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Final Group 1 of 2017 – 2018 Season Tatt’s Tiara at Doomben
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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State Governments Vie for Top Honours in Bookie Taxes
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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Chadwick Returns From Singapore to Steward Racing in Queensland
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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Queensland Unwilling to be Left Behind by Victoria and South Australia
“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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Group Racing Desert does not Convince Us to Skip Dessert
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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Baffert Justify – Ably Proud as Justify Completes Triple Crown Trifecta
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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Big Fields Could Spell Doom for Doomben on Stradbroke Day
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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Justify Goes for Belmont Victory and Triple Crown Glory Sunday Coming
If you care to have a punt on the 2018 Belmont Stakes, the final leg of the American Triple Crown, betting markets are open. The race is Sunday coming and jumps at a time that is not completely inconvenient for…
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Shinn’s Strike Rate at Beating Suspensions Envy of Every Hoop
In the future, whenever we make a lucky escape, we might say that we pulled a Shinn, or that we got away Shinn free. What was the name of that Rolling Stones album? Saints and Shinners? Maybe not, but Shinn…
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Cleaning up Racing Equates to Hercules Cleaning King Augeas’ Stables
Where to start in order to make thoroughbred racing an honest game? Jockeys betting on races in which they are taking part. Trainers trying every conceivable way possible to tilt the balance in their favour, even if it means risking…
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