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News.com.au
6 days ago
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Wagga, Taree best bets, inside mail for Thursday, June 5, 2025
Racenet and The Daily Telegraph form analyst Adam Sherry provides his best bets and quaddie analysis at Wagga and Taree on Thursday. â– â– â– â– â– WAGGA TIPS BEST BET Race 4 No.7: DEFLECTOR Just nosed out last start and can go one better here. NEXT BEST Race 3 No.11: SHEBRINGS BEAUTY Hasn't been far away in recent runs and gets her chance to break through. VALUE BET Race 7 No.10: SMART POPPY Will appreciate a big drop in weight and stepping up to his pet trip. QUADDIE Race 4: 3, 7, 10 Race 5: 1, 2, 3, 7 Race 6: 1, 2, 3 Race 7: 2, 5, 8, 10 JOCKEY TO FOLLOW BLAIKE McDOUGALL has a solid book of rides and will be popular in the TAB Jockey Challenge. WAGGA INSIDE MAIL RACE 4: MAIDEN PLATE (1300m) DEFLECTOR (7) was held up early in the straight when third to Master Patrick over 1000m first-up in a Super Maiden here. Raced a little keen when a nose second to Sundrop over 1200m at Corowa. Up to 1300m and gets a nice run from the draw. TRIUMPHANT TONIC (6) was caught three-wide without cover when fifth behind big winner Watoto when resuming Wodonga on May 24. Runner-up in both second-up runs. SANTOLINI (10) has been mixing her form but has place claims on her last start fourth at Albury. BET: DEFLECTOR to win. PROPHET'S PROMISE (3) is a first starter by Divine Prophet from the 100 per cent producer Virginia Breeze. Settled just off the leaders and worked to the line nicely without pressure when second to Yindyamarra in his Canberra Acton trial on May 23. YINDYAMARRA (7) is also on debut. went forward speed to sit outside the leader before going to the front on straightening and holding Prophet's Promise by a length. MO SPIRIT (2) drifted back before closing nicely for second to The Bat Fox on debut on the Riverside track here. BET: PROPHET'S PROMISE to win. LET'S GO BRANDON (3) took improvement from his first-up fourth to Secure at Canterbury and dropped back to country grade to score a smart all-the-way win from London Boy at Goulburn. Wide gate just makes his task a little more difficult. ALL ASTERN (2) was just behind the placegetters in her first two runs back from a spell over 1200m before dropping back to 1000m and leading all-the-way at Canberra. Went back-to-back with a nice effort to beat The Mooch over 1000m at Queanbeyan. GALSTON GORGE (1) won impressively first-up last time in. BET: LET'S GO BRANDON to win. SMART POPPY (10) was slow out settling back in the field and was crowded at the 300m before closing for fifth to Grinzinger Moon with 60kg over 1175m at Albury first-up. Drops to 55kg, up to his pet trip and has three wins and two placings for six runs second-up. BLOW IN (2) was a handy third to The Dramatist at Dubbo before a second to Champions League in the Defence Cup over 1460m at Queanbeyan last start. MOSGOLD (5) drops back from a fifth on the Kensington last start. BET: SMART POPPY each-way. â– â– â– â– â– TAREE TIPS BEST BET Race 3 No.1: DARK STRATUM Beaten a head in town three runs back then had a tough run last start. NEXT BEST Race 4 No.7: OTIUM Nice win two starts ago. Back in distance and likes it wet. TAREE INSIDE MAIL RACE 4: WINGHAM CUP (1600m) OTIUM (7) sat outside the leader to score a tough win from Sweet Bubbles over 1700m at Scone before a fourth to Eclair Awesome over 1870m at Newcastle. Back to the mile handles it heavy. WEALTHY INVESTOR (4) is enjoying the heavy tracks of late with a win and two placings from his last five starts. Backing up from a third to Super Nui at Hawkesbury last week. VEANDECHANCE (1) won well over this track and distance two starts back before a break. Will improve off his recent Grafton run. BET: OTIUM to win. RACE 5: BENCHMARK 82 HANDICAP (1250m) GOLD CARD (1) ran down Dis Is Heaven to claim the Hannam Cup over 1007m first-up here on Mar 17. He then went to Canterbury on Apr 21 when seventh to Cassiel over 1100m. Up to 1250m where he is unbeaten in four starts at the track and distance. TIME FOR VICTORY (2) scored his first win here when he came from midfield to beat Zoom Outcome over 1000m on a Heavy 10 on May 13. ZARU (5) scored back-to-back wins here in January. Checked in the last 100m when well back behind Time For Victory first-up on May 13. BET: GOLD CARD to win. MISS REBEL (2) was beaten just over three lengths by Massira in a TAB Highway at Randwick first-up then raced wide without cover when a nose second to So You Suggest at Mudgee. Up sharply in grade when 10th to Zealously at the Scone stand-alone meeting. Back to her right grade. KAYZ TIME (4) went back-to-back at Port Macquarie and here in January before being well beaten in a Rosehill Highway. Resumes here and will make her presence felt. PUNCH ONE OUT (3) is progressive type who broke through for his maiden win in impressive style when a near four-and-a-half length winner at Port Macquarie first-up. Worked forward from the outside gate to lead when fifth to Sheila's Fanta Sea here last start. Stablemate GOLDEN HONOUR (2) was wide throughout when second to Rathoran at Port Macquarie two starts back. Raced keenly when fourth to Rathoran here last start. ZELESTIAL (8) scored a nice win on a heavy track at her Australian debut at Tamworth.
News.com.au
01-06-2025
- Business
- News.com.au
Warren, Corowa Monday previews: Country Champs winner chasing a treble
COUNTRY Championships-winning trainer Doug Gorrel shapes up for a treble at Corowa on Monday with three horses all blessed with a direct connection to a Melbourne Cup winner. First of the Wagga-housed visitors to race is Dantains Prize, which sports the same predominantly bottle green colours of Gorrel's Country Championships heroine, Asgarda. Like her, Dantains Prize was born and raised at the historic Lamont family farm, Kooringal Stud, which is also home to her sire Prized Icon. Dantains Prize's Melbourne Cup connection dates back 80 years to her eighth dam, Rainbird. As for Gorrel's filly, she is still searching for her first medal of any kind after half a dozen starts. That said, she did manage to hand in her current personal best at her most recent outing when clocking in fourth in an Albury 1400m Country Maiden. 'She's not a bad little pony in trackwork but she's yet to produce it on race day so it was good to see her run that race the other day,'' Gorrel said. 'We've taken the shades (blinkers) off to see if that helps, but she's going well, and if she wants to do it, she has certainly got some wins in her. 'It just concerns me she hasn't put one away yet but she's only had the six starts so here's hoping Monday is the day 'It's really up to her, she's cherry ripe and she's ready to win.' Gorrel meanwhile is rightfully more bullish about the winning prospects of stablemate Tycoon Artie which just happens to claim the aforementioned 1945 Melbourne Cup winner Rainbird as his ninth dam. Tycoon Artie's four white feet have carried him to four wins in his 18 starts including two of his last four appearances. His most recent victory was a comfortable win at the very same venue over the very same trip as Monday's Carlton & United Breweries Benchmark 58 Handicap (1200m). 'He's in top form and probably deserves the paddock but we're going to give him one more and then he can go and have a break,'' Gorrel said. 'He is creeping up in the weights, but I think he'll be pretty hard to beat with John Kissick on. 'He hasn't got enormous ability, but he does try.' All three of Gorrel's Corowa bound trio will be ridden by Kissick, rounded out aboard Sorry Sunshine in the final race on the card. Sorry Sunshine was bred by Gorrel, using a stallion that he says 'no one has ever heard off'. That stallion is Apologia which won once in 11 starts: an 800m maiden at Wingatui, ironically on Melbourne Cup Day in 2006. But that's not Apologia's only connection with the race that stops a nation. His fourth dam is the celebrated broodmare Taiona whose four stakes-winning offspring include Gurner's Lane which famously ran down the immortal Kingston Town in the 1982 renewal. As for Sorry Sunshine, he tackles the eminently suitable Balldale Hotel Benchmark 58 Handicap (1600m) with a solid, recent, fourth still fresh in his trainer's mind. 'I normally space his runs back he can back-up,'' Gorrel said. 'He's done it before. He backed up and won at the Wagga carnival ten days after a non-TAB meeting at Deniliquin so he can do it. 'He probably deserves the paddock too but I think there's one more in him. 'He's just starting to winter up a bit in the coat but his work has been good and it looks a good race for him.' â– â– â– â– â– DUBBO master Michael 'Mick' Mulholland aims to maintain his current hot streak when Warren hosts its first winter meeting of 2025 on Monday. Mulholland is closing in on 200 winners, nine of which have come at the track widely accepted to be the 'Randwick of the West' thanks to its long straights and sweeping bends. Two of Mulholland's last four runners are winners and while his last runner – Jasper's Way – was officially 10th of 13 at Gunnedah, it could and should have been so much different. 'He had no luck at all actually,'' Mulholland said. 'I thought he could have run in the first three if he could have kept going up the fence. 'He was running into it nicely and the 1600m will suit him right down to the ground on Monday. 'He hasn't got a real lot of gate-speed, so he'll sit back a little bit and work into it. 'He's just a big three-year-old that is still learning more than anything.' Jasper's Way is sure to start considerably shorter than his $61 Gunnedah starting price when he fronts-up on Monday for the Warren Showgrounds Class 1 & Maiden Plate (1600m). Jasper's Way is a son of the former crack two-year-old Pariah and member of one of the most notable families in the Australian Stud Book. His fourth dam is Stage Hit whose seven wins include the now Group 1 features; the Coolmore Classic and Canterbury Stakes. There is sure to be a great deal of interest centred on Mulholland-trained gelding The Impeckable which will partner Jasper's Way on the hour-long drive, west from Dubbo. A striking brown/black coloured gelding, The Impeckable hasn't raced since winning at Orange on November 22 last year but has put in the groundwork for his return with a couple of trials at Narromine and Mudgee respectively. 'I was getting him ready for a TAB Highway but a few little niggly things came into play and the weather and things like that,'' Mulholland said. 'This will be his first run back. He's fit enough but I'm just not a hundred per cent if he's a hundred per cent there though, that's all. 'Even though he has trialled good both times, I'm just not convinced myself. 'He has been against some pretty handy horses, and he's hasn't been far away all his runs, he has been very honest right through.'
Daily Telegraph
26-05-2025
- Business
- Daily Telegraph
Wagga real estate: The latest auction and sales results for week ending May 25
Don't miss out on the headlines from Hyperlocal. Followed categories will be added to My News. A four-bedroom house in Wagga Wagga was the most expensive sale reported in Wagga last week. The property at 60 Peter Street sold for $2.1 million by private sale. Only one property was sold via auction last week. data division Proptrack has reported 19 local auction and private sale results in the past seven days. Guide to reading auction and private sale results PI - Passed in PT - Sold by private treaty S - Sold at auction SA - Sold after auction SB - Sold before auction VB - Passed in on vendor bid W - Withdrawn from auction Auction and private sale results in Wagga Click on the address to know more. Ashmont 252 Fernleigh Road, 4-bedroom house, PT, $470,000 Agency - Fitzpatrick's Real Estate - Wagga Wagga Boorooma 24 Darcy Drive, 4-bedroom house, PT, $766,000 Agency - Macarthur Real Estate Agency - WAGGA WAGGA 2/32 Kingsford Smith Road, 3-bedroom unit, PT, $690,000 Agency - RE/MAX - Wagga 29 Darcy Drive, 3-bedroom house, PT, $629,000 Agency - PRD - Wagga Wagga Bourkelands 14 Berembee Road, 3-bedroom house, PT, $584,500 Agency - RE/MAX - Wagga 2 Wilton Street, 2-bedroom house, PT, $549,000 Agency - PRD - Wagga Wagga Forest Hill 19 Lacebark Drive, 4-bedroom house, PT, $799,000 Agency - Macarthur Real Estate Agency - WAGGA WAGGA Glenfield Park 10 Nardoo Street, 3-bedroom house, PT, $610,000 Agency - Fitzpatrick's Real Estate - Wagga Wagga Gobbagombalin 15 Paradise Drive, 4-bedroom house, PT, $747,000 Agency - Macarthur Real Estate Agency - WAGGA WAGGA 9 Winter Avenue, 4-bedroom house, PT, Undisclosed Agency - PRD - Wagga Wagga Kooringal 3/2 Banks Avenue, 1-bedroom unit, PT, $275,000 Agency - Macarthur Real Estate Agency - WAGGA WAGGA 28 Merinda Crescent, 4-bedroom house, PT, $580,500 Agency - Raine & Horne - Wagga Wagga Lake Albert 11 Kyeamba Avenue, 4-bedroom house, PT, Undisclosed Agency - PRD - Wagga Wagga Tolland 4 Cobb Street, 4-bedroom house, PT, $605,000 Agency - Macarthur Real Estate Agency - WAGGA WAGGA Turvey Park 29 Dalton Street, 3-bedroom house, PT, $600,000 Agency - RE/MAX - Wagga Wagga Wagga 90 Peter Street, 3-bedroom house, S, $1,101,000 Agency - Fitzpatrick's Real Estate - Wagga Wagga 60 Peter Street, 4-bedroom house, PT, $2,150,000 Agency - PRD - Wagga Wagga Track the value of your home today. The previous auction and sales article for Wagga can be viewed here.
