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Solidify raring to go ahead of JJ Atkins

Solidify raring to go ahead of JJ Atkins

Graeme Rogerson is confident of a bold showing from Solidify at Eagle Farm on Saturday and he’s also looking forward ...
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Think About It heads top field for Stradbroke Handicap

Think About It heads top field for Stradbroke Handicap

Think About It is on the verge of becoming a two-time Group 1 winner and can show his class while ...
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Cifrado eyeing another Group win in JJ Atkins

Cifrado eyeing another Group win in JJ Atkins

Cifrado will be looking to make it three consecutive wins in Group company when he lines up in the Group ...
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Beauty Eternal’s class shines in Group 3 Lion Rock Trophy

Beauty Eternal’s class shines in Group 3 Lion Rock Trophy

Beauty Eternal confirmed elite potential at Sha Tin on Sunday as he strode to a comfortable success in the $3.9 ...
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Amokura runs away with Group 1 Queensland Oaks

Amokura runs away with Group 1 Queensland Oaks

Amokura announced herself in a new class going from a maiden to Group One winner in three starts taking out ...
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Prince Of Boom spaces rivals in Group 2 Moreton Cup

Prince Of Boom spaces rivals in Group 2 Moreton Cup

In a throwback to his father Prince of Boom turned the tables on the field to take out the Group ...
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Kurtis Pertab continues strong form
It has been a season to remember for young trainer Kurtis Pertab, but he hasn’t finished winning just yet. The Matamata horseman extended his season’s winning tally to eight from 23 starts when he welcomed back Rhapsody Chic following their victory at his local track on Wednesday. The son of Sacred Falls was making his debut for Pertab, who was confident of a bold showing and his gelding duly obliged, running out a three-length victor over Bulleeze One, with a further half-length back to Toa Haka in third. “He was pretty tough. He travelled nicely, kicked away, and was too ...
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Purton edges closer to Moreira record with Happy Valley treble
Zac Purton continued a relentless march towards Joao Moreira’s record of 170 wins in a single Hong Kong season with a treble at Happy Valley on Wednesday night, edging ever closer to the Brazilian’s towering mark. With 11 meetings left in the season, five-time Hong Kong champion jockey Purton has 149 wins and, with a 69-win lead over Vincent Ho (80) in the 2022/23 jockey championship, most interest now centres on whether the Australian can overhaul Moreira’s mark, set in 2016/17. Purton saluted on The Runner, Golden Luck and Seasons Wit to accelerate his charge towards history and remains steadfastly ...
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Dragon Leap thriving ahead of Wayne Wilson
Matamata trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott are hoping to pick up a consolation prize this weekend with their two-pronged attack on the Listed Wayne Wilson (1600m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The stable presented quality gallopers Dragon Leap and Dark Destroyer in the Group 3 BRC Sprint (1350m) at Doomben last month, a ballot exempt race for Saturday’s $3 million Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap (1400m), with Dragon Leap narrowly beaten into second. As third emergency, Dragon Leap is unlikely to gain a Stradbroke start and will again go head-to-head with Dark Destroyer, who is set to improve second-up off ...
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Think About It heads top field for Stradbroke Handicap
Think About It is on the verge of becoming a two-time Group 1 winner and can show his class while ticking off the achievement in the Stradbroke Handicap this Saturday at Eagle Farm ...
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Mark Walker
As one door closes, another opens – that is the case for New Zealand’s leading stable, Te Akau Racing, this week. Fresh off the news that they will be forced to close the doors on their Singapore barn next year when racing will cease in the Asian jurisdiction, Te Akau announced they will expand into Australia, with the opening of a Cranbourne stable. “This is a milestone for Te Akau, for our team, and especially for our owners. Having an operation in Australia has massive appeal for them,” Te Akau Racing principal David Ellis said. “Our stable in Australia will ...
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Wewillrock
Wewillrock will be given an opportunity to add to his stakes record when the four-year-old steps out at Randwick on Saturday. The talented son of El Roca will make his second Australian appearance in the Listed Bob Charley Stakes (1100m) and his first start from John O’Shea’s stable on his now adopted home course. Wewillrock and stablemate Herself were sent to Sydney by Hastings conditioner Guy Lowry and the former finished runner-up at Rosehill to open his campaign. “I’ve put them with John to save going backwards and forwards, a bit like Kevin (Myers) does with Patrick Payne, but they’ll ...
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Cifrado eyeing another Group win in JJ Atkins
Cifrado will be looking to make it three consecutive wins in Group company when he lines up in the Group 1 JJ Atkins on Saturday at Eagle Farm ...
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Luke Ferraris back in action at Happy Valley
Luke Ferraris hops back in the saddle for competition this Wednesday night with four rides at Happy Valley’s midweek fixture under lights. Ruled out of Sunday’s first twilight programme at Sha Tin due to illness, the 21-year-old is raring to return and chases victories aboard a pair of mounts he knows all too well for trainer David Hall: Joyful Genius and Melbourne Hall. Victorious atop both horses this season, Ferraris bids for back-to-back wins with Joyful Genius when the pair lines up from barrier five after a first success in the same grade last month. “He’s been a tricky customer ...
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Opie Bosson honoured in King's Birthday honours list
Opie Bosson’s decorated riding career has been further acknowledged in the 2023 King’s Birthday and Coronation Honours list. The champion jockey has been named an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) for his contribution to the thoroughbred industry. “I’m very proud, it’s a real honour to be recognised for the things I’ve done on the track,” Bosson said. “I was a little bit shocked to start with, but I’m actually quite over the moon to be recognised for my achievements. “I really feel like it is an honour given the national recognition, not just within the racing ...
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Beauty Eternal’s class shines in Group 3 Lion Rock Trophy
Beauty Eternal confirmed elite potential at Sha Tin on Sunday as he strode to a comfortable success in the $3.9 million Group 3 Lion Rock Trophy Handicap (1600m) under jockey Zac Purton for trainer John Size. Taking a first victory at Group 3 level this afternoon, Beauty Eternal (122lb) enhanced his record to six wins from nine starts and took his career earnings to HK$12.32 million as he downed five rivals, including the Group 1-placed Beauty Joy (135lb). Stepping away smoothly from barrier three, the four-year-old chestnut settled third in the run as Beluga (117lb) set the pace ahead of ...
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Our writers all have extensive knowledge of all codes of racing and betting. More importantly, they all have a passion for what they are writing about and a desire to get an edge on the bookmakers. So they will endeavour to steer you in the right direction when it comes to assessing where the value lies in wagering markets.

Our website is always a work in progress as we find new frontiers for online betting. Anywhere a cup or trophy is up for grabs, you can be certain the odds-makers will be keen to frame a market and the punters won’t be far behind.


Global horse racing – From Flemington to Churchill Downs

With wall-to-wall sport on cable TV and online, you will never be short of a race on which to have a wager. Horse racing is beamed live from various tracks around the world almost every day of the year.

From the home of the Kentucky Derby Churchill Downs, to the running of the Melbourne Cup at Flemington on the first Tuesday of November, each year the team at RacingOnline.com will be on hand to give you advice and talk you through your punting experience.

With the growing global nature of horse racing Racing Online strives to give an unbiased view and ratings of horses as they cross oceans to tackle some of the biggest races in the world.

For instance as early as the late 1980s horses from afar began journeying to Victoria, Australia regularly to tackle the world famous Melbourne Cup. With it often the case in the modern years that more than half the field will be made up of international raiders.

The growing impact of the Asian horse racing scene has proven to be a hit with many horses from the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Europe opting to send talented types here for the big purses.

Great racing from around the globe

  • Australia: The racing Down Under has always revolved around Melbourne’s spring carnival, but since 2014 there has been a seismic shift from that line of thinking. Sydney has stepped up to the plate, consolidating many of its autumn carnival highlights into two days of racing known as The Championships. The Queen Elizabeth Stakes, with its enormous prizemoney, is seen as the challenger to the W.S. Cox Plate as the weight-for-age championship of Australasia. Then there are the ARC Derby and Oaks, Sydney Cup, Doncaster Mile, T.J. Smith Stakes and more. That’s eight Group 1 races at Royal Randwick, yet only time will tell if The Championships can challenge the attraction of the Melbourne spring. Highlights such as the Cox Plate, Caulfield Cup and the jewel in the crown, the Melbourne Cup Carnival at Flemington, make spring racing unmissable for expert and novice gamblers alike.
  • United Kingdom: There is nothing like the chaos of the Grand National at Aintree. A huge pack of steeplechasers tackling some 30 fences and four miles of gruelling action. The race generally becomes a survival of the fittest. Far more urbane is Britain’s Royal Ascot Carnival. There is plenty of pomp and pageantry with the Queen in attendance and top hat and tails in abundance, but this week-long festival also features some of the best racing you are likely to see. Elsewhere, the English Derby and Oaks rank among the most coveted races in Europe.
  • Dubai: The most powerful racing empire in the world is controlled from Dubai. Godolphin’s tentacles reach into nearly every racing jurisdiction and the quality of its horseflesh is incredible. The Dubai World Cup, run at the stunning Meydan track which opened in 2010, is the richest race in the world with $US10 million in prizemoney. The Dubai World Cup day meeting has total prizemoney of more than $US25 million.
  • France: The Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamps on the banks of the Seine is arguably the most sought-after race in Europe. The list of recent winners includes superstars such as Montjeu, Sea The Stars and Treve. The 2400m Arc is among the richest turf races in the world and is run over 2400 metres in early October. On the weekend of the race, seven Group 1 races are run at the track.
  • Hong Kong: This mecca of horse racing boasts only two tracks, but they have become home to some of the most competitive and strictly controlled racing on the planet. Not to mention the enormous turnover all races in Honkers attract. Happy Valley is a tight circuit set spectacularly amid skyscrapers in the centre of the action. Sha Tin is a more traditional racetrack well away from the city centre which attracts enormous crowds and even bigger plaudits for its International Race Day, featuring Group 1 races the Hong Kong Cup, HK Mile, HK Vase and HK International Sprint. Many of the best jockeys and trainers in the world have set up shop in Hong Kong.
  • Japan: An emerging powerhouse in the thoroughbred ranks, with its locally trained horses winning regularly all around the world. The Japan Cup, a 2400-metre weight-for-age test at Tokyo Racecourse on the last Sunday in November, is the jewel in the crown of Japanese racing. It is the second-richest turf event in the world.
  • North America: The United States has the fabulous Breeders’ Cup Championships Series, a two-day extravaganza of Grade 1 races boasting extraordinary prizemoney and attracting superstar thoroughbreds, riders and trainers from home and abroad. It is held at a different venue each year. In 2015 it was at Keeneland, in 2016 at Santa Anita, in 2017 at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in California while in 2018 it will be held at Churchill Downs. But for its sheer magnetism of the masses, the Kentucky Derby is near-impossible to beat. It has been on our bucket list since reading the memorable essay of Hunter S. Thompson’s trip to the 1970 Derby which appeared in Scanlan’s Monthly. Of course, the Kentucky Derby is just the first leg of the holy grail of American racing, the Triple Crown, which also includes the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes in New York.

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The Sport of Kings holds a special place in our hearts. There’s nothing like the grand spectacle of the biggest races played out in front of enormous crowds on the greatest racecourses on the planet. Flemington, Sha Tin, Meydan, Churchill Downs, the pomp and pageantry of Royal Ascot and so on.

At RacingOnline.com we will do the legwork and chase up the background information on the biggest and best races and race-days around, and how to bet on them with the best chances of getting a good return.

With advancements in technology, there are no impediments to sitting back on your lounge in Bristol and backing one of the string of European stayers tackling Australia’s Cox Plate or Melbourne Cup. Or sitting in a pub in Brisbane and having a trifecta on the Hong Kong Cup from Sha Tin.

The gambling world has become ever more connected and with so many options it can seem a minefield. We will attempt to take the mystery out of it. The bookmakers we recommend are all among the best and most reliable. When you win, you want to get paid, and our favoured operators have passed the test of time.


Mobile sports betting apps

The statistic prove betting on racing is happening more and more on smartphones and tablets. All of the bookmakers and racebooks we promote have mobile apps and websites available for punters, with the bet options available equal to those you would find on the bookmakers desktop versions.

One area you may find slightly different to the desktop bookmakers websites is the deposits or banking, where you might find there are less payment methods. Despite this you will still find plenty of options, depending on where you are betting from.

Most countries like Australia and England have regulated sports betting industries, meaning we can download apps from electronic shops like the Apple App Store and the Android powered Google Play store. If you are in the USA, China or another country with strict gambling laws you may not be able to download a ‘market app’, rather you will have to use the bookies’ mobile sites.

Generally a bookmakers mobile site will look and function exactly the same as the app – but may be missing features like live streaming or some odds feed features. Overall though mobile betting is becoming more and more popular meaning the services are improving quickly. Racing Online will review the best apps


Freebets and bonuses at online betting sites

There is great value to be found in signing up at multiple online bookmakers, or if you are a once in a blue moon punter you can increase your outlay by signing up at a new bookmaker. Wherever you are in the world, there is a very strong chance there is betting sites offering “welcome packages” or “sign-up bonuses” to people in your jurisdiction.

While the traditional freebets offer where the bookie just gives cash to do as you wish with is pretty much dead, when you sign-up at a betting site and make your first deposit often the bookie will match this outlay. Giving you twice the money to bet with. For instance you might deposit USD $1000 and the the bookie has promised to match your first deposit 100% up to $750. This means you would have $1750 ($1000 initial outlay + 750 bonus) to bet with.

With the bonus amount you are gifted there is usually restrictions placed on it, meaning you have to wager the amount before you can withdraw it.


How to find the best sites to bet on horse racing

There are some key criteria RacongOnline.com uses to judge a racing betting site. Here are some of the things we deem to be of the utmost importance.

  • Sign-up bonuses: If you are ready to test your judgment with cash bets, be alert for the best deals available. Many of our recommended betting operators offer to match your initial deposits up to substantial amounts with bonus bets. Some of these deals are not available to all customers, as they are not allowed in certain states and territories.
  • Superior licensing: All our preferred wagering groups must meet stringent criteria and be registered in a trustworthy jurisdiction. They must also meet tough banking standards, with many offering the same sort of online security for your details that you would expect from a major bank. We always endorse betting at a site registered in your jurisdiction.
  • Competitive odds: It often pays to have accounts with several different bookies. This will allow you to shop around for the best prices and also to take advantage of any special offers. A few cents difference in price here and there may not seem much, but it can make all the difference when you tally it up at the end of the week/month/year. It could mean the difference between winning and losing over the long haul.
  • Mobile adaptability: With the fast-paced nature of life we believe it’s important a betting company has good mobile products. The sites we endorse at the very least have a fully functioning mobile website, while most have shiny state of the art apps.

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