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Hugh Bowman was sincerely complimentary towards Chris Waller recently, when the latter broke his record from past years for metro winners. Waller surpassed Tommy Smith’s 1978 record 1978 of 154.5 winners in 2013, and then last season, Waller moved the…
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It is truly challenging to provide relevant thoroughbred racing news at this time of year. Today, we are reduced to supplying a digest version of the happenings. In the Who Cares department, Racing Queensland’s outgoing Chief Steward Allan Reardon is…
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Thoroughbred racing news is getting scarce as the Ides of June has passed and we are soon to enter the desert of July. Yet, we are not yet so desperate as to turn to the country tracks, trots, or, perish…
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A few days out from Winter Stakes (Tatt’s Tiara) the final Group 1 thoroughbred racing of the 2017 – 2018 season, the betting picture is wide open and the prices reflect a lack of consensus. The one area of agreement…
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Online bookmakers continue to see a government raid on their profits, with Victoria, Queensland and now, New South Wales adding hefty levies on the net profits in the form of a point of consumption task. You might think the bookies…
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Peter Chadwick is poised to assume the post of Chief Steward for Racing Queensland. He stated that his top priority will be to stamp out illegal gambling. The route to that goal, one for which he bears no responsibility, apparently…
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“It’s one for you, nineteen for me,” we would attribute to the immortal John Lennon, but for the fact that he is dead; something that immediately disqualifies the use of the word immortal. News has just crossed our desks, and…
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We are on the fringe of the Group quality racing desert known as June and July, but rest assured, all the metro and country tracks will not be idle entirely during those two months and punters in the know will…
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Justify won the 150th running of the Belmont Stakes in New York. His was the only clean nose in the field. The track was dry, save for some water applied to the dirt surface just prior to the race, track…
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This weekend’s racing at Doomben presents some true challenges so far a picking a good punt is concerned. The Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap (1350 m) will have a full field. Champagne Cuddles holds the top line, quoted of Ladbrokes at…
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