Full Belmont Preview 12th August

Perth Turf Talk | Metropolitan Racing | 2 years ago

Race 1 - Cutaway In Play With the abandonment of the midweek Belmont meet, I am absolutely chomping at the bit to get stuck into a bit of city action. It is important to note that the rail posi...

45 Comments | 2 years ago

Full Belmont Preview 5th August

Terry Leighton | Metropolitan Racing | 2 years ago

Race 1 - $30,000 Giveaway With minimal rain forecast for Friday and Saturday, the track should be around the Good4/Soft5 range. $30,000 is on offer here for what looks to be a pretty weak,...

1 Comments | 2 years ago

Full Belmont Preview 29th July

Terry Leighton | Metropolitan Racing | 2 years ago

Race 1 - Punter's Pet With 6-15mm of rain forecast for both Friday and Saturday it is likely we will see the Belmont track somewhere around the Soft6 mark. I've been horribly wrong befo...

48 Comments | 2 years ago

Full Belmont Preview 22nd July

Terry Leighton | Metropolitan Racing | 2 years ago

Race 1 - To Swim Or Not To Swim I've held off writing this til Friday afternoon, hoping I had a clearer idea of the likely track conditions. Unfortunately I am none the wiser, with rain sti...

2 Comments | 2 years ago

Raceday to return with a twist

Perth Turf Talk | Metropolitan Racing | 2 years ago

Perth Turf Talk will be relaunching it's ever popular tipping competition, Raceday, this August. After carey came from another impossible ladder position to clinch victory in the last editi...

139 Comments | 2 years ago

Full Belmont Preview 15th July

Terry Leighton | Metropolitan Racing | 2 years ago

Race 1 - Form v Youth The weatherman let me down last week with his Friday rain prediction but I'm going to bank on Jeff Newman getting it spot on this time round. We shouldn't be seein...

Full Belmont Preview 6th July

Terry Leighton | Metropolitan Racing | 2 years ago

Race 1 - A Drop In The Ocean Writing this on a Thursday evening leaves a bit of guess work in regards to track conditions. With 8-15mm of rain forecast for Friday and Wednesdays meet being run...

134 Comments | 2 years ago

Caralabek plunge highlights cheating and incompetence

Terry Leighton | Metropolitan Racing | 2 years ago

Caralabek is a reasonable stayer going around at in the 5th at Belmont today. It was a $17 chance with most agencies yesterday, a major reason for this would have been the fact that both front bar...

13 Comments | 2 years ago

Tip your way to the top. Preview writer required.

Perth Turf Talk | Metropolitan Racing | 3 years ago

We are looking for the next Greg Hooper or Scott Embry to be Perth Turf Talk's resident writer and tipster. After catapulting some well known names into the media spotlight, Perth Turf Talk...

12 Comments | 3 years ago

Best Bets Pinjarra

Scott Embry | Metropolitan Racing | 3 years ago

Race 5 4. Friarandice Race 6 5. Jagemup (e/w) Race 7 3. Le Schiller (e/w)...

16 Comments | 3 years ago

Stewards imposed $250 fine costs punters a lot more

Terry Leighton | Metropolitan Racing | 3 years ago

It is a pet peeve for most punters when gear changes are not submitted to the race book and it is common opinion that the punishment doesn't quite fit the crime. I have no doubt 95% of thes...

21 Comments | 3 years ago

First Among Equals records his fourth Stakes Victory

Perth Turf Talk | Metropolitan Racing | 3 years ago

Exceed And Excel’s five-year-old son First Among Equals added a fourth Stakes win to his record when claiming the Listed Northam Stakes over 1100m at Northam on 7 May. Jumping well from t...

2 Comments | 3 years ago