Clinton Payne

Sydney

Racing Editor at Racenet

Racing - Greyhound and Thoroughbred, football, cricket and all round sports lover. WSWFC foundation member #COYW

Articles

Big bets: One-way traffic in Goodwood

1 week ago | racenet.com.au | Clinton Payne

The weights favour Giga Kick and the bigger punters expect the star sprinter to take advantage of it in the $1 million Goodwood at Morphettville on Saturday. The Clayton Douglas-trained galloper has been a significant firmer since the field was declared on Tuesday and the larger punters have joined the party. Five, five figure bets were reported, all with Giga Kick's name on it. Here is a collection of the biggest bets ahead of Saturday's racing.
Tips from the big bookies: Saturday, May 10

1 week ago | racenet.com.au | Clinton Payne

Racenet's stable of bookies have done the form and shared their thoughts ahead of another great day of autumn carnival racing. The bagmen have given a tip in Australia's only Group 1 race on Saturday – The Goodwood at Morphettville– as well as the Group 2 Hollindale Stakes at the Gold Coast and the $500,000 The Coast at Gosford. They have also offered their best and value bets of the day.
Puppy Auction A Perfect Pathway Into Ownership

1 week ago | thegreyhoundrecorder.com.au | Clinton Payne

IT'S just three weeks until the second Greyhound Racing NSW Puppy Auction at Richmond on May 25. Last year's inaugural auction was a raging success which saw more than $1.27m in sales with a sale average of just over $9000, while 22 of the 124 lots sold also changed hands for $5000 or less.
Market movers: Godolphin cast off expected to strike

1 week ago | racenet.com.au | Clinton Payne

A horse sold by Godolphin late last year has been strongly fancied to chalk up a first win for the new connections at Gosford on Saturday. Since final field markets opened on Wednesday, the Richard Litt-trained Barber has been backed in from $26 to $12 to win the Listed Takeover Target Stakes (1200m). Barber was purchased for $215,000 from the Inglis Digital online platform in December and made his debut for the new stable with a luckless third at Canterbury on the Easter Monday Public Holiday.
Saturday's feature race tips and betting strategies, from our experts

1 week ago | racenet.com.au | Clinton Payne

Saddle up punters, it's a huge edition of feature race tips this week and here are the tips from the teams at Racenet and Punters. Below are the top three selections for each expert (listed in alphabetical order) plus their suggested bet type. The race covered in this edition is Australia's sole Group 1 race on Saturday – The Goodwood at Morphettville. Racenet iQ subscribers can access the best bets from our stable of experts at the Pro Tips section.
Special Night For Dubbo As Brother Fox Begins

1 week ago | thegreyhoundrecorder.com.au | Clinton Payne

SATURDAY marks a special night at Dubbo Greyhounds with the heats of the Group 2 Ladbrokes Brother Fox and one of Australia's most unique races, the Bill & Peg Miller Memorial. Five heats are set for decision in the $50,000-to-the-winner Brother Fox while there is also five heats of the Bill & Peg Miller Memorial, a race for maidens and dogs with one or two wins, carrying a winner's purse of $20,000.
Depth Of Character favourite for The Coast

1 week ago | racenet.com.au | Clinton Payne

Saturday marks the fifth running of one of NSW's biggest new races – the $500,000 The Coast at Gosford. This year a field of 14 plus two emergencies has been declared for the Quality Handicap run over 1600m. The Coast headlines the Central Coast venue's biggest meeting of the year. Also programmed are the $300,000 Listed Gosford Gold Cup (2100m), which offers Big Dance ballot exemption, and the $250,000 Listed Takeover Target Stakes (1200m).
Big bets: Punters with a horse scratched from Warrnambool

2 weeks ago | racenet.com.au | Clinton Payne

A few punters are expecting a strong showing at Caulfield on Saturday from the horse that was scratched when favourite for the Warrnambool Cup. The Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young-trained Immediacy has been a significant firmer ahead of Saturday to win the MRC Chairman's Club Benchmark 100 Handicap (2000m). A bet of $25,000 at $2.30 on Immediacy has been the biggest bet reported this week by Racenet's stable of bookies.
Tips from the big bookies: Saturday, May 3

2 weeks ago | racenet.com.au | Clinton Payne

Racenet's stable of bookies have done the form and shared their thoughts ahead of another great day of autumn carnival racing. The bagmen have given a tip in Australia's only Group 1 race on Saturday – the South Australian Derby at Morphettville and Eagle Farm's pair of Group 2 contests – the Queensland Guineas and Victory Stakes. They have also offered their best and value bets of the day.
Market movers: Blueblood $11 to $5.50 in Stakes race

2 weeks ago | racenet.com.au | Clinton Payne

Punters think one of the best-bred fillies in the land can enhance her value in the $250,000 Group 3 Hawkesbury Guineas (1400m) on Saturday. Since final field markets opened on the race on Wednesday, the John O'Shea and Tom Charlton-trained Candlewick has had solid backing in the three-year-old feature, firming in from $11 to $5.50.