three, with stablemate Checkmate recently announced as their contender. Waikato Thoroughbred Racing chief executive Andrew Castles said it is great to be associated with two high-class operations, and to have secured a quality filly in Sethito as their NZB Kiwi representative. “Waikato Stud are a sponsor of Waikato Thoroughbred Racing,” Castles said. “They have got a proven history of breeding and racing some great horses, so it is wonderful to be able to do a deal and link with Waikato Stud and Garry Chittick. “Wexford have got a wonderful team of three-year-olds this year. They seem to have the whole team flying. It’s an extremely exciting time for them to have many irons in the fire and we are delighted that we have got a high-class filly racing for our members.” Castles said Waikato Thoroughbred Racing took an analytical approach in making their slot decision, and they are hoping that Sethito’s liking for Ellerslie continues, with the race set to be staged at the Auckland venue on March 8. “She has raced well, and the application of blinkers have made a huge difference,” he said. “We have had a form analyst, Gary Cossey, helping us, and her performances have been first rate. Her form around Ellerslie was certainly a big determinant in our decision. “We are delighted to partner with her into the race.” Sethito is set to have one more run ahead of the NZB Kiwi, with Waikato Thoroughbred Racing planning to put on a function for its members in the lead-up to the race. “She will have one more run and I suspect, like many of the NZB Kiwi protagonists, that will be in that 1400m race for three-year-olds (Listed Trevor & Coralie Eagle Uncle Remus Stakes) at Ellerslie on the 22nd of February,” Castles said. “We are planning a member’s function on the Thursday before the race here at Te Rapa. We will do a preview and focus on Sethito and her pathway towards the NZB Kiwi. We will have those involved with her joining us and we are going to get our members along for the ride. “It is going to be exciting, and it is going to be a fantastic day’s racing, not just the NZB Kiwi, but all the other wonderful racing on the card, and we are just delighted to be a small part of it.” While excited to have another runner in the NZB Kiwi, Waikato Stud’s attention is currently focussed on the New Zealand Bloodstock Yearling Sales this week where they are offering a 50-strong Book 1 draft, including lot 337, a Savabeel half-brother to Sethito. View the full article

Imprevu (NZ) (Wrote) came within half a head of causing a major boilover in the Gr.2 Westbury Stud Classic (1400m) when runner-up to Australian raider Konasana at Ellerslie on Saturday, but it came as no surprise to trainer Janenne Dalley. The six-year-old daughter of Wrote had been in pleasing form for the Cambridge horsewoman, finishing runner-up to Babylon Berlin in the Listed Legacy Lodge Sprint (1200m) at Te Rapa in November before posting fourth placings in the Gr.3 J Swap Sprint (1400m) and Royal Descent Stakes (1400m). She then finished runner-up to Group One winner Captured By Love in a 1000m trial at Matamata earlier this month, but wasn’t wanted by punters ahead of the Westbury Classic, drifting to $53.90 when the market closed. She belied her odds when flying through the pack to head Konasana with 100m to go but was just pipped at the line by her more fancied rival. Dalley was rapt with her mare’s performance and said she wasn’t surprised by the result. “She had improved a lot since Boxing Day (Royal Descent Stakes) and that trial at Matamata just topped her off. She was the best I had her all season,” Dalley said. “We were very confident. Earlier on we were looking at the Railway (Gr.1, 1200m) and then once we knew all of those younger horses were going to be in there, we decided we would go to the fillies and mares race (Westbury). “We weren’t surprised with the run, she got a beautiful run and Tayla (Mitchell) rode her a peach. “It was very close, and it gave the horse a lot of confidence too.” Dalley enjoyed being a part of the Karaka Millions night once more, with Imprevu having performed well at the meeting last year. “It was a fantastic night. She got fourth in the Concorde (Gr.3, 1200m) last year on that night, so it was really nice to be a part of it.” Pleased with the way Imprevu has come through the race, Dalley is now eyeing the Listed Lisa Chittick Champagne Stakes (1400m) at Matamata on February 15, seeking redemption for stablemate and half-sister Impresa, with the added incentive of chasing black-type in this year’s edition. “She has come through the run great,” Dalley said. “We are looking at the Lisa Chittick. We got third in it last year with Impresa, her half-sister.” Saturday’s $111,000 pay cheque has now brought Imprevu’s career earnings to more than $325,000, having recorded five wins and 10 placings from 27 starts. View the full article

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What Goulburn Races Where Goulburn & District Racing Club – Racecourse Dr, Goulburn NSW 2580 (Link if we have track page) When Tuesday, January 28, 2025 First Race 2pm AEDT Visit Dabble Goulburn District & Racing Club is the destination for NSW racing on Tuesday afternoon, with a quickfire seven-part program set for decision. The rail is in the true position the entire circuit, and although the surface is rated a Heavy 8 at the time of acceptances, warm summer conditions should allow for an upgrade into the Soft range for race day. The opening event is scheduled to get underway at 2pm AEDT. Best Bet at Goulburn: Cable Express The Danielle Seib-trained Cable Express returns after a 73-day spell and brings a formidable record into this first-up assignment. The son of Cable Bay was a second-up winner last preparation before being sent to the paddock, knocking off the likes of The Right Rein and Ghost Walker in a competitive Highway contest. The four-year-old has won first-up in the past, and although the 1300m may be short of his best trip, Cable Express has the class to get the job done on resumption. Best Bet Race 1 – #2 Cable Express (6) 4yo Gelding | T: Danielle Seib | J: Shaun Guymer (60kg) Next Best at Goulburn: Manwari Manwari appears set to peak fourth-up into the campaign, hitting the line well in his most recent outing at Moruya on January 17. The Menari gelding got within two lengths of Hope And Glory on that occasion, bouncing back after a modest performance at Canterbury on New Year’s Day. Gate one should allow Nick Heywood to hold the leaders’ back throughout the journey, and provided he can sprint over the 1000m, Manwari should figure in this at a good price with . Next Best Race 2 – #4 Manwari (1) 3yo Gelding | T: Danny Williams | J: Nick Heywood (58kg) Best Value at Goulburn: Darken After a mountain of dual acceptances, the Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald barn finally send around Darken in the first leg of the Goulburn quaddie. The son of Dubious has had two barrier trials to get set for this first-up assignment, stretching out to finish within 2.8 lengths of Automne Tree at Rosehill on January 7. Alysha Collett will attempt to lob into the one-one from barrier two, and at the each-way price with horse racing bookmakers, Darken should get every chance to make an impression on debut. Best Value Race 4 – #3 Darken (2) 3yo Gelding | T: Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald | J: Alysha Collett (57.5kg) Tuesday quaddie tips for Goulburn Goulburn quadrella selections January 28, 2025 3-9-13 2-8-10-11-14 2-3-5-8 1-10 | Copy this bet straight to your betslip Horse racing tips View the full article

Now ranking second on the Kentucky Derby (G1) leaderboard after winning the Southwest Stakes (G3), Speed King is putting the 'little guys' on center stage, including his North Carolina-based breeder Nancy Shuford.View the full article

Barnes, Getaway Car, and Rodriguez, who are all nominated to the Robert B. Lewis Stakes (G3) Feb. 1, worked Jan. 26 at Santa Anita Park. Barnes worked worked four furlongs in :48 3/5. View the full article

After being accidentally struck by his fellow jockey, the 31-year-old vents his frustration in the final stages of a Conghua trial last week.View the full article

$2.4m for the sister to Orchestral. Close relative of Savaglee.

Saffie Joseph Jr.'s contingent of White Abarrio, Be Your Best, Mystic Lake, and Skippylongstocking, who finished third to White Abarrio in the Pegasus Stakes (G1), all exited their races in good order. View the full article

Now ranking second on the Kentucky Derby (G1) leaderboard after winning the Southwest Stakes (G3), Speed King is putting the 'little guys' in center stage, including his North Carolina-based breeder Nancy Shuford.View the full article

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Saffie Joseph Jr.'s contingent of White Abarrio, Be Your Best, Mystic Lake and Skippylongstocking, who finished third to White Abarrio in the Pegasus Stakes (G1), all exited their races in good order. View the full article

Now ranking second on the Kentucky Derby (G1) leaderboard after winning the Southwest Stakes (G3), Speed King is putting the 'little guys' in center stage, including his North Carolina-based breeder Nancy Shuford.View the full article

Race 7 WAE WAIKOUAITI CUP 2200m HUMBUCKER (K Williams) – Trainer Mr. E Winsloe reported to Stewards, the gelding was examined by the stables veterinary on Friday 24 January, with no abnormalities being detected. E Winsloe further advised is it his intention to continue on with HUMBUCKER’S current preparation. The post Waikouaiti Racing Club @ Wingatui, Saturday 18 January 2025 appeared first on RIB. View the full article