Despite his third-place finish to U.S.-trained Hit Show and Mixto in the April 5 Dubai World Cup (G1), Saudi Cup (G1) hero Forever Young remains at the top of the most recent Longines Word's Best Racehorse Rankings for 2025. View the full article

The Breeders' Cup announced an expanded schedule for the 2025 Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're In, which will feature 93 races in 15 countries—the most in Breeders' Cup history.View the full article

With 26 graded stakes victories to its credit, Godolphin is tied with Claiborne Farm at the top of that statistic in Keeneland history. Jabaara could provide the tie-breaker when she goes to the starting gate in the April 12 Jenny Wiley Stakes (G1T).View the full article

After finishing a close second with Savaglee in the Australian Guineas (G1), trainer Pam Gerard sends out New Zealand-bred Dubai Gold in the April 12 Australian Oaks (G1). View the full article

Good to see a win for her, followed her for about a year, gave up in the finish, every dog has its day, hopefully the next one not to far away.

Sir, the fastest time of any 1200m in the country that I can guarantee. However the exact time my crystal ball won’t tell me, as it doesn’t know everything.  Wink wink 😉   

I wouldn't be surprised  if the sharemarket has been manipulated  in last few days by criminals for criminals.

I have never heard anyone query why TAB/Betcha (Entain) don't payout the correct amount on same game multis. (They under pay significantly on same race multis too (horses) but I will outline this in a later post, 200%+ markets should be illegal).  Dolphins vs Panthers tonight.  The margin is +/-8.5pts and the total is +/-48.5pts each paying $1.90 (105.2%)  Take a very simple same game multi with these 2 options. If you selected both options correctly you would think it would pay $1.90 x $1.90 = $3.61.  There are 4 combinations available. If you bet $10 on each you would expect your return would be $36.10 from $40.00 bet (110.8% market, 1.052 x 1.052 = 1.108). Due to conditional probability factors each combination should not necessarily be $3.61. Some could be higher, some could be lower, but they should average $3.61.  Bet365 have the same markets with slightly more favourable odds of $1.91 (104.8%). The odds for all 4 combinations can be seen below;  TAB                  Bet365 $3.54      vs      $3.65 $2.96      vs      $3.49 $3.07      vs      $3.81 $3.73      vs      $3.65           Averaged  $3.32      vs     $3.65       121.4%   vs    109.7%    You are over 12% worse off with TAB. So the million dollar question is why is TAB/Betcha paying $3.32 instead of $3.61. How can, what should be, a 110.8% market become a 121.4% market? What is the reasoning for creaming off an extra 10.6%? I will show the racing version of this in a later post. 

Not many Manawatu meetings left this year so no guarantees regarding House, long way to go.

That Montydrum fellow tells me that with his “real money” he only bets in Sydney and Melbourne, so with so many of the races at Randwick this week, I expect him to feature prominently.  A “dark horse” with a chance I guess, hence the reason Black Kirrama thinks that he’s a first four chance.  If the horses that he has a share in, Zackery or Kawatiri also run in the first four at Trentham on Saturday, he will be unbearable or should I say unbeatable? Go Montydrum and your team of fine steeds    

$1.30  a weee buffer of 30 odd to Telfers Telfers for Insurance good idea maybe. Who would have thought

Westport the first offical photo finish triple dead heat. Forget the year

That's really great news Liz.  What time do you think they'll run in the open sprint?

4 Aus bred from 38 runners.  

Great preview Rev - thanks! Some contrasting paths to the final. Blaird the only finalist to come from outside the top 24.  Had to survive sudden death for three play-off weeks running - having to finish in the top 4 in all three of those repechage type weeks.  Has he run his grand final already?? Contrast that with Gubellini, Pegasus and Pheroz who finished in the top 8, had a bye in week 1 of the play-offs and qualified directly for the final in week 2.  Short of a run perhaps??

It's been a lovely 18 degree day here, but no wind so to speak of. Tomorrow is much the same but they are cool autumnal nights, so certainly not the drying of summer. I am picking a Soft 6 for tomorrow followed by a Soft 5 being declared on race morning. But I am not expecting an upgrade once racing starts because of the moisture still in the ground and the coolish nights. Having said that I really expect it to be an almost perfect track ,that will suit every runner bar the mudders. I guess that we now wait and see.

Just call him Donald "Chautauqua" Trump  In the end Chautauqua was put out to pasture. 

If you owned a horse like Trump, it would not get out of the barriers

very true Charlie it means more than money or fame ,albeit a maiden at Manawatu or a Cup elsewhere there is a rush that lasts and lasts especially if it has taken a longish time to happen. Sometimes it gets near to the end of the road and then the racing gods smile upon you and wow what seemed beyond reality happens.In 1970 I was on cloud 9 and just as special last tuesday at 6.30pm in the gloom waiting for the judges call I was that 23 year old again hugging and congratulating everyone .and trying not to get too carried away. !! 

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