Horse Racing Tips and Best Bets 01/08/25

By: Katherine Mouradian
31/07/2025
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Best Bets of the Day

We’re ready to kick the month of August off with a bang, and our free horse racing tips and best bets for today have now landed. At bettingsitesaustralia.net.au, we provide tips every day of the week from racing tipsters, and you can get your hands on three new tips.

Once you have your tips, it’s a good idea to shop around and see where you can pick up the best odds. Different betting apps can sometimes offer different prices for the same runner. So, when you shop around, you can potentially increase your payout if your bet wins.

Today’s Best Bets

Let’s get cracking with some horse racing tips for today. After going through all the main cards for today, I have found three runners that I think are ready to go bang. See the runners, recommended bet types and odds in this section.

checkBest Odds provided

Racecourse & Time Horse Name Bet Type 

playup

Dabble

VicBet

Cranbourne - Race 2, 1:30 PM12. ExpulsionWin$2.20$2.20$2.20
Coffs Harbour - Race 5, 2:45 PM2. Point OutWin$4.40$4.20$4.40
Coffs Harbour - Race 7, 3:55 PM7. It's A KnockoutWin$2.60$2.60$2.60
Cranbourne - Race 2, 1:30 PM
Horse Name 
12. Expulsion
Bet Type 
Win

playup

$2.20

Dabble

$2.20

VicBet

$2.20
Coffs Harbour - Race 5, 2:45 PM
Horse Name 
2. Point Out
Bet Type 
Win

playup

$4.40

VicBet

$4.40
Coffs Harbour - Race 7, 3:55 PM
Horse Name 
7. It's A Knockout
Bet Type 
Win

playup

$2.60

Dabble

$2.60

VicBet

$2.60

Cranbourne - Race 2, 1:30 PM

quinella

Top Pick: 

12. Expulsion

variety

Recommended Bet Type:

Win

boosted-odds

Best Odds Available:

$2.20 with Dabble

Quick Analysis:

Siding with the favourite here in Race 2 at Cranbourne. She’s been getting close in her last two runs, and now it looks like the right time for her to strike up her first career win. She has placed in two of her last three runs. Maps pretty well this time out, and I think she’ll be too hard to hold out.

Coffs Harbour - Race 5, 2:45 PM

quinella

Top Pick: 

2. Point Out

variety

Recommended Bet Type:

Win

boosted-odds

Best Odds Available:

$4.40 with PlayUp

Quick Analysis:

Point Out is another that maps well, and I think the markets have this one right, with the gelding currently one of the more favoured runners at PlayUp. He has previously won on both Soft-rated and Heavy-rated tracks, which are both potentially on the cards here. Last time out, the gelding finished fourth at Grafton and tried hard in that one.

Coffs Harbour - Race 7, 3:55 PM

quinella

Top Pick: 

7. It's A Knockout

variety

Recommended Bet Type:

Win

boosted-odds

Best Odds Available:

$3.30 with VicBet

Quick Analysis:

It’s the Coffs Harbour Cup, and with The Big Dance eligibility on the line, there’s a lot at stake. The mare has a solid career record so far, sitting at 9:3-2-2. Her first-up run at Randwick was excellent (she won), and the form from that race has really stood up, with the runner-up and third-placed runner winning since then.

Stats and Insights

  • tip
    Sherriff Cody gets back to 2000m and maps to settle closer this time. He is right in the mix for Race 3 at Coffs.
  • tip
    Head Of The River looked sharp in the trials and brings upside on debut. She is the one to watch in Race 4.
  • tip
    Never A Thought impressed breaking his maiden at Moe and has upside second-up. Capable of going on with it in Race 5 at Cranbourne.

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