Godolphin’s Queen Of The Turf Stakes-nominated mare Raiment is a first-up favourite in Triscay Stakes 2018 betting to salute in her campaign kick-off at Royal Randwick on Saturday.
Raiment is favourite to salute first-up in Saturday’s Triscay Stakes 2018 on Apollo Stakes Day. Photo: Steve Hart.
A quality line-up of 14 mares are engaged to do battle in this year’s Group 3 $150,000 Robrick Lodge Triscay Stakes (1200m) when the handicap sprint runs as Race 7 at 5:05pm (AEDT) on Apollo Stakes Day.
Current favourite in the Triscay Stakes odds at Ladbrokes.com.au is Street Cry four-year-old Raiment at $4.40, the James Cummings-trained Street Cry four-year-old chasing her maiden win since the Group 3 James Carr Stakes (1400m) won in the mud at Randwick last April.
She hasn’t started since June last year in Brisbane when unplaced behind Prompt Response in the Group 2 Dane Ripper Stakes (1350m) but is tipped to make a successful return to racing.
Two Warwick Farm trials have brought Raiment on fitness-wise as she looks to add to her excellent 1200m record (6:3-2-0) and salute in her third Randwick win from four starts at the track.
Raiment holds a couple of Group 1 nominations for April’s ‘The Championships’ including a possible shot at the Group 1 $1 million Queen Of The Turf Stakes (1600m) on Day 2.
The second best fancied mare in the Triscay Stakes field this weekend at $5.50 is Eckstein in gate eight with Brenton Avdulla booked to ride the Kurt Goldman-trained daughter of I Am Invincible.
Also entered for the Queen Of The Turf, the four-year-old has a four-from-five record over the Triscay Stakes distance and is out to atone for the devastatingly close second when just nosed out of the $1 million Magic Millions Fillies & Mares (1300m) Gold Coast race on January 13 finishing second to Invincibella.
Eckstein has been freshened-up since and is heavily weighted with the 58kg equal top kilos, but has class proven by her Group 1 Myer Classic (1600m) second to Shoals over the Flemington mile last Melbourne Cup Carnival.
The next best in betting at an equal $6.50 are Faraway Town and the early market mover My Country who both get in on the 53kg minimum.
Matthew Smith saddles-up Not A Single Doubt four-year-old Faraway Town who comes off a win at the track and distance on January 20, while My Country represents the Peter & Paul Snowden stable.
A daughter of Poet’s Voice, My Country is drawn well in gate three and is another Magic Millions Fillies & Mares graduate having finished third in the million dollar race in Queensland.
Other notable hopes include the Lindsay Park-trained Miss Gunpowder ($8.50) and the consistent Just Dreaming ($11) prepared by Newcastle’s Kris Lees.
See below for the full Triscay Stake 2018 field, barriers and latest Fixed Win Sydney racing odds on the Apollo Stakes Day support act courtesy of Ladbrokes.com.au.
