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Sandown Preview - Wednesday 25th February

Eight of the best will be run and won at Melbourne’s Sandown Racecourse this Wednesday, February 25th. We’re well and truly into the thick of the Melbourne Autumn Carnival now and that is echoed in the eight fields taken for this week’s midweek metro program. With so much talent engaged, we’ll be treated to some great betting races. Read on for this week’s Sandown best bets. 2YO Handicap (1300m) – 3:40pm AEDT No. 4 Leopard Shark LEOPARD SHARK can continue her rise through the grades at Sandown. She’s only made three appearances at the races so far, but after a…

Rosehill Gardens Preview - Wednesday 25th February

24 Feb • Jared Timms

Rosehill Gardens hosts a rare midweek meeting on Wednesday, February 25th and seven races are on the program. With the rail set out 7 metres around the entire course, we’re set to race on the track rated in the ‘Good’ range, and you can find my complete Rosehill best bets below. Drinkwise Plate (1200m) – 2:20pm AEDT No. 7 Sphere SPHERE steps out a fit horse this week and I am going to give her another chance to win. She’s yet to strike in three runs back from a break and through a combined four career starts, but Sphere hasn’t…

Daily Racing Tips - Tuesday 24th February

24 Feb • Jared Timms

Scroll down for our Daily Racing Tips on Tuesday 24th February, including Horsham best bets. Horsham: Race 2 (2pm AEDT) No. 7 Initial Moment INITIAL MOMENT is third up and primed to strike today at Horsham. The So You Think mare finished midfield, beaten more than four lengths when resuming at Werribee, while she was only just denied over 2000m at Naracoorte last time out. Fitter third up and slightly further out in trip again, she looks well placed to go one better. Horsham R2 Open Race time: 7. Initial Moment (2) J: Tom Ryan69kg 28×62T: Shane Jackson 2.40WIN 1.30PLACE…

Daily Racing Tips - Sunday 22nd February

21 Feb • Jared Timms

Check out our Sunday Racing Tips for February 22nd below, including Ballarat best bets! Ballarat: Race 1 No. 7 Fine Sierra Tip of The Day FINE SIERRA gets a great chance to break her maiden today at Ballarat. Fine Sierra has made two appearances since debuting, filling the minors at Pakenham before running into the likes of Moana Spirit when third in a featured race at Ladbrokes Geelong last month. She’s been freshened and on exposed form, this is a noticeably weaker race. Ballarat R1 Open Race time: 7. Fine Sierra (9) J: Zac Spain56kg 33T: Peter G Moody &…

Daily Racing Tips - Saturday 21st February

20 Feb • Jared Timms

Check out some of our Daily Racing Tips for Saturday 21st February below, including Caulfield best bets for Blue Diamond Day and Rosehill tips across the Silver Slipper Day program! Caulfield: Race6 (3:05pm AEDT) No. 5 Damask Rose DAMASK ROSE is second up and primed to strike in the Mannerism. She was outstanding in her native New Zealand during her three-year-old campaign, and while she didn’t bring that form to Australia during the spring, she worked home well to finish second in the Group 3 Bellmaine here three weeks ago. With natural improvement, she looks perfectly placed to go one…

The Lead-Up Lens: Runners and Races to Watch This Weekend

20 Feb • Lucy Henderson

If the Slipper Fits: From Silver to Golden Slipper Glory! We’re back punters for the third edition of the Lead-Up Lens where we follow the best out of the autumn’s key lead-up races ahead of the majors. We haven’t seen a 2YO complete the Silver Slipper / Golden Slipper double since Farnan (2020) but this weekend we’ve got some quality youngsters to watch in the Group 2 as we count down to Slipper Day! In Melbourne Blue Diamond Day sees a triple-shot of elite-level racing but our focus this week is in Sydney where some top-line two-year-olds take to the…

Hendo’s Hopefuls: Saturday’s Best Roughies

20 Feb • Lucy Henderson

We’ve got stacked cards in Sydney and Melbourne this weekend as we get deeper into the autumn carnival and Ladbrokes have you covered with our best Saturday roughies to back at juicy odds! We unearthed a few excellent top four contenders last week including the Frances Tressady Stakes winner Paradise City at $9.50 and the Group 1 Black Caviar runner-up My Gladiola at an underrated price – can we keep that success going for Blue Diamond Day? Caulfield features no less than three Group 1 races including the 2YO’s feature, while up in Sydney Silver Slipper Day is host to…

Saturday's Best Bets: Caulfield, Rosehill, Doomben

20 Feb • Ladbrokes Team

Looking for Saturday’s Best Bets? The Ladbrokes form analysts have you covered with the horses to back across the nation this weekend! Best Bets has landed for another week as we get set for not two, but three Group 1s at Caulfield on Blue Diamond Stakes Day! The team have run the rule over the Diamond, the Futurity Stakes, and the Oakleigh Plate, as well as a bumper 10-race card in Sydney featuring the Silver Slipper Stakes and the Hobartville. For insight and tips for all the big races, keep it right here on Best Bets! Saturday’s Previews Blue Diamond…

Daily Racing Tips - Friday 20th February

19 Feb • Jared Timms

Check out our Daily Racing Tips for Friday 20th February below, including Canterbury best bets and Cranbourne tips! Canterbury: Race 1 (6pm AEDT) No. 4 Hay Street HAY STREET is second up and primed to strike at Canterbury. The Capitalist gelding is a five-start maiden, but he’s finished the runner up three times and returned from a break to finish second behind the impressive Journeyman at Warwick Farm earlier this month. With natural improvement, he looks ready to go one better this evening. Canterbury R1 Open Race time: 4. Hay Street (7) J: Tom Sherry58.5kg x62x2T: Annabel & Rob Archibald…

Hendo's Hoodoos - Saturday's Best Omen Bets

19 Feb • Lucy Henderson

Looking for Saturday’s best hoodoo racing bets? Ladbrokes have you covered with our insider weekly omen tips! Welcome punters to the very first edition of Hendo’s Hoodoo Bets – our new weekly deep dive into the statistically superstitious world of omen betting. Ladbrokes’ own “Value Whisperer”, Lucy Henderson, is a gun for tipping roughies in her Hendo’s Hopefuls and now she’s here for your best weekly hoodoo bets on Saturday. Admit it, we’ve all picked a horse just because it had the same name as our old dog Buckaroo, or maybe those famous Royal Blue Godolphin silks just happened to…