Posts Tagged ‘Australian Horse Racing’
Melbourne Spring Odds: Sacred Falls Wins George Main Stakes
October 2nd, 2014 by Pom de TurfBy all accounts, Chris Waller could easily have come into the 2014 Spring Season with Sacred Falls in his stables, with his owners seriously considering taking him away from Racing. If they hadn’t decided to back Waller’s feeling that Sacred Falls was only getting better, then Waller would have been missing the other half of a fantastic cross-State double a couple of weekends ago, and there would have been a great prospect missing from the Racing odds for the rest of the Spring Season.
As it was, Sacred Falls and Foreteller delivered the goods for Waller within minutes of each other, and neither has done their reputations any harm at all. Particularly pleasing for Sacred Falls’ handlers was Read the rest of this entry »
Read more »Melbourne Cup Odds: Silent Achiever Sweats On Turnbull Stakes
October 2nd, 2014 by Pom de TurfThere’s little doubt that Silent Achiever is a classy addition to the 2014 Melbourne Spring, and she’ll be popular with punters when she appears in the Racing odds for big races – but will the Melbourne Cup be one of those races? Silent Achiever has always been Read the rest of this entry »
Read more »Melbourne Spring Odds: Foreteller Takes Underwood Stakes
October 2nd, 2014 by Pom de TurfChris Waller had a weekend to relish the week before last, with a couple of big winners coming home within minutes of each other. The first was Sacred Falls in the George Main Stakes, and then Foreteller put in a strong performance to take the Underwood Stakes a State away, confirming both as horses to watch in the Racing odds as we go through the Melbourne Spring…
Foreteller had been Read the rest of this entry »
Read more »Racing Odds: Opportunity Abounds In 2014 Melbourne Cup
October 2nd, 2014 by Pom de TurfJust about a month or so out from the 2014 Melbourne Cup, and Gai Waterhouse’s The Offer is still the favourite, though Bande has joined him at $12.00. Expect to see some changes in those Racing odds over the next month, though, if Racing Victoria’s Greg Carpenter’s predictions are anything to go by. The man charged with the difficult task of handling the weight allocations for this year’s Race That Stops A Nation is on record saying that this year could be the ‘Melbourne Cup of opportunity’ – he reckons the race is wide open, and that more than a few horses have a chance of coming away with the laurels.
And one of the factors in the race that will Read the rest of this entry »
Read more »Melbourne Spring Odds: Look Out For Terravista And Lankan Rupee
October 1st, 2014 by Pom de TurfThere could be a spectacular showdown in store in the 2014 Melbourne Spring, when superstar sprinters Terravista and Lankan Rupee go head-to-head in a race that will have the whole Racing world glued to their screens. We’ll be watching the Racing odds closely for this one, too, but it could be that it’s too close to call!
It’s a tantalising prospect in store, and you’d have to say that Terravista has been doing everything expected of him to Read the rest of this entry »
Read more »Melbourne Cup Odds: Dandino On Track
October 1st, 2014 by Pom de TurfIt sounds like Dandino’s options for the 2014 Melbourne Cup are being kept open – he looks like he’s more certain to feature in the Racing odds for the Melbourne Cup than for the Caulfield Cup, and owner Darren Dance will be weighing up Read the rest of this entry »
Read more »Caulfield Cup Racing Odds: Gris Garo Earns His Ticket
September 26th, 2014 by Pom de TurfFrench import Gris Garo will be in the Racing odds for the 2014 Caulfield cup after a run in the Naturalism Stakes saw him earn a place in the race on October 18th. Gris Garo came home ahead of Entirely Platinum to win the at Caulfield at the weekend, earning himself Read the rest of this entry »
Read more »Melbourne Cup Racing Odds: Red Cadeaux At His Highest Weight In 2014
September 26th, 2014 by Pom de TurfRed Cadeaux is a familiar horse to Australian punters, who have seen him in three Melbourne Spring campaigns already, and who will be excited at the prospect of seeing the veteran stayer come back for a record-breaking fourth Melbourne Cup. He’s going to be a feature of the Racing odds, too, and not just because he’s a familiar name, though the news coming out of Racing Victoria last week was interesting for Red Cadeaux, when the list of weights for the 2014 Melbourne Cup was published.
Red Cadeaux will carry the most weight he has ever carried in the Melbourne Cup if things stay as they were published last week for the 2014 race. The favourite at the moment, Gai Waterhouse’s The Offer, was given 56.5kg in the list, but Red Cadeaux is Read the rest of this entry »
Read more »Melbourne Spring Racing Odds: Kuro One For The Future
September 26th, 2014 by Pom de TurfOne of the most compelling things about the Melbourne Spring is the chance to see emerging talent in action, and it’s great to see horses emerge one year and go on to bigger and better things in the years that follow. And we think that Kuro might be a real prospect for the future. Keep an eye out for him in the Racing odds for this Spring Festival, though we’re not sure where he’s heading – he’s certainly a name you’ll be seeing again if all goes well for him!
Coming into the Heritage Handicap at the weekend, Kuro was on the back of a couple of straight wins, and he was able to make it three wins in a row when he came home impressively to win it. Blake Shinn was on board for the ride: ‘he wasn’t too bad. He was Read the rest of this entry »
Read more »Racing Odds: Bande A Real Melbourne Cup Prospect
September 26th, 2014 by Pom de TurfIn the list of weights for the 2014 Melbourne Cup that was released last week, it was Japanese stayer Admire Rakti who took the top 58kg weight, and who was the main focus of the media response. And that’s fair enough – Admire Rakti is going to be a real chance in the Melbourne Cup this year. But take a little look at the Racing odds at the other end of that link, and you can see that there’s Read the rest of this entry »
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